Smart move on their part I guess. Less metal for more money.I guess when they raise the price so much they’ve got to do some type of change...
I copied an image of the new stove above. Compare it to my avatar image. There are now fewer arches and the ribs on the ash pan door seem to be gone.
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Pattern LanguageWhen I was shopping for mine, I really surprised myself that I didn't get the CF model (Clean Face) - I thought I'd go that way, but found that I really liked the "structure" of the arches and didn't detract from the fire view, but enhanced it.
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It kinda hooks over the rear secondary burn tube. Why is the baffle out of the stove? It’s a pretty durable piece of skamol, I haven’t had one out all that often.Thank you!
Not trying to change the topic in this thread but since we are discussing jotul Oslo here.Can someone please tell me if the lip of the vermiculite baffle should be facing forward or toward the back?
I bought a used Oslo and it just seems like the lip should be on the rear of the stove.
I’ve always been a big Jotul fan. But I really feel like they are being left behind in all the advancement. Not really any new products, or advancements to speak of. Still a high quality product, no doubt! I’d just like to see something new from them.
Me too. Most of their new stoves are modern room heaters for the European market.
As you know, I’m not immediately sold on new, particularly “New and improved”... I’ve had probably had close to 10 different Jotuls, I loved them. Although the Oslo was the messiest stove for us to date, both of them I preferred the 118 over any of them. But I’m a stove guy, I like innovative and look forward to seeing the new products at the trade show each spring. Jotul has nothing new and doesn’t even display at times, but yet increases their prices more than others. ? Give me something to be excited about!New is not always better in any product. Jotul has had a quality line for decades--simple, reliable, attractive. Begreen's 602 is by far the most used stove in the world.....still. There is a place for a older product that does its job well and simply like a Cessna 172 or a Stihl 009.
European homes are much different from our. Their heating culture is not what we are accustomed to. Northern European home are smaller, they tend to heat only living areas where they spend time, NOT bedrooms or little use areas such as our dining rooms. We have gotten acclimated to heating whole large homes 24/7 with central heat.
Firewood is not a commodity as it is here since most of the land has been long deforested for generations. Also is expensive except in rare rural, forested areas in Scandinavia.