Well I sold old house and left my Englander multi fuel pellet stove with house and purchased another house that already had a harman P38 installed about year ago from previous owner. Well burned through almost 1st ton with the Harman and since it was nice this weekend I added an OAK. Got the Harman OAK metal pipe ($20 for 5 feet) and the Harman outside air kit cap ($61). A bit expensive for what you get and I would have just purchased Englanders's OAK kit if I knew the price was going to be that high.
There sure is a difference. Big difference and I am a true OAK believer. I had an OAK w/ my Englander multi fuel stove and was undecided if it actually did anything.
House is a cape code built in the 50's with brand new windows and OK insulated. But the floor (hardwood) was always cold and the air was very dry.... I also noticed that the stove's fire was getting lazy after about a day of burning..... Also I had trouble keeping the temperature consistent.
Now w/ OAK, house is noticably warmer, and the fire is not lazy at all! Stove's overall performance seems to be way more effiecient. Very happy that I now have my stove running effecient and got the house toasty warm.
For anyone that is interested also. I am completly satisified with this Harman stove... Like it a lot more then the Englander multi fuel stove I had previously. My Englander heated well too, just was always dealing with clunkers in burn pot, dirty window, (3) igniters replaced. Englander tech support was always top notch and if I had to purchase I would probably have chosen an englander pellet stove again because of their customer service and accessiblility to parts.
Harman I have burned Hamers, Lignetics (blue), Cheat River, Stove Chow, and the window stays clean for almost 5 days and then very minimal build up. No clinkers at all in burn pot, and very basic construction and extra large ash pan.
There sure is a difference. Big difference and I am a true OAK believer. I had an OAK w/ my Englander multi fuel stove and was undecided if it actually did anything.
House is a cape code built in the 50's with brand new windows and OK insulated. But the floor (hardwood) was always cold and the air was very dry.... I also noticed that the stove's fire was getting lazy after about a day of burning..... Also I had trouble keeping the temperature consistent.
Now w/ OAK, house is noticably warmer, and the fire is not lazy at all! Stove's overall performance seems to be way more effiecient. Very happy that I now have my stove running effecient and got the house toasty warm.
For anyone that is interested also. I am completly satisified with this Harman stove... Like it a lot more then the Englander multi fuel stove I had previously. My Englander heated well too, just was always dealing with clunkers in burn pot, dirty window, (3) igniters replaced. Englander tech support was always top notch and if I had to purchase I would probably have chosen an englander pellet stove again because of their customer service and accessiblility to parts.
Harman I have burned Hamers, Lignetics (blue), Cheat River, Stove Chow, and the window stays clean for almost 5 days and then very minimal build up. No clinkers at all in burn pot, and very basic construction and extra large ash pan.