Our local, 75 miles away, (This is Texas and that is considered Local) carries Lopi wood stoves and just wondering if that is a good brand. I was thinking about the Endeavor or Liberty models. I have been having an internal debate over pellet or wood and just about to go crazy making up my mind. Good points for which ever I decide to go with. Just afraid that if I go with the wood stove I may not use it as much since our winters are not that severe here and usually a little heat goes a long ways and may just be easier to turn on the gas heater to take the chill out of the air during fall and spring instead of building a fire. I put some numbers together and figured my propane use over the last seven years and assumed that 50% of that was for heat and the other for hot water and cooking. Assuming that pellets were $200 a ton over that period and I used a ton a year, I would have saved $900 if I used a pellet stove for heat and $2400 if I used a wood stove since wood is free for the cutting out here. But there is a lot to be said for the convenience of the pellet stove. Kinda wondering what the price of pellets will do over the next 10 years as more and more of these stoves are put to use. Also the pellet stove that I am looking at, Harman P43 shows to use 255W of electricity while in operation. Gas bill goes down and electric goes up.