Thanks! Any estimate on the F50 Rangely?
One young sales guy at my local stove dealer told me they only deal Jotul and Hearthstone, and that's all I saw on their showroom floor. However, Lopi and Pacific Energy both have them listed on their respective websites as my local dealer. Gotta get to the bottom of this, since we would really like to find a 2.0 - 2.3 cu.ft. top-load stove with a classic cast-iron look, and the Lopi Leyden looks like it may fit the bill. The F50 is everything we want, aside from cosmetics. The Enviro Bostons are also nice stoves, but the 1200 is small, and the 1700 is on the large end of what we think we want. The Alderlea T5 is also nice, and might end up being a good fit, but lacks top-load capability.
We've gotten so used to our Jotul Firelight 12 top-loader, and really dislike using the front door, as it always seems to stir up a good deal of ash upon opening. Also, we can get bigger logs thru the top-load door than we can get over the andirons when front-loading, which really matters when you're hand-splitting some really nasty stuff and want to just leave some large. Unfortunately, it does seem most of the non-cat top-loaders have pretty small top load doors.
Would be interested in hearing of any other top-loader stoves in this range, which require only ember protection forward of the door. We haven't completely ruled out front-loaders, but would choose a top-loader over a front-loader, all else being equal. Also interested in cat stoves, as the more advice I get about non-cats, the more I think we'd be better off sticking with a cat.
One young sales guy at my local stove dealer told me they only deal Jotul and Hearthstone, and that's all I saw on their showroom floor. However, Lopi and Pacific Energy both have them listed on their respective websites as my local dealer. Gotta get to the bottom of this, since we would really like to find a 2.0 - 2.3 cu.ft. top-load stove with a classic cast-iron look, and the Lopi Leyden looks like it may fit the bill. The F50 is everything we want, aside from cosmetics. The Enviro Bostons are also nice stoves, but the 1200 is small, and the 1700 is on the large end of what we think we want. The Alderlea T5 is also nice, and might end up being a good fit, but lacks top-load capability.
We've gotten so used to our Jotul Firelight 12 top-loader, and really dislike using the front door, as it always seems to stir up a good deal of ash upon opening. Also, we can get bigger logs thru the top-load door than we can get over the andirons when front-loading, which really matters when you're hand-splitting some really nasty stuff and want to just leave some large. Unfortunately, it does seem most of the non-cat top-loaders have pretty small top load doors.
Would be interested in hearing of any other top-loader stoves in this range, which require only ember protection forward of the door. We haven't completely ruled out front-loaders, but would choose a top-loader over a front-loader, all else being equal. Also interested in cat stoves, as the more advice I get about non-cats, the more I think we'd be better off sticking with a cat.
In the T5 or T6, the sweet length is 18", same as the Rangeley. And the Rangeley is the same size as the big Boston. You most likely will be burning 16-18" wood with the change. No problem, the Firelight will burn that wood length too.
