Newbee.. Magnum 3502 insert ?

[porkfarm]

Seems I can get Magnum 3502 insert with 1 ton of Pellets for under 2400 bucks. With the 1500 tax credit, that makes for what seems like a good deal. Sure, I have seen other stoves that I like much better, but also cost 1K + more.

I just can't seem to find a review on a Magnum 3502.

If I knew that I would be staying in NH. more than a few years; I would go top of the line; but I think I only have a few more years before I head south. ( ROI is a big player here. )

Anybody care to throw 2 cents in ?

 

[imacman]

Seems I can get Magnum 3502 insert with 1 ton of Pellets for under 2400 bucks. With the 1500 tax credit, that makes for what seems like a good deal. Sure, I have seen other stoves that I like much better, but also cost 1K + more.

I just can't seem to find a review on a Magnum 3502.

If I knew that I would be staying in NH. more than a few years; I would go top of the line; but I think I only have a few more years before I head south. ( ROI is a big player here. )

Anybody care to throw 2 cents in ?

First of all, welcome to the forum Pork. Yep, your right....no reviews or info on that stove here, or anywhere else I can find...hmmmm. Might want to consider another stove with more information available. You don't want to buy a "pig in a poke" :lol:

As for your figures on the "tax credit", let me correct you on one fact....you don't get an automatic $1500 back. The tax credit is "30%, up to $1500". Assuming you'd pay roughly $270/ton for pellets (which aren't covered in the tax credit), you're left with a stove that costs about $2130 x 30% = approx $640 tax credit. So, effectively, the stove would "cost" you around $1490.

 

[porkfarm]

Thanks for the info and welcome ! I think it might be a rebranded Englander as it is at HD.

With that in mind. If I spend the money and get the stove I like with install, I figure close to 5K. Then I could get the full 30% up to 1500 ?

Now the big problem. Harmon, Quad, Lopi ? Insert or Cast Iron Freestand ? By the time I read all these post, It will be spring time.

I like the Mt. Vernon look, but not the reviews.

And on top of that. This is going in a see-thru fireplace... Oh my head.. It's going to take a month of Sundays to figure this one out.

 

[imacman]

..... I think it might be a rebranded Englander as it is at HD.........

I don't think so, although maybe Mike Holton will chime in and confirm this. Here is the company website, and they mention that they have "manufacturing" going on there.

www.americanenergysystems.com/index.cfm

Interesting that you saw it in a HD....I've only seen Englanders there