First time poster, 3-month lurker. There's so much information on here, " 🎶but I still haven't found what I'm looking for🎶"
I've found myself in a bit of a pickle. I used to just burn through 6-7 cords in this old Huntsman without batting an eye. Wood's cheap, I have two boys to split it. Don't care, just pile it in there. Now, the situation has changed. For numerous reasons, I need to conserve wood and I need a stove with a long (as reasonably possible) burn time.
My two best options are:
1) The closest dealer with great customer service (Mennonites) has a PE Summit LE, with ash pan and tax for $4039. No EPA tax rebate.
2) Dealer 45 minutes away with Hearthstone Mansfield with ash pan and tax for $5109 - 30% rebate = $3576
I could use the tax rebate and would like to get the higher end Hearthstone stove and save almost $500. However, I'm a little concerned with how finicky it might be given my setup. Single wall stove pipe going into almost 25' of 6" clay, exterior chimney. If I needed to make adjustments to get the stove to work, I'm certain the PE dealer would help fix the problem.
Also, with the stove being in the basement, I have about 2500 sq/ft of old farm house to heat and I really don't know which one would do a better job.
Looking for 3rd party, objective input.
![[Hearth.com] PE Summit LE -vs- Hearthstone Mansfield, not as simple as it seems... [Hearth.com] PE Summit LE -vs- Hearthstone Mansfield, not as simple as it seems...](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/319/319279-5fdb891caf17cde39c3cbf3a959a6d32.jpg?hash=_ttAJks24b)
I've found myself in a bit of a pickle. I used to just burn through 6-7 cords in this old Huntsman without batting an eye. Wood's cheap, I have two boys to split it. Don't care, just pile it in there. Now, the situation has changed. For numerous reasons, I need to conserve wood and I need a stove with a long (as reasonably possible) burn time.
My two best options are:
1) The closest dealer with great customer service (Mennonites) has a PE Summit LE, with ash pan and tax for $4039. No EPA tax rebate.
2) Dealer 45 minutes away with Hearthstone Mansfield with ash pan and tax for $5109 - 30% rebate = $3576
I could use the tax rebate and would like to get the higher end Hearthstone stove and save almost $500. However, I'm a little concerned with how finicky it might be given my setup. Single wall stove pipe going into almost 25' of 6" clay, exterior chimney. If I needed to make adjustments to get the stove to work, I'm certain the PE dealer would help fix the problem.
Also, with the stove being in the basement, I have about 2500 sq/ft of old farm house to heat and I really don't know which one would do a better job.
Looking for 3rd party, objective input.
![[Hearth.com] PE Summit LE -vs- Hearthstone Mansfield, not as simple as it seems... [Hearth.com] PE Summit LE -vs- Hearthstone Mansfield, not as simple as it seems...](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/319/319283-a933272bc3c2c218697cf410a92f2991.jpg?hash=xcMx1aKcwt)
![[Hearth.com] PE Summit LE -vs- Hearthstone Mansfield, not as simple as it seems... [Hearth.com] PE Summit LE -vs- Hearthstone Mansfield, not as simple as it seems...](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/319/319279-5fdb891caf17cde39c3cbf3a959a6d32.jpg?hash=_ttAJks24b)