Pleasant Hearth 2200 vs Drolet Austral III

[rubantin]

Looking at and comparing 2 stoves from 2 of my local feed stores.... Any bias or recommendations/experience?

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Drolet Austral III Wood Stove

Drolet Austral III Wood Stove

www.landmsupply.com

Thanks

 

[begreen]

My preference would be the Austral III as long as clearances can be met. It's a larger, firebox that will load N/S and E/W with full-sized splits. Overall it is a better designed and made stove. Note that this model has no side shielding panels so it is quite radiant and has a higher clearance requirement than its siblings, the Legend and Myriad models. That's a good price on the stove. It went up this year and typically sells for around $1400.

 

[rubantin]

Yeah, plus if I buy it tomorrow I get 10% off!

 

[begreen]

Yeah, plus if I buy it tomorrow I get 10% off!

That's nice! Make sure it is still in stock or that you can get a raincheck for the sale price.

 

[brenndatomu]

My preference would be the Austral III

Agreed, Drolet over PH any day...

 

[snobuilder]

Great price if you can get it. looks to be OOS.
I like the 21" firebox depth compared to my Peasant Hearth 2200 which is listed @17"but a real world 14" log cap. N.to S.