Being our first season with the stove I've been waiting for a colder night to see how the stove would perform. Our goal is to supplement our heating cost(propane) not eliminate them and so far it's done a great job. As of yesterday we have only used 15% of our propane since it was filled the first week of Nov. and our hot water also uses it.
Last night we had our first windy low teen night this season and the daytime highs were also in the Mid teens. We'll obviously have some colder weather but I think it was a good test. I loaded the stove around 10:30 pm, when I woke up at 7:00 am this morning we still had a good coal bed to reload with. The t-stat is set at 70* since we have an 8 month old in the house, the furnace did run for about an hour total this morning. I'm usually up till midnight so I need to time my last load of the night better so I'll make it longer with meaningful heat. Last year without the stove our daytime t-stat settings were 66* with a roll back to 61* at night. The heat would've probably ran for 6-8 hours for the day last year in these types of temperatures. If I kept the t-stat at 66* I don't think the furnace would've ran much.
So far we've been very happy with the Endeavor. We're heating 1950 sq feet which is near the max rated area for this medium sized stove. Our living room has double doors that we can close off that knocks about 300 square feet off the total so that helps. We knew the stove would be slightly undersized when the weather was cold but we wanted the low clearance and smaller foot print provided by the Endeavor vs the Liberty. We're staying warmer then last year and using a lot less propane, my wife and I are both sold on wood heat!
Last night we had our first windy low teen night this season and the daytime highs were also in the Mid teens. We'll obviously have some colder weather but I think it was a good test. I loaded the stove around 10:30 pm, when I woke up at 7:00 am this morning we still had a good coal bed to reload with. The t-stat is set at 70* since we have an 8 month old in the house, the furnace did run for about an hour total this morning. I'm usually up till midnight so I need to time my last load of the night better so I'll make it longer with meaningful heat. Last year without the stove our daytime t-stat settings were 66* with a roll back to 61* at night. The heat would've probably ran for 6-8 hours for the day last year in these types of temperatures. If I kept the t-stat at 66* I don't think the furnace would've ran much.
So far we've been very happy with the Endeavor. We're heating 1950 sq feet which is near the max rated area for this medium sized stove. Our living room has double doors that we can close off that knocks about 300 square feet off the total so that helps. We knew the stove would be slightly undersized when the weather was cold but we wanted the low clearance and smaller foot print provided by the Endeavor vs the Liberty. We're staying warmer then last year and using a lot less propane, my wife and I are both sold on wood heat!
