Reporting back after a very cold winter season here, and had no problems with the stove. The stove did very well, we had a few days in the negatives, one day was -14 Fahrenheit, and the stove kept the house very warm. The fire show for me is more of a quick wispy dance, rather than the normal show you see on YouTube, that could be do to the fact im burning lodgepole. But still nice in its own way, its more a fierce quick burning secondary flame. Someone on craigs list in my area, is selling Western juniper, im gonna try a chord or two of that next seasons and see how that works. I almost never saw smoke, even burning with the air all the way shut down, you never saw any except for startups. Its really quite amazing. One negative most people probably wont think about is the birds getting stuck in the stove. The stove has very small openings from the top of the burn tube to the by pass. The only way to get the bird out is to remove the screw holding the burn tube and removing the tube. I eventually just bought a bird proof cap, those birds loved coming down my chimney. With lodgepole If i went to bed at around 10:30, loaded the stove up there would be coals at 7 when I got up. Overall I love the stove, its looks good, burns good and its good knowing how efficient the stove is. Did anyone else end up getting one, im eager to know what everyone else though of it?