With the help of a lot of people on this forum, I bought a Regency 2400 off of Craigslist on October 1. The stove is 7 years old and needed all new firebricks. Next year, it will need gaskets on the glass. I paid $600 for the stove.
I like the stove. It took some getting used to. Prior to this stove, I had burned only non EPA stoves like Nashua's, Old Mill's, crappy box stoves, "ram downs," cook stoves, etc. I worked at a sporting camp and each cabin had a different stove. My last stove was a wood/coal stove that looked like a Garrison.
I live in a roughly 800 square foot ranch on a blueberry field where a west wind hits the back of the house hard. I heat only with wood. My furnace goes on only when I'm at work or late at night when it's very cold.
The stove gives great long burns. I can start a fire at 5:00 am, leave for work, and return home at 3:30 and still have enough coals to start a fire without a match. It's difficult to get to stove hot quickly. I think this is because it's covered in heat shields and it's very well insulated. The firebox is almost completely covered in bricks. When the weather is below zero and the wind is howling, it's hard to keep the house warm. This isn't the stove's fault, but I did think about taking off the heat shields when we had those -25 degree wind chills a couple of weeks ago.
I've had way less creosote buildup. I brushed out my stove pipe once, but it really wasn't that bad.
I think I'm burning less wood than normal, but it's hard to tell right now. I'll have a better idea by March. Overall, I think this stove was a good purchase. It'll take another season or two to dial it in, but it's a good stove and definitely a whole house heater up to 1500 square feet in the north.
I hope this helps someone looking to buy a Regency 2400.
I like the stove. It took some getting used to. Prior to this stove, I had burned only non EPA stoves like Nashua's, Old Mill's, crappy box stoves, "ram downs," cook stoves, etc. I worked at a sporting camp and each cabin had a different stove. My last stove was a wood/coal stove that looked like a Garrison.
I live in a roughly 800 square foot ranch on a blueberry field where a west wind hits the back of the house hard. I heat only with wood. My furnace goes on only when I'm at work or late at night when it's very cold.
The stove gives great long burns. I can start a fire at 5:00 am, leave for work, and return home at 3:30 and still have enough coals to start a fire without a match. It's difficult to get to stove hot quickly. I think this is because it's covered in heat shields and it's very well insulated. The firebox is almost completely covered in bricks. When the weather is below zero and the wind is howling, it's hard to keep the house warm. This isn't the stove's fault, but I did think about taking off the heat shields when we had those -25 degree wind chills a couple of weeks ago.
I've had way less creosote buildup. I brushed out my stove pipe once, but it really wasn't that bad.
I think I'm burning less wood than normal, but it's hard to tell right now. I'll have a better idea by March. Overall, I think this stove was a good purchase. It'll take another season or two to dial it in, but it's a good stove and definitely a whole house heater up to 1500 square feet in the north.
I hope this helps someone looking to buy a Regency 2400.
