summit said:
although, stovensen, I would highly reccomend a Harman for U, as they do ship to Europe, and pump more heat than any cutsie stove ever thought of doing.
BTW, what kinda pellets are you running into in Europe? do you guys have alot of premiums, super premiums? or is it a mish mash of regular grade?
summit, you know, there's a saying that goes something like "love makes you blind" and that's exactly how I feel about the Thelin "Gnome". Also, from reading about it here in this forum, it's one of the most silent pellet stoves in the world. I guess mainly due to the common armature for both fans which also means very low electric power consumption.
Furthermore, the "Gnome" has one the lowest particle emission rates, according to a list from the EPA.
As for the Harmans, well, they certainly have the most efficient heat exchanger system of all stoves and their special burn pot and feeding system is very advanced with some obvious advantages that are widely documented by Harman owners in this forum.
Still, the "Gnome" is the stove that would satisfy my personal taste right on the spot.
A couple of pics of the antigue coal stove I had before the installation of the Whitfield Quest Plus in 2008 will show better than 1000 words why the thelin is my favourite.
This antigue coal stove shown on the pics was made in Denmark around 1898 and was installed as new in the house in 1898. The house is also from 1898.
This coalstove is a so called "crown stove" ( krone ovn ) because of the crown at the top. It is still fully functional and as you can see, it has much resemblance to the Thelin "Gnome".
If pellet prices get unacceptable high it may be necessary to swap the Whitfield with the crown stove. It can burn coal, coke and wood.
As for pellet quality we have a lot of choices, but it's a jungle to navigate. The cheapest should be avoided unless one has a Geiger-Müller counter in the household as they might be radioactive as stated in my answer above.
The very best quality ( super premium ) pellets are from
www.stampemollen.dk and they cost 2198,- DK kroner for a skid of 960 kilograms (2117 lbs.)
One US Dollar = 5.41 DK Kroner.
How much is that in $ for 40 lbs. bag? Sorry, but my math is worse than bad.
Bo