What would you buy?

[AngusMac]

As with all stove purchases look at the maker's specs, your heating requirements, advice from hearth.com com and then go buy the one your wife likes.

++ on that. Some things are universal. Buy the one that the wife likes, it will be the focal point of whatever room that it is installed.

My wife wanted the Jotul 274. So we went to the stove supplier and I asked her to open and close the door and play with the air controls. She hated it, it was awkward and she had to bend down to reach, I also pointed out that the controls would confuse the hell out of my mother who is often at our house.
So she tried the Morso and found it far easier to use, although she prefers the look of the Jotul. She doesnt want the 250 because she says it looks like a spaceman's helmet
She wants the Morso.

 

[AngusMac]

I got an email back from Morso about the firebox size, which is quite respectable (in cm, sorry).

That is a BIG Firebox

That is big, and I could get some decent sized logs in for burning overnight.

Looks pretty small to USA standards. That 345mm converts to 13.5 inches so your wood would have to be sized less than that. Looks like the fire box is a tad over 1cu ft. For a good overnight burn in a non cat i'd be looking for something closer to 2 cu ft.

It is big by European standards and due to the height, I could get a huge log in

 

[wendell]

She wants the Morso.

Smart wife!

The local Morso dealer has several of the larger versions of the stove you are looking at and the one they have burning they always have bigger wood that they have put in vertically on an angle so it won't fall forward. Makes for a very beautiful fire.

 

[AngusMac]

She wants the Morso.

Smart wife!

The local Morso dealer has several of the larger versions of the stove you are looking at and the one they have burning they always have bigger wood that they have put in vertically on an angle so it won't fall forward. Makes for a very beautiful fire.

You understand it too well Wendell and can see the fire use as I see it.

A month ago I was convinced of buying the Jotul 274, but now, its almost definite the Morso, for ease of use, double skin with a simple design that will work as a convector, larger burn chamber, and for us it is also plreasing on the eye.

Its interesting to see how differant the North American market is.

I still have a strong passion for Jotuls, we still have 2 in use and they are faultless, but Moros have a gap in the contemporary meduim sized stove market, and it seems to me that Morso have really excelled in wood burning over the past couple of years.

 

[Gunks]

I'll buy the Morso. The best looking of the three. I happen to love the modern looking stoves. Just bought a Scan 60.

 

[begreen]

So she tried the Morso and found it far easier to use, although she prefers the look of the Jotul. She doesnt want the 250 because she says it looks like a spaceman's helmet
She wants the Morso.

I had the same thought as your wife.

 

[AngusMac]

I'll buy the Morso. The best looking of the three. I happen to love the modern looking stoves. Just bought a Scan 60.

Scan are now owned by Jotul.
Do you still have your Jotul (is it a N0.6 in the photo?)

 

[wendell]

I'll buy the Morso. The best looking of the three. I happen to love the modern looking stoves. Just bought a Scan 60.

Congratulations. i love their stoves and want the A 10 but got such a good deal on the Morso I had to get it. But, It has turned out to be a great stove too but would've like the bigger firebox.

 

[AngusMac]

I'll buy the Morso. The best looking of the three. I happen to love the modern looking stoves. Just bought a Scan 60.

Congratulations. i love their stoves and want the A 10 but got such a good deal on the Morso I had to get it. But, It has turned out to be a great stove too but would've like the bigger firebox.

Isnt the A10 the cast Iron model?
It look very simmilar to your Morso.

 

[Todd]

What kind of material do they line those fire boxes with?

 

[Gunks]

I'll buy the Morso. The best looking of the three. I happen to love the modern looking stoves. Just bought a Scan 60.

Scan are now owned by Jotul.
Do you still have your Jotul (is it a N0.6 in the photo?)

Yes. I still have the stove in the photo. It is a Jotual Combifire No. 1.

 

[Gunks]

I'll buy the Morso. The best looking of the three. I happen to love the modern looking stoves. Just bought a Scan 60.

Congratulations. i love their stoves and want the A 10 but got such a good deal on the Morso I had to get it. But, It has turned out to be a great stove too but would've like the bigger firebox.

I got a great deal on the Scan 60 -- $1300.

 

[wendell]

Isnt the A10 the cast Iron model?
It look very simmilar to your Morso.

Yes and yes.

 

[AngusMac]

Isnt the A10 the cast Iron model?
It look very simmilar to your Morso.

Yes and yes.

I read up about it last night and looked at the exploded diagrams, its a well made stove alright.
Hmmm.. wonder if I should include that in the shortlist?
I think it will be the Morso anyway.

 

[firefighterjake]

I'll buy the Morso. The best looking of the three. I happen to love the modern looking stoves. Just bought a Scan 60.

Congratulations. i love their stoves and want the A 10 but got such a good deal on the Morso I had to get it. But, It has turned out to be a great stove too but would've like the bigger firebox.

Isnt the A10 the cast Iron model?
It look very simmilar to your Morso.

Hmm . . . when I think of the A-10 I think of something very different than a woodstove.

 

[wendell]

Hmmm.. wonder if I should include that in the shortlist?
I think it will be the Morso anyway.

Wasn't the reason you were looking for a new stove was the one you had put out too much heat? (Of course, after all these threads I could be confused.) If so, the Anderson 10 would cook you out. I can heat my 2700 sq ft home with my Morso until the temps get down into the 20's Fahrenheit.

 

[AngusMac]

Hmmm.. wonder if I should include that in the shortlist?
I think it will be the Morso anyway.

Wasn't the reason you were looking for a new stove was the one you had put out too much heat? (Of course, after all these threads I could be confused.) If so, the Anderson 10 would cook you out. I can heat my 2700 sq ft home with my Morso until the temps get down into the 20's Fahrenheit.

No, think I ll drop the A10.
Your home must be very well insulated. What power does your Morso have?
The Bear we sold was supposed to be 24,000 BTUs, but was a lot more than that. The 602 is supposed to be 20500 BTUs, but cannot heat the 1000 sq ft area,
except in summer.

 

[wendell]

35,000 as I recall. Not great insulation but did put in new windows a few years back.

I should add a disclaimer that to do that, we had to run it harder than it was designed for. Now, with adding the Oslo, we will be able to run it a little easier.

 

[AngusMac]

35,000 as I recall. Not great insulation but did put in new windows a few years back.

I should add a disclaimer that to do that, we had to run it harder than it was designed for. Now, with adding the Oslo, we will be able to run it a little easier.

A Morso and a Jotul in your home, perfect!
It will be the same with us, but 2 Jotuls and a Morso

 

[wendell]

If you go back to your first thread I told you that in the very beginning!! ;-) :lol:

 

[AngusMac]

If you go back to your first thread I told you that in the very beginning!! ;-) :lol:

Yes, I do remember Wendell, but I thought you hadnt got the f500 by at that point !
I never knew your Morso could heat such a large area! Kind of makes me nervous if I m buying a 6kw stove, maybe too hot again !

Like I said before the 602 wasnt powerfull enough to heat in the winter months, and the f118 was just too powerful, they are supposed to be 6 and 7 kw, but more like 4 and 10 kw !?!

 

[wendell]

Yes, it is hard to know. I would say you certainly can just put in less wood at a time. If you look at the manual, I have been burning larger splits and much more in the firebox than what is recommended. Now, with the Oslo, I can follow the rules as all the Morso needs to do is heat the basement once it is cold enough to start running the Oslo.