Top ten firewood stoves.. allegedly

[peckerwoo]

100% with the Scandi views!

Iv`e trawled through everything from Aarow to Yeoman and besides the named Jotul, morso (squirrel) and Stovax ranges my clear (literally) choice is the Handol woodburners by Nibe.

Only problem now is finding the moolah to get it in with all the plates, liner and fixings and start to work on the last 2 years supply of logs thats everywhere from in the airing cupboard and under the front room void to the back garden and down lying around the familys building yard???

[AngusMF250]

I d never heard of them, but just had a look at the website, fine looking products.

Made in Sweden? They are good quality and not expensive.

The Swedes and Finns use a lot of soapstone, even better than cast iron for retaining the heat

Edited November 6, 2010 by AngusMF250

[County4x4]

Morso and Jotul make some nice stuff I'll agree - we have a Morso ourselves at home. However, I've heard of a lot more people having troubles with Morso than with Clearview, which are admittedly more expensive. Every single comment I've read about Clearview has been positively glowing with praise - and a mate of mine who installs and maintains hundreds of stoves every year reckons they're the best on the market if you can afford them.

 

Andy

[Taupotreeman]

Jeez I can't believe how expensive those wood bruners are back in England. They're about half that price here for a larger version. We use ours for heating the hot water and cooking on in Winter. Saves the bill on electricity massively. I think ours cost about $2500 so about 1150 quid. Throws out a heap of heat too.

[AngusMF250]

Morso and Jotul make some nice stuff I'll agree - we have a Morso ourselves at home. However, I've heard of a lot more people having troubles with Morso than with Clearview, which are admittedly more expensive. Every single comment I've read about Clearview has been positively glowing with praise - and a mate of mine who installs and maintains hundreds of stoves every year reckons they're the best on the market if you can afford them.

 

Andy

Hi Andy

I had a clearview before I got the Jotul, the cast Iron Jotul was cheaper, better quality and more robust. When the Clearview got hot the top used to rise up like a balloon, pretty scary, I sold it after 3 months.

Are you using the Clearview as a primary heat source?

Each to their own.

 

See the comment on this forum;

 

handol stoves parts availability

[AngusMF250]

Jeez I can't believe how expensive those wood bruners are back in England. They're about half that price here for a larger version. We use ours for heating the hot water and cooking on in Winter. Saves the bill on electricity massively. I think ours cost about $2500 so about 1150 quid. Throws out a heap of heat too.

 

Most of the (quality) stoves I ve looked at in Scotland are no more expensive than what you payed, but I dont think your winters are cold, is it not tropical where you live in the North Island? You will get away with a much smaller KW output stove.

[MattyF]

I got offered an old jotul in exchange for 2 loads of logs! wish i had taken it!

[AngusMF250]

I got offered an old jotul in exchange for 2 loads of logs! wish i had taken it!

You can get second hand Jotuls on ebay, they are very common.

[bjam1964]

We started with a 7kw Morso but it didn't stay alight all night and was fussy with the logs; they needed to be less than 20% moisture content and no larger than 12". As the fire is our only source of heat in the house this was a little tedious. We then upgraded to a Charnwood Cove 2 and have not looked back - fantastic burner. It is multi-fuel, not fussy with the logs, will take 18" chunks of any wood. The glass stays clear, the adjustment of the heat output is brilliant. Couldn't rate it higher - at least for our purposes

[Taupotreeman]

Angus, certainly not tropical where we live in NZ. We are 30 minutes drive from the ski fields and the Desert Road is often closed to traffic in winter due to heavy snow. Having said that; I spent a lot of time in Scotland when I was younger and it's nowhere near as cold as the winters there that's for sure.