Best Budget Stove for £500 5kw or under

[gensetsteve]

I think we have a hamlet made by arda in dorset or devon I think. Good stove that will take a 10" log. Better than our hunter and uses alot less wood.

[GreenGui]

Don't they all come out of the same Chinese foundry?

 

I suspect thats correct but what would one expect for less than £500 in cast iron.

[spudulike]

Thanks for the replys, nice to have an unbiased view on the AGA - sounds good for the money from what I can see - keep the reviews/ideas coming - he didn't want to go for a Chinese one TBH!

[Graham]

I suspect thats correct but what would one expect for less than £500 in cast iron.

 

Nothing less. Just that you hear so many bad reports of Chinese cast iron and I find it annoying that some British 'manufacturers' forget to tell people in their adverts that 'their' foundry is in China and bullshit with statements like: 'cast from iron ore is superior to recycled from scrap'. Try telling Jotul that.

Edited April 15, 2014 by Graham

[codlasher]

I fitted a number of this companies stoves, the 3Kw & 5Kw. Their spares back up is good and they are a UK built product.Dunsleyheat - Multifuel stoves, Woodburning stoves and open fires

I have a Morso 3610 to heat my house.

codlasher

[mendiplogs]

I fitted a number of this companies stoves, the 3Kw & 5Kw. Their spares back up is good and they are a UK built product.Dunsleyheat - Multifuel stoves, Woodburning stoves and open fires

I have a Morso 3610 to heat my house.

codlasher

 

HI COD there good stoves them MORSO BETTER OFF GETTING A GOOD STOVE IT WILL ONLY EAT WOOD THANKS JON

[peatff]

We've had a Hunter Hawk for about 12 years now, it only has a cast door the stove body is welded from boiler plate steel and is quite thick. It only has basic airwash system no tertiary air control but it can be shut down fairly low. We've been happy with it for what it cost which was £350 at the time. We found it at a local stove supplier cheaper than on the internet.

[codlasher]

CHEERS JON:biggrin:

codlasher

[GreenGui]

Nothing less. Just that you hear so many bad reports of Chinese cast iron and I find it annoying that some British 'manufacturers' forget to tell people in their adverts that 'their' foundry is in China and bullshit with statements like: 'cast from iron ore is superior to recycled from scrap'. Try telling Jotul that.

 

I'm not sellling one! I am simply responding to a question re sub 500 quid stoves, which incidentally the OP never said NO Chinese when first posting but made it clear it must be less than £500.

 

I can only speak from experience and having run one as a second stove for 5 years without problem for the mighty sum of 300 quid, its not bad. I run an expensive Esse as my primary heat source and whilst it kicks out the heat as a British made product it is not without faults wrt to quality control. I'm not preaching its better than Jotul, I know that its not, just answering the original question which the OP has now amended.

[niftysteve]

Thanks for the replys, nice to have an unbiased view on the AGA - sounds good for the money from what I can see - keep the reviews/ideas coming - he didn't want to go for a Chinese one TBH!

 

aga wenlock classic is a good choice as its under 5 kw the other wenlocks are over 5 kw

another budget steel constructed stove that i have fitted around 20 over the last year is one of these

 

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