Top Five Best Wood Burning Stoves!! (26% Tax Credit Eligible!!)

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Today, we’re ranking Trevor’s Top 5 Wood Burning Stoves!

Burn season is practically here! Check out Trevor’s top five wood burning stoves.All of our wood stoves are of the highest quality brands. All of these stoves are EPA certified and eligible for the 26% Federal Tax Credit. Trevor breaks down each stove and what he likes about them and some of the draw backs. If you would like to see them for yourself come by our showroom!

#5 - Napoleon S Series - Re-Burn System - Steel
-PROS: Strong brand name, Large viewing window, Shelf compartment.
-CONS:
#4 - MF Fire Nova 2 - Catalytic Combustor -
-PROS: Insert & Freestanding, Nice burn.
-CONS: none.
#3 - Iron Strike 230- Re-Burn System - Steel-
-PROS: Customizable, Different size options, Blower attachment.
-CONS:
#2 - Hearthstone - Catalytic Combustor - Soap Stone & Cast Iron
-PROS: Longest burn time, most efficient, side load, rear vent.
-CONS:
#1 - Vermont Casting -
-PROS: Strong brand name, Cast iron, Beautiful color finishes, Top load.
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[sheltonmcmillian]

As a chimney sweep who services and repairs stoves. I work on more hearthstones than any other brand followed by Vermont casting and they are by far some of the hardest ones to service. If I was to buy a stove for myself or recommend one to my customers, it would be hands-down the Pacific energy brand. They are highly efficient, easy to service, the glass never turns black and rarely have any problems out of them.

[LemonySnicket-EUC]

I've owned a Vermont Castings Encore woodburning stove for 25 trouble free years and I approve this Video including the Pink shorts. Why people would leave a negative comment about the color of a grown man's shorts is beyond me.

[debbart]

Had a Hearthstone Soapstone for over 30 yrs. A little expensive but burns 3 logs at a time and keeps the stove warm even after the embers go out. Still radiates heat from the soapstone. Best ever decision we made to get this stove over a cast iron stove, which cools down quickly!

[cgdrider]

When we moved to Northern California, on the way from Los Angeles we stopped at a wood stove store in Benicia, California were we found our new wood stove. It is an Osburn Model 2200 with the Space Shuttle glass, three glass panes one long front and two 30 degree smaller side panes. This Osburn stove has held up very well for 12 years and I think the view of the fire is unmatched.

[jerrypelletier]

I absolutely love my 1995 Vermont Castings stove, top feed, 12 hour burns, large ash tray...I start this stove first week of November and it runs nonstop until second week of April.

[shellyjharris]

We love our Hearthstone Heritage! The longest burn time, heats our entire home, never any issues and stays gorgeous with almost no care! We just dust and don’t set random things on it! We love the side door for adding new wood or stoking the fire. We’re several years in and it is as beautiful as the day it was installed. If we ever move, we’ll be taking our Hearthstone Heritage with us, or buying another Hearthstone Heritage for any future home.

[newyorkchris]

Great video and great Job! Just please stop saying how cast iron retains the heat. Cast iron is useful as a stove metal because it gives up its heat rapidly to the space and will cool very fast. If it retained its heat it wouldn't heat the space or house.

[tomnerone]

Bought a hearthstone in 1986, still going today. If you want it to, it will heat you out of the house. Not sure if they’re as good today, but this stove paid for itself a thousand times over.

[rootsrocksfeathers]

We installed a Hearthstone Soapstone stove 20 years ago just like the one you show, same color. Very pricey but best thing we ever did for this house. They installed the pipe up the fireplace flue and the stove sits on the hearth with the firebox of the fireplace closed in with black steel sheets, so it's rear-vented. We don't use our heatpump (has been dead for 2 years anyway) at all, have an open plan cottage style cabin we live in full time in the mountains at 2000 ft elevation. Soapstone is not only efficient, but it's also beautiful.

[brianrosabeck]

We have a Hearthstone for 15 years now and never had a single problem with it. The burn time is awesome.

[jeannievh]

Trevor - awesome and honking video! I live in Portugal (Europe) where it gets very damp and humid in the winter. We are looking for either a pellet burner or wood burner. Your videos are incredibly informative and are helping us to make up our minds - I just wish your shop was closer as we would definitely buy from you. You're an excellent knowledgeable salesman.

[pamelahoskins]

I have the Hearthstone Manchester and I love it. My main source of heat and it holds heat a long time.

[wobdeehomestead]

You should say the top 5 stoves you sell. There are many other brands out there just as good or better like Blaze King, Lopi, PE, Jotul, Woodstock to name a few.

[freeheeler]

We put a Hearthstone Heritage soapstone stove in a house just before I switched jobs and we had to move. Heartbreaking! It was an amazing and expensive stove.

[annaaron]

Had 4 Vermont Castings stoves for primary heat over 30 years from the original Vigilant to 3 #2550 Encores on new home installs. Tried the "new and improved" Flexburn Encore . Two new Flexburn Encores BOTH were uncontrollable; the air control in both was defective. They overfired; had to throw the burning logs outside in the snow. The two new Encores were returned ;a dealer refunding the price. VC HQ was AWOL.
The VC stoves are pretty. Great for entertainment or weekend fires, not for serious 24/7 wood stove heat. Our two Jotuls operate perfectly. Or also Woodstock, PE, or BK for user reliability and safety and customer support.

[chellegriggs]

This was a 'honkin' good video. Lots of great information. Moving to our Homestead soon and building a home and looking to buying the best...thank you so much 😊

[SeeMooreVids]

Great vid. My Vermont Castings Vigilant is “HONKIN heating right now here in Plymouth, MA.

[cbk]

I bought the heritage 6 years ago. It didn’t come with the side load but I did get the blower.they take a couple hours to get up to temperature but put out enough to heat my upstairs in -20 winters. I have it on the first floor in my living room.

[shaner]

Nicely done man, great explanation in a short period of time.. This was extremely helpful in differentiation between top brands. Thank you for the information, very helpful.. Cheers

[zackhaas]

Just my thoughts, but I don't like how the floor of the stoves you show are only an inch or so from the bottom of the door, and is something I looked at when going to purchase a new stove since we rely exclusively on wood and we were sick of fighting ash/embers falling out after a day because it fills up. The other thing is efficiency has nothing to do with burn times. Efficiency is just how much of the heat you produce burning that can potentially be turned into usable heat. Being able to control the burn is what counts. As you said, that's a whole different video, but afterburner stoves need to be burnt a LOT hotter to be "clean", and from my experience they go through wood much quicker. We went with a Blaze King and couldn't be happier, there's six inches from the bottom of the door the the bottom of the burn chamber, it heats are home very well, and will burn for 20 hours on low heat setting with a full load. It's much more controllable then an afterburner system and in my opinion one of the best.