Breckwell Big E Utility Furnace and Home Heater

Breckwell Big E Utility Furnace and Home Heater

From Breckwell
Economy, Efficiency, and Ease of Operation together in one powerful package.

Heats up to 2,200 Square Feet • Digital One-Touch Control with Diagnostics • Up to 55,000 BTU Heat Input • 13 Tube Heat Exchange System • Up to 140 lb. Hopper Capacity • 81% Fuel Efficiency • Two Thermostat modes: high/low or on/off • Five Heat Settings

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Breckwell Big E Home Heater
Reviewed and rated by Basking Lizard on December 06, 2007

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We bought a Big E Home Heater last year. It ran for about 4 months before parts started failing on it. We've replaced the combustion blower twice and the control panel three times, and it continues to malfunction. Currently waiting for Breckwell to get back to us on how they will resolve this, although at this point, we really just want a refund so we can get a stove that actually works. In a ...
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Breckwell Big E Home Heater
Reviewed and rated by Stevie on January 23, 2008

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We've had our Big E for about a year, and we haven't had any problems with it. It's actually a bit more powerful than I thought, and I've had to figure out how to burn to get less output. It is totally worth what I paid for it.
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Breckwell Big E Utility Furnace and Home Heater
Reviewed and rated by roger hebert on March 23, 2008

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We live in the white mountains of newhampshire and have run this stove hard for three years. the room air blower motor just quit working today and the search is on for a new motor. Would I buy another breckwell! the answer is a big YES!!!
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Breckwell Big E Utility Furnace and Home Heater
Reviewed and rated by n3vhr on October 26, 2008

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We have been using this stove for 3 years. We use this in a 2000 sq ft home as our primary heat source. During the heating season it runs 24/7 (except when we shut it down to clean it). We have it in our unfinished basement. We used only 75 gallons of fuel oil last year here in the mountains of SoutWestern Pennsylvania. I am thinking about buying another one to put in our livingroom.
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Breckwell Big E Utility Furnace and Home Heater
Reviewed and rated by Thomas Wolf on December 11, 2008

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We have had our Stove for 3 years and have not had a problem with it at all. Here in Montana it gets really cold durning the winter. Our house is over 2000 Sq Ft and is two levels. On the number 2 setting the house stays about 72 degrees when it is around 20 degrees out side. On the number 3 setting it is 85 inside. As it gets colder, we turn it on the number 3 setting. I am still playing ...
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Breckwell Big E Utility Furnace and Home Heater
Reviewed and rated by Dove in Pennsylvania on January 16, 2009

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Please do yourself a favor and do not purchase this stove we have had nothing but headaches since we spent all of our stimulus check on this. We have had to replace the ash pan twice since we installed in October. The burn pot over fills causing the burning coals to tumble into the front of the ash pan causing it to "Pop" releasing hot coals and unburned pellets to spill onto floor a ...
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Breckwell Big E Utility Furnace and Home Heater
Reviewed and rated by brownlaker@hotmail.com on January 22, 2009

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This stove has bad blower motors. After 1 winter you will have to replace them. Customer service does not seem to exist. Buy a better stove and save yourself a lot of grief.
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Breckwell Big E Utility Furnace and Home Heater
Reviewed and rated by Chuck D'Arcy on February 23, 2009

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I am now on my second big e The first one was so bad that they replaced it after only 3 months.This one seems to work ok so far.It has been installed for about a week.Customer service sucks.The place I bought it from tried to help but their hands were tied.I think the advertising is full of lies.You cant run the stove on high for over two hours at a time or it will fry the motherboard,if you put ...
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Breckwell Big E Utility Furnace and Home Heater
Reviewed and rated by W. Krsul on February 24, 2009

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I've had this Big E pellet eating monster in my place for two winters now. The following are some observations:
1. The stove “works”, but considering the $2,000 price, I don't think that it does a very good job at heating or is a very good product.
2. The design is very bare-bones-basic.
3. Some mechanical aptitude is absolutely required. If you can’t or don’t want to ...
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Breckwell Big E Utility Furnace and Home Heater
Reviewed and rated by George W. on October 16, 2009

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This thing is cheap, and you get what you pay for. The replacement parts are all over $250 each, so beware. Both fans failed out of warranty and I paid $500 to replace. On top of that - only a modest heater. Can't get ahold of custermer service live. Look elsewhere for another brand (I found out that Golden eagle is the same as breckwell!)
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Breckwell Big E Utility Furnace and Home Heater
Reviewed and rated by leanne tapia on October 20, 2009

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We had a whitfield before buying the big e. I was told I would love it more than my whitfield. WRONG we have had nothing but problems. 600.00 later I am going back to an older whitfield. DONT BUY ONE YOU WILL BE VERY DISAPPOINTED...
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Breckwell Big E Utility Furnace and Home Heater
Reviewed and rated by H. Bacchus on October 22, 2009

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My Big E is running on it's 3rd year, burning over 2 tons of pellets per season and no problem. Maintainance--Zero!!
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Breckwell Big E Utility Furnace and Home Heater
Reviewed and rated by rulu99@verizon.net on November 30, 2009

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SERVICE , JUST GREAT THEY TOLD ME $85.00 FOR A SERVICE CALL . WHICH I SAID I WOULD PAY . THEY CALLED ME BACK AND TOLD ME TO CHECK THIS THEN THAT . AFTER CHECKING IT I CALLED BACK AND THEY SAID TO JUMP THESE WIRES . AFTER GOING OUT AND BUYING JUMPER WIRES AND CHECKING THE WIRES . I CALLED BACK ,THEN TOLD ME TO CHECK OUT THE VOLTAGE ON THE COMBUSTION MOTOR AT THE MOTOR THE BLUE AND WHITE WIRES. ...
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Breckwell Big E Utility Furnace and Home Heater
Reviewed and rated by Dave on December 12, 2009

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I bought it from FleetFarm in 2008 . No problems at all .I like a lot of it's features too such as having the capability to start and completely shut down with a thermostat, plus the three bag pellet capacity.
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Breckwell Big E Utility Furnace and Home Heater
Reviewed and rated by Scott on December 15, 2009

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We heat our 2,000sf home with the Big E and are very happy. My only complaint is the volume- a bit loud. We are using a 40lb bag a day/every other day with it running 24hrs a day. We live in NH and with the temp. outside dramatically dropping during the winter it pulls it's weigh.
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Breckwell Big E Utility Furnace and Home Heater
Reviewed and rated by Disappointed on January 28, 2010

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Paid $2500 for the stove four years ago. The first winter, it ran with few problems, but pellets were extremely hard to find. The second winter, the stove sterted shutting down and the convection fan died ($250). (So many people had this problem that the dealer had a whole grocery cart of them from 2 weeks). We also had to replace the burn pot and pan due to warping ($200). The third year, it ...
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Breckwell Big E Utility Furnace and Home Heater
Reviewed and rated by Murphy on February 10, 2010

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Customer service is non-existent. If you're not very familiar with these type of stoves then buy from a different manufacturer. Eventhough I bought a stove made in late 2009 it still has a couple minor problems. The store I bought it from was not much help and I've had no luck getting help from Breckwell eventhough I've sent in their customer help form several times.... lesson is to never buy ...
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Keeps house 66-70 degrees even with -4 degree temps. Quiet operation, large pellet hopper, great price. Has been running since Nov 18, 24/7 no problems at all. Previous pellet stove was an Avalon. I planned on buying another, but the Breckwell was 900.00 cheaper and burns better than the Avalon. My friend has heated his home with a Breckwell for 4 years 24/7 and had no problems this helped to convince me to go with the Breckwell. No Regrets.

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