Quadra-Fire Mt Vernon AE
The Mt. Vernon AE is engineered and designed to operate automatically, not only adjusting temperature on the fly but also different settings for user-selectable fuels. The stove will burn corn, standard wood pellets, wheat, or sunflower seeds. A 7-day programmable thermostat is available that controls room temperature, adjusts heat output, regulates the stove's autoclean cycle, and monitors built-in diagnostics. Made of cast iron throughout, the Mt. Vernon can burn at over 83% efficiency and provides five manual or automatic heat settings.
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Provides automatic operation. Set the desired temperature and the stove will automatically ignite the pellet fuel inside. Burns from 0 to 48,000 BTU/ hr.
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After the work of the Field Service Engineer, the AE is exceptional. It far outperforms expectations. My excellent Dealer (High Country Stoves, Laramie Wy) went another extra mile to warranty the convection blower because it had some vibration. The truly unexpected effect of the adjustments is a decrease in pellet usage by nearly 50%. Even after the long and difficult road to get to this point, I ...Overall Performance:
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After 15 years with my Quadrafire 1000, I replaced it with the AE. After 2.5 years of not being able to ever have it function properly for a single 2 week period, my extremely helpful and frustrated dealer was able to get Quadrafire to send out a Field Service Engineer who was a 20 plus year veteran of Quadrafire R&D. My AE shut down with a "Max Drop Tube Temp" error as often as 6 times per ...Overall Performance:
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Terrible stove and terrible value. I paid $5000 to have one installed 3 years ago. I will never even approach that number in fuel oil savings in my lifetime.Overall Performance:
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I have had a Mt. Vernon pellet stove for 6yrs now and it has been for the most part pretty reliable. The auger has gotten jammed up a couple of times, but that was an easy fix. I hear of people needing new ignitors regularly but fortunately I have never had to replace one. The only major part I needed to replace was the blower convection motor which went bad. Local dealer wanted 359.00 for the ...Overall Performance:
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Have had my pellet stove for four years now. Was thinking this might be the first winter without a problem with it.....and then I had an electrical fire in the unit this morning. Anyone else ever have this? Needless to say, I am done with it......Could have lost my house. Not worth the aggravation.Overall Performance:
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these reviews and local dealer as well demonstrate ignitor problems. my personal experience confirms this, and the manufacturer needs warned. common sense knows exceptions to any rule.Overall Performance:
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Purchased this Mt. Vernon used from original owner after they owned it for one year. We replaced ignitors once a month company sent new redesigned firepot. I know only have to replace ignitors abour every 6 weeks. It constantly shuts down no matter how clean it is, because auto clean does not work properly, now thermostat is going bad. Quadra-Fire should go into the boat anchor business.Overall Performance:
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I have owned this stove for three years and have had only one issue. I have had to replace the igniter three times. I was told to empty the ash pan(which is far too small) more often as it may overheat the igniter when the ash drawer is overfilled. I use it in the automatic setting and burn either mixed or softwood pellets. So far we like it.Overall Performance:
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after two years of mt veron not starting by it self after 1st cycle i found out that ceramic thermocouple cover has to be touching thermocouple . I had to slide cover all the way against thermocouple, it can't be where it seems normal. You have to make sure it is touching!! thanks to the instructions on new thermocouple that i did not need. Seems to be working fine after a week.Good luck!!!!Overall Performance:
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We bought the Mt.Vernon and we couldn't be happier. Its much more efficient than I expected and heats our whole house. I would recommend this stove to anyone trying to heat a large house, it can definately do it!....no issues to report.Overall Performance:
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On my 4th Igniter and 2nd Vacuum Switch. Other than that (about $300 additional dollars in 3 years), the stove is beautiful and operates fine. Was advised NOT to use "Automatic" by the manufacturer, as this results in constant re-heating of the Igniter. Make sure that you keep an extra Igniter available and that you have two people to put it in. The TINY opening for the connectors is hardly ...Overall Performance:
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I read the reviews before we bought our Mt Vernon and they almost scared us off. The stove has worked great through this winter. The stove does have the howling noise that others spoke of, but it only does that for a few minutes when it starts to really crank; however it is quieter still than our old Whitfield was. Heats the lower part of our split level 2600sq ft home and the entire upstairs ...Overall Performance:
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Purchased my Mt Vernon in 11/2008. Ignitor melted in December 2010 blowing the fuse inside the board. Dealer came out to replace fuse and ignitor. Three weeks later the ignitor isn't working again. Stove is nice when it works.Overall Performance:
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My friend had this product since about 2007 and started to have problems with the striker. I think he is on his third one now. The company will send him to the dealer, they will not talk to you, so this means a day missed on the job or wait for the part by mail (providing you are handy at replacing the part). Now it is a cracked back plate and a noise with the fan... I don't think I want ...Overall Performance:
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I have had to replace 5 ignitors two when I had to pay a tech because I was out of town and my wife was the only one home they charged me 200 in labor each time for plugging in two spade connectors (Falcos of Spokane WA) The stove cost 4000 and it works great when it works not very dependable due to ignitor problemOverall Performance:
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What a fantastic investment! It burns less than a bag a day and is virtually silent. Originally on Auto mode the family loved the fire...on manual it has been much more efficient. Took awhile to find the right brand of pellets but WOW...so happy we made this choice. I strongly recommend it for zone heating (but it quietly heats are whole 1200sq ft home without problem)Overall Performance:
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Own this stove for few months as our second pellet stove. PRO: - Runs directly on 12V battery, this is very important for a pellet stove. If you don't have this your house fills with smoke and the heat stops when electrical power is lost. For our prior stove, we had an inverter, but those do not hold up and you need a lot more battery (lots of lost energy) - reasonably quiet, very quiet on ...Overall Performance:
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The Mt vernon AE, or advanced energy pellet stove is just that, ADVANCED. This pellet appliance will out perform any other stove on the market but it is only as good as the service company that sells it. the stove uses perportional control theory which is seldom understood by service technicians in the residental HVAC, or hearth industries. When I read or hear of someone who has had a poor ...Overall Performance:
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I don't know what type of wood stove those that have rated this produce as poor had before. I just replaced a wood buring insert with the Mt Vernon insert. Heats my 2500 square ft home very nicely. We have been very cold in Nov and Dec causing me to burn almost 2 tons of pellets (100 bags). But my heat pump would have run day and night without this product. This is our third Quadrafire stove ...Overall Performance:
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bought my mt vernon in 2007,had new thermostat,brain box,themal couple,many many igniters. it is 11/29/10 and the ignighter is out again!!!when it works its nice.Not very reliable.using a propane tourch to light it now.works good and lights fast! would not recomend buying a mt vernon!!Overall Performance:
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I purchased a Mt Vernon AE stove used of of Craigslist. Picked it up without seeing it run, but was looking specifically for this stove. There is a dealer in my town that had one running one day when I was in there, and once I saw how much heat they put out, I wanted one. Took a chance on a used one, but hit the jackpot with it. They are one kiss ass stove. Heats my 2600 sq ft home, and my ...Overall Performance:
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I am a dealer of HH&T Quadra Fire line of stoves as well as their others. And I must say I have never experienced the horrors as others have with the stove. I burn my Mt. Vernon A.E. all year round. Correct installation is the key. Outside air kit if needed. I burn what I sell. They are Bear Mountain Premium Pellets. Oh and I sell those as well. My stove did burn out one heating element, under ...Overall Performance:
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Regarding Auger Jam problems: Just wanted to share our experience with the world on this stove. We purchased this stove 2 years ago and have had major problems. Although the dealer helped us out a little bit after the warrantee expired, they eventually started blowing us off, not returning phone calls, not keeping us up to date. Essentially poor service. We though we had made a $6000 mistake. ...Overall Performance:
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We spent $4300 on this brand new stove and out of the 18 months we've had it, it has functioned perhaps 4 or 5. It was professionally installed, by the way, and luckily still under warranty. We have never been able to figure out whether it's cost effective compared to using our electricity because we are now going on our 8th service call, always having to wait anywhere from 2 weeks to a month ...Overall Performance:
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Bought this stove 4 yrs ago. When it works, it heats our 2000 sq ft house perfect on only the 2nd blower setting. Have had so many problems, on 1st yr, dealer came out & replaced over $500 by invoice under warrenty. After that we have worked on it ourselves. Blower goes out every year & we get a local guy to rebuild it. Had to purchase a corn sifter to sift all pellets(no matter what brand) ...Overall Performance:
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Bought the Mount Vernon on Nov.2 2007 and the pellet stove ran pretty good for the first year with a really loud banging noise that will wake the dead up when it heats up...I verbally told a fella named Rick at Survival products in Salisbury Md. when we bought more pellets and he told me it is most likely just exspantion and the auto cleaning arm...I like a dummy didn't document the two times I ...Overall Performance:
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I have used this stove for five years now and only had one problem. I had to replace the ignighter. Other than that it is a great stove it heats my big old 1952 house with no problems. My dealer in pleasent valley NY is great and there service people are outstanding. When they came out to replace my ignighter he explaned everything that he did and gave me extra tips on how to clean my stove in ...Overall Performance:
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Have had my stove for five months and already the fan and igniter had to be replaced. Magnet on lid came off ( gave a false open lid warning). Quadra-Fire could care less. Wouldn't recommend this to anyone. Should have bought a Harman.Overall Performance:
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We have had nothing but problems with this stove. There is only one technician in our area and is always too busy. A service wait is at least 7-10 days and is $169.00 just to come out. We have followed the manual in maintenance, but are still having a problem iwht smoke when it first lights up and starts to burn. We spent good money on a FIXED INCOME FOR THIS STOVE AND ARE VERY UNHAPPY. I have ...Overall Performance:
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I wrote a review on Jan 24th & just wanted to make an update. This stove has been flawless, has not missed a beat starts up with no miss fires & really puts out the heat. I clean it about every three days & it's way easier than the Quadra 1000 unit I had before t o clean. I certainly don't know why many people are having issues but I have had none...knock on wood!Overall Performance:
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I have the exact same problems as everyone else that is disatisfied with there stove. My dealer stands behind his product, but it doesnt do much good when I go home after work and see the auger is jammed. It gets cold here in Wisconsin and I just cant depend on the stove to work for my main source of heat. I have replaced many parts and have dealt with my wife complaints. I thought paying a ...Overall Performance:
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Might be a great stove if you can get replacement parts in timely fashion. Been out of service for one month on two year old stove, waiting on backordered items (ignitor & thermo coupler) Really enjoy burning $2/gal porpane!!!!Overall Performance:
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Bought my stove from enchanted fireside in Worcester Ma. This stove hasn't gone one complete heating season without breaking down. Most every part has been replaced and in enchanted fireside defense they have done a good job in helping me out but im so pissed at this stove all i want is something that works.Overall Performance:
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I owned a QuadraFire 1200 Classic Bay for nine years before taking the plunge with the AE last March. Two things stand out: The autoclean feature is most appreciated, and this stove burns just about ANYTHING. There's a guy about 10 miles from me (Hudson Valley NY) who compresses hay and goldenrod into pellets, and squeezes 8K BTU out of 'em. My dealer told me that these will burn well on the ...Overall Performance:
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I just replaced my Quadra-Fire 1000 Free standing unit after 12 years. I waited until I was sure they got all the bugs out of the unit. The Mt Vernon AE is great, extremely quiet & even more efficient than my older unit. I certainly hope I get just as many yrs out of this unit. For all those others out there with bad experiences I can only say I guess it can happen but this stove is awesome!!!!!!Overall Performance:
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Like other reviewers, my stove eats ignitors. When it works, it works great. However, it is sensitive to the quality of the fuel. I use a locally produced hard wood pellet that are labeled premium quality. However, I must select the utility grade setting on the AE to get them to burn efficiently. Also the stove MUST be kept clean!!! That means you must remove the cast iron panel and clean the ...Overall Performance:
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Bought this stove 2 years ago on sale and planned to put into our finished basement. Finnaly got the basement finished this past summer (2009) and installed th estove, fired it up in late September. Failed miserably. Replaced main computer board, thermostat, and found that the factory wiring was reversed between the two thermocouplers. Once corrected, this has run like a champ. Cleaning it every ...Overall Performance:
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I have had this stove for just over year. Have had to replace 2 ignitors, new computer board, vacuum switch, max tube sensor and auger jams all the time. Tried to unclog the auger and clean the exhaust fan, the gasket completely fell apart. Of course dealer is closed and now have another vacuum error. Very frustrated with it. WHEN it works it is a good stove. Saved us money last year but if it ...Overall Performance:
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Just installed our Mt. Vernon this weekend. Wow!! The unit is an animal. Sure beats working with the wood coal stove which we had used over the past many years. We live in Santa Fe, NM and nights have been at 0 degrees and day time highs about 36 degrees and the stove has been heating the 2,400 sq ft (25 ft living room ceiling w/fan) home to 68 degrees. The stove's looks are pure class, we ...Overall Performance:
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i have owned this stove for 3 years i have had nothing but problems with it i have burned out 9 igniters 3 thermostats and get errors all the time i get little help from my dealer and no help from quadra fire i will never purchase anything from them again and would suggest to all do not purchase this stove you will have nothing but problemsOverall Performance:
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i have owned stove for over two years .i have gone thru 5 ignitors under warranty . does not help with dependability of product.when you need the stove the most doesnt work . now i have to buy igniters with pellets .so much for any savings on fuel cost or dependability .i would not recomend product to anybody.Overall Performance:
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I have been using this stove for 2 months in eastern Pa. My heat pump only runs about 1/2 hour a day and I'm heating 3000 sq.ft. The only complaint I have is cost of spare parts(not needed yet) and the ash pan is too small. Other than that, it's a great invesment. Should pay for itself in 7 years.Overall Performance:
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I wished I would have read these reviews before purchasing my AE. "CLEAN ASHPAN" keeps coming on the thermostat. Dealer and Manufacturer have not been any help and its under warranty..They will get back to me, two months ago. I guess warranty does not mean anything today. Here I am with a $5000 stove that does not work and no one to repair it unless I want to take it out of the house and drive ...Overall Performance:
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I am looking at the MT.Vernon Insert ot heat our home. We have 1500 sq ft on the main and upper level. Trying to find a pellet that will be the main source of heating for our home. Any thoughts. Could the mt. v handle this and how much pellet fuel would we use?Overall Performance:
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Bought our stove at a local dealer. Thought it was the best to heat our home. Cannot recommend it! On cold days it cannot keep up and does not get above 67. The Thermostat keeps blinking on and of and then shuts off for no reason. We took a year reading and researching stoves before purchasing. It never cranks up on high to keep up. Will barely heat 1000 sq. feet. Our house has had an ...Overall Performance:
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I purchased a mt vernon about 5 years ago, being very lazy I have done minimal maintenance and have had no problems so far. I think it could be more efficient but it pretty much burns what it says, 7 lbs per hour on high. Mine is not an ae, everything is manual but like I said I might clean the inside once a week. I like burning a 50/50 mixture corn and pellets and it works awesome. So far so ...Overall Performance:
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I would never buy a Quadra-Fire product again. I hope they go out of business. I've owned the MV for a little less than two years when it started getting "check ash pan" errors. I thought well it's still under warranty I'll get it fixed. Called the dealer I bought if from and they said sure we can come out Saturday the labor will be $150 min. I said but the labor and parts are under warranty. ...Overall Performance:
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Another problem is getting service from Quadrafire "authorized Dealers".It takes roughly four weeks to get a problem fixed,that means one quarter of the winter using heating oil! We have been trying to contact the manufacturer,but even the website is not the same any longer.Can anyone please provide their current website or contact?Thanks a lot!Overall Performance:
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Installed in Dec. 2006.this stove is not a reliable piece of equipment at all!From burnt igniters to the cleaning cycle that gets stuck,to the control panel that gets full of static,the icon for"low fuel" that is on most of the times...this stove is a poor option considering its high price!Well,now the feeding motor is Kaput....Overall Performance:
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works god when it works thermostat keeps saying vacum swicth error but dealer came out and said it was vented wrong so i revented it cost me 375$$ and still does not work anyone have this problem stove is 2 years old and i keep it very clean. He said everything else check out fine . work last year fine until the end of season hasnt work right scents.Overall Performance:
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VERY HAPPY WITH QUALITY OF THIS STOVE. PROFFESSIONALLY INSTALLED FROM REPUTABLE DEALER WHO CAME OUT AND EXPLAINED USE. DEFECTICE CIRCUIT BOARD AND BLOWER FAN RUBBED THE PLASTIC HOUSING THAT IT WAS IN. BUT THIS WAS QUICKLY SERVICED AND THERE WERE NO REACURING PROBLEMS. HIGH ASH ONLY WITH 1 BRAND OF PELLETS I USED. I FIND THIS TO BE A FLAWLESS DEPENDBLE APPLIANCE IN MY HOME. VERY QUIETOverall Performance:
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The stove is great to heat my home, but not impressed with the "blowing into a bottle" noise it makes when it is really cold out or windy. Overall fairly happy with it just not impressed with the noise.Overall Performance:
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I have onwed one for 3 years. I am now on my 7th igniter. Dom not buy quadrafire. The ignitor cost 50.00. I have spevt 350..and now have to buy another on so will be up to 400,00 just on ignitersOverall Performance:
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I have had the MT Vernon for 3 years, I had some problems at first but I was able to fix the problems. I think the biggest problem with people who have thes stoves is thay do not clean then and do the mainance on them. This is a good stove, but if you do not know how to run the stove you are going to have problems. I have burned sun flower seeds, wood pellets,paper pellets, corn, sobeans, ...Overall Performance:
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Quadra-fire should re-name this the "Mt. My Ash". I did have it installed by the dealer and spent just over $4000.00 for the unit. I've went through 2 burn seasons and have had 9 parts replaced some more than 4 times. I keep my stove in tip top shape as far as cleaning goes and totally go through it in the spring. I feel like I have had to grab my ankles on this one, thus the name "Mt. My Ash". ...Overall Performance:
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works great when not broken down only broke down 3 times in 08 and 3 times in 09 1st stove had to be replaced, could not find the problem heats great when it runsOverall Performance:
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Worked great for 2 months last year, was impressed. Saved on oil. This year it ran for a month, the "auto clean" cycle failed, now it can't go to the start up cycle. Called dealer All-Basics Stove shopfor warranty repair, wouldn't send a repairman in the snow, might be a week before they get there. Not the story I got when they took my $4000.00 Poor service, poor attitude. I wanted to comment ...Overall Performance:
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Worked great for 2 months last year, was impressed. Saved on oil. This year it ran for a month, the "auto clean" cycle failed, now it can't go to the start up cycle. Called dealer All-Basics Stove shopfor warranty repair, wouldn't send a repairman in the snow, might be a week before they get there. Not the story I got when they took my $4000.00 Poor service, poor attitude.Overall Performance:
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the mt. vernon insert we purchesed only eight weeks ago heets the house ok but when it self cleans it makes a noisey loud squeek they tell us o they all do that i think it is bsOverall Performance:
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As a former quad service tech I can tell you this is the best pellet stove on the market. The people who have given bad reviews most likely bought their stoves online and installed themselves. Lack of education on the operation and responsibilities of this pellet stove is whats to blame. This is the most advanced pellet stove built. Even people who are replacing old stoves need educated on ...Overall Performance:
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I am very impressed with this stove.It really heats my whole house up. It actually runs itself. So far I am very happy.Overall Performance:
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Very loud blower noise with an annoying "droning" nosie at higher fan blower levels makes it near impossible to hear people talk or the TV in the same room...Burns through a bag of pellets a day.. not what the dealer had said. On the upside..looks great and heats our small house well.Overall Performance:
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The other people here who rated this stove poor must have done the install themselves and did a very poor job. I had the stove installed professionally last year. With last year's oil prices, it saved me $2,000. With this year's oil prices, it will be even more. I can only imagine.... The only thing that could be improved with this stove is the pellet storage. I wish I could put 4-5 bags of ...Overall Performance:
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Unbelievable, powerful, awsome, i have 1800 sf house and on the coldest days of winter this thing would probally heat my basement also, and make people shed clothes if i wanted, i used to set my thermostat @60 degrees now im very comfortable at 70-72 and the heat feels soo good. I love it! Last year i saved close to 2000 dollars considering the thermostat was set @ 60! when heating with propane, ...Overall Performance:
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I have purchased and used several Quadra-Fire wood and pellet stoves and have recommended them to friends that have purchased them also. My older stove works great, but I just recommended Quadra-Fire to my very elderly parents and they purchased a Mt. Vernon and it is the most unimpressive and expensive pile of crap I have ever used. It will not heat up no matter what I do. It feeds and ...Overall Performance:
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This stove is not only pretty to look at, it does it's job. I love the battery back-up option and the amount of heat that I get from it. I've saver ~$1,800 in fuel oil purchase last winter after getting this stove. It is the most advanced pellet stove on the market!Overall Performance:
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I'm so glad we made the investment to buy this stove. I'm still new to using a pellet stove, but this Quadrafire stove made it easy to learn. The stove saved us over 1,500 dollars this winter.