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Enviro Empress: Review and ratings contributed by countk53 on Jan 03, 2009; Follow up to my review.

In all due respect to the review of bob K, I would contact my dealer. You should not have the problems you indicated.

When I very first ran my stove, I had the same problem and it was due to the burn pot not properly in ...; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Enviro Empress: Review and ratings contributed by countk53 on Jan 03, 2009; I absolutely love this little stove. Considering it is only 35,000BTU's it works great for a small stove and is also very classy looking.

It heats our circa 1825 drafty home quite well and is used primarily for our downstairs which is around 1,000...; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Harman Advance: Review and ratings contributed by North West Wyoming on Jan 03, 2009; Easy to use, dealer support very poor, I have had $300 in replaced parts in two years, and no warranty coverege. Two Ignitors, two chimminey sensors, and one thermostat. Dealer in Billings would not respond to warranty claims.; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Napoleon NPS40: Review and ratings contributed by pat on Dec 31, 2008; have had it for 90 days now and it has know problem keeping 1200 sq.ft at 70 degrees.; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Harman Advance: Review and ratings contributed by codebum on Dec 29, 2008; I use the stove as supplemental heat. It controls itself and maintains a constant tempature. The advance is stylish and easy to maintain. Only one small drawback is that I have to open both side panels in order to open the front window/door.; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Quadra-Fire Mt Vernon AE: Review and ratings contributed by dave kool on Dec 18, 2008; 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 bs; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Enviro Empress: Review and ratings contributed by get the word out on Dec 10, 2008; manufacturer wants customer to pay for parts and labor in the event of warranty and then reimburse after they look at their defective part.... sounds illegal to me.... if this was going to be their warranty policy, it should be spelled out in the war...; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Quadra-Fire Castile: Review and ratings contributed by Chip9234 on Dec 10, 2008; We have to clean it every day or it won't restart. (Lots of ash & soot) It has a very large clinker everytime we clean it. Ad said clean about once a week. Not true!!; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Napoleon NPS40: Review and ratings contributed by P. Rondeau on Jan 02, 2009; Have owned this stove for 4 months and we are completely dissappointed. The fan is extremely loud with a constant ringing. Had it replaced by the store we purchased it from and the problem remains. Would not recommend this stove to anyone.....; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Enviro Empress: Review and ratings contributed by bob k on Dec 31, 2008; very poor performance, would not buy again, won't stay lit over fills burn pot putting out fire.
I have a Quadra fire down stairs a much better stove; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Breckwell P2700FS: Review and ratings contributed by seaspecter on Dec 30, 2008; Beautiful looking stove but that's as far as it goes. We had the service man from the dealership where we purchased the P2700 to our home 4 times and it still didn't work. To many problems to list them all... the stove kept shutting itself off, the ...; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Quadra-Fire Castile: Review and ratings contributed by mr bean on Dec 29, 2008; very, very nosey can not operate at night - fire pot cleaning lever is imposable to operate! Burns thru pellets fast - Rattle trap -- Poor dealer support - I will never buy there product agian; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Quadra-Fire Castile: Review and ratings contributed by miskanee on Dec 26, 2008; Several years ago I was looking to up-date my old pellet stove. I bought the Quadra-Fire CASTILE, WHAT A MISTAKE. From day one the heating element wire were not connected. I didn't have the stove 1 yr when the computer box died, then the blower died(...; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Quadra-Fire Castile: Review and ratings contributed by CenterTree on Dec 25, 2008; This stove is visually appealing, but that's the ONLY good feature I 've found. It is VERY noisy,both fan and even the flame has a loud roar. My Castile is tuned by the REP and still it is not a convienent stove to own. It produces MAJOR clinkers DA...; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Napoleon NPS40: Review and ratings contributed by freddy on Dec 24, 2008; very noisy blower fan. was replaced...new fan was just as noisy..manufacturer was no help.; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Quadra-Fire Mt Vernon AE: Review and ratings contributed by TJ from Wisconsin on Dec 23, 2008; 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...; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Napoleon NPS40: Review and ratings contributed by tatersdad on Dec 20, 2008; dI was excited when I bought this stove, but from the first time I started the stove it has been a huge disapointment. Not the sort of heat you would expect from a pellet stove. I have to run the oil furnace to keep 960 sq.ft. at 68. Very loud ringin...; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Quadra-Fire Mt Vernon AE: Review and ratings contributed by Dan from Hudson on Dec 19, 2008; 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...; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Quadra-Fire Mt Vernon AE: Review and ratings contributed by chuck williams on Dec 18, 2008; I Purchesed My Stove AT HTOasis The Service IS Poor At Best The Stove Whigles SQEEKS Would Not Ever Buy There Again; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Quadra-Fire Castile: Review and ratings contributed by Tanj on Dec 17, 2008; I've had nothing but problems with this pellett stove. It shuts down for no reason, (company had me replace thermostat) still shuts down. Have to clean EVERY day, even after switching pellets. If I had to do it over again there is no way in the world...; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Napoleon NPS40: Review and ratings contributed by aldea on Dec 14, 2008; Very unhappy, stove is very very loud no matter what adjustment settings; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Quadra-Fire Castile: Review and ratings contributed by NorthernMaineGuy on Dec 13, 2008; Chip - Had your experience with a bad batch of pellets. Got my supplier to swap pellets out... and it was a different stove after that!
Generally love the stove. In northern Maine climate, it could run 24/7, but we force the oil furnace to take ov...; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Breckwell Big E Utility Furnace and Home Heater: Review and ratings contributed by Thomas Wolf on Dec 11, 2008; 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 i...; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Quadra-Fire Classic Bay 1200: Review and ratings contributed by mtnman on Dec 10, 2008; I bought the CB1200 about two months ago, other then a snap disc that went out, the stove has been great. It heats my 2000 square foot main floor with no problems. I have had problems with the Lignetics pellets though, some bags have short pellets wh...; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Thelin ECHO: Review and ratings contributed by valuesmith@aol.com on Dec 08, 2008; They better do something about the fan in this stove. I have to replace the $200. fan every other season and it's a pain. Mr Thelin has informed me that the reason for the fan failure is because it runs for extended periods of time. I know that eight...; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Napoleon NPS40: Review and ratings contributed by collins on Dec 02, 2008; exhaust blower very very loud ringing noise, no help from the manufauturer at all; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Breckwell P24FS: Review and ratings contributed by Disappointed101 on Nov 25, 2008; Do not buy this unit, dangerous, burn pot overfills, rattling noise, no one knows how to fix! Stay away from this company and its products!; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Breckwell P2700FS: Review and ratings contributed by Glenn on Nov 24, 2008; An attractive stove, but it has never operated well and customer service is non-existent. Phone calls to Breckwell's tech support department will be greeted by a friendly recorded message (promising to return calls in the order received), but the ca...; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Harman Advance: Review and ratings contributed by Supermom on Nov 23, 2008; My stove heats up my 2300 sq. ft, 2 story home easily. I have an open floor plan and the heat just travels throughout my home. I just purchased another stove for my garage and I wish I had done this alot sooner rather than pay over $4000 a year on p...; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Quadra-Fire Mt Vernon AE: Review and ratings contributed by lonnie on Nov 21, 2008; 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...; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Napoleon NPS40: Review and ratings contributed by Twodogs on Nov 17, 2008; blower is extremely loud ! Not happy.; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Breckwell P2000FS: Review and ratings contributed by Noisy and dangerous on Nov 11, 2008; I've owned my stove since October 2008. I've had trouble from the start. It is NOT quiet as a whisper. It is noisy and rattles a lot. Also, I had a fire in the ashpan. The machine was set on 2 at the time and kept sending pellets at a rate that could...; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Quadra-Fire Classic Bay 1200: Review and ratings contributed by dont buy quadrafire on Nov 04, 2008; I have gone through two 1200 and have had numerous customer service problems with HNI. They pretty much told me to sue them for any satisfaction. Stove went out in middle of night and froze water pipes causing 15,000 worth of damage. I contacted the ...; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Quadra-Fire Mt Vernon AE: Review and ratings contributed by jerry on Nov 02, 2008; I am very impressed with this stove.It really heats my whole house up. It actually runs itself. So far I am very happy.; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Breckwell Big E Utility Furnace and Home Heater: Review and ratings contributed by n3vhr on Oct 26, 2008; 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 gallon...; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Breckwell P2000FS: Review and ratings contributed by Boris W. on Oct 22, 2008; Low quality overpriced model with issues:
1. Poor factory testing: check list was included but the stove was shipped with missing dumper control and igniter had wire with defective connections. It means the stove never been tested. It was such a pai...; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Breckwell P2000FS: Review and ratings contributed by esstewart2charter.net on Oct 10, 2008; We have had our stove for about 4 winters. We call it a BREAKWELL because we're always buying parts for the thing. Circuit cards, burnpots, blower motor, you name it we have replaced it not only once but 2-3 times. Good luck with yours. We will be g...; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Quadra-Fire Mt Vernon AE: Review and ratings contributed by Joan in PA on Oct 09, 2008; 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 g...; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Quadra-Fire Mt Vernon AE: Review and ratings contributed by Vermonter on Oct 05, 2008; 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 b...; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Quadra-Fire Mt Vernon AE: Review and ratings contributed by darrell on Oct 01, 2008; 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...; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Quadra-Fire Mt Vernon AE: Review and ratings contributed by Randy on Sep 19, 2008; 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...; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Quadra-Fire Mt Vernon AE: Review and ratings contributed by Torvald on Sep 06, 2008; 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 stov...; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Quadra-Fire Classic Bay 1200: Review and ratings contributed by dan pedro on Aug 26, 2008; bought the 1200 in 1999 and have had no problems with it until this year when the control box went south, overall would recomend this stove to anyone .; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Quadra-Fire Mt Vernon AE: Review and ratings contributed by HouseHeater on Jul 29, 2008; Switched back to wood because of this stove. Uses tons of fuel for the amount of heat it generates. Since I have learned that there are at least two (St. Croix & Harman) other stoves on the market that do much better with fuel and maybe I would hav...; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Breckwell P2000FS: Review and ratings contributed by Han526 on Jul 27, 2008; I just purchased one this year. Only did some test run. Overall, it seemed to have worked fine. It is a little noisy, however. Not as what it said whisper quiet. Will see how well it performs in winter. Some people used the highest heating setting, w...; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Breckwell P24FS: Review and ratings contributed by Addie on Jul 01, 2008; I've always had wood stoves and decided to go with the P24fs pellet for my cabin at the lake. I heat 1500 square feet without a problem and that's usually bringing the temp up from cold. Impressive all around.; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Quadra-Fire Mt Vernon AE: Review and ratings contributed by Maryi on Jun 20, 2008; 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.; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Harman XXV: Review and ratings contributed by Roger on May 20, 2008; My Harman XXV runs about the same. I burned 25 bags in 20 days a couple of months ago when I was counting. I live in Northern Minnesota.; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Harman XXV: Review and ratings contributed by Mike Hunter on Apr 13, 2008; I Love the stove, I am still learning what setting to set the temp to for the best results in my home. I have burned 20 bags of pellets in 17 days.; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Breckwell Big E Utility Furnace and Home Heater: Review and ratings contributed by roger hebert on Mar 23, 2008; 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!!!; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Breckwell Big E Utility Furnace and Home Heater: Review and ratings contributed by Stevie on Jan 23, 2008; 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.; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...
Breckwell Big E Utility Furnace and Home Heater: Review and ratings contributed by Basking Lizard on Dec 06, 2007; 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 g...; Complete review & ratings...; Follow this thread...