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Napoleon NPS40

Review: Napoleon NPS40

Reviewed November 28, 2009 by Ecrx

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Napoleon NPS40
First year of use the stove was great, more than I anticipated. A small constant flame is heating the whole house (approx 1800sf) to 70F in conjunction with a radiant floor set at 60F. However, the quality of pellets is less than desired now and leaves hard clumped ash in the burn chamber and needs to be emptied at least every 24 hours. Had the stove professionally cleaned by the stove shop and learned a few tricks but found some of the passages very hard to access for proper cleaning. Also found they had broken the blower motor fan and pieced it together instead of replacing. Will find out soon how good the technical hotline is and replacement parts acquisition.

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I agree with the majority of these reviews stating that this stove is really just a piece of junk. We bought ours in Sept and it worked for an entire month before we needed a rep to come out and...

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Reviewed and rated by John on December 30, 2011

Easy to use but that’s it. First year it went through three auger motors, it took 3 to 4 weeks to get each one from the internet company(saving money online not worth it). Now I am...

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Reviewed and rated by rontanNPI45 on December 20, 2011

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Reviewed and rated by save$ on December 09, 2011

Have had my stove since 2008, It has been heating our 2000+ sf home at 73-76F in Maine. We have saved thousands of dollars off our heating bill. Now burning 5-6 tons each year. Sorry to hear...

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Reviewed and rated by Hietalas8 on December 05, 2011

First year with a pellet stove. bought it locally from Kitsap Lumber here in Bremerton, WA. I must say that I am pretty impressed! Had an issue with the blower seizing up but that was replaced...

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Reviewed and rated by dissapointed! on November 13, 2011

We had a wood stove insert that needed to be replaced. After years of buying stacking a lugging wood upstairs, the smoke coming into the house when we opened the door, dust all over the place...

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Reviewed and rated by ricknortheast on November 10, 2011

We purchaced 2 pellet stoves and 1 insert 2 years ago and this was the worst decision I ever made as the dealer and manufacturer will not stand behind them My Daughters stove the first on smoked ...

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Reviewed and rated by Phil in CT on November 10, 2011

I have NOT had the same problems as listed above, but I am still not very impressed with this stove. The main problem is that the ignitor stick does not work very well...

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Reviewed and rated by Lynn on October 31, 2011

Ran mine from November of 2010 to April of 2011 (8 hours a day) and didn’t have any problems at all. Burning good quality pellets is key.

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Reviewed and rated by Emery Board on September 16, 2011

Pellet insert stove to my fireplace – so far I am disappointed. The pellets don’t slip down into the auger; the only ones that get used are the ones in the middle of the bin. ...

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Reviewed and rated by sam on April 08, 2011

This stove is terrible we’ve had it for almost a week and the C.M heating people have been to our house 5 times and still have not fixed a single problem!

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Reviewed and rated by MIKE IN PA on March 31, 2011

HAD ASH BUILD UP LOW HEAT AND

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Reviewed and rated by ugh on March 05, 2011

DOES ANYONE have a suggestion as how to get rid of one??? Does anyone buy “used”? I literally only used mine for A

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Reviewed and rated by Costello on February 24, 2011

Have had since 2008. Worst piece of garbage ever! We’ve had nothing but problems with it since day one and the dealer & manufacturere are no help. We cannot turn the setting below 3...

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Reviewed and rated by gettinchilly on February 16, 2011

this is my third negative post regarding this stove. please see my previous posts. started running it in november of 2010 and now, it is february of 2011. within week two of operation the...

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Reviewed and rated by Disappointed on February 09, 2011

Have had to replace several parts and the insert does not heat unless the unit is on high. The fan is noisy and it is a huge disappointment. I would not recommend the Napoleon pellet insert to...

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Reviewed and rated by Laurie Schieber on February 05, 2011

bought this from consruction specialties out of Stoneham Mass. I dont no who is worse to deal with them or Naploean. I am making a big annoucment to the local paper about the company I bought...

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Reviewed and rated by Larry on February 01, 2011

Not a good product, hard to start, needs a lot of cleaning, noisy fans and gasket must be replaced often. Even the cheap pellet stoves work better.

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Reviewed and rated by gettinchilly on January 24, 2011

avoid this stove at all costs. the angle of the hopper walls prevents pellets from settling to the bottom of the bin. this results in your stove CONSTANTLY going out (if...

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Reviewed and rated by jonathan on January 20, 2011

TERRIBLE..... this stove is the biggest piece of bullshit anyone has ever sold me. This pile of junk cant even heat my little 950sq ft home…. what a load of shit...

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Reviewed and rated by Kristie on January 03, 2011

Keep the negative feedback coming in! What a piece of crap. We bought ours a year and a half ago, and what a disappointment. Our goal was to save on our home heating oil and conserve that for...

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Reviewed and rated by idaho on January 02, 2011

would not recomend this stove

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Reviewed and rated by stacia on December 16, 2010

After reading all the reviews, I would ditto any of the negative ones. I bought mine from a NH dealer over the MA state line. He took slow time to service, replaced parts and pieces constantly....

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Reviewed and rated by anomymous on November 30, 2010

I’m currently renting and the apartment has this pellet stove in it. My sister and I wanted to use it as our only source of heat, but it has so far proven unlikely. We have to keep our...

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Reviewed and rated by PuyallupWA on November 27, 2010

We are now going into our second winter with this unit and couldn’t have been more happy with our purchase. The unit heats our 2400 sq ft home to 64 degrees no problem. I know some have...

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Reviewed and rated by Brenda on November 24, 2010

this stove is a piece of SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! would never buy another napolean product I have called napolean for the past 2 years never get a returned phone call. what a waste of...

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Reviewed and rated by randy3 on November 24, 2010

Found that pellets stoves are dirty due to fly ash. Fan changes very little if any between high and low. Noise level is annoying but not unbearable. Control panel seems cheap but does work still...

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Reviewed and rated by Linda L on November 22, 2010

Don’t buy this piece of shit I have had it for about 3 years I use very high quality pellets ,does not put out high heat, blower very loud it gets dirty quickly ,it is made by poor quality...

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Reviewed and rated by jody on November 13, 2010

thanks to all that wrote there experience,Iwill not get this stove…

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Reviewed and rated by gettinchilly on November 04, 2010

i have only had the napoleon NPI40 (fireplace insert model) for a week and the convection blower controller is already on the fritz. blower is running at full capacity all the time. controller is...

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Reviewed and rated by Mark from CT on November 01, 2010

I have had my NPS40 since 2008. The stove has been totally reliable and has worked exactly as needed to heat the main floor of my house. If the feed rate setting is too high, the fans –...

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Reviewed and rated by Anne from Ontario on October 30, 2010

If I had read the reviews on this website I would have saved a lot of money. We got our Napoleon insert this month (Oct.2010) and are extremly disappointed. Our major complaint is the Blower Fan...

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Reviewed and rated by Unhappy consumer on October 28, 2010

We’ve had this stove for 3 years and it’s not what we expected. It’s been nothing but trouble since day 1 and working with the Manufacturer is a nightmare. I will

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Reviewed and rated by cat_lady105@yahoo.com on August 26, 2010

Bought stove in 2008 would not lite had to wait for 6 weeks for the dealer to show up to fix it. then we did not have to much more trouble except the burn pot would fill and would have to clean...

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Reviewed and rated by CHUCK ALLEN on March 27, 2010

NOTHING BUT TROUBLE BROKE DOWN 4 TIMES...

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Reviewed and rated by Nick on March 22, 2010

I installed a NPS 40 into my house in january and found that the stove ashed up in a matter of hours. After pulling my hair out trying to fix it i called the manufacture...

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Reviewed and rated by Carl in Providence on February 25, 2010

MIKE IN MAINE:
This was maybe the most helpful message board post that I have ever read. Thank you!

I went out and bought a Bernz-o-matic torch and have...

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Reviewed and rated by Gerard on February 04, 2010

I have had no problems with noice. The fan switch had to be replace a couple months after I bought it, it was only blowing at one speed. The problem I have it that is does not seem to heat up...

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Reviewed and rated by Nick on January 17, 2010

As an installer of the napoleon pellet stove I am satisfied with the overall results. We installed 52 nps40 in Bangor, ME area and have only 3 problems and two were customes not understanding how...

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Reviewed and rated by Mike in Maine on January 09, 2010

Ok .. Here is the deal.. It’s not a wood stove. its a pellet stove. Forget about Auto Start.. Get a 30 dollar propane torch and pistol gun start. start the stove,, put a small...

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Reviewed and rated by Dave, FRESH AIR BLOWER NOISE FIX on December 19, 2009

FAN ALWAYS NOISEY. NOW ITS FIX

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Reviewed and rated by markandginny2002@yahoo.com on December 05, 2009

the stove is junk but the company is worse they have a lifetime warrantee-good luck with that dealer will not come fix and company will not respond to any complaint DO

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Reviewed and rated by Dave on November 30, 2009

Purchased the stove to heat a large family room. The stove produces adequate heat and runs reliably. However, the auger motor makes a low whine each time it turns. The noise will drive you out...

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Reviewed and rated by DAVE on November 28, 2009

SUCKS ,Have owned this stove for 1YEAR and we are completely dissappointed. The fan is extremely loud with a constant ringing. i replaced the fan for this year the

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Reviewed and rated by RS on November 11, 2009

This thing wont stay on for more than 15 minutes. Its a pain to start and get going and my whole house smells like burnt wood after about 10 minutes. No help from customer service either.

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Reviewed and rated by wjquigs on November 09, 2009

I was a bit hesistant after reading some of these reports to buy this stove but Consumer Reports rated it fairly highly so I went ahead. I’m glad I did. It works really well and keeps the...

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Reviewed and rated by Rick on November 09, 2009

The stove is a piece of Junk. The engineering on this is done by morons. They put a Flanged joint on the fresh air fan and a Slip joint wit silicone to seal it on the Combustion side. as an...

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Reviewed and rated by Bummed! on September 29, 2009

What a waste of hard earned money! I thought I’d done my research. The stove is easy enough to use, but will NOT heat my space. It burns pellets and burns...

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Reviewed and rated by mlkenney on September 12, 2009

i bought a nps40 in 2008 have had nothing but problems fan noise door gasket was torn within first 2 months but worst part is the local dealer did not have 1 when i was ready to buy so i ordered...

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Reviewed and rated by bpr on March 05, 2009

LOUD convection blower. Replaced it 3 times in first season and after a month it is LOUD again, can hear it upstairs in bedroom. Poor quality,...

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Reviewed and rated by Unhappy in NH on February 10, 2009

Buying this stove was a mistake. When first installed it only ran for 15 minutes and shut off. Tech support said it may be low temp switch. The retailer was no help, so I played with the low...

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Reviewed and rated by recycle94 on February 03, 2009

Lot of work ,must clean pot every 2 days. Glass gets dirty top 1/3 regularly. Have used hardwood and softwood pellets with no change . No help from company at all or dealer that installed. Would...

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Reviewed and rated by janeybgood on January 15, 2009

We bought our Napoleon insert and have had almost no problems. The fan DOES get periodically noisy, but it is intermittent and not bothersome. It seems to go away when I...

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Reviewed and rated by Roger B on January 15, 2009

I think the stove does a great job. It will save me enough oil this year to pay for itself. It does require more care than I thought it would however i don’t think its the stoves fault at...

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Reviewed and rated by Lisa H - Massachusetts on January 11, 2009

I love it! I don’t seem to have any of the problems that the others have stated. The blower isn’t too loud and it is very easy to start. The insert is harder to fill as the fill...

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Reviewed and rated by Irritated on January 06, 2009

I was so excited about this stove until I started using it. The heat only blows out half of the tubes it is supposed to. It has trouble starting and I get smoke in the house when it has trouble...

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Reviewed and rated by P. Rondeau on January 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...

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Reviewed and rated by pat on December 31, 2008

have had it for 90 days now and it has know problem keeping 1200 sq.ft at 70 degrees.

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Reviewed and rated by freddy on December 24, 2008

very noisy blower fan. was replaced…new fan was just as noisy..manufacturer was no help.

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Reviewed and rated by tatersdad on December 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...

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Reviewed and rated by aldea on December 14, 2008

Very unhappy, stove is very very loud no matter what adjustment settings

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Reviewed and rated by collins on December 02, 2008

exhaust blower very very loud ringing noise, no help from the manufauturer at all

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Reviewed and rated by Twodogs on November 17, 2008

blower is extremely loud ! Not happy.

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