- Jotul F500 Oslo
- Reviewed and rated by
Big E
on October 30, 2019
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I have been struggling with this stove for years. I wanted a stove with a remote fresh air source since my home is extremely tight. It just does not get adequate combustion air, you must crack...
- Jotul F500 Oslo
- Reviewed and rated by
Brucerx
on December 17, 2018
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Have been using for 12 years and would agree with many of the criticisms: small ash pan and less than dynamic heat output compared to my previous Napoleon. Dirtiest stove I’ve ever owned,...
- Jotul F500 Oslo
- Reviewed and rated by
Confused ron
on March 11, 2018
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Basically this stove sucks.
Growing up with coal and wood stoves, heating with various cheap to moderate priced stoves for 40 years, I decided to get a high priced efficiency stove. Man...
- Jotul F500 Oslo
- Reviewed and rated by
Jackson R
on January 25, 2018
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I have been using this stove since 2006 and it has been my best stove since burning for the last 38 years. One way I get longer burning hours is to remove the grate and I build my fires on a...
- Jotul F500 Oslo
- Reviewed and rated by
Ethel Buds
on January 30, 2017
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For some reason, this stove kept failing me. Since the day I bought it, it just keeps giving me problems. First, it is hard to get started. I followed the instructions strictly in the manual but...
- Jotul F500 Oslo
- Reviewed and rated by
Overpopulation
on September 16, 2016
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If you enjoy burning more cords than necessary, then go ahead and buy this stove. I have multiple experiences and in one instance my cord usage was half of the neighbors, another instance I...
- Jotul F500 Oslo
- Reviewed and rated by
windynightpat
on December 26, 2015
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I’ve been burning wood for 35+ years and am careful about burning well seasoned wood. I bought this stove as a replacement for Dovre which was difficult to find parts (after 25 years of...
- Jotul F500 Oslo
- Reviewed and rated by
Paul Lavallée
on March 15, 2014
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This stove came with the house I bought. I checked with the ‘dollar method’ and with smoke that the gaskets are ok , the air vent control is ok and the hard wood I use is dry. It...
- Jotul F500 Oslo
- Reviewed and rated by
dat guy
on February 14, 2014
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Its a decent stove but way over priced for what you get. My reburner kept falling i had to weld it to fix that. also the air intake lever keeps coming disconnected from the plat inside. the...
- Jotul F500 Oslo
- Reviewed and rated by
norm
on January 10, 2014
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I experienced the out of control burn, but it is an easy fix. Disassemble the vent control by removing the 2 bolts inside the front door and the cover. Remove the sliding door. You will find the...
- Jotul F500 Oslo
- Reviewed and rated by
Serge Vivier
on December 08, 2013
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I live in Canada and I have owned many different wood stove for over 40 years. We have had this stove for 5 years in our 1800 Sq feet cape cod and we burn 3 cords of hard wood and 1 cord of soft...
- Jotul F500 Oslo
- Reviewed and rated by
Loriandmarcus
on November 21, 2013
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I have been buring wood for many years as well and this stove is superb. I actually read the owners manual cover to cover and experience none of the problems the complainers are having. First it...
- Jotul F500 Oslo
- Reviewed and rated by
tdaristide
on November 04, 2013
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Takes awhile to get it going and have to open bottom door to create enough air to get fire going. Internal draft mechanism is not enough and I have a good drafting chimney and flu. Burns nice...
- Jotul F500 Oslo
- Reviewed and rated by
marcin
on September 26, 2013
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- Jotul F500 Oslo
- Reviewed and rated by
MARK
on September 26, 2013
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Great gear! Very hot for all winter!
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- Jotul F500 Oslo
- Reviewed and rated by
delta
on September 26, 2013
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very good!
- Jotul F500 Oslo
- Reviewed and rated by
windynightpat
on May 28, 2013
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This is my third wood stove, have been burning for over 30 years. The reputation, side load/log length capacity feature and general appearance were the key points in my decision to buy this...
- Jotul F500 Oslo - ash pan is poorly designed
- Reviewed and rated by
Living Rural
on February 09, 2013
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We bought the stove expecting it to provide about 80% of the heat for our 2500sqft single level house and it does a good job. But, it’s a pain to use because of some easily avoidable design...
- Jotul F500 Oslo
- Reviewed and rated by
boogaloo007
on February 02, 2013
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i thought i was doing something wrong but this stove is hard to get long burn times but we love it and it does heat our 1800 sq ft home.
- Jotul F500 Oslo
- Reviewed and rated by
jimmycriket
on February 02, 2013
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Agree with blazer its a great stove for heating a big house like mine but eats alot
- Jotul F500 Oslo
- Reviewed and rated by
blazer55
on February 01, 2013
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nice stove but short burn times. I could get 8hr burns with my old vermont castings. I’m using lots of kindling and burning more wood.
- Jotul F500 Oslo
- Reviewed and rated by
GW
on January 08, 2013
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I purchased three Jotul stoves. I traded one in and sold one. I still have the third one. I replaced the two with Quqdrifire stoves. Much better stove! The Jotuls were too hard to get started...
- Jotul F500 Oslo
- Reviewed and rated by
CG
on November 10, 2012
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I have had this stove for four years. Installed in my basement of my ranch house and my average tempature in the upstairs is 70 degrees. I haven’t experienced any problems with the damper....
- Jotul F500 Oslo damper control problem as well
- Reviewed and rated by
tt3210@gmail.com
on December 24, 2011
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I just experienced the same problem that I think medbill411 and Keystonedig reported in reviews on this site. We love this stove Jotul Oslo F500CB purchased in July 2009. This evening, Christmas...
- Jotul F500 Oslo
- Reviewed and rated by
medbill411@gmail.com
on December 17, 2011
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Installed this stove about 4 years ago now I think and we LOVE it! It burns 24/7 and heads our colonial style home (2200 sq ft) nicely. Right now I am stilling here...
- Jotul F500 Oslo damper control problem
- Reviewed and rated by
Keystonedig@gmail.com
on December 13, 2011
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Wonderful stove. I had installed this stove in my 1800 sq ft cathedral ceiling cape cod house in 2003. Been using as my primary heat. I burn between 3 to 4 cords of hard wood per season. Burns 24...
Reviewed November 24, 2018 by
Todd Tissot
