Review of Charnwood Cove 1 stove
Charnwood Cove 1 review
I bought my Cove 1 in the summer of '07 - as I read it's supposed to be 70% efficient against an open fire's 20% - I have no idea about this, but for its size it produces lots and lots of heat €“ too much in the summer time. My brother has a older large Charnwood Country stove and the difference is night and day - the Cove 1 is dead easy to light its glass doesn't soot up and the airwash system really does work! with the older Country stove sadly this isn't the case.
\n\n\n\nThe only caveat I'd have is with wood (I've never really tried anything else in it) the stove won't really burn overnight - however this also relates to it being the physically smallest in the range (of Coves) so may not really be fair. If you're interested in using the Cove 1 legally in a designated smokeless zone you also shouldn't burn wood in it - there are stoves (to burn wood) that can be used in these areas: http://www.smokecontrolareas.co.uk\n\n\n\nAnother point about the Cove - to underscore its usefulness is that you can boil kettles on it and also (although its not designed for this) you can use it to put saucepans on and boil say macaroni. Cleaning the stove and looking after it is also very easy the glass comes out readily and it's quite easy to vacuum clean the ash out of it too.\n\n\n\nConcluding my Cove 1 is very close to being my favourite 'domestic possession'.