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Review of Clearview vision insert stove

First Rate experience

7 years ago

I will first review our overall experience from our initial meeting at the showroom to the installation then I will move on to the actual stove itself.

It was great to see some of the stoves actually in use when we arrived at the showroom. Enjoying a cup of tea and sitting on the sofa in front of one of the fires let you see how efficient the stoves were and helped to let you envisage it in your own living room. Even having the 2 dogs sitting at our feet gave the whole feeling a sense of homeliness. The assistant clearly knows his stuff and explained the technical side of things very clearly and helped us choose the right stove for our circumstances as we were taking out a very old open fire and replacing it with the inset stove. We were amazed that there were a lot of colours to choose from which we actually saw rather than just picking them out of a leaflet. The whole process was very smooth and on the day of the works, the two fitters that came were very courteous and certainly did not give up until the job was complete. Our lounge was left very clean considering it was a very dirty, difficult job getting our old fire and back boiler out of the fireplace without disturbing any of the brickwork.

We have waited a few months before we left a review so that we could leave review of how we have got on with the stove itself. We often wonder why we left it so long before taking the plunge. This stove has been well worth the money and since the beginning of September the stove has been lit most days and has saved a fortune on our oil fired central heating.

If you follow the directions you will have no problem lighting this stove and regulating the heat output. It is simply a case of some scrunched up newspaper and a few sticks of kindling to initially light the stove and then keep it stocked with good dry logs. We haven't tried keeping the fire in over night but we have closed down the fire and left it for 4-5 hours if we have had to go out and on our return you would think it was out but once you open up the valve and put more logs on the fire flares up nicely again. We would rate the stove very highly and should have done this years ago! The whole experience from start to finish has been first rate. Great assistance provided by the company we used.

Overall rating:

5 flames

Build Quality 5 flames (avg 4.8)
Quality of finish 5 flames (avg 4.8)
Value for money 5 flames (avg 4.3)
Ease of use 5 flames (avg 4.7)
Ease of lighting 5 flames (avg 4.8)
Firebox size 5 flames (avg 4.5)
How well does the airwash work 5 flames (avg 4.8)
Controllability 5 flames (avg 4.5)
Handle operation 5 flames (avg 4.3)
How likely are you to buy it again? 5 flames (avg 4.4)
What is your overall satisfaction? 5 flames (avg 4.5)