Review of Firebelly FB2 stove
FB2 in the high Southern Alps, France
We chose this wood burner because of the modern styling and excellent attitude of the company. It is installed in a large, open-plan lounge/kitchen/diner with open mezzanine to the landing from which all the bedrooms lead from ie a large space. It copes easily with heating all this area with heat also spreading to other adjacent rooms. To give you an example of how efficient it is, the first use it had was in February a couple of years ago and on arriving the temperature outside was -20c! The temperature inside was similar so the first thing was to light the Firebelly. I reckon that within half an hour the temperature in the chalet was comfortable and teenage daughters had shed at least 3 of their 14 layers! The next day we had to open the windows as we were too warm and needed to learn how to use the blast furnace properly.
With regard to some of the other comments, if we open the door slowly, no smoke enters the building but we do have about 5m of straight flue before a bend then through the roof, there is enough draw to pull your boots off if you set it that way! With regard to the economy of wood consumption, we have a Jotul wood burner at home and I reckon it uses approximately 10 times the wood that this Firebelly does and produces less heat - work that one out. Customer service brilliant 10/10.Stove expert replied: Great review and sounds very cosy in the chalet!
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