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Review of Hunter Herald 6 stove

Hunter Herald 6 Double Sided

Alfie Kingston 8 years ago

We recently had a Hunter Herald 6 wood burner installed by a Hetas registered engineer. It's double sided with top and bottom vents, a damper was also installed. It's not getting anywhere near enough heat as I would have expected but..............

It's double sided and one side of it is on the reception area also leads up the stairs so I would expect to lose some heat but generally it's not as hot around the general vicinity as I have experienced in other homes.

We took out the old gas fire but kept the old canopy so that the top 10% of the fire is under this. It's hot under the canopy but still not scalding in my opinion.

I have heard these induction fans are good?

If so should I get 2 to push heat out both sides?

Any advice is appreciated. I have heard that Hunters are not the best products available but we were limited on double sided stoves for the size of opening we had.

It's just not hot :(

Stove expert replied: The canopy may not be allowing the generated heat to radiate freely into the surrounding space but may be trapping it. Stove top fans do work well when a stove is up to working temperatures and may help. Is the stove fully controllable? If it is then possible look at the fuel that you are using, if it does not shut down to a slumber mode then the flue draw may be a problem and should be investigated further. Is the stove the correct size for the 2 areas you are trying to heat?

Overall rating:

2.5 flames

Build Quality 2 flames (avg 4.3)
Quality of finish 4 flames (avg 4.4)
Value for money 2 flames (avg 3.9)
Ease of use 2 flames (avg 4.1)
Ease of lighting 3 flames (avg 4.4)
Firebox size 3 flames (avg 3.6)
How well does the airwash work 4 flames (avg 3.6)
Controllability 3 flames (avg 3.7)
Handle operation 1 flames (avg 3.2)
How likely are you to buy it again? 1 flames (avg 3.1)
What is your overall satisfaction? 2 flames (avg 3.6)