Hunter Herald 8 stove Hot

We bought our Hunter multifuel stove 5 months ago and we wouldn't buy another. We were told it would heat our entire downstairs, 2 large reception rooms, a large hall and kitchen. Whilst our lounge is lovely and warm it leaves the rest of the house cold. We had lots of problems at the start as we couldn't get it to maintain its heat, we were advised to fit a Damper which we did (no easy task)and it has been much better, also keeping it going overnight is very hit and miss. It looks nice and it keeps our lounge cosy, but overall very disappointed.

Stove Expert Replied: A room heater is what it says and if there is only a door way between spaces then the radiant heat to this space may not be that great. It will obviously raise the temperature but may not be man enough for full heating. Open plan spaces are much easier to heat from one appliance.

Great looks the part works well Pleased

We have been living with one of these since Nov 2003. It only stays in with coal, and then only sometimes. It runs two double rads only. We have had some very cold nights with this stove. The hinge pins ride up, the baffle plate comes down (putting it back in while the fire is going is a nightmare (which happens one or twice a year)), the riddle is heavy and the sideplates often make the withdrawal and replacement of the ashpan difficult to achieve. And we run this for 7 months of the year. Would not recommend.

Stove expert says: This sounds like a MK1 Pre CE Hunter and they have since updated their baffle plate design.

This was a very bad investment, I have had 3 Cam Bars the first one not fitting on instalation had to be amended to fit with a saw, the second and third wore away at the end that attaches to riddling tool now I have a mole grip attached permanently to the end of cam, very hard to control either coal burns out totally during, the night or still goes out but leaves coal unburnt. Absolute rubbish fire. Avoid purchasing.

This has been a great stove. We have transfered from an open fire to the stove and the lighting of the stove is far easier and more efficient. The slim line version has enabled us to minimise the amount the heath extends into the room. We are heating a room 13ft by 17ft with 8 ft ceiling more than adequately with this stove. We have burnt both logs and coal with great success.
Would highly recommend this stove.

We are very pleased with the look of the stove and in general with the performance and quality of the stove, but there are some faults we have found with us using it a lot. The handle gets too hot to use without a suitably thick glove, the hinge pins ride up over time and must be knocked back in, and finally the upper heat deflection plate quickly becomes distorted with regular use, which eventually falls out and cannot be re-fitted due to being warped. Hunter have replaced this twice free of charge for us.

AFTER ALMOST 3 YEARS OF USE OF THIS MODEL MULTIFUEL MY WIFE AND I REMAIN TOTALLY DELIGHTED WITH IT'S PERFORMANCE AND EASE OF USE.VERY QUICK TO LEARN TO USE, CLEAN BURNING WHETHER SOLID FUEL OR LOGS OR A MIX OF THE TWO! WE HAVE MADE CONSIDERABLE SAVINGS ON OUR CENTRAL HEATING COSTS (LPG GAS) AS WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SHUT OFF 4 DOUBLE RADIATORS IN TWO LARGE ROOMS DUE TO THE OUTPUT FROM OUR HUNTER.BRILL!!

Bought a Flat top wrap around boiler for 4 radiators and a hot water cylinder. It works and doesn't look like the boiler will boil from looking at pipe thermometers. To get the hot water heating the fire does have to be blazing.

Stove was bought from the Trade IT at an absolute bargain price of £260. Having said that I would still be happy with it if it was more expensive. It is too big for for a single room but if you have an open plan set up or want to heat adjoining rooms as well you need the extra output this stove gives. I burn only wood and it will overnight. You can get 16" logs in the firebox.

This is an ideal stove for a small house/bungalow. It needs some experience before it can be used efficiently. As with most stoves of this type it is reasonably quick to wind the heat up but slow to wind it down again.

We bought one of these to replace a fairly large open fire. We also wanted it to supplement our LPG central heating. We live in a rural area with no gas suppply and LPG prices are ridiculous for LPG central heating these days.

So we found a plumber to fit this boiler in as a sort of piggy back set up into the existing central heating system.
It has its own pump and thermostat but uses the existing pipework and radiators. We have a combi gas boiler for hot water so all stove boiler heat is directed to radiators.It easily runs eight of them.

Tne house has never been so cozy!!!!Even during this cold winter 08/09.

The Herald is solid (very heavy!).

At first we found it awkward to get an even heat. Now we use anthracite and get a good even steady burn/heat for the central heating. Also now the large fire has been removed there is less air movement in the sitting room (where the stove is) and of course no spitting of sparks from logs etc. We do burn logs in the stove, the heat output is somewhat less, but still effective.The logs have to be dry and seasoned or you are wasting your time. You need some sort of sheltered store.

The original chimney is unlined but provides perfect draw and the expense of lining it etc avoided.

We had the thermostat version boiler but it does not seem to do much and we control it by hand.We would not bother with the thermostat again.

We opted for the single door with undecorated glass. This gives optimium observation of the fire for that cozy(There's that word again!) feeling. The glasss keeps suprisingly clean but we still give it a wipe over now and again.

Bought the stove from stovesonline. Had good service and would use again.

Overall we are very pleased with our purchase. It keeps the house warmer than its ever been for less running cost than the LPG system. The LPG is not redundant and can still be used when the stove is not operating (Best of both worlds).

does more than what it says on the tin: it heats 8 rads and 90 litre hot water tank.

Whilst waiting for my stove to arrive i read some bad reviews which worried me but these proved to be unfounded. The stove has proved to be a good buy it looks good and keeps my large lounge warm on the coldest of nights. I opted for the single door which gives an airtight seal, i think the double door option wouldn't have sealed so well and would have been extra hassle when loading up.
All in all a good stove.

A great stove. Big box for big logs. As long as you remember to use the top grill for controlling air flow for wood burning and use the bottom grills for charcoal, you'll be just fine. Inherited mine when I moved house and had to fit new glass, new rope seals and also had to reseal the chimney pipe. Once that was all done the Hunter stove soon builds up a good heat (I have a large room and this size of stove is ideal).

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