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Review of Huntington 25 stovax stove

Stovax Huntington 25

Paul Markham 11 years ago

We have recently installed this stove into our 3 bedroomed 1930's Semi-Detached house and have had the chimney lined at the same time as part of the install.

We opted for the clear glass door and it looks fantastic with a great view of the flames when its burning well. We have found that the airwash doesn't work as well as we had hoped and over a short period of time the glass tends to soot up. However some white vinegar and elbow grease gets it off relatively easy.

Its pretty easy to light, we use lightly screwed up news paper, dry old pallet for kindling and then dry hard wood (less than 20% moisture) once the fire has taken. It takes about an hour to start to warm the room and within a few hours we open the door to let the heat circulate around the house.

The fire box isn't over large, but you shouldn't expect anything big on a small stove - we tend to empty it every 3 days or so.

We haven't tried keeping it alight over night so hence the lower score to get through the review. We also have only burnt wood on it so far but it is a multi-fuel stove so we have the option to burn coal in the future.

Its too early to say if its saving me money but we have had the central heating on less so hopefully the gas bills will reduce over time.

In Summary, a great little stove, can't fault it.

Stove expert replied: Leave the ash to build up on top og the grate as this provides the best conditions for burning wood but I would not leave ash to build up in the ashpan, ideally this should be emptied daily and possibly twice a day when using smokeless fuels.

Overall rating:

4.5 flames

Build Quality 5 flames (avg 4.8)
Quality of finish 5 flames (avg 4.7)
Value for money 4 flames (avg 4.5)
Ease of use 4 flames (avg 4.7)
Ease of lighting 4 flames (avg 4.7)
Firebox size 4 flames (avg 4.7)
How well does the airwash work 3 flames (avg 4.2)
Controllability 5 flames (avg 4.8)
Handle operation 5 flames (avg 4.3)
How likely are you to buy it again? 5 flames (avg 5)
What is your overall satisfaction? 4 flames (avg 4.7)