Huntington 30 Stovax stove Hot

We stupidly bought two Huntingdon stoves. They look great in situ but do not give off the heat that we were told they would. They do not stay in over night and therefore it costs a fortune to keep relighting and bringing them back to some sort of temperature. We have had them for about three years which I think is a fair test.I have now got enough money to replace them but definitely not with another Stovax!.

Stove Expert Replied: How sad that the stoves have failed to give you the expected heat. Did you get the installations checked, this is key to insure the heat generated goes where is should. It is not always the stoves fault!

This is my second stove, the first being a hase.

The Stovax is solidly built and looks handsome in our inglenook. It does a first class job of heating our living room and heiping to heat the adjoining dining room.

On arrival the top plate was cracked. Whether this was the delivery guys or not is unclear - my bet is it was them rather than a manufacturing fault.

There is one air control which is a small lever at the top front. It gets very hot and because of friction either does not move or moves too far.

I am still surprised how long the door has to be left ajar to really set the fire going enough that it does not soot up when the door closes.

When it is in the fire looks great - there's a big glass area for a good view of the flames.

The firebox is good size and compensates for my laziness over trimming down logs.

The Stovax is cast iron so it takes a little while to heat up - longer then steel. In my view this is more than compensated for by the fact that it stays very hot at the end of the evening when the fire has been allowed to die down.

We went for the flat top, which has earned its keep when our electric has gone out - because we cook on it then.

Overall, the Stovax does well the two things we want from it - giving good heat and looking great. If there was one thing I would want to change its the air controls, but that's more a niggle than a real complaint. Am considering buying another for a different house.