Yeoman Exe stove Hot

After having looked around considerably for a big size stove for our fireplace opening and room size but without having to have a vent the Yeoman Exe was the best I could find. Cant believe its only rated at 5kw, its 600mm wide! Heat output is awesome. The secondary air burn works well for burning off the glass. Main problem was waiting time for delivery, 5 weeks! Come on Yeoman, do you want to sell these or not?

Stove Expert Replied: Good review, stove producing good output. Lead times vary and can cause problems if a tight timescale is wanted!

I spent months looking at stoves of 5kw output, and I am sure I have made a very good choice.
Went for the Yeoman Exe for several reasons.
It has a very large firebox (the stove is 600mm wide).
A large window for better view of the fire, with the single door anyway.
Simple controls which have no springs etc to go wrong.
Easy to use handle which is easily adjustable if the fire rope flattens out.
Large flat top for a kettle or casserole dish.

Having used the stove for a month now (couldn't wait till winter to try it out), I couldn't be happier.
The stove lights first time every time, quickly getting up to temperature, have found a stovepipe thermometer is a must have.
Gives out loads of heat and window stays clear, the one time it did blacken was I think due to me using wood that was not properly seasoned.
Easily takes 15" logs although the manual says up to 12", don't understand why Yeoman say this as firebox is same width as the larger Devon which takes up to 15" logs ?.
Think yeoman have to re write their brochure as log size is a selling point (less chopping).
I saw an on line video how to keep a stove in overnight, tried it and worked a treat.
The trick is to bank the stove up an hour or more before you go to bed, run the stove hot until there are no flames just glowing charcoal, then shut down the stove to tick over. Go to bed.
In the morning, open up the air supplies, put some kindling on the still glowing embers and wooosh...withing a few seconds, fire going again.

Love my Yeoman Exe, roll on winter.
Stove Expert Replied: Customer really happy and is looking forward to a warm winter ahead.

Very easy to use and had no major problems, don't like adjustable feet as they hit the joins in our flagstone hearth, my problem not Yeomans. Stove delivered minus a few parts but Yeoman were great and sorted asap. Paint came off top of door and top of stove but adds to character, Yeoman sent me a can of spray paint. Looking to connect stove to central heating but the price of boiler unit/heat exchager is ridiculous. After all that I still think its great....but need a cheap boiler unit, £340 is taking the ........

Great fun to use and very warm but I don't think the airwash works - may be because of unseasoned logs. Roll on next winter when we can check again. Anyway, fairly easy to clean. Just the right size for our large lounge - there seems to be a conspiracy amongst salesmen to over heat us! Got into a panic once when it was overheating and closing all the stops didn't seem to slow down the fire - question over controllability?

Stove expert says: adding a flue damper may be a useful addition to this persons flue system.

Easy to use, easy to install, good value for money. Allow a few weeks for the burning smell (external paint?) to go completely. We went for the single door with clear window plus plain air controls, looks good. We use it as a wood burner only and have taken the front grating off as it seems to promote soot buildup on the window, not serious but we like to see as much of the fire as possible.