Review of Clearview 650 stove
owned for 30-years, use every day Oct to March, moved with us twice, brilliant stove,
Mine's probably one of the first 350's, bought direct from Jonathan @ Clearview about 30-years ago, when the company was a mere fledgling. I sell logs so they're free for me so I obviously use the stove in preference to any other heat source. It's on at least 18 hours a day, every day, between early October & end of March .... & has been, every year, since the day we bought it.
I think we've changed the door ropes once & I usually change the thick rope on the lid whenever we change the fire bricks, typically every 5-years or so. The rope on the ash tray's been changed about 3-times. All in all, very minor maintenance type stuff bearing in mind the hammering we give it. I see a lot of stoves & talk a lot about stoves when we're delivering logs. There's a lot of complete rubbish out there, including some from very well know brands. Over the years I've probably sold over 20 Clearviews as a direct result of my recommendations ... the last one was just last year. I noticed someone here commented about the coldwash not working .... once the stoves alight & the fire's established push the left lever completely in & keep the right lever slightly out (that's the coldwash lever). Also try & keep the logs away from the front vertical guard .... the coldwash air comes up just in front of that guard (you'll see the little gap if you look). FYI, I only ever clean our glass once a year, at the end of each season. I merely spray on a mist of Mr Muscle glass cleaner, rub it with old newspaper, re-apply the glass cleaner & polish up with kitchen-roll - simples. After falling asleep every night in front of the stove for the past 30 winters I can honestly say I'd probably kick the wife out before kicking the stove out. BRILLIANT STOVE .... THE VERY BEST. Stoev Expert Replied: What a fantastic review, not sure about the comment about the stove or wife though!!- Be the first to comment
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