Review of Clearview Pioneer 400 stove
Three of our 8 Clearview''s in the house are Pioneer''s
The Pioneer 400 is installed in three of our bedrooms rooms. This is hopefully an opportunity to explain to potential clients what makes the Clearview Pioneer 400 one of the best quality British manufactured stoves available for over 30 years in my experience. Construction of the stove, the steel is folded where possible and double welded inside and out where it is not, ensuring total airtightness of the body. The ability to slumber the stove is first class, with an adjustable door handle and hinge system to ensure air tightness of the door as well. This makes them one of the more controllable stoves on the market, not just when they are new, but for many years to come as the rope beds in. The stoves are able to burn different types of fuel, although they have only been tested with wood. We tend to use Ash and Beech which has been processed and dried in potato boxes in our poly tunnel for about a year, which is a brilliant way to ensure your fuel is ready to burn. As long as the wood is seasoned and the core moisture level, the sap in wood, is less than 20% moisture you should be ready for trouble free use. The double glazed window ensures the inner glass is insulated from the room temperatures which gives an unsurpassed view of the fire. Just be sure to burn the stove hot at times to discharge combustion products up through the flue. Ideally a stove should be run between 350-500 degrees F for optimum burn. Stove gloves are provided with the stove to facilitate opening the door and fuelling the stove. Some people feel the handle getting hot to touch is a fault, but far from that, it is a design feature that makes you protect yourself before operating the stove. The gauntlets are flame retardant and heat resistant which helps you bring the burning fuel forward towards the window, and the fresh fuel can be placed across the firebox from left to right, which means that if any core moisture evaporates, it comes out of the end grain and hits the side tiles rather than presenting steam on the window. To sum up, the Pioneer is a tried and tested British favourite and should be added to everyone''s shortlist. Parts are the same now as they were 30 years ago which is testimony to the design and flawless performance.Stove expert replied: Tried and tested technology is known for the Clearview brand and little has changed as the reviewer says over the last few decades. As with any stove the fuel being seasoned is paramount to how effectively and efficiently they work. Great that 3 stoves have been used.
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