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Review of Esse 100 stove

Esse100SE (Woodburning Grate)

John Driver 12 years ago

We recently bought our first stove, an Esse 100se after weeks and weeks of reading reviews on here (thanks')and looking around showrooms...\nFirst of all the stove has a great viewing window of the burning wood with depth of (310mm) it was great for the limited rear space of my chimney breast..\nI'm amazed at how easy it is to light, all I need is 6 pieces of scrunched up paper a few sticks and a small piece of wood on top and away she goes!!\nThe glass stays relativity clean, if slightly dirty the next day I just give it a quick clean with Cif cream on a nylon scourer.\nThe economy is great too now we've got the hang of the damper and airwash slide a piece of timber lasts ages, far longer than I expected.... At the moment I'm burning scrap wood but I've good some hardwood logs on order for delivery to see the difference and maybe burn a mixture of hard and soft??\nOverall I thing this burner is great and surpasses all my expectations and would gladly recommend it to friends and family...\nNot tried to keep it in at night because it's so easy to light and the chimney is still warm in the mornings so I can't see the point in doing it.\n\nWell done Esse, a fine example of a quality well made British product..\n\n

Stove expert replied: Another good review for the Esse stoves.

Overall rating:

4.5 flames

Build Quality 5 flames (avg 3.9)
Quality of finish 5 flames (avg 4.2)
Value for money 5 flames (avg 3.8)
Ease of use 5 flames (avg 4.1)
Ease of lighting 5 flames (avg 4.3)
Firebox size 4 flames (avg 4.4)
How well does the airwash work 5 flames (avg 3.9)
Controllability 4 flames (avg 3.8)
Handle operation 4 flames (avg 3.8)
How likely are you to buy it again? 5 flames (avg 3.9)
What is your overall satisfaction? 5 flames (avg 3.9)