Review of Firefox 5 stove
Problems 4 years later. Nothing but scrap now. :-(
As previous review from Andrew McIntyre, I've now got the same problem with my Firefox 5 stove as him.
Had installed 4 years ago & up until now it has been a great little stove. 2 weeks ago I was cleaning the stove when all of a sudden there was a clank & something dropped down the back of the stove. On further investigation I found a large circle disk, which was the flue blanking plate from the back. The fixing lugs/prongs had snapped off the back casing & were attached to the plate along with the fixing bolts. You can see clearly that they have completely snapped off. Also there is meant to be some kind of rope attached to the plate, like the rope inside the stove door. But this has totally perished. I rang the company who fitted the stove & they have had a few other customers with the same problem. To fix the situation would mean stripping apart & would actually cost more in parts & labour, so the stove is now rendered useless. To be honest this will now be scrapped as I do not want to take any chances, as I would feel i''s not safe and would be worrying about fumes, carbon monoxide etc. There's an issue with rope inside door, as that too is becoming perished & dangling off the frame. The stove company who installed also told me they no longer sell Firefox stoves as they have had a fair few bad ratings & complaints. I have now done some online research which has thrown up a few people in the same boat as me & the previous poster. Which is a shame really as it was a great budget wood burner at the time.- Be the first to comment
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