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Review of Woodwarm Fireview 6KW Flat top stove

The dogs danglies!

Glen Miller 13 years ago

I spent many months researching stoves of this size, there were a few cheaper ones that i considered before i finally made my choice, thankfully i paid a little extra and got a Woodwarm 6kw and have not regretted it or been dissapointed.

We've had it for about 5 months now and absolutely love it. I'm getting jealous comments from my better half that i spend too much time with it and give it too much attention (not that it needs it)! Its so nice just watching it, I look forward to nights of rubbish TV so that we can turn it off and watch the flames flickering instead.

I have a 3 bedroom house which is sort of open plan, it heats the whole house quickly and effortlessly, to the point where we have the windows open sometimes aswell, even with the recent very cold snowy winter its kept us snug. It gives off so much heat that we also heat a kettle of water on top which supplies many cups of tea and assists in cooking saving much electricity. Clothes dry within a couple of hours when placed on the clothes horse upstairs, I really can't praise it enough. Its got a large firebox, is very easy to light, get a great draw from it, large viewing window, easily adjustable and reacts quickly, heats up very quickly and absolutely belts out the heat (had to buy a pair of welders gloves as I kept burning myself!).

Maintaining the stove is easy. The airwash system is probably as the best that you will find, it circulates the whole top of the stove both sides (unlike many other makes) before it exits at the front. I rarely have to clean the glass with normal burning, once a week I just wipe the window with a bit of newspaper. If you're burning overnight on tick-over then it soots up a little more but this will happen with any stove. It has a nice large ash tray so riddling and emptying is very straight forward.

Research suppliers and shop around before you purchase, I got mine with roll/flat top, 6 inch feet (which you can pay extra for) all for approx £940, delivered with free gifts of a 20kg bag of coal aswell from a company based in Essex that sells fireplace products, can't fault them either. I got a number of other quotes in excess of £1400 elsewhere!

Stove expert replied: Good review, great feedback, satisfied customer!

Overall rating:

4.5 flames

Build Quality 5 flames (avg 4.8)
Quality of finish 5 flames (avg 4.8)
Value for money 4 flames (avg 4.7)
Ease of use 4 flames (avg 4.5)
Ease of lighting 5 flames (avg 4.8)
Firebox size 5 flames (avg 4.5)
How well does the airwash work 5 flames (avg 4.6)
Controllability 5 flames (avg 4.6)
Handle operation 4 flames (avg 4.3)
How likely are you to buy it again? 5 flames (avg 4.6)
What is your overall satisfaction? 5 flames (avg 4.7)