I just inherited a Woodstock Fireview soapstone stove and found your video looking it up on RU-vid. Very nice! This Progressive Hybrid model seems like the next step up from the Fireview. I might have to upgrade! ; )
@bluerider88 actually hearthstone more than likely copied Woodstock soapstone! Woodstock soapstone began in 1978, while hearthstone began in 1981! So yeah!
Hey thanks for doing a video review. I was always curious how the "air intake" worked on these stoves, but never had any clear pictures or vids. So again, big thanks for doing this short review! (A side note, dude I'd move that rug back just a little further.... in case of embers flying about when you load wood) I was loading a piece of wood, into my stove, & while I was doing it, a log inside "popped".. I guess it had a spot of moisture in it or something? I don't know.. anyways, blew embers all over me, & my floor.. Unusual experience for me, but I "Sh*t happens" as the saying goes.
Thanks for the thoughtful comment! In our case the rug is a thick Persian wool rug, and wool puts out its own flame (if it does ever catch). So it's a actually a pretty good protectant for our flooring.
I think when it gets really cold, which for us means 15 or 20 below zero, if we wanted to keep both stories of our 3200sq ft house in the upper 60s or above, we might reload every 5 to 7 hours during the night, burning mostly Tamarack (western larch) with some red fire mixed in.
@@uilleannman that's pretty impressive. I'd be looking to heat around 1600sqft. That might be a little big. We get minus double digits on occasion here in Southwest NH. The factory is about an hour away.
I’ve seen reports that this stove can have enough coals for relight after 24 hours but that depends on the firewood type and weather conditions. I had the Woodstock Keystone and could get consistent 12 hour burns with good hardwood.
That may be true in terms of soapstone, but Hearthstone has only recently added the catalytic combustor to their bigger stoves. Woodstock has developed some great cat burners and sold them for decades now. Though Hearthstone has a great reputation too.
