Wood stove advice needed

Who is the resident wood stove expert here? I'm looking to get a super high efficiency wood stove that I can also heat a large pot of water/melt snow on. It only needs to heat 480 sq feet of living space, so no need for a large stove. This is the second issue. It will need to be transported by helicopter. Maybe I don't need a high efficiency stove, but my interest in those is due to wanting to use the least amount of wood possible.

 

JOTUL F 602 OR JOTUL BLACK BEAR
the black bear is the most efficient but it is larger than the 602. look 'em up awesome stoves.

 

Revere Insert | Lopi Stoves

This is what we bought and it works wonderful.


This is what we had before and it was ok.

MANSFIELD 8012 | Wood Stoves | Hearthstone Stoves

Jøtul F 118 CB Black Bear - Stoves - Products | Jøtul

This one is awesome.

 

Harbor freight has a log stove that is simple and practical .
I used an old used antique one just like it for over twelve years or more, lost it when I moved.
The important key to stove efficiency is the pipe and having a short horizontal section .
It controls drafting best, and better efficiency on fuel no matter what size the stove is.
I still use a wood stove ,one I restored with an oven . It has a very small fire box but keeps my 3 bed room house warm enough.

 

Just a quick note on the Harbor Freight stoves...as they come, they are not well sealed and this can lead to 1) overfiring and 2) inefficient burn.
They supposedly can be sealed with quality stove sealant, but I cannot vouch for that. However, @kckndrgn commented on this in this thread:
Need help with quick install of wood stove | Page 2 | Survival Monkey Forums
I replaced ours with a Federal Airtight Dutchwood and now use roughly the same amount of wood in a week as I was using in a couple of days...and maintaining a much more stable temperature. The HF stove is in storage as a backup...just in case.

 

Maybe I'm missing something, but it seems woodstove manufacturers just don't provide a way to supply combustion air from the outside.

I would think that's kind of critical for keeping cold air from being drawn in to the living space around every nook and crannie in order to supply the stove's combustion air requirements.

 

@Altoidfishfins
There are 2 opinions on outside air.

The first is a greatest thing since sliced bread:
Sweep's Library - Why burn outside air?

The second is not a good idea:
A non-commercial service in support of responsible home heating with wood - The Outdoor Air Myth Exposed

Here is the first site's response to the second site:
Sweep's Library - Outside Air: A Conflicting Opinion?

 

Anyone familiar with this stove? Ideal Steel Hybrid

16 hour time lapse video of one loading

 

interesting...one solution mentioned in the second article is to crack a window in the room where the woodstove is located.

Kinda defeats the purpose, it would seem.

 

I need to crack my window with the Perfection oil drip stove I have now. On the lowest setting it will heat my cabin to 81 degrees with a window cracked. I frequently have to open the window all the way to get it down to a comfortable 70 degrees. This is when it's below freezing outside. If it's not below 40 degrees I don't even run the heater.

 

It's not rocket science , drill a hole 1" just below the stove and put a screen over it .

 

@Altoidfishfins
A bud has a modular and it is so tight that the kerosene heater will give them a headache by morning if they don't crack a window.
Our insert can heat the living room up until it is tee shirt weather. The ceiling fans pull the heat into the bedrooms. In the 80s in here and mid 60s in the bedroom.

@MountainMariner
If the Perfection makes you open a window, a wood stove might be too much??

 

The Oil drip stove means I have to transport diesel fuel in the helicopter. Much rather feed a wood stove with the millions of trees that surround me. It's a logistics thing. And I don't mind chopping wood.

 

Blaze King Princess Ultra purchased. I'll update this thread after the installation.

 

So it's installed and I'm very happy with it so far. The helicopter did not set it on my porch as agreed, instead it was left 100 yards away from the cabin. Downhill. All uphill and difficult to the cabins porch. Took two days to get it those 100 yards. Then absolutely no way to get the 400 pound stove from the ground up stairs or onto the porch. Thanks to the snow everything became slippery too.

Then a moment of genius struck. I used an extension ladder as a pivot. Anchored the midpoint of the ladder to the porch. Attached a come-a-long to the top of the now vertical extension ladder. Stove was cranked up to the porch pivot point 8 feet into the air on the face of the ladder. Once there the top of the ladder was cranked down horizontal with a second come-a-long. Loosened the pivot point ropes and brought the stove and ladder completely onto the porch.

Now I need a new chimney cap. Wind seems to be a problem with my current setup. Any suggestions?

 

Pretty! Extension on the stove pipe...?

 

Winds got to 25 mph today and were being forced down the chimney. I need A chimney cap that defeats wind.