I threw my pellet stove in the metal pile at the dump, makes for good recycle. We had it for maybe 5yrs & I had to tear it apart & put it back together aging after the 1sy year, 3 times in all. The augurs kept getting jammed, both. !st one then the other, then both. It was a pain. We originally had a wood stove when the kids were young but after the doctor told us (after the umpteen time) that the wood stiove was probably responsable for 50% of the kid's ear infections we got rid of that for the pellet stove. We just lost power for 7 days & our propane stove work just fine. Kept the bottom of the hose reasonably wam, the pellet stove won't go without power. The propane stove is quiet, it's cheaper than oil, the pellets were a bit pricy. I'm sticking with a heat source that needs no power as a back up. On the old wood stove we lost power for 5 days. The neighbors stayed with us for the heat & cuz I could cook on the stove's top, missed that with the propane stove, I can sit on that top & not burn my ass but my legs will fry.
Good luck with yours Deb, you'll have to sit me in front of it someday

Barry