I posted to this but it was eaten by the wild Post Eater!!!. Part of the issue for me with the pellet stove is psychological -- I LOVE the open flame.....just love it. The room it is in is where we like to sit and spend our time and it had no direct heat source -- it is vastly improved now. Plus I can manage it myself (with the age of a good strong son to fill it up with wood pellets)! The other thing is for the room it is in, if we had wood stove it would be in the center of the room somewhere to meet fire code restrictions - this sits neatly back in the corner surrounded by books (Barry, you remember when you did the house concert here....it is placed in the far corner from where you were singing.....). Love it, love it, love it.

Also we are right in town so very rarely lose power completely even in the worst of storms.