Curious what everyone has a preference for, make and model.
I am looking for an alternate heat source for the home if I lose power, and I just generally sitting by the stove. Figure 1000-1500 sq ft. Thanx

At my camp I have a Drolet AUSTRAL III. I chose this specific model because it has a deep box and can hold a lot of wood for a long burn. They are made in Canada, but also sold in the US. It takes a while to heat up, but once it gets going it really heats up well.
The prices seem to have really increased in the last few years...I suppose like everything.
https://www.drolet.ca/us/en/wood-stoves/db03033/
Good luck!
G

We have a blaze king. This is the third one in 3 houses. Most efficient stove going but they are not cheap

My requirements are they have to be long and deep enough I can put wood in them not kindling. And I do like a grate across the bottom with ash pan underneath.

The one at my a frame is a Vermont castings duch west large. It can fit 22" long wood and has a grate with ash pan. I like being able to rake the ash and coals back and forth having the ash fall through much better than my inlaws where you just shovel it out.

Currently my fire box is 47"×36 & the door is 2'x2' I don't have to split n it very small or cut it short. Only to make it so the wife and bous cane handle it to load when I'm not home.

Thanx for the responses. I had been looking at the quadrafire 3100 and an empire 2100. Both pretty similar. This gives me some more options to look at, much to my wife's chagrin. That vermont castings c3 looks interesting, also the blazekings. I just wish blazeking posted prices!

I. Would look for one you can cook on top of.

Old timer here. Hard to beat.

I am fond of the old airtight cabinet style woodstoves. Several companies make versions of them, the most well known being Ashley. I like the model that will take a 24" piece of firewood. It/they have grates with an ash clean-out door where you can access the ash pan. They have a flat top that serves as a alternate to a cooking stove. I honestly rarely do more than put a big kettle of gulosh, chili, or boiled dinner on it to keep it warmed up, but a guy can cook on it with a frying pan, etc. if his juice goes off. Although I never use it, all of mine have a blower that is thermostatically controlled. I just have a ceiling fan above mine that runs 24/7 all winter. That circulates the heat just fine.

X2. I wouldn't own another stove without a shaker grate. I wish I could find a warm morning in good shape. Aren't all the new ones loaded up with epa stuff?

Any quality stove with a viewing door. I like to see the flames when I'm sitting by it. Ours is an older Avalon free standing. My only thing I would change is a stove that can slow burn at least 8 hrs thru night. Ours goes about 6(but we have electric baseboard backup so I don't HAVE to get up to stoke if I'm not feeling too cheap, lol)

Aren't all the new ones loaded up with epa stuff?

Yep, most are garbage,..tried a pleasant hearth last year,..short firebox,.couldn't heat up the house,.small house, box in the basement,floor vent with circulation.
The old timberline with blower did the job.
Blowers on the outside of the firebox does no good.

The epa stuff really doesn't seem that bad but it requires you to burn dry wood.

I have this stove and it's okay, no real complaints and it was fairly inexpensive and more importantly actually available last winter when I needed one.

https://m.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200832989_200832989

The 22 inch log is a plus,..a blower on the outside not so much,..dry wood is on the feeder.Maybe a continuous fire burn results better,..I never found that true.

Yep, as my Gpa would say, there's one in the woodpile. Some I can see, don't see it.

I have two Quadra-Fire 3100’s, one at camp and one at home. I heat almost exclusively with them. Great stoves. Both are older pre-ACC models, I’m not sure the quality of the newer Quadra-Fires is on par with the older models.

https://seekoutside.com/tent-stoves/

If your looking for quality and light weight it doesn't get better.

None of the new models are on par with the old so called substandard ,you're not competing with them,..you're accepting their initiative.

Truth!

I don't really see what the complaint about new stoves is. What don't you guys like about them other than you can't burn wet wood?

I bought my house in jun '78, installed my Timberline and shut off the furnace, pilot light and all by early Dec ain't been on since, 44 years this winter. Cook on it all the time.