Comparing the Ideal Steel to Progress Hybrid

Atta boy! Your starting to come around!!

 

Nice full top going on there.... where did you find was the best place to buy that fan?

 

Yeah, I'd definitely like to find one of those at a reasonable price.

 

So, I hope the Steel has a blower option.

 

Agreed. I owned one and tried it on three different fans in three different locations. Only one location did I notice any sort of heat movement and it was not much.

 

I bought mine more as a cool gadget, trinket to look nice. But I'm pleasantly surprised at how much air it does move, you would be surprised. When it's cranking, you can feel some air coming off it. Not like a top blower of course, but it works. Looks nice spinning too, adds a bit of "action" to the stove area especially when you have a dark burn going.

This ain't bad, 99.

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Here ya go: (Yeah right!).

 

I have something to add to the blower thread. I don't want to have to depend on one (my opinion of most inserts) and I don't need or want one. But sure they are going to help move the heat around and even out temp differences.

 

Maybe with the stone sitting underneath the fan, that's a little more driving heat , thus you feel it moving a bit... Bet the constant heat of the stone really keeps the fan moving nicely... I'd like to have one just like you said,, to watch it spinning around from free heat!

 

Actually, I sit it all the way on the back of the stove, on the cast iron part next to the flue coller, that's the hottest part of the top of the stove and keeps the fan cranking blowing air across all the soapstone.

 

Had the ole' girl up to 650 with just a cat burn, finally after about 2 hrs it gave way to secondaries! Burning standing dead oak from last year..

 

My house has been in the 90's the last few days, too dang warm out, gotta go open a window or two.

 

Was 28 out when I did that burn,,, looked and it was 81 in the stove room and 75 at the other end of the house.... Yikes.... I'm still feeling her out

 

Wow, Charlie! 650 degrees! I haven't been near that. And with a cat burn...that's great. How full was the stove, an how big the rounds/splits? Did you have the air all the way closed? How son did you close it down? Loaded on a hot bed of coals?

I'm interested.....