Vogelzang Frontiersman Wood Stove
General Review:
Vogelzang has long been known for both their quality and their affordability, and their Frontiersman wood stove is no exception to their excellent reputation. This wood stove is sturdy and is meant to last while providing affordable and efficient heat throughout your room or home. Heating a home with a wood stove is an excellent way to save money, and ensure that you will have heat even when the power is out or another source of home heat needs help keeping up with the extreme cold that winter can bring. The Frontiersman is a great centerpiece that is useful, versatile and easy to use for anyone, even if you don’t have experience with using a wood stove.
Key Features:
The Vogelzang Frontiersman wood stove is made from heavy-gauge plate steel that is reinforced and welded at the seams, and the wood box is firebrick lined. You even have a safety glass that is easy to clean in the front to be able to view the fire, making this wood stove an excellent centerpiece to your home.
- 4-6 hour run time when filled
- 128,000 BTU
- Unit can heat up to 1,200 square feet
- wide-stance legs and cool-touch spring handle for safety
Advantages:
Heating your home with wood is efficient and can be very eco-friendly. This stove is affordable and allows you to heat your home quickly, easily, and affordably. The hot surface of the wood stove can be used for many things, including heating water or soup, or even popping popcorn. This versatility is unique to wood stoves. The Frontiersman also comes with a blower that can help distribute heat throughout the room or home, and also keep smoke from coming into the living areas. This wood stove is not only effective in heating your home but it can also make an excellent centerpiece for a living or sitting room.
Disadvantages:
The manufacturer states this unit will hold 16” logs, and you can fit them into the firebox, but for ease of use, especially when there is a fire already started, shorter logs may be necessary or helpful. Because of its size, you may need to fill this unit quite often as it’s burn time when full is only four to six hours. Oftentimes, the blower may be loud and the sound a bit annoying so you may want to shut it off for awhile, but users who have shut off the blower don’t seem to notice much of a difference in dispersed heat throughout the rooms, especially when they used an oscillating or ceiling fan to keep the warm air circulating.
Final Thoughts:
The Vogelzang Frontiersman wood stove is an excellent buy for the money and can be a lifesaver for both heat and food preparation should the power ever be out for a great amount of time. It allows for affordable heating and is also a beautiful centerpiece to your home since, unlike some other wood stoves, the Frontiersman is meant to be a decorative element in any room.
