The Jotul F500 Oslo CF one full winter review + install is this stove that good ?
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- One full winter with my new stove. What is it like to use. Please ask any questions in the comments section. Do you think this stove is worth a 2600$ price tag ?
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So i keep getting the same comments being left about how to clean the glass. Although I appreciate that you guys are trying to help me out. Check out what had to be done to repair this glass in the follow up video ruclips.net/video/5nSS_1ilT5Y/видео.html
I watched 6 or so videos on jotul stoves, and this video was the most useful, clearly demonstrating its limits. Thanks!
Thanks for reaching out to tell me
I have a 500 for 15 years now. This is the best video I have ever seen on this stove. Jotul owes you, man! ; - )
I learned a lot from this and will use the info next winter!
Wow thank you. Id be surprised if jotul knew about it. Haha. Im mostly a fan of their stoves. Im working on two follow ups. Stay tuned !
In the 80's and 90 's i lived in a farmhouse here in The Netherlands. The house had no central heating so my parents bought a Jotul woodstove similar to yours to heat the living room. My mother had to fill it maybe three times a day and she would fill it up and close the air vent before she went to bed; in the morning there would still be some residual glow to start a new fire.Our stove did not have a ash tray or a front door.This brings back old memories of that time.Thank you.
Sounds similar to my upbringing. Wanted to go back to something similar. Raised by lithuanians in america.
Jotul is literally one of the finest stoves manufactured today and has proven the Quality and reputation of being a leader of the industry since the 1800's. Nobody can put that on a resume. You want dependability and a heater that will outlast most? Jotul is your choice. Thanks for sharing.
Class video Alfons, I happen to be a Vermont Castings owner but, have very much respect for Yotul and your outstanding video! Thank You!
I so admire guys like u...I’ve been a musician all my life as well as a Registered Nurse...so that little left to learn these gr8 skills. Way to go sir. Beautiful fire.
Wow. Thanks.
This video was exactly what I was looking for; I appreciate that you took the time as a NON sponsor to document your trials and experiences with their stoves. HUGE PROPS, and THANKS!
Awesome. Thanks. Working on a year 2. Well. Have been all year.
Thank you for posting this video. I just installed an Oslo 500, I'm on my 4th fire. Every fire I've had has been like a runaway train until I watched your video. The handle for the Ash pan wasn't locked properly. What a difference. The fire has slowed down considerably with tall lazy flames. Thanks again.
Im so glad that helped someone. Nobody told me 😇
We use Pine Mountain Starter Logs too. But I only use one third of the block. I crack them in thirds, and you can stretch the usage that way. If your wood is dry, you won't need the whole block. And have you ever heard of newspaper donuts? Take two sheets of newspaper, twist them like a candy cane, then make a loop in the middle, and fold the tail ends inside the loop making sure you keep a hole in the center so the fire travels thru it. They burn hot, and makes great kindling for starting a fire. So much so, I rarely use the starter blocks anymore.
I do this, will try donut loop 🍩
We purchased nearly the same stove 6 years ago. Love it! We heat a 2300 sq foot home with it comfortably
This stove is great. I had experience with damaged glass like that and it was from overheating, the person owning the stove had draft problems and used the ash tray a lot, just to get a normal fire going and in the process damaged the stove and the glass.
The video was just great, thanks for all the useful information!
Very good info and I Thank You! I have four stoves I keep going when it get very cold and windy. I live in the woods in Pa. so have access to lots of wood. Many oaks have died for some reason. Bugs, pollution, frequencies from Wi Fi? Who knows. Dead trees on the ground and many standing dead for a few years with bark gone. Some is wet inside but the dead tree wood dries quickly in my wood shed. So small wood for my wife's studio, larger in the kitchen and big stuff in my living room. Then there is my wood shop where those knotty odd shaped pieces can fit nicely with large doors. Indeed, I'm busy in cold weather but in reality, those very cold wildly days are few and the very cold still days far better. My house is 2400 square feet and unless it gets super cold, not all the stoves are going. So I manage. I recently bought a splitter and this will help greatly with stacking wood for the following year. Dry wood creates the most heat and cleaner chimneys. I do take my brush and rods on the roof every two weeks or so. Had a chimney fire a few years back so instead of every month or two with a chain and rope, the brush is far better. And burning hotter far cleaner. Great review and Thanks for your excellent study and sharing of the info! Happy Heating! DaveyJO in SE Pa.
Try wetting a rag dipped in the ashes to clean the stove glass. It may work wonders in keeping the glass clean. 👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🍺🍺
White wood ash only. Never use coal ash.
David Smith Wait. People actually burn coal?!?!
We use vinegar and water, to clean our glass door.
Damp newspaper and coal ash every time
Sometimes I use very fine stainless steel whool to clean the door, the glass won't scratch and it really helps removing the hard stuff. After that I "polish" the glass with a damp cloth and some ash from the stove itself. Been doing that for years.
I had ordered a transport of wood and split it with my Uncle, 2 hard working weekends we had both piles cut down and chopped and piled, the first year, It was hard to heat, the second was better and I built a roof extension to my garage. moved all the wood in there and let it dry the rest of that summer. on the 3rd winter, I was burning about 3-4 pieces a day. was no need to fill up the box as it would get too hot. You'd rarely see smoke come out of my chimney, and every time I wanted to clean the chimney it was still clean as the day I installed it. I use to burn potato peels in it as I had read it helped keep the chimney clean. I personally think it was the seasoned wood that kept the chimney for getting dirty. My stove didn't have the reburn like yours, I guess it still burned it. My half of that truck load outlasted my ownership of the house. a truck load is about 40 cords.
Good wood makes all the difference. Im finding out by having enough good wood. Cut to the right size. Much more efficient. A good chimney liner keep my chimney hot and free of creosol. Never had to clean it. But always check.
Great video, I too only have to wipe my glass with a damp rag. I don’t have a jotal but my stove burns very well with the same burn rates. I have come close to running out of wood during winter and now I stay two years ahead. That way if something happens and I get injured or am not able to collect and process firewood for the year my family will still be warm and won’t have to worry. Love a wood stove! Cheers!
Thank you. And two years ahead is the way it should be done. Im cutting away now. Stay tuned for the follow up !
I too have to deal with people that stretch the truth about their seasoned wood.My Brother who cut and stacked 100s of cords of wood in his lifetime had a young guy selling wood try and cheat him.When it was stacked in a 4x4x8' box it was shy of a cord..Basically try and get your own or buy dry wood from a company makes wood products like posts or stakes..They always have extra cut ends.Looking forward to buying a Jotul 400.. Thanks for the video...
Much better cutting it yourself. Can scavenge enough wood from trees falling alongside the road to heat your home. No need to buy too many dishonest or ignorant sellers
I have owned this model stove for 15 years, if you bend the back of the ash pan back it catches the ash better and will not pile up behind it. If you leave a good bit of he ash in the bottom it insulates the coals and get a longer burn time, of course much depends on the wood. My jotul has paid for itself many times over in utility savings. You would not regret getting this model, my 2 cents worth.
Piling the ash only seems to help a bit. I much prefer to use the ask pan The way it is designed rather than get an extra hour or two of 250° burn cycles. But I understand why people do it. Have you ever had any trouble with the glass. Developing a permanent fog
The 500 has served me well for many yrs . I leave about an inch or so of ash in there and load north south on each side of air inlet and east west on top....and its purring in no time. One thing you may want to do with that stove is remove the doors every yr or two and put a few drops of lube into the handle assembly....they can freeze up. As far as 2600 bucks...lol you will look back yrs from now and smile.
Nice video and good review. I have the same model except it is Ivory porcelain or ceramic. I experienced the same issue with the glass being etched in a couple of spots due to burning junk green wood. I removed the glass and used my automotive buffer and various grits of polish. That was about 5 years ago and it is still crystal clear. I love the ambiance. Been burning for 40 years now. My dad bought me a Stihl saw that I still use exclusively. Old 45 year old wood boss. Gotta love it.
Awesome. Im making a video right now of me using just that. Its actually ceramic and im going to try several things. It happened again to the new glass already. Stay tuned. Gonna follow up on this soon
Nice video... I have had my enameled jotul for 20 years and love it still..! Try SOS pad, and warm water, gently scrub, it will take the milky cloud off and won't scratch the glass. Also- get a flat stove shovel to clear out the ashes into an ash bucket- it will make it easier for you. Can't imagine doing that with my arm.
Hey man, try polishing the glass with some of the ash from a good hardwood fire. Use a damp cloth, dab some ash onto it, and polish using small circular motion. Always works for me.
I am going to be getting a wood burning stove in the next three years. I am pretty excited about it already!
I own this same model. Really enjoy it. Try to keep it under 400 and at 300 overnight to keep the wood from burning to fast. If I load it up before bed (8:30pm), it's still glowing at 6am.
You're exactly right about the season vs unseasoned wood. Cleanup is Very easy. We live on 100 acres of rolling hardwood so availability isn't a problem.
I get such a nice bed of coals after only 8-9 hours and the stove is still 200-300. Its a great stove. Thanks for checking in.
@eric hedrich does it heat entire home ? ( thanks I’m a Stove TARD)!
Mick Tezz Yes. I do not need any other type of heat at all. Even when it’s below zero
@@micktezz1561 Yes, we live in a 4 room, 1500 sq. ft cabin and when the stove is fired up, heater never comes on and entire cabin feels very comfortable. We Love it!
@@AlfonsLC How high do you allow the temperatures to burn on top of the stove? what does the manufacturer say is the ideal and maximum temperatures?
Watching this video reminded me of the years when I ran a wood stove. There is no better heat but they sure are messy. Thanks for the video.
I live in Buffalo NY and was thinking of putting a wood stove in my basement. Now I think I might. Excellent video thanks.
Its great. In a bigger city you may want to check to be sure you are not govermented out of doing so. I love buffalo and the achor bar. Need to make a drive up again soon.
@@AlfonsLC Yes, that's good advice. I would love to see a follow up video in the future.
kidthump there will be for sure. Filming now.
Have used the same model stove for 5 years now. Installed as a hearth mounted setup. Heats up my 1800 sq feet quite nicely and quickly. While it was expensive (give or take 4000 dollars) it paid itself off in a couple years. I only have to fill my oil tank once a winter compared to 2 or 3 times before the stove was installed. Very much satisfied with Jotuls quality. The company's North American production facility is 25 minutes from where I live.
The jotul is all i have. Its a good stove. But i do believe their quality control needs to improve. Will discuss in my follow up video for year two
@@AlfonsLC yeah, the air control leaves little to be desired. But I have good draft so it's not so bad
Great stove I owned one for many years, bought for 600 sold to 1000.
I grew up in Bucks County what a beautiful place to grow up thanks for the vid
Says the " Well Spoken Man".....Nice Presentation!
As a fellow Pennsylvanian they are a great stove ! I used to sell them. If you two guys picked that baby up and set it on your hearth you boys must be very powerful ! Happy Burning !! Beautiful country !
Nepa farm boys (-: thanks allot. I do really like the stove.
Hei!
Just a quick tip of how to clean the glass door:
- Get a bit of kitchen or toilet paper; damped it with some water and dip it into cold white ashes.
- Rub it over the glass into you see/feel it is clean.
- Clean with more damp/wet paper.
This is the way a Swedish friend and I cleaned his Jotul F 305.
The ash works like magic and does not damage the glass in any way.
PS: Great video. Jotul stoves are the best I have seen.
I responded to this suggestion so many times i made a follow up video. The glass was damaged and needed buffing compound and an hour of buffing to remove the ash imbedded i to the glass. Check it out sometime. And thanks. I love my jotul
@@AlfonsLC OK! Great. I'll check out the follow up video.
Such a nicely produced and informative video, I'm too much on a budget to afford something that nice; maybe down the line I can treat myself to a stove that beautiful. I struggle to justify a stove half the price of my truck but that viewing window is so mesmerizing, along with the helpful and well designed features. I hope it's serving you well this winter!
I started out with such shit stoves. Grew up feeding my dads great but plain Fischer stove. Always wanted this stove. Took a while. Got a tent sale and no interest with good credit. It was so worth it. Wood savings. And as you say. That window !!! Thanks man. Keep savin. Youll get there !
Excellent video! One of the best I have seen. I don't think I would feel comfortable having your "next" season's wood that close to the house. Enjoyed!
Thanks for the compliment. I love hearing that. I love the wood out there. Smells great. Looks great. and attracts lots of garter snakes. I have not had even one mouse this year in the house. Gonna keep putting that wood out there. And inside.
After my many years of burning wood, I have learned to not use my Ash pan. I leave Ash over my ash plug also, I find it keeps things more air tight and can control my burns better. Every stove set up is different, figure out what works best for you and do that. Good video 👍👍
You are right about longer burns. But it also means it doesn’t burn as hot or as complete. I did this a bit this winter and noticed the difference.
I have never noticed that. I use a wood stove shovel and rake the coal to one side and scoop the ash build up and then take them to the other side and get the ash build up out that way. I leave ash over the plug area only just to seal that up for air passing by. I don't think I mentioned that before. Anyways like I said, over time you learn to do what's best for you. PS. Over the last 30ty years of burning or so I have ran into every situation a person can run into. Recently I ran all new pipe and changed my pipe angle in the house. I wish I did that a long time ago!! 😆 What a major difference having the pipe run up hill at an angle slightly on its way out of the house. Take care.
Impressive narration. Excellent info. I went with the Lopi for similar reasons and really like it. I too live in PA and have the same issue with locals not knowing (or caring) what seasoned wood means. Being from central New Enhland, we normally stay one year ahead on our wood until I built a green house wood shed to dry it. Now it dries fully in the 3 months of summer and is ready to burn come fall.
Thats sounds interesting. Thanks for checking in and the compliment.
Very nice video!! Loved it,
I am European so Jotul is our kind of item we like, I had my F 600 bigger box then Oslo. Unfortunately company stopped production.
The firelight ? I almost bought that myself
Excellent video, thanks, I'm old and lazy now but once heated with a wood stove and have fond memories.... Try glass polish or Bon Ami cleanser on that glass before you toss it....
I have the Jotul fc3 a smaller stove. It takes wood about 15 inches long and all i burn is pine, which is what I have. I do have to clean out the chimney 2 times a year but is not much of a problem, burn time is 1 piece of wood an hour, over night I may load once, I would not trade it for anything except another jotul.
My dad got this stove last year and it’s a beast. I followed suit and cheaper out and bought a older stove off marketplace, while my stove still works it’s amazing how much hotter his Jotul gets. Thank you for making a detailed and informed video!
Thanks for sharing my friend - great voice for vids BTW!! We have a Jotul F3 for our relatively small 1400 sq ft house - simply the best thing we've ever bought for it!! ! Doesn't look like the F3 is available anymore in Canada with all the new regs, and the new equivalent F 45 V2 Greenville is twice as deep - we'll roast !! - and doesn't have an ash tray- PITA !! Thanks again from Nova Scotia and fire a roaring !!
Wow. Scottish Gaelic capital of the world (-: thanks so much for the compliment. I just loaded mine up. Keeping me nice and roasty
Yours is a very well thought out presentation.
Thank you !
Excellent stove, high quality, efficient heater. BUTT! Most of the BTUs go out into the foundation into dirt. Wood stoves need to be where you spend time.
While heat sink is real. My house is ok a hill one side is rock. The other side is insulated wall. You can also insulate over the foundation to dramatically counter a heat sink. So still convection is working just fine for years for me
Thanks for the video, ive been burning for two seasons with mine, absolutely love it. I let the entire ash try fill up and just go in with the shop vac and vacuum out the ash on the top much easier this way. . I always leave about two inches to help insulate the stove from over firing. . I also never open the front door, always causes a mess.
This is also another testament to good design. There are many people that bemoan and very much just like the ash pan. But even if you don’t use it it could make the stove better. Just by letting it fill up with ash for the reasons you just said. I obviously very much prefer the ash pan but either way the stove works good for whoever is using it. But the front door is always a mess for sure.
Cool stove. FYI catalytic converters can last decades. My Vermont Castings Defiant has original 25 year old cat...used to heat my entire 1300 sq. ft. house annually.
To clean out the window from the unseasoned wood, wipe it down with ash. I use a newspaper, wet it a bit in a bucket and wipe up some ash from the fireplace. Gets a real slurry mess on the window of course, but that wipes away very easy with a squeegee or a cloth.
I've got the same fireplace for about 7 years now. It's on the top floor for me, which is about 100m2 and a reasonably open floor space. For that it's a size too big though. It looks great, and it's really a centerpiece in the living room, but it's just too much heat and it doesn't burn well with less as a full load. Like you mention, it really needs to get high up in temperature before the secondary burn burns nicely.
I imagine if I had it in the basement as you do and adequate heat dispersal around the house, it would be possible to heat the whole 250m2, at the very least until late in the autumn or early spring. Mid winter here in Sweden might be pushing it a bit though.
Anyway, in my situation it's a beautiful object, but a bit too big as a secondary heat source. For those looking to buy such a fireplace, make sure to dimension it to what its rated for, not for what fits in the room. I could have gotten a stove 1/3 the size.
Use a dry wad of newspaper, after the wet ash one. Perfectly clean and dry.
Thanks so much for this video. I just got the Jotul 500 and it will be getting installed shortly. This makes me feel much better about our choice and the advice on the seasoned wood is noted.
Thats great. 5 F outside here and PA and 69 in my house. Its all i use for heat. Check out the video about the glass repair and part 2 for more info. Thanks allot
Man! I have been looking at videos for weeks now trying to decide what stove to buy. This video was hands down the best video I have seen! Thanks for taking the time to make it. Not sure yet if the Jotul is for me, but I am that much more informed.
Same here with research on wood stoves. I could not decide between jotul 500 vs pacific energy alderlea 5t
Great video! 1st time viewer. Subbed! We're in the market for a good wood stove, this really helps with our decision! Jøtul, it is!
Greetings from Salem, Oregon!! 🌲🌲🌲🌲
I really enjoyed this video. I don’t even burn wood lol
Wish you had more videos like this.
Thanks. There will be more about this and other wood burning stuff in the future. I guess my channel doesnt even really have a focused topics. Just bullshit i do. Thanks though.
Nice tutorial on this stove. Very thorough and presented. I love the big glass door, and watching logs burn, but not a fan of trying to keep the soot off it. I had a Surdiac coalstove for a few years, and use-ta start it with wood, and it would always trash the panes. Now I start my coal fires with "Matchlight", and no soot, or staining. (Have also up-graded to an antique Glenwood coal stove.)
When you get older, you may opt for an anthracite stove. Not nearly as much work, and tons of heat, with long burn times, with out worrying about seasoned wood. But that's another story. I "do" like the aesthetics from your stove, and think it's location in the basement is very efficient, but it's beauty would be better viewed in the living area. Always a trade off I guess. Thanks for posting, and enjoy the winter. Stay warm :)
Nice post. Thanks. Yes im going to make my own heat as long as i am able too. I find sometimes starting the fire get my glass pretty grubby and blackened. But when it gets up over 400 it burns right off. Stay tuned. Im going to upgrade that area to a half finished sitting room. Doing the work and filming it now.
Nice having a brother with a quarry!
Sure is
4:15 winter tv screen, thank you for sharing.
I have smaller Jotul. It's 602N model. All I can say is that Jotul simply push the limits when it comes to wood burning stoves. Simple design but perfect whet it comes to burning wood! This video make me want to buy this model that is way bigger that 602N. Unfortunately, only us it when we are at my mothers house.
Winter is coming, Jotul is burning :)
None of the high efficient EPA stoves want wood more then 20 % moisture. ..get a moisture meter. This video is excellent documentary !
This is correct and good advice. Thank you !!
Alfons nice commercial for the Jotul stove.
Hope you have lots of seasoned wood, 2020 winter is going to be another cold one.
They make a great stove! You get what you pay for. Nothing beats wood heat 🔥 I recommend you buying a wood moisture meter, I got one from Amazon and I ONLY burn wood less than 20% and my wood burns longer,hotter clean and less creosote build up.
Good investment for sure. Im thinking of starting a fire this morning. Cold here.
@@AlfonsLC lol I have one going as we speak. I live in Illinois and it was 45 degrees this morning. I lived in PA before and the weather there was about the same . I do have some windows open at the moment a little warm in here. Take care
Well I do have to say it is a nice stove to watch burn and almost fall asleep in front of. Great video Al!
Thanks my friend
I used Bar Keeper Friend solution if harder to remove on glass of woodstove. Of course I constantly used damp with paper towels (not newspapers will scratch glass) pick up ashes to clean glass. Bar Keeper doesn't scratch glass and don't purchase power and just cream solutions. To obtain Bar Keeper is at grocery store and next to Ajax or Comets. Also, I used Bar Keeper for shower glass, pots and pans (inside and bottom only not on exterior finish) oven wall, cooktop and more.
its not glass. its ceramic. i made a follow up video to address this. the glass became damaged and needed repair. nothing wouldve cleaned it.
Good video...we have a really old vermont castings with a catalyst we rebuilt several years back...still works really well keeping us warm in Baltimore...we burn about 3 cords of wood...24 hours a day for 4 moths straight burning...
Thats very efficient for an old stove.
You burn moths? Cruel! Hope they're dead first
Excellent video that covers and explains most of aspects of wood burning stove operation
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@@AlfonsLC small world 🤣🤣 I'm in Atlanta, GA since 98
Good Review!
I had a store selling woodstoves in WV in the mid-'70s and the Jotul was the top of the line stove and unfortunately priced out of range for most folks. As you said, all of there stoves required seasoned wood to work properly, something I also had a problem with, running out in late Jan. early Feb.
They were truly the first stove makers to understand and use secondary burning - all the others copied Jotul designs to increase their efficiency.
I used the Jotul #4 to heat my house back then and I still use it today 45 years later to heat my home.
Still has the original door seal but I have had to make several repairs to the brick lining and I have burned a hole out of the back of the baffle. I covered the hole with fire brick and mortared it in and never looked back.
It is still one great stove although it doesn't have the EPA technology to burn clean here in central Florida I only need it for about 2 months a year.
I am happy to see they are still making great stoves.
Thanks for checking in. Interesting stuff to hear.
Check out the Jotul top down fire starting technique. Almost no smoke since you heat the top area first. It works.
Before your firebricks get too disintegrated, remove them and make paper templates of each. That way, you can easily cut your own replacements in future rather than buying the manufacturers pre cut ones at several times the price. Although I appreciate you need heat for long periods, when possible you should try to refrain from loading the stove to the max. It will burn much more efficiently, cleaner and economically if you load smaller amounts more frequently.
This is very true and great advice.
yep, wish I had done this.
@@AlfonsLC Amen!
David Lannigan ,,P?
You just become slave to stove with small loads, fill er up!
Nice, here in Canada I use Pacific Energy wood stoves and prefer to burn Larch and Doug Fir which are plentiful in the BC Province. Enjoy the cozy warmth of a good fire.
I'm also looking at the PE alderlea t5!
Is it less picky about seasoned wood ?
Compared to the jotul?
I have a Jotul F500 and it’s a great wood stove. For really burned on carbon on the glass, you might try scrubbing the glass (when it’s cool) with a wet newspaper dipped in the ashes (the very fluffy, fine ones) from the stove. The ashes won’t scratch the glass and it works exceptionally well to remove the carbon buildup. Also burning the stove hot/very hot for a while may remove some of the carbon from the glass without applying much elbow grease. I’ve never damaged my stove’s glass doing this.
Please check out the follow up video. The pinned comment. Or the the 2000 other comments saying to clean the glass with ashes. You may find it interesting that the glass is not dirty. Its damaged. All the lye water int he world wouldn’t clean it.
Hi Alfons,
Very interesting video. As for the foggy glass door I would take a damp cotton or Kleenex and impregnate it with cold white ashes from the previous fire. I don’t know what chemical reactions is at play but if you then scrub the glass door with the very wet ash soaked kleenex all creosol and other nasties just seem to « melt « and go away fairly easily. Then rinse, dry the glass door and you’re good to go again. Costs nothing and works wonder whilst being eco-friendly. Best regards,
Pierre
Thank you. That was the first thing i tried. I wish i mentioned it in the video. Also tried some other stuff. Nothing worked. Jotul already replaced it.
thanks for a great video. Lots of tests that showed how good this stove is
Great real world video of life heating with a wood stove.
Preparation and the clean up are two of the biggest drawbacks for most people
but the benefits outweigh the issues in dollars and cents.
Thats exactly right. Thank you
@@AlfonsLC yeah Brother
That's one gorgeous stove.
Jøtul is the name of a race of giants in norse mythology, also known as Jotne, they live in Jotunheimen - Thor fights them frequently in our old stories..
JHF80 Thor and the Jotul’s are all,fake. Jeez. Louise.
Garland Remington III it usually is the case with mythology...
Get yourself a moisture meter then you know exactly what wood you intend to burn has the optimum moisture content to burn efficiently 15 -20 %. If it not seasoned properly it could still be to moist,. Takes the guessing away. Nice video, I burn with wood also in a similar designed stove.
Good advice. Im working on cutting two year ahead this year. What i burn will only be split and cut for one. This coming winter. Again. Working out good this year. But not next winter. And all the following. Two years ahead.
Such a thorough video. Thank you
Thank you
Absolutely terrific video. Well done my friend.
Great video, very informative. We're stocking up on next years wood. We enjoy our Jotul. Thanks for the information.
Regarding the glass cleaning... what I do, (not a jotul) is get a good hot fire going and the glass cleans itself. I found if I use a cleaner on it, it streaks and gets cloudy.
This is what i do to remove blackness in the glass. Thanks. Check The follow up video I made about this. It was damaged and i repaired it.
You can clean the foged glass by rubbing it with a damp cloth and ashes from inside pretty easy try it ull be suprised
Looks like we do the same things when burning wood, love the preheat method, Yes, I do that too. sometimes. I had a Noble stove years ago, made out on Long Island, only stove made with a side draft, but could that stove heat up a house. Seeing you tending to the stove is much like watching myself with mine, guess we're not so different after all. I even have a register above my stove like you do, Yesterday I put a 3" flex pipe on the stove and duct it to the register, Holy Socks, so much better. Using a All Nighter "MOE" has vent tubes inside, so I put a blower on it and with the duct I'm liven large and warm. Beautiful stove you have there, hope it gives you years of warmth. Wood warms you twice, Once when you cut it and once when you burn it. Does code allow for that chimney?
The chimney has a liner. A very good one. So its all governmented up. There will be some improvements down there in the follow up
Your stove looks awesome. I turned mine into a part rocket stove on top that forces the exhaust to be burned and pushes the remaining heat through a stone bench before the exhaust exits. Just a note if no one els has mentioned it if you use news paper and wet it and dip in ashes and wipe it on the stained glass when cool. Let sit for a couple seconds and scrub again it will make it like new remarkably regardless how bad it is stained from the smoke.
thanks mate it was great.
The earlier models didn’t even have a handle on the ash door. There was a separate tool included that you had to use to open the door. I can understand why they did that because if you leave the door open a bit to help start a fire but then forget it, you’ll have a pretty hot inferno.
Oh yeah. Rocket stove really.
Jonny jetstreamer : I thought the same thing. We have an older Jotul stove with that separate tool for the ash door. I sometimes catch myself looking at the angle of the nub on the ash pan door to make sure it's still shut tight.
SuperHigear I fashioned a handle out of wood with a long bolt through the hole in the end of that metal casting on the stove.
Jonny jetstreamer : I like the way you handled it! As soon as I can I'll do the same thing, thanks for the idea.
I recently learned that the best way to start a fire for a system like that is FROM the TOP of the wood. Less smoke, pre-heat of the bottom, less humidity ine the wood that need energy to avaporate (and smoke)
10:27- those coals come from burning green wood. 11:15- don’t load the stove with big wood to start that way, or yeah, it’s gonna smoke. Design is such that you load it loosely about half full with smaller split (bone dry) wood and the fire roars within seconds, then 20 min later you load bigger pieces. You want a hot fire as often as possible for that secondary burn to work. A big stone surround behind and to the sides would store a lot of heat.
I don't know of any stove, regardless of make or origin, that burns green (un-seasoned) wood well. So your statement that this stove is not for those who don't burn seasoned, dry wood should not impinge on Jotul. It' s true of all stoves . Jotul is no different in this to any other. But nice video and thanks for showing us how well these stoves look and function.
Well. Burns well. Is accurate. For sure. The way i grew up. When we need firewood. We went and cut some standing dead trees and burnt it. The old fisher stove we had burnt it much better than this. Maybe i will make more videos on this old stove subject. Thanks (-:
@@AlfonsLC In our neck of the woods (Western Oregon) a standing, dead fir snag is considered the gold standard of burnable fire wood, esp if burning in a fireplace. The only wood better was the same tree, down on the ground - they're very dangerous to fall once dead. But in burning airtight stoves, maple, ash and myrtle reign supreme around these parts. Madrone...if one can find any would top that list. All these need curing - one year or longer for best burns.
Super video, thanks for taking the time to give a detailed review.
These are all very similar experiences to my old Vermont Encore II. Nice video
Great Video and info, thanks so much, really helped me. I ordered one today 👍👍
Excellent and thorough review.. thank you for taking the time to make this for us to watch and learn from
Nice video. Good choice of stove. Had ours for 4th season and doing great..
Must agree on seasoned wood and the harder the wood type, the better. We use small flat coal shovel to remove the spilled ash from inside the ash drawer and it saves a lot of time as we keep a hot fire going 24/7 in season. Good idea to check and keep the chimney clean if you happen to get a load of wood with higher moisture content as the crust will accumulate very quickly. Stay warm...
really helpful video - thanks for taking the time to make it
P.S. don't load from the front, use the side door. Ashes pile up on the front and spill out when opening. We never used the front for loading. The only poor design of a super wood stove.
Really well done video. All common sense but very well presented!
If it was any where near Harrisburg seasoning means it was cut yesterday at the latest, last week at the earliest.
People have no clue or are fraudulent
Had a Taiwan version of an upright jotúl stove 42 years,ago .looked like a 55 gal oil drum upright tapering to top..fold under door with screen so a fireplace,19 hr coals great chicken .
Try using a wet news paper dip in ash glass slightly warm
Oven cleaner works too.
Hi i hope you make another video on jotul f500 to tell us about some tips and points you find it after 5 months of owning it if you can and thank you for the first video bro
Thanks. a year 2 follow up is a certainty. Plus maybe a fee other side things. I work full time and making videos is my hobby that im really enjoying. Please be patient they will come along in time. I cover many different things im the time i have.
Hi mate.
Mike from Australia. Great video, I’ve got an old Jotul 3 I’m restoring for our caravan site in a very cold area at the base of one of our snowy mountains.
Just some glass cleaning advice. Damp a cloth and dab it in some ass . Then clean the glass. Wipe of with clean cloth to a clear finish.
Great to hear from you. I hope you make a video of your restoration I would like to watch it. I tried this and many other ways to clean the glass. But it is not a stain. The glass is etched. There’s nothing on it to clean off. Its smooth. And clean. The cloud is inside the pane itself. Its badly reforged in a sense.
3.15 ve sonrasında görünen alev rengi çok güzel. Yani yanma verimli. Kırmızı alev oksijen yetersizliğini ve verimsizliği gösterir. Pembeleşen ve hele maviye dönen alev, yanmanın kaliteli ve verimli olduğunu gösterir. İzmir den selamlar.
I got mine coming any day now, thanks for the vid, helped me decide
Im going to be makingg a follow up in the next month about the second year. I still love it. But i wouldnt recommend the porcelain kind as they chip very easily and are much more expensive and sometimes just chip for no reason.
@@AlfonsLC i just built a nice landing for it, ill put up a good vid like urs , this thing took over the whole kitchen,
Message me when you post it. Id like to see
That ash is super usefull in garden
Yes it is ! That exactly what i do with it.
Be careful. Too much ash will take all the acid from the soil and actually cause more damage than Good! Tread lightly