Category: (Kitchen)
1 new, starting at $1,999.00
United States Stove Company is proud to present our new line of King Pellet Heaters. Manufactured by the oldest stove manufacturer in North America, with a proven track record of producing products that are made to last. Manufactured in the United States by our experienced craftsmen. The King Pellet Heater is designed to provide your home with the desired warmth even in the coldest of climates. Just what you have come to expect form the United States Stove Company.
No major complaintsReviewed by A. Whitford, 2009-12-31
I purchased this unit about 3 years ago to help take the chill off in my big old house. I did not buy a stove to use as my soul source of heat, which is probably why I like mine. I use a forced air oil furnace as my primary heat set at 65ish and use this stove to supplement. It is very loud, I do have to say that. The blower is loud and the auger feed is noisy. Im sure that those noises are not any worse than average for a pellet stove. What is very noisy and annoying is the thing vibrates now and then. It seems to come and go and correlates with blower fan speed. If it did not have that vibration noise, I would like my stove much better. The other complaint I have is the igniters go up like candy. I have replaced 1 a year so far. This year I replaced it and about 3 months later it was burnt up again. My wife called the company and they said they had a bad batch of igniters and sent us a free one. I have to give them props for that, but that does nothing as far as all the other ones I have had to buy. The flame quality that this thing puts out seems much better than a couple of other pellet stoves I have seen in use. I would say the stove puts out the heat I was expecting and maintenance seems pretty easy for me. My next purchase will be a furnace style pellet stove to replace my oil one and it will be through US Stove Company. If this stove didnt vibrate and eat igniters I would give it a 5 star.
Do not buy it !Reviewed by Alex Lima, 2009-11-10
I bought a US Stove 5500M Ashley to save money with heating. It
burns one bag a day ($7.00) but it is not even close as potent as
advertised. It is advertised to heat up from 1,200/1,500 sq ft, but
it heats up to 500 sq ft, if that much.
It is very noise, too. One can't watch TV or talk on the phone, or
even have a conversation in the room where the stove is.
Worst of all the warranty for electrical parts is for one year
only, and those parts seem to be produced to last just a little
longer than the warranty. I bought this stove last fall, one month
after the warranty expired the igniter has melted. I have to spend
U$50,00 to buy a new one. Luckily, I am skillful enough to fix the
stove myself. Otherwise, I would have to pay U$200,00 plus parts
for a technician to fix it.
If you are still thinking about buying it. Buy it in a place that
allow returns (in case you can put up with the noise), and buy
extended warranty (because, most likely, it is going to break right
after one year).
These stoves do not heat!!!Reviewed by Audrey C. Brooks, 2008-12-09
Where do I start with this stove? We bought two, US Stove models
5500 and the 5500XL from Northern Tool Co.
1. Both units are not flush across the front, when placing a
straight edge across the front leaves a gap in the middle in the
middle of the unit up to a 1/16 of an inch. The cast door is
straight, but when closed across the front of the stove unit
produces a gap in the middle of the unit that allows a clear view
into the firebox onmodel 5500. I called Customer Service at US
Stoves they wanted pictures of the installation and a narrative
which I provided before they would do anything. I then called
Northern Tool and they notified US Stoves who then sent me a new
rope gasket. The 5500XL is missing 3 inces of rope gasket along the
bottom of the firebox door.
2. Each stove burns a bag a day, but produces little heat no matter
what the setting is at. I have experienced other pellet type stoves
owned by friends and have noted that they burn at a rate that warms
the room to excess. I feel much of the heat is disappearing up the
stove pipe. My son placed a wet towel on a chair in front of the
stove blower to dry and it eventually did after an extended period.
The towel was not hot to the touch. The stove pipe is a double wall
vent kit by Simpson Dura-Vent installed in accordance to NFPA 211
and inspected by the County Building and Codes Department.
3. Igniting both stoves are a continual problem. Stove pellets do
not ignite readily, causing the operator to empty the pellet tray,
and start the ignition process over and over. This can take 10 to
20 minutes, often times we give up in exasperation. Pellets spill
over the pellet tray and fall into the combustion chamber. The
pellets can only be retrieved by vacuuming them out which results
in wasted pellets. A customer service rep at US Stoves, named
Christy, says this is nromal!
4. Ash build up is expected and is vacuumed as needed at least
several times per week. The area under the pellet box builds up
with ash and is inaccessible to routine cleaning.
5. Stove is warranted and an extended warranty was purchased in
addition to the factory warranty. But Northern Tools and US Stoves
will not back their product without the customer going to great
lengths to prove their case. We just want a stove that works and
now that winter is here, we are stuck with a stove that DOES
NOT!
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