Thread: What Is The Best Combustion Heater

We have an inbuilt, but I built in the middle of the room so that the bricks in the chimney absorb the heat and is radiated back into the room at night when the heater is closed down, you can feel the heat off the bricks in the morning.

Its a Phoenix brand, but I assume its just a generic rebadged.

Al

I think Coonara is probably one of the best. I have a Masport it is adequate for the area that I heat but the firebox is a bit small.

I've got a freestanding Diamond heater which I think is made by Eureka. Good decent size and heats 15sq nicely with it shut all the way down

Freestanding, get a Kent or a Saxon, all steel welded firebox, the Saxon has the thickest steel & you will find heaps of them in Tassie.

We got a Kent 'cos it is a bit cheaper than the Saxon.

Wood fires are one of the most inefficient types of heaters available.


Gas would be far better than a wood fire, you could always move to Queensland. We have an open fire place in our lounge, this is our second winter here and we still haven't used it.

Hey Cliff..

Why do you have a heater?

Dont you live in the tropics?

Al

Originally Posted by Just George

you could always move to Queensland. .

Cliff lives there, and has a heater...

Al

I must answer this question at least once a month.
You saw this thread, you made a comment in it, didn't you read it properly?

We are 865M above sea level, it is 10°C outside at present, it was 9°C last night & 4° the 2 nights before that.
Friday morning there was frost on the ground about 2Kms down the road & Ravenshoe (Highest town in Queensland) which is about 35Kms from here had a -7°C.

Yeap, we live in the tropics, just below the clouds.

865M is about 2600ft old money. I've been up in an open cockpit biplane above Cairns on the 4th of Jan & after 5 mins at 3000ft, I was shivering.

Cliff, I think your tropics is broke.
Maybe it needs a nudge or bump to set it right, or maybe you need to burn more fossil fuels?

I always envisaged the tropics to balmy nights even in winter..

Al

Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers

We are 865M above sea level, .

The stumps on that house must be bloody humungous !
How do you get down from it ?



Coonara are out of business aren't they ?

The Jetmaster inbuilt are excellent. A mate of mine has one built into a corner out in his covered BBQ area using Hebel panels as a surround and base, . Bloody fantastic.

Originally Posted by echnidna

What Is The Best Combustion Heater?

For a LARGE area

What are the best Brands?

Inbuilt or freestanding?

Is freestanding more effective than inbuilt?

Get a Cleanair, they burn very well overnight. We have a built-in, daughter has a freestanding. If you have a big area get the freestanding.

They are made in Sunbury-Vic.

I'm for the Clean-Air as well. They are really good. They are very efficient, very little smoke goes out the flue.

Saxon.
ours stays lit for about 3 months.

Had a Nectre brand heater for some years when we lived down the road from Cliff. It was made from steel plate with cast iron/glass door - very solid. We were very happy with it.
It was made by Pecan Engineering in Adelaide.

Barry Hicks