We bought our Heat Champion with the expectation it would become the primary heating source in a very large great room with insufficient baseboard heaters. And we weren’t disappointed!
Our first day we fired it up at noon — it was 59 degrees inside, 22 degrees outside with 30 mph winds. Inside temp climbed steadily and by dinner the room temp was 70 degrees with no other heat source. And we achieved that using only about 12 logs (hardwood plus kindling) over an 8 hour period. Thanks to Mike and the gang at Southeastern Heatmor who found a way to make it fit tightly into our natural stone fireplace.