Choosing a wood fired stove

When choosing a wood fired stove, the true enthusiast will say there is nothing like the smell and crackling sound of a real fire. With todays technology stoves of today have high out puts and excellent combustion, nowadays the latest stoves will burn more efficiently and with a cleaner burn helping the glass window on your stove to stay clean throughout the burn. A wood burning stove will average between 60- 89% out put where on a open fire this can be only 15%.