Hi Jack Freeman. I’m not sure if this is the place for comments and questions. Maybe email, or a phone conversation is better, not sure. I can communicate as needed, but know that I tend to get long winded, as I have been told. My wife and I are in need of a wood stove. Well, I guess we can do without one, so I should say we “want” a wood stove. We have become inundated in our searching for a resposible company, with a great product, and one made in America, which is a BIG deal to us. We are a military family, born, raised, have sons and family in the military, and we are still on active duty, and we would not be satisfied with any other way of life, as God has given us this responsibility. I am a 100% DAV, medically retired Army, and my wife is currently an active duty Air Force operating/surgical room, combat trauma nurse; she has two more years to retirement, which she needs to do. We live in Fairfield CA, and we are stationed at Travis Air Force Base. We are currently remodeling an old fixer upper in FL, for our forever retirement home, and we have recently removed the old fireplace insert, chase, wall surround, down to the bare walls. We have a building remodel contractor, and we will soon have a Hearth/stove experieneced contractor to handle the install of the new stove. Our goal, dream really, is to have a free standing wood burning stove, the best we can find and afford. My wife has been on this forum, "The Hearth Forum", dialoguing with members about stoves, trying to learn, and she has been getting some good advise; so we're learning. There are so many companies building stoves, not so many in the USA, many in Canada, and many out-sourced to fast, cheap production lines. We do not want this in our stove. We have to feel not only warmth from our new stove, but we have to feel comforted from the fact that it has been built with honor and integrity, pride and quality, and to leave us an heirloom. The stove will be placed in our home in Pensacola, FL, which is in the panhandle area of FL. We do have winters here, often times lasting three months on average, some years much less. Temperatures fluctuate greatly day to day, week, to week, and each year is different. Last week it got down to 9 deg F, and lasted three days. This week the lows are in the 40’s, with highs spiking at 70. We have a huge firepit outside that we enjoy it very much when we are there, and often times we sit around it in T-shirts and shorts. We ived in Austria for three years where the only heat was with coal burning stoves, one in each room. We then went on to Alaska for three years, where building a warm fire daily was a way of life. In my younger years, while in the Army, I used a $99 Roses department store stove for my day to day heating in the bitter cold of NC. Just a few life events to give you an idea of where we’ve been with wood heating. Our home is 2100 sq ft, not including the two car garage and mud room area. It is a semi open floor plan, standard height 8’ ceilings, and the home is very well insulated. We currently use electric space heaters more than the HVAC system, as it is less expensive and more practical for our needs. All that said, we still need heat, warmth, and we want it from a nice wood fire, which we believe is practical for us. I have run on, and said a lot so far. What I’m trying to get to is, can you direct us to one of your great stoves, and why you feel it would be the best choice for us. Also, if we choose your stove, how would we buy and receive it? What is your turn around time? I’m sure my wife will have a list of questions this evening after she gets home and hears about your company. Thank you for your time, and patience with my long comments. Frank Blanchard email: synergy_58@yahoo.com