Full Review of the Parkray Aspect 14

[@paulshaw4382]

Lovely stove and great review as always very surprised your not glowing like the ready brek man 🔥

[@TheTortoise]

You should have seen me after filming 🥵

[@hastalloyking]

we love our one

[@leeyo5494]

hi did you find the stone underneath gets to hot to tuch like he said, also can you damp it right down so you just get the gentle secondry burn licks of flame

[@TheMjhargadon]

I have been waiting for this review... Thank you

[@LRDefender1968]

What an absolute beast guys, just wish I had the house to suit it! 😂 Great review guys, thank you. Regards Tony

[@TheTortoise]

Thanks for watching!

[@TheTortoise]

Thanks for watching!

[@naturesmoments1297]

That looks like a great stove, btw, managed to solve the smoke problem from before - its hard to tell exactly what the issue was but fitted a chimney extender of 30cm, also removed horizontal stove extension pipe into room - works fab now, very occasional bit of smoke but noticed you have this also, opening the door slowly 👌

[@TheTortoise]

Well done, glad you’ve found an answer!

[@shieldaigbencher]

15KW? I have a large Victorian house and my 4KW Burley happily heats the whole house.

[@TheTortoise]

Sounds like an amazingly insulated space or some very un-insulated walls to the neighbours 😆

[@AndrewDiggens]

Hi Gabrielle, when you did a review of a smaller Aspect a few years ago you were mildly critical of the control lever as most of the control it gave was in the last 20% of its travel. But on this version you were more positive. Just wondered if they are different or have perhaps Hunter stoves modified the design over the years to achieve a more linear control?

[@TheTortoise]

Yea, I think this one was better as it definitely didn’t shine out as an issue like it did on the 5.

[@gee3883]

Rough price please? looks like just what I need. I'd put it on a concrete hearth to soak up the heat and radiate back into the room when it's done burning and I buy the log store and load it with rocks. great review.

[@TheTortoise]

The rocks sound like an amazing idea 😆

[@gee3883]

@@TheTortoise been living with minus 20 degrees most of the winter, it works. I use the same rocks that go in a sauna. By the way what's the max length of log you can put in this beast? cheers.

[@TheTortoise]

I’d guess it was half a meter, but physically it could probably fit bigger.

[@Commsfarage]

This is a similar outpit to my parkray apart from the % it just falls short now

[@andrewkeen7828]

Excellent review. The specs say 10 cm to rear combustibles surely that can't be right for a beast like this?

[@TheTortoise]

Certainly sounds a bit mental, but it does have quite a good rear heat shield. The heat going out the sides, front, top and base was certainly significant.

[@user-lx6ku3pe9s]

Try the ST.REMO 16kw.....83% efficiency. Got 2 before the EU ban

[@TheTortoise]

Interesting. Why would they ban them? That efficiency is well above the minimums for the EU?

[@user-lx6ku3pe9s]

@@TheTortoise Have to be Ecodesign i believe and companies not stocking the bigger stoves. Got 2 x 16 kw for 500 euro each. Tremendous heat in old georgian house

[@TheTortoise]

Yea that’s the strange thing. Eco-Design generally has a minimum efficiency of 75%. I realise there is more to the story than that, but given how efficient they are, I would expect them to pass the test with ease. Either way, saved you some money and still burns very clean, so sounds like a great find.

[@alexanderbogander2671]

Great video thanks. Did you try and run it overnight? I know you're not supposed to, but we all do! I have a Charnwood Island 5kw atm, but I have a large old house and the firebox volume in it just isn't big enough. We can't get large logs in. We burn a mixture of coal and wood in it, to keep us going longer. But I'm thinking if I bought this, I could move over to 100% wood, and it will A) hold enough fuel to heat the house well, and B) potentially be controllable enough to burn all night... What do you think? thanks!

[@TheTortoise]

It burns overnight very well. I test every stove on overnight use, and this stove is certainly very capable. I think given your planned use, this would be a great option.

[@alexanderbogander2671]

@@TheTortoise thanks a lot that's great. I've just realised the hunter herald 14 is also a contender! Looks to be similar, just a more traditional looking stove. thanks a lot.

[@TheTortoise]

I would definitely suggest the Parkray, over the Herald in this case. The Herald is more focused on look and evening use, where as the Aspect has dramatically more internal space, and also no grate so it is focused on wood burning. Both can run overnight but it is much harder to achieve with the Herald.

[@alexanderbogander2671]

@@TheTortoiseok great, well that’s that decided then!! I’m really wanting a bigger firebox volume, so the aspect 14 seems like the best choice. I go through tonnes of firewood every winter, and cut and split myself, so it makes sense to keep the logs as long as possible, as you mentioned in your video. Thanks!

[@EddRandomCrap]

😱

[@pmb9172]

Would you choose this over the Blithfield 8 ?

[@TheTortoise]

Well if I wanted the biggest output then yes, no doubt. The Blithfield is lovely, tough and functional, but definitely couldn’t compete with this from an output point of view. From a quality etc it’s obviously fantastic, so no issue from that point of view, it’s just their potential power that is quite different. (Worth knowing that a lot of quoted outputs are manipulated to support a particular marketing strategy. Make no mistake the Aspect 14 is a significantly more powerful stove than the Blithfield 8)

[@pmb9172]

Thank you for taking the trouble to reply , measuring up I think sadly I’m going to struggle with the depth of the Parkray .

[@TheTortoise]

What output do you need?