Salamander Little Range - 4 month Review

[@Salamanderstovesuk]

Hi Chris, Thank you so much for taking the time to put together this honest review! 🔥 It looks like you've cooked a great range of food. 😊 We're so glad that you've loved using the stove, and I hope you continue to enjoy it for many years to come! Best wishes, Alex

[@lorrainedaly1686]

Hi Chris Thanks for a great review. I had the same range fitted in my lounge in small terraced cottage also in Yorkshire last Autumn. Like you I have found it works a treat. It is used for all my cooking/heating needs/boiling kettles etc a real heart of the home throughout Autumn and Winter. It has never let me down. I whole heartedly agreed with your comments and would recommend without hesitation to anyone in a small period home. Thanks for the roasting tin tip I have purchase a couple and look forward to using them this season.

[@igorbogdanoff4517]

We'e got one of these still awaiting installation. We cannot wait! Wow have the prices gone up since we bought ours! Beautiful little item.

[@DeneHickey]

Great review, gonna get one for my barge. Nice to hear the New Zealand accent.

[@nikkidarkangelpnope8400]

I'm mid intensive research for a school bus to off grid RV conversion and I think this stove may be perfect for winter cooking and heat that small space.

[@1klouisek]

Excellent review, many thanks. Getting ready to install our new Little Range cookstove.

[@bobbee1265]

Thanks for taking the time to do this it's very helpful

[@cgrohs1]

I saw this model while searching for a wood stove and after your video I'm sooo in love with it. Only problem, I live in Maryland, USA and haven't yet found any dealers outside of UK and CA. Can anybody point me in the right direction, or should I abandon hope?

[@cnwch1]

Maybe try contacting Salamander Stoves directly?

[@1klouisek]

Ordered ours through Alaska Masonry.

[@antoinettedenson6332]

Hi Chris, can you tell us more about the compressed fuel logs that you use? I was looking at putting one of these stoves in a tiny home, but I want to make sure it will actually heat the home as well as be good for cooking.🥰

[@cnwch1]

Hi. It definitely puts out enough heat to heat a tiny home. The cooking features of the stove are good, but keep in mind that if it is your only method of cooking you room might get a bit hot if you are using it in summer. The fuel logs I like to use are the "shimada" type. They are just made of compressed wood chips and sawdust, the ones I like have a hole through the middle. I mostly use the fuel logs as they are easier to stack and take up less space. You have to keep them inside though, if they get damp they fall apart. I also use normal logs as well. Both work well in the stove.

[@emmashelley1611]

Hi Chris, this may sound like an odd request, but could you possibly measure the IKEA roasting tims you use? I really want to buy one of these, but they tell me the oven in only 22cm wide x 22cm deep. I have some of those IKEA tins, and mine are 26 x 20, which wouldn't fit in. I wonder if yours are smaller somehow? If I can really fit those in then I can buy one, but Salamander insist I can't.....!

[@cnwch1]

Hi Emma. I use the IKEA Koncis 26x20 tins and they definitely fit! I just remeasured them to make sure! The internal dimensions of the salamander little range oven is about 29 wide X 22 deep X 22 high. They absolutely fit!

[@emmashelley1611]

@@cnwch1 Thank you!! And it turns out it was me being an idiot and just continually reading the dimensions the wrong way round after all that. But thanks to your response, I have now ordered one, and I'm very happy :-)

[@francisryan1845]

I have the salamander cookstove with direct air flow leavers and it is perfect in my tiny home. I just wondered how do you clean the oven externally and internally. Would be great to know.

[@cnwch1]

I have just been cleaning the outside with a damp cloth. I clean the glass with a damp cloth and some wood ash (don't use coal ash, it will scratch the glass). I haven't cleaned the inside of the oven yet. The oven rack is small enough to fit in my dishwasher. 👍

[@francisryan1845]

Thanks

[@MDM1992]

What is the depth of this stove? Im a little confused because the specs say 400mm but it looks a lot more than that in the video compared to the width, unless the looks are decieving me.

[@cnwch1]

400 sounds about right. It isn't very deep.

[@jamesclark8854]

Hi - does it throw out a lot of heat if you sit directly in front of it? I used to love lying in front of our old stove but it had a much bigger window than this.

[@cnwch1]

It throws out a good amount of heat in front of it. I often pull up a chair and sit by it.

[@jenniferrowland1868]

Hi, I know there are a lot of variables affecting the running costs of stoves but could you please give me an idea as to how much this little range is costing you to run on a weekly basis

[@cnwch1]

Hi. I have been running it on pini kay eco fuel logs, which is probably not the cheapest option, but suits me due to my limited storage for wood. A pack of 12 logs was about £5. I wouldn't use a full pack in a day, I estimate about 20 packs of logs a month, so about £100 a month. I think this would be an amount roughly equivalent to a builders bag of normal logs, which are also around the same price. If you could source your own wood or if you bought in bulk it would be cheaper.

[@jenniferrowland1868]

@@cnwch1 thank you for that information, we can buy bulk bags of logs. Just another quick question, around how many hours each day do you use the range? Sorry for all the questions but being pensioners we really have to consider costs carefully

[@cnwch1]

@@jenniferrowland1868 no problem! Happy to answer any questions. It would be a mixture of hours per day. Normally I put it on in the morning, some days I would run it all day if I was at home, others I would let it go out and light it again in the evening. I didn't run the fire especially hard, I would normally only put in one Pini Kay log at a time. I would say between 6 and 12 hours a day. Not sure how helpful that is!

[@jenniferrowland1868]

@@cnwch1 hi Chris, that answer is really helpful, thanks. Our intention would be to light it around 9 in the morning and run it until around 6 in the evening. Then we could heat up soup or whatever for lunch and cook a decent meal at tea time. Hubby is fed up eating salads as I am refusing to use the electric stove, especially not the oven!

[@cnwch1]

@@jenniferrowland1868 Fair enough! You can't eat salad for ever! I guess the bonus is it will also heat your house, which your electric stove doesn't do. But you could end up with a very hot house if you are using the salamander stove in summer.

[@Pixieworksstudio]

Hi Chris, I've used mine for cooking all winter. How do you suggest cleaning the hob etc. Thank you.

[@lulupreece7773]

Hi Chris, do you know what size roasting trays you have from Ikea, the dimensions?

[@cnwch1]

It's just the standard small ikea ones.

[@linasjostrand4034]

Omg I love it!

[@robertmurphy3201]

Hi Chris. How practical do you find the oven ? Inside dims seem very tiny.. thx . BOB

[@cnwch1]

I find it very practical. You can fit more in there than you would think, plus because there are no electric heating elements you can put food right up against the top and bottom of the oven without it burning. It definitely has limitations though.

[@robertmurphy3201]

@@cnwch1 thanks so much for the quick reply. Your video was very convincing but I can't reconcile what I saw you roasting with the size of the oven which the specs say is only 8.5 by 8.5 by 11.875 inches inside. Is that the same as yours ?

[@cnwch1]

That sounds about right. It's a tight fit! But you can definitely cook a large chicken in there 😁

[@robertmurphy3201]

@@cnwch1 glad to hear that. I was afraid you were roasting a Christmas pigeon thanks again !

[@thebackyardweds]

Hi Chris, thanks for the review! Just wondering how long it takes for you to get a pot of soup boiling (or just a pot of water) on the stove top? We've just received our range and testing it out to find the best combinations for heat output. Finding it difficult to get a pot of soup to boil even directly above the fire box. Water gets scalding but doesn't seem to want to get to boiling point 🧐

[@cnwch1]

I have found the same. Getting water to the boil takes quite a long time. But I find getting soup hot enough to eat (re-heat) in a reasonable time is fine. I tend to put it on then come back to it in a while, I am not sat there watching it.

[@geaj4214]

Would this stove heat 1000 sq feet 1 story home in your opinion?

[@cnwch1]

Maybe. It would depend on how well insulated your house is and if you have double glazing. If you are insulated with double glazing then I would say yes, if your house is older, drafty, and without double glazing you might want something a little bit bigger. This stove is 4.4 kw.

[@jenniferrowland1868]

Hi Chris, I realise there are a lot of variables but could you give me a rough estimate regarding running costs please. Can't afford to use our electric range any more so looking for alternatives. Any advice you can give will be appreciated Thanks

[@huwbishop6995]

Probably a bit late. I've a 4kw log burner, they go through much more wood than you expect. If I have my stove going all day, it would easily eat through one of the net bags of logs in a day. Bulk sack (ton bag), would last approximately two weeks with regular use.

[@jenniferrowland1868]

@@huwbishop6995 thank you for the information, not now in a position to proceed with a purchase but the usage you have given provides a good guide

[@huwbishop6995]

@@jenniferrowland1868 No problem. If it is any help, I installed my own log burner, lined the chimney and did the remedial work on the chimney stack. All in all cost £300 not including the stove (had one given to me). It's easier to install than it looks and has saved me a fortune, as I've not used my central heating all winter. However I get wood for free.

[@letitiamccann1317]

Wat a fabulous video you dun after waching you l relly want one thank you so much for doing video all best Scottish lady letitia

[@herblazonbypercivalmcgrego267]

What are your thoughts on the hotplate???

[@cnwch1]

It works very well. It is hottest over the fire, then cools off over towards the left, so you just move pots around to adjust the heat.

[@KavanOBrien]

How much was it ?

[@cnwch1]

The stove was about £1,300, installation and flue liner was about the same again.

[@KavanOBrien]

@@cnwch1 thanks.

[@josiethornton7049]

We are just looking into getting one in England £2,450@@KavanOBrien

[@Briebabcock8052]

As much as it sucks for coal to eat the flue liner, I'd say take it out if you can and go back to coal.