I like the appearance and it is a little lighter than the stove it replaced. The internal engineering of the baffling or reheating part of it's operation is interesting, but once again I will have to wait until I have used it for a month to determine the heat output per quantity of fuel/ wood used. I am also interested to see/ sense if there is any internal (in the house) discharge of any noticeable fumes. I am hoping that the building or engineering used to build this is an improvement on the previous stove I used (which was 24 years old.