Customer Reviews for Vogelzang Ponderosa 3,200 sq. ft. Wood-Burning Stove with Blower

Good product,very poor operational manual the pictures do not accurately help with start-up and air control actually reverse.

This burner has an exceptionally deep box. I like that I can install longer logs into it and that will allow them to burn longer between refuelling periods. The only drawback I have found offs that my primary damper seems to at times jump track/move to the wrong part on the slide. I have looked at it while it is not in use and just figured out what I need to do to eliminate this from happening. Overall we are very satisfied with the purchased and the quality of the stove.

This winter since we installed the stove we have been very cozy and warm. My wife is very happy. There's nothing better than waking up to a warm house. And with this stove we can load it up before bed and usually wake up with enough coals to rekindle a blazing fire in no time! Love it!

In Minus -18 I had to turn the blower on for the first time . My house is only 1300 sq.ft . This stove is rated for more than double. I had it fully loaded with 2 year seasoned hardwood and it would only heat my house to 69 degrees. Sadly I have had the stove to long to be able to return it for a refund. I would not buy this product . Stay far away from it.

It is a piece of junk made in China that you should no longer carry. Even the manual is defective. It says one thing to do to adjust the louvers and in the next paragraph it says the opposite. It will not heat a house more than 1,000 sf. You have to add wood every 30 minutes to keep it going. Glass gets dirty. It says, it is suppose to clean itself. Not as advertised.

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Un happy with customer service at vogelzang. Could not get stove to keep fire going without having door open. Close Door Fire Went out. Can't have stove in house that let's smoke pour into house. Wouldn't buy it.

UPDATE to my October review.... This stove is only good for supplemental heat. It is 8 degrees outside and I can not get my 2400 sq ft house above 60. My old Baker heated my house way better than this thing. The coal build-up in the back of the stove is a pain. It burns fast in the front while the coals build up in the back making it necessary to mess with the coals almost every time you load the stove. And it does not hold much wood. After the coals are spread so it can burn new wood properly, one layer of average size wood is all it will take without worry over banging the secondary air tubes at the top of the firebox. I think the fire box would be better if it were not as deep and taller in height. The floor pan under the firebrick is flimsy. I guess its to save on shipping weight because this thing is MADE IN CHINA. Something I will pay more attention to the next time... which will probably be sometime this summer because I need a stove that will heat, not supplement! All in all, I think the claims of heating up to 3200 sq ft is pure nonsense as well as published burn times. If you want a 10 to 12 hour burn, you can get it, just don't expect to get much heat out of the stove for the last half of that time frame. I have to load every 4 hours and burn wide open to keep my house as warm as I can. If it were feasible to return this stove, i would......

We bought this stove to try the newer style catalytic stoves and see if we could lower our wood consumption. It does the job, and does get an impressive amount of heat from smaller amounts of wood compared to the old pig of a stove it replaced. It does not heat as fast, or put out as much as the stove it replaced but also doesnt use as much wood. Its ash pan set up is a joke, it has about a 4" square plug and I guess your suppose to rake all the coals through this small hole. Its easier to just scoop it our every firing or two. Its firebox is kind of small. Dont be fooled by the long dimension, there is no way to fit those long pieces into it. It builds up coals and ash at the back and your pieces end up hitting the top of the stove. About an 18" piece is about as long as I will cut my wood next year. Its blower is a joke, as it makes a lot of noise and moves very little air. I set a fan behind the stove to help it our and that works well. Overall this stove was on the low end price wise, so we got what we paid for. It does not keep our house as warm, but does ok. (its 2000 sqft basement and upstairs, so cannot expect miracles I guess!) It is heating it fair, but we have not had any -20 days yet, its been a mild winter. So we will see. Overall I would reccomend this stove for its price range, my comments above are my negative parts. It is noticably more efficient, and I am trying to heat a larger area than its reccomended for. I just wish it was a little bigger and had an actual ash pan and grate.

After much research and reading of reviews, my husband and I decided on this stove for our basement to keep the 2000 square feet warm. The first couple of days we kinda liked it and thought we had it figured out. Since then, though, it’s been nothing but a headache. Literally. This stove smokes so bad that it gives us all a headache. We’ve been troubleshooting for days trying to figure out why it’s smoking so badly. We’re pretty handy people and this piece of junk has us baffled. Oh, and the blower? Don’t waste your time. What a joke. Our Home Depot is over 100 miles away, so returning it is not an easy task. I’ve never regretted a purchase as much as this. If you’re looking for a smoker instead of a wood burning stove, then I’ve got one to sell. We will be shoving this back out the door and put our old wood hog back in it’s place.

This stove replaced a 32 year old Fisher baby bear which heated our 1800sq. ft. home even in the coldest part of the winter here in the northeast. We purchased this stove and have had it burning for two weeks now and it does not heat the house and it's only Nov. May have to install the old stove and send this one back. I have tried numerous times to contact Vogelzang (which is almost impossible - they don't return calls). Finally waited on the phone approx. 30 minutes for a representative and told her my model was a TR007. She asked me to send pictures of the install which I did - got an e-mail response two days later asking if I had the correct 4" PELLET pipe!!! The stove looks pretty but does not produce heat unless you leave the door cracked open. The temperature gauge mounted 18" on the stack above the stove will not get above 300 degrees. The last conversation with the rep. I was told I would have to line my 8X8 terracotta masonry chimney with 6" pipe. I even went so far as to mount a small fan blowing into the fresh air intake to try to get more air into the stove to no avail. So if someone wants a slightly used stove check with Vogelzang be cause this one is being returned.

After getting the stove in place on the hearth in our home we discovered the damper was welded shut. After calling customer service for the manufacturer of this stove we were told to bring it back to Home Depot. After moving it again and hauling it back to the store we were told it was on backorder

Stove started to cave in on top during the very first fire. Home Depot has been an absolute nightmare during the return process as well. Not impressed and will be going back to the old faithful alpiner woodstove. I can no longer trust Home Depot’s quality from this experience.

I have been heating my home with wood (exclusively) for 37 years. Live on 17 wooded acres ... free wood = free heat. I am still using my original Baker Double Eagle but this year decided to give this newer technology a whirl. Though it is more efficient at burning the typically wasted gases, I am not impressed with the heat output. I do not think this stove will keep my 2400 sq ft house warm in the middle of winter like my trusty old Baker. The claims that it will heat a 3000 sq ft plus house, in my opinion, is bogus. Furthermore, the fan, quite bluntly, sucks. It is very noisy and not very good at air movement. I am hanging onto my Baker just in case I need real heat when it gets colder ... current nightly temps are in the low 30's. This is my initial inkling and my opinion may change after I complete one heating season with this stove. If so, I will update my opinon on the heat output but the blower will still suck ....

I installed this stove in my basement to replace an older box style stove. The air flow through the stove was awful. The only way it stayed burning was with the door open. As soon as the door was closed the fire went out. Unless you have IDEAL air flow conditions good luck getting any heat from this stove. So much for modern design. I could not get any benefit from this stove and will be returning it.

Efficient. Thinking of getting an in-line flu blower to enhance the output and use less wood. 12 hr burn with a full box of hardwood fully roaring at start.

Easy assembly and runs amazing

One load of pine a day keeps my Colorado 2500sf shop warm. could use a larger blower to help circulate all the heat it puts out.

This stove was a huge improvement over the 40 year old Russo it replaced. It easily burns through the night, requiring only a few logs when I wake up to get it going again (with no tinder), and again when I get home from work. The air wash system keeps the glass nice and clean!

We are very happy with the wood stove, it has cut our usage down by at least a 1/3. No problem installing it, this stove replaced another wood stove... we love the glass door.. we've been using the stove about 3 weeks.. Diffinately recommend this stove Awesome dollar value....

They should fix how they put the exterior fire rope.they ended the pieces in the center and both ends stick out! Either have the ends in the corner or should have tucked the ends in better so they don't stick out!

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it is an adequate stove. We have it in our basement, which isn't finished, so no walls. I feel it has a had time heating our 2200sf basement. I don't believe it would heat 3000 sf.

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This stove couldn't be any worse, it only burns for about 4 hours, it has a small fire box and it doesn't breath properly clogs easily also the dampers don't do anything. Very disappointing, I will need to replace it.

I really like the fireplace itself. Once it warms up it really puts out a lot of heat. The Deep box is very handy. The fan is disappointing though, it doesn't move much air and is very loud. Overall I recommend the stove but don't count on the fan to help circulate the Heat.

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Don't buy a cheaper stove. Spend the extra money upfront and save on loading the stove with wood and wood consumption. I bought a cheaper model 4 years ago and it eats wood. Once the coals are established I'm getting 12 hour burn times in between loading. Makes almost no ash and my fire hasn't been out since I put the stove in over a week ago. This stove works better than $2500 stoves.

I replaced a quad fire woodstove, their largest stove, with the Vogelzang Ponderosa wood stove. This stove is outstanding. It has fulfilled all my requirements and then some. I would recommend this stove to anyone.