It puts out good heat, the blower is nice, being adjustable. Long fire box accepts longer wood. Now for the bad. The shelf for the ashpan only goes part of the way back, therefore ashes will accumulate under the stove without being able to get. To get the ashes, you have to push through a small square hole that you lift out. You either have to let the fire go out or lose a lot of hot coals. My old stove allowed them to drop through grates into the ash pan, keeping the bigger coals in the firebox. It also would allow the ashes to free fall into the ashpan, on its own, requiring less effort. The old stove also had a sealed ash pan that you could crack open to start a fire. Closing both dampers still allows the fire to burn like a runaway train and will most likely be burned up and out by the morning. I installed a stove pipe damper to close at night so it would slow burn all night.