Extremely Tiny Woodstoves
The need: a very tiny woodstove suitable for a small space in a home. I received many suggestions after posting an inquiry here last month. Here is the consensus from Cool Tools readers.
The original Very Small Woodstove is the Jotul 602, from Norway. This model is a mere 12 inches wide, 19 inches deep. They are found most often in cottages and cabins in the woods, where the 602's good looks are a highlight. It's been around almost forever. Jotul claims over 1 million of these have been manufactured. Waterford and Garden Way produced a near identical stove called the Reginald 101, but it is no longer in production, but available used, as is the Jotul 602. Although very small it can heat amazingly well.
Jotul 602
12 x 19
$700
Available from Jotul
But the tiniest very small woodstoves are those built for boats. These are designed for very tight quarters, and often have a railing on the top to keep pots from rolling off. Here is a typical one from the Canadian coast measuring all of 12 inches by 12 inches. They are made of cast iron and porcelain and are so cute and enchanting, folks have thought of getting a sailboat just so they need one.
Sardine
12 x12
$650
Available from Marine Stove
The third option for extremely small woodstoves are those manufactured for camping. Sometimes known as wall tent stoves, or pack trail stoves, or ice shack, or even shepherding stoves, these are meant for nomadic or seasonal camps. Like the marine varieties they double as cookstoves. More expensive varieties are produced in titanium, the cleverest are even collapsible, but the cheapest are steel, and they are as plain and basic as camp coffee.
Two Dog Stove
10 x 12
$185
Available from Wall Tent Shop
THE source for pack trail stoves is Pack Saddle Shop
Wilderness Shanty Wood Stove
8 x 15
$140
Available from Shewchuk Outdoor Supplies
Slightly larger-- that is small, but not extremely small -- home woodstoves can also be found at Lehman's
Thanks to Chris, Gordon Crone, John Simons, Art Johnson, Cate, Helge Gudmundsen, CJ Cramer, Christopher Wanko, Rob McCartney, Todd Holloway, Eagle, Scott KS, Stephen Foss, Rick Smith, Dean Johnson, Matt Murray, Curt Jopling, Justin Anthony, Egil Hogholt, and Russell Hall.
-- KK
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Hope
I have a large home, with an open floor plan. I'm looking for a small wood stove to situate in my kitchen table area for some coziness against the big bay windows (which are wonderful in the summer, cruel in the Winter!) and to help with heating costs. This looks promising, however, I'm concerned about protection from skin burns with children, etc...The finish on these stoves will heat? Please advise.
Charlie
As far as I know, there aren't any *small* wood stoves that *never* get hot on the exterior. You really want a huge and massive masonry stove if you intend to produce useful heat from wood without also creating a hot surface that can burn small children.
I simply do not light the stove in my house if there will be unattended small children or infirm old folks about. In houses where metal stoves are the primary source of heat, children are never left unattended, until they are old enough to cope intelligently with a serious burn. Pets, well, they learn faster than you'd think.
Some folks use wire mesh screens or cages around their stoves, but it makes it more complicated to refuel.
Paul
Morsoe makes an excellent small stove # 1440. This stove heats mainly by convection, so it can be nestled pretty tightly in a corner (12" clearance). I've got one in my home, and love it. This fits in places that the Jotul will not.
JIM WEAVER
LOOKING FOR A SMALL STOVE FOR A TRAILER
joe sperry
is there available a oil or diesel insert for a wood burning heater. I'm thinking I have seen a round wick type burner that could be placed in the firebox area of a small wood burning heater for supplemental heating when the use of wood was not wanted.
TR
Thanks for this info, thanks to you I've discovered Marine Stove Works just up the road in Washington! Love their Sardine stove, I'm going to get one for my 25' Airstream. From previous experience, I found that the Jotul 602 is just too much heat for a 200 sq ft space in damp, moderate coastal Oregon. :)
jeanne Pepper
Paul can you tell me how to find a Morsoe woodstove.
I have 230 sq feet with a 12 ft celling so about 400 sq feet. Need stove with very little clearance.
Captain Tom
Raised 4 children burned wood all those years...kids played not six feet from the wood burner and they never went close. None were ever burned.
Sheri White Eagle
This is my LAST winter without a wood burning stove. I have a medium size Hutch Rebel at my other house and it heats the entire 1200 square feet home pretty well, as for pets and children burning themselves, my daughter when she was little, simply knew better and was never burned as were our pets! I am looking for a smal box type, one I can cook on if necessary
Pam
WHY can't I find prices for the Jotful on line? I'm looking at both the Nordic and Black Bear models...anybody know anything about these stoves? And how about Lopi? How do they compair and what would you folks recomend?