While I'm at it, I'll give a shout out to the Wood Pellet Warehouse in Jay for pellet delivery. I ordered from them this year after numerous frustrating deliveries from a local place over the years and Pellet Warehouse was great. They deliver all over the state and have great options for pellets. It ended up being $75 cheaper to have three tons delivered to my door than it was from my local place about a mile and a half from my house. The pellets were all in great condition, too.

One caveat that I'll make is that my Harman is an insert, meaning it replaced an old wood fire place in the house. The chimney runs up the middle of the house, and the radiant heat from the chimney helps to heat the upstairs, so I can't speak to how well a standing pellet stove would heat an upstairs area. I know one poster said that it was a bit of an issue for them.

I have a Harman that I've been pleased with over the 8 years I've owned my house. I believe the stove is 15 years old, and it heats my 1600 sq ft craftsman fairly well. We use the forced hot air/oil furnace as a secondary heat source of the thermostat dips below 62 degrees with the pellet stove running. The furnace usually only kicks on during those bitter cold January and February days.

One thing I recommend doing is becoming very familiar with whatever stove you buy so that you can troubleshoot and make repairs yourself. I'm not very mechanically inclined, but read forums and watched YouTube videos so that I could change out worn out parts and perform deep cleanings and maintenance of my stove. It's saved me a bunch of money over the years.