Does anyone have a bio ethanol stove?

DD has recently replaced their electric coal effect fire with one. Quite frankly I would be disappointed if it were mine but they seem happy with it.
The flame reminds me of a fire which hasn’t quite got going. It’s not a cosy looking fire IMO but I would never say so.
I have no idea how the cost of the fuel compares with electricity.

Weren’t they one of the ones on the news a few weeks ago that exploded and caused a large house fire.?

We had one of the type that more resembles an old fashioned paraffin stove on board our boat and were very happy with it.

It gave off a good heat and no smell of burning fuel.

The store where you buy the stove should have specifications telling you how large a room they heat and to which temperature.

JamesandJon33

Weren’t they one of the ones on the news a few weeks ago that exploded and caused a large house fire.?

Oh, didn’t see that! Will check that out!!

AuntieE

We had one of the type that more resembles an old fashioned paraffin stove on board our boat and were very happy with it.

It gave off a good heat and no smell of burning fuel.

The store where you buy the stove should have specifications telling you how large a room they heat and to which temperature.

There’s no place nearby that sells them, to look at. Some info online. They say approx 2-3 kw, nothing like the heat of a wood burner.

LucyAnna5

JamesandJon33

Weren’t they one of the ones on the news a few weeks ago that exploded and caused a large house fire.?

Oh, didn’t see that! Will check that out!!

Ooh, that’s put me off!! Poor woman.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c07v542gvyvo

LucyAnna. It may have been on the Welsh news , but only a week or so ago.

* LucyAnna* type Welsh ethanol stove fire into your search bar… BBC news

Yes, JamesandJon, I found the story. Scary!

I've got a small table top bio fuel fire that I use on my balcony in the evening. It uses a litre of fuel in a couple of hours which is far from cheap and it doesn't give off a great amount of heat. I can only imagine it would be very very expensive to heat a room, not at all economical.

Very useful info here. I was thinking of replacing our wood burning stove with an ethanol one as we are going to have to make our chimney higher (thatched roof!) in order to get house insurance. Will bite the expensive bullet and get the chimney done now. I like a LOT of warmth!

We stayed in an apartment in the Alps which had one an open type one rather than a stove (it was Glamm fires) and the heat would put you out of the room!

I have had one from Imaginfires for 10 years. Love it. Warms my very large living room and makes it cosy.

It's not clear why the stove suddenly exploded. It had not been lit for a long time - I wonder if it had accumulated dust?