Kent Somerset MKII
MPN: KTSM19MB3 reviews
Cheep as – Maximum burn time 4 hours. Blocking off 4 of the inlet holes with aluminium tape sort of works. Door must be open for it to draw enough to start. It needs larger inlet holes .Very small burning area with some of the bottom not covered with the fire bricks. Fan is far too loud, with that horrible 50cycle mains hum. Rented house, heater replaced by owner and selected only on price. Not good.
Purchased in .
- Room Type: Living/Dining Area
Designed by Adam Bandt – I purchased a Kent pedestal fire recently and I'm certain that Adam Bandt designed it because, 1. It dosent lite or burn easily and 2. It's very ineffective when it comes to heating, hence why he designed it so that we dont buy fires. Absolute waste of money. Even when it is sort of going you have stand 1m away to feel the heat. They have all this shielding and crap around the outside of the firebox which means that by the time the heat passes from the box to the room its not heat any more. They are just a joke. If you want a fire to heat your room get an ultimate 500 wood heater. May not be the prettiest but at least they work effectively. Never buy one of these again. Total waste of money.
Purchased for $2,500.
- Room Type: Living/Dining Area
Kent Somerset – After looking hard at wood heaters and their performance we settled with the Kent mk 2 Somerset and couldn't be happier . We looked at Scandia and Masport but neither came up to the presentation of the Kent. The Scandia was a very rough build quality and the Masport looked cheap and the build quality looked poor the handle looked like plastic and wasn't like our old Masport which lasted 15 yrs and looked great but the new ones just don't have the appeal of the old heaters. So for mine the Kent wins hands down for looks and it does exactly what it says in the brochure it heats great burns great and doesn't seem to chew the wood like crazy and the price is comparable to others of the same size great woodheater and the fan works great.
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