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stuartSydney, NSW
- 2 reviews
- 1 like
Rubbish Product
I installed mine in my covered in outdoor area in Dec 2016 . It gets used about 20 times a year . Fire box is disintergrating . Handle is jammed , leaks smoke , rusts like a beauty inside and out . Doesn't heat as purported . Absolute garbage quality steel . Not even going to bother with warranty . Going to throw it out . Do not buy one . Good idea , poor execution . Pics are of top hot plate and the under side of the hotplate inside the firebox . 4 years old .
Purchased in November 2016 at Bunnings Warehouse.
Clint B.
- 2 reviews
- 1 like
Best value around.
I run this stove 24/7 in the winter. Heats my small house, cooks my food and heats the hot water in combination with solar. A great asset. Great value for the modest price. Runs overnite easily as long as you have good quality wood. Easy to clean. On the minus side, it takes a fair bit of stoking to get the oven over 200°c and it gets hot on you legs standing in front of it to cook when you do that. The oven thermometer is difficult to read. The oven racks kept falling off their rails, after 2 sets of replacements didnt help i just welded a bit on the side of them.
After 4 years it's still as good as new and I expect to get many more years out of it.
Purchased in May 2016 at Bunnings Warehouse for $2,100.00.
davegx
- 3 reviews
- 1 like
- Verified purchase
Great heater. Turns freezing cold weather into balmy.
Works well in our house which is less than the 20 squares that the heater is meant to do. Looks great. Cooks toast on top. Kettle for coffee on top. Pork chops are cooking right now on top. Cooks chicken in the oven (im sure it tasted better) . A good starting smokeless procedure once you know how. Takes a while to heat up coz it is a solid nearly 1/4 ton of iron but once going keeps going for most of the night. Heat activated fan accessory on top helps to distribute the heat.
Purchased in May 2020 at Bunnings for $2,000.00.
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Great value heater. Don't believe the naysayers
easy to light and it stays lit overnight without a problem. Im burning good red box.
The older models have some consumables inside the firebox that could warp. Easy to change.
Purchased in June 2015 for $550.00.
ChefMetropolitan Adelaide, SA
Great heater/oven/cook top!
We didn't want to spend 4 grand on a nectre heater/oven and opted for the scandia, half the price of the nectre! Has not disappointed at all! Even while nobody recommended them. Easy to use, heats our stone cottage easy.
Only had to adjust the door handle ones as it had a small gap, no dramas after that adjustment. You really have to stoke it up if you want to use the oven for bread etc as it doesn't go over 200 degrees easily. As a cook top it's great, use it lots of time in winter. We are happy with it and it definitely delivers for the price you pay for it.
Purchased in March 2019.
cacklePerth, WA
- 4 reviews
- 2 likes
Absolute rubbish
Goes out all the time even when using multiple fire lighters & plenty of kindling
Often find unburnt timber in the firebox the next day
I only use demolition timber (jarrah) in it so it has zero moisture content
Quite often the house smells of smoke even if I have not opened it to top up wood
Does not heat anywhere near the SQM our old wood heater heated even though it claims to heat that sqm
Purchased in August 2018 at Bunnings Warehouse.
Awesome all rounder
What a great addition to our big tin shed that we holiday in
Pros:
Huge firebox so can get big logs in
Gets the heat out fast
Perfect for boiling the spuds, mulled wine and reheating the stew
Easy to use controls
Bakes great bread
Will turn down enough to still have coals in the morning
Cons
Oven heat drops dramatically as the firebox fills with ash so must clean firebox out everytime before roasting or baking
Excellent value for the price
Purchased in March 2018 at Bunnings Warehouse.
rivkah.hammerMurray Mallee, SA
- 6 reviews
- 4 likes
absolute rubbish
We had problems in the first year and our installer needed to replace the opening latch for inside the heater....in the end he had to cannibalise the one from the bottom oven as the replacement was too large!!!! And the door smoked in the first year, so our installer came around with a new cord for the door but guess what...too big also!!! He promised to come back with a replacement for both but never did. So we have a heater that barely functions,, is never really hot and is a great disappointment. ANd it certainly does not heat up the area. At this point we are looking to upgrade to a better and bigger unit. At this point we don't know if Scandia or the installer is hopeless. But I do know that we are cold!
Purchased in September 2017 for $1,850.00.
Lena ElliottWheatbelt, WA
- 3 reviews
Winter warmth is not negotiable
My stone cottage is so small that everything in it has to have more than one purpose. The heat and cook wood heater suits me just fine. There is plenty of firewood on the property and the burner box large enough for the chainsawed logs. I cook all the meals on the hot plate with the added bonus of an oven. The oven does require extra heat but once you gain experience together with the inbuilt thermometer roasted meals are easy to cook.
The stone chimney also heats the upstairs bedroom and this keeps heating costs to absolute minimum. Perhaps more suited to the country than the city it is my most important winter appliance.
Purchased in January 2013 at Bunnings Warehouse.
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Off GridSouth West, WA
I would buy it again.
The Gourmet equivalent stove was more than $1000 above the $2000 we paid for this stove. Is it perfect? No, of course not and most of the problems I have experienced over the last three winters of use are covered here already. Is it great value for money? I believe so.
We only intended to use it as a lounge room fireplace doing the occasional meal but in winter it does most of the heavy cooking, saving us a lot of bottled gas. It also keeps our home very comfortable over the winter (south-western WA).
The hot water jacket is an amazing addition...
Purchased in July 2016 at Bunnings Warehouse for $2,400.00.
NadiaSydney, NSW
Problem with the handle on the top left
Hi we are having trouble with the coiled handle on the top left side as it’s stuck-and the fire place is only a few years old... what can we do Nadia
Purchased in April 2017 at Bunnings Warehouse for $2,400.00.
rainbow2009North-East, TAS
- 4 reviews
- 3 likes
Useless Warped Firebox
I purchased my H&C late 2017 and within months the firebox liners started warping inwards then the firebox base started warping upwards. This has made removing the liners impossible. I emailed Scandia direct and was told that the firebox liners are a consumable item i.e they are known to warp therefore you have to keep on replacing them. Not what I expected and they should make that known when you purchase one. If I had have known that I would not have brought one. They claim that they have a 10 year warranty for the firebox but only if it star...
Read morets getting cracks or holes. It is a cheap wood stove compared to others and I suppose we get what we pay for but to have warped firebox liners within the first 12 months shows the product is not even worth the price. I would rather have invested another couple of $1000 for a much more superior oven. I have owned an Rayburn in the past so I do know my wood stoves and how to use them. Another issue is the oven at the bottom so taking out hot trays is so dangerous and it throws out way too much heat so much so that you cannot stand in front of the stove when cooking. The water jacket works well and hot top. I am trying to see if I can replace the liners with fire bricks and hopefully that will last longer.Purchased in August 2017 at Bunnings Warehouse for $2,500.00.
Nadine B.Sydney Surrounds, NSW
Faulty damper handle
Same problem as Kaz after 2 seasons!
Damper handle seized meaning a very hard to light fire, fire does not hold heat just goes out the chimney so oven cooking is not possible.
We researched and saved for a mutli-purpose wood fire so expected a lot longer life time when paying $2500. Out of warranty so Bunnings can't help.
Very disappointed is putting it mildly.
Purchased in April 2017 at Bunnings Warehouse for $2,500.00.
JasonPerth, WA
- Verified purchase
Don’t do it
Look they are poorly constructed, they have a very bad quality control system and there after sales support is terrible. Basically a cheap Chinese product with no after sales support marketed as a premium Australian product! Save yourself the disappointment
Purchased in January 2018 at Bunnings Warehouse for $2,500.00.
MattCentral West, NSW
I love it.
Excellent value for money.Heats our 220m2 plus house with ease and we live on a farm above 1000m in one of the coldest parts of Australia near portland near Lithgow.Our average winter is between -8 and -12 and it gets colder than that sometimes yet the house is cosy as...Our wood usage has halved since we replaced our old everhot and we no longer need to split every piece of wood.Cooking is a dream and easy once you get the hang of it... Dollar for dollar the heat and cook is the best stove you can buy.Why spend 3 x the money simply because a s...
Read moretove is made in scandinavia or similar? The other stoves are NOT 3 x better in any way...Plus the bloke I talked to at Bathurst Bunnings was friendly extremely helpful and knowledgeable.He answered every question I put to him and I DID grill him about the ins and outs of the stove etc.... The other shops I talked to when we decided to change out out our old stove were condescending more than a little pompous and ridiculously overpriced.I'll be surprised if they are still in business in a years timeFind out how Scandia Heat and Cook compares to other Wood Heaters
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Jon
- 5 reviews
- 2 likes
Wow
Best cooker on the market . Have made so many delicious meals using this , have never been so excited to get in and cook before , but with one of these I can’t go wrong . Would highly recommend this from first time cooks right thru to chefs u won’t go wrong
Not worth the money.
Cheap China steel. I’ve had mine for 3 years and the inside back has a hole burnt threw all ready. Will have to try and pull it apart and weld it up. Also the flue handle is stuck from sitting over summer. Will not buy another one of this brand !
Len1010South East Queensland, QLD
- 54 reviews
- 83 likes
- Verified purchase
Best Value, Size & Quality I could find.
I was replacing a twenty year old fireplace and had been doing a lot of research when I came across Scandia. I rang them to get some technical questions answered and got a friendly, helpful person on the line first time. I was happy with the answers that I now know were accurate! I purchaser the fireplace and self installed, i have been using it for heat and cooking for a few months now and thought I might share some insights.
Firstly when the unit arrived I removed the cardboard outer to find an inner woodern pallett completely surounding a...
Read morend attached to the stove that was protecting it from all but the most severe transport damage. I was very impressed at the care taken to pack the unit even though it took some time to unwrap/unpack. The second thing I liked was the ease in witch I was able to disasemble the unit to lower it's weight in order to move in inside and locate it, I was after all by myself. Readdembly was just as easy! Running in the fireplace as per the instructions was fine though there was some rather bad paint like smells the first few times and I would seriously advise doing this in a well ventilated unocupied area at least the first two times. The smell has now long since gone and I suppose compared to a newly painted room was nothing new to those living in a chemical society. The stove burns clean leaving little to no ash and compared to my old fireplace uses far less wood for the same output however I note that due to the large amount of steel (200kg odd) in the unit it takes quite a while to get going and I do have to use smaller wood at the start to get a good fire going. In short allow an hour to get the oven equalized and hot! Now rather than puting a layer of sand in the firebox I purchased and installed three 20mm firebricks covering the base of the firebox making cleanup much easier and also stablizing the oven temp over a larger range of fire intensity. On overnight slow burn the oven maintains 150C or slightly above. Cooking is great but be prepared to get hot standing in front of the glass when using the cooktop especially if you are using a wock in the fire hole, I might nearly advise the use of a welders leather apron if you plain to cook for a lot of people. The oven has three wide, deep but not very high shelves so unless you are cooking three layers of piza or other narrow things like pies you need to remove at least one rack. Most of my pirex dishes are higher than the space between all three. For roasts etc I pull out the middle tray. There are quite a few combinations you can do in the oven and so far I have not had any issues I could not find a solution for. Note though the back of the oven gets hotter than the front and with no oven light a good strong torch is essential to look in to see when a dish needs rotating!KazCentral West, NSW
Ongoing design flaw and no help from Scandia
Absolutely ridiculous that the damper box handle jams tight when a build up of ash grit binds the rod due to no allowance in the rod holder. Damper lid moves freely but the handle is jammed. They tried to blame a small leak but it is obvious there is no rust or water damage and the licenced builder fixed the tiny leak when he installed my new flue ($500) two winters ago. It's only a 12mth warranty on the handle and Scandia are quite happy to drag out enquiries when they know this design flaw has been ongoing for five years. Like this recent F...
Read moreord fiasco... just blame the consumer. My Nectre Cook and heat is a little ripper I have owned it for over eight years, it's now in the outside bird room which gets gerni'd twice a week and it's design won't let you down like this Scandia does! The Scandia cost $2600 fully installed and I have only had three winters use! Scandia "rectified" this problem.... more like covered their butts....by now printing in the new owner manual that you must keep moving this handle throughout the year.... whoever has had a fire for their lifetime really don't need to read a manual they're pretty straight forward.... unless there is a design flaw..... please avoid the treatment I have had and buy a Nectre from BBQs galore or your local heating store and be sure you can keep your family warm when you choose without any stress. They can't even put you on to a technician to fix the problem so don't expect after sales service and be certain to photocopy the receipt as they fade but the serial number on the back determines manufacture date and who/when it was supplied to the retailer.PhilEbor nsw
- 22 reviews
- 20 likes
Proven effective in an alpine environment.More than happy with this product
Only issue i've had has been the sides of the metal firebox buckling but this does not affect the performance or lifespan of the heater. This was perhaps due to running it very hot (Part of top of heater and bottom of flue was glowing dull red). We only use hardwood as recommended but it gets to minus 15 celcius here so we crank this thing right up if we have been away awhile and the house is below zero.
Very effective heater in a 120sqm home (not fully finished) of about 3.5 star thermal rating. So i would say 200sqm even in Alpine areas (1...
Read more300m altitude) for a 5/6 star home would be just fine. Oven makes amazing pizzas.Cakes and roasts you may need to leave oven door slightly ajar to control heat as easily gets to 250c with a closed oven door and vent open. Some foil on top prevents the top of the food burning from radiant heat above even with the heat shield in place. We use a pedestal fan to push the air over and the heat around and that works well as the ceiling fans are not in place yet. Bunnings did a great delivery price and the driver used a Jib crane to lift up onto the veranda and then wheeled it into place with a trolley. So easy just a few minutes work.Questions & Answers
Grubbyasked
How do you get the oven hot on a Scandinavian scx 501?
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Grubbyasked
How do you get the oven hotter?
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Felicity T.asked
I have just had a scandia 200 fireplace installed. I wiped the top of it with a wet rag with only water and the paint has come off. ??
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Details
Category | Freestanding Ovens and Wood Heaters |
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Price (RRP) | $2,050.00 |
Dimensions | 950 x 770 x 640 mm |
Manufacturer Warranty | 10 year(s) |
Manual | Download manual |
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