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 .

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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!

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.

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...

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

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...

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.

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

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...

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

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 !

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...

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...

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...