i just recently purchased a barometric damper . today would be my third day of using it . seems to me , that the baro damper provides for a more even burn , i mean when you load the stove for the night and set your drafts for the night burn , that when during the night when more of the wood catches and begins to burn , creating more heat thus creating more draft within the chimney , this creates a vacuum in the wood furnace as it tries to pull in more air from the draft intakes . this is where the baro damper kicks in , the flap begins to open , allowing room air to even the pressure , this allows for the air entering the stove to reach a maximum level of your draft intake setting . in other words , it allows for only so much air to enter thru your draft intake , once the stove tries to pull in more air , the baro damper will begin to open and supply the extra air that the chimney draft is wanting . this all provides for a more even burn , more consistant burn that can provide longer burn time because it helps to keep a more regulated draft into the stove . i do have a question tho , my baro damper seems to get a bit of creosote build up on it . is there any way of preventing this , or is the cause only due to wood too wet and or too low fire temp ?