windthrown
361 Junkie
Some like the NC13 better because it does not source the secondary air from inside like the NC30 does. The OAK on the 13 supplies all the air. If you do not plan on running an OAK there is no difference, except for the depth (and volume) of the stoves. Personally I prefer to run my splits north-south and not east-west, so I like the added depth. Most of the time I do not fill my stove full and in that small a space, the 13 should be fine. My house is about 1700 sq feet total here. But this is mild winter Oregon, and we do not get any mid Atlantic blinding winters here, or even that much snow any more.
I would opt for the NC30 at this price though. My stove originated at the Englander factory when I ordered it from the HD store in VA. It took a week to get here. The local delivery was by a fly-by-night outfit. They were 2 hours late, and it was a weird Euro van driven by a pair of Russians. They had a ton of stiff in the van from returns of other shipped stuff, and they had to pry my stove out of the van. The shipping included delivery across one threshold though, so the 3 of us muscled it up onto my porch and into my living room. Delivery became drop off only soon after that, and then the free delivery deal went away on these stoves. I do not know how they make a profit at these prices. My guess is that the factory wants to ratchet down inventory to avoid taxes?
