Leo wrote:

> On 2020 Dec 25, , Ed Pawlowski wrote
> (in article >):
>
> > On 12/25/2020 11:21 AM, cshenk wrote:
> > > https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MT3S2CK/
> > >
> > > Don loves it!
> > >
> > > We will keep the manual hydrolic as he likes the exercise but
> > > this one will be used for larger batches or larger logs. A bit
> > > ago we gave away possibly 50 logs just over our ability to split
> > > down but this will handle them.
> >
> > Nice. There were days using a maul I wished for something like that.
>
> I have a sledgehammer, a wedge, an axe and something called a wood
> grenade in the garage. The only one of them that I have used in the
> last thirty years is the axe. I found that paying a power bill is
> more efficient to me than what they do.
> I also have a five foot by one inch diameter iron rod with a chisel
> tip, a hand winch and a crowbar. What the hell was I thinking?

LOL!

Anyways, igoring all the folks who don't have or never have had an
efficient fireplace and think all the heat 'goes up the chimney'.

We kept the living room and kitchen a nice toasty 78 for 2 days of the
mid-upper 30's and the side rooms were at 72F. Only the sun room
needed help and it's the furthest corner fom the fireplace. HVAC
didn't kick in any except at night when the fire was banked.

I wouldn't want to heat only with it, too much work and would have to
get up to tend at night. Now we are in a warming trend where it will
be near 50's or low 60's for a few days.

Meantime, Don is really liking the electric one.