Comfortbilt HP22-N Pellet Stove Black EPA Approved Smart Controller 80 Lb. Hopper Home & Kitchen
$2,250.00
| Brand | Comfortbilt |
|---|---|
| Product Dimensions | 26"D x 24"W x 40"H |
| Heat Output | 50000 British Thermal Units |
| Ventilation Type | Vent Free |
| Fuel Type | Pellet |
| Mounting Type | Freestanding |
| Item Weight | 283 pounds |
24 reviews for Comfortbilt HP22-N Pellet Stove Black EPA Approved Smart Controller 80 Lb. Hopper Home & Kitchen
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bwl –
5.0 out of 5 stars
NO NEED TO LOOK FOR ANOTHER STOVE!
I ordered this stove a few weeks ago and it arrived quickly after 7 days. Considering it was shipped across country I’d say that’s very reasonable.DESIGN: 8/10The design of this stove is REALLY nice. It is stout. It’s not cheap or flimsy by any means. It weighs around 320 lbs so be aware of that. You’ll need a buddy to help you move it. It did weigh less than the wood stove that it replaced, so after moving the wood stove, this pellet stove didn’t seem that bad. My dad and I moved it in the house with a hand truck. If you’re moving it up stairs you’ll need at least three big guys.The look of it is amazing. The bay window is beautiful and the angular design looks really nice. It’s a mix of industrial and modern. This stove would look good and command attention anywhere from a cabin to a new modern home.One small thing that doesn’t really look right to me is the curved face of the extended hopper. I just don’t think that curved design fits well with all the sharp angles of the stove but it’s not that big of a deal. Some people might not even notice it. I think a redesign of the curved area to be straight or a matching angle to the face of the stove would be a nice update.The only real issue there is with the design, and it’s a BIG issue, is the size of the hopper opening. It is way too small. There’s really no reason for it to be that small ,either. It would be a very simple fix to make the opening 2 or 3x larger. There’s plenty of room to do that both on depth and width. Another option may be too redesign the entire top to lift up like many other pellet stove do, creating an easy pour into the hopper. This is an issue that seriously needs addressed if anyone from ComfortBilt is reading this. It’s an easy fix and one of the only bad marks on this stove.One other design feature that would be very nice would be an update to the control panel on the stove itself. The sticker that’s on there with the Comfort Bilt logo just looks a little cheap. Something like a small stainless steel faceplate with an engraved logo would really top it off. The cheap looking sticker just doesn’t fit with this sturdy, well built stove. This goes for the remote as well. It’s nice to have the remote, it just looks and feels cheap. It needs updated to be on par with the level of the stove itself.The last design feature that would put this stove OVER THE TOP would be wifi controls. Many of the pellets BBQ grills (that function exactly the same way as a pellet stove) are introducing wifi compatability. You may think there’s no need for this, but let me tell you, it’s very very nice being able to turn you thermostat or woodstove on at work and have the house nice and toasty by the time you walk in the door. I realize this is a large undertaking but if ComfortBilt came out with an updated WiFi control panel I’d buy one in a heart beat.INSTRUCTIONS: 3/10Instructions are obviously translated from Chinese and there are a lot of times entire sentences are smashed together with no spacing. It makes it hard to read but not impossible.The content of the instructions themselves arent very thorough, either. No mention of the exhaust voltage that I noticed. It also didn’t mention the fresh air intake adjustment towards the back, either, but I found it after watching a YouTube video.PERFORMANCE: 10/10WOW this stove puts out MAJOR HEAT. I’d almost caution anyone with a very small home about this. We currently have a 1200 sq ft mobile home and we’re planning on building anew house next spring. This stove can absolutely burn us out of the current mobile home. It should fit really well in the new, larger house.Our mobile home is old and drafty and we don’t need to set the stove any higher than level 2. At level 5 we have to open the windows and door to cool the house down.I’ve seen other pellet stoves including my parents and nothing I’ve ever seen comes even remotely close to the heat this thing puts out!PRICE: 10/10the price just can’t be beat. With all the features this stove has and it’s amazing performance, I would highly recommend it over more well known stoves that you’ll pay 2x as much for.CUSTOMER SERVICE: 10/10GREAT customer service. Every question I had was answered very quickly.Overall if HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS STOVE! The price, the features, the performance, the quality… It’s all fantastic. The one glaring issue of the hopper opening size is a small price to pay for everything this stove offers.UPDATE #1:I originally rated this stove at 4 stars because of the tiny lid opening; literally the only mark against this stove.I changed the rating to a 5 star because I don’t think a minor design fkaw like a small lid opening should overshadow the incredible performance, value and features of this unit.UPDATE #2:This stove could do very well with a shutdown mode on the thermostat setting. For instance, I set the temperature to be 73. The stove quickly reaches that, and once it hits the target temp, it drops to a stage 1 burn (the smallest flame). The problem is, the temperature still climbs on stage 1. If the thermostat could shut down the stove, then relight it once the room temp dropped below a certain point, this would keep the room from getting too hot and wasting pellets. Just a thought for Comfort Bilt to consider.UPDATE #3:I feel like I’ve had it long enough to review it’s efficiency, cleanliness and noise:EFFICIENCY: 7/10This stove is pretty efficient for how much heat it puts out. You have to remember that to make heat, it takes fuel, so there is a trade off when talking about heat output vs fuel usage. That being said, taking into account the TONS of heat this stove produces, it really is pretty good on pellet consumption. I have it a 7/10 because there are more efficient stoves out there but don’t expect anywhere near the performance of this one. I go through about a 40lb bag every 24 hrs in winter, very drafty mobile home usually set on level 2 burning in the mornings and evenings when we’re home. The other really nice thing about this stove is that it had a very wide range, meaning if you want to set it on level 1 and have a very small flame and low blower noise, you can. Or, you can crank it up all the way to 5 and it becomes an absolute inferno. So the range of this stove is very wide and not typical of other stoves that either have a hi/low setting etc.QUIETNESS: 7/10This thing is pretty quiet when set to the 1 and 2 levels. Very easy to forget it’s even running. Once you get up into the 4 and 5 settings the blower is more noticeable for sure but not that bad. Id actually rather have a nice blower that turns up as high as this one does to distribute heat better.CLEANLINESS: 9/10This stove is really clean. The higher the setting the cleaner it (should) burn. Lower settings and smaller flames will put out more smoke and soot, naturally, but this student is really clean and really easy to clean out when needed. If you’re coming from a wood stove like I did, it will amaze you how little ash this stove creates. I have to empty the burn pot out every 3 or 4 burns but is extremely easy to do. The ash drawer below the burn pot needs emptied maybe once every 2 or 3 weeks. Very easy. Just pull the drawer out and dump it. The reason the burn pot needs emptied out every 3 or 4 burns is because the ash in the burn pot will get caked in there over time and eventually the igniter won’t be able to ignite the fire with a thick layer of ash. I just take the burn pot out, turn it upside down and give it a few taps and all the ash falls right out.UPDATE #4:Also, the stove will shut down before the hopper is 100% empty. Mine did an empty hopper shutdown with maybe 10 lbs of pellets still in the hopper. Not a huge deal.The hopper could use a redesign to allow the pellets to fall into the auger more effectively. Another option would be small vibrators on the sides of the hopper that would turn on when the pellet stove get low. We empty train cars at work and the hoppers in the train cars are very similar to the shape of this pellet stove hopper (but much bigger of course). When the cargo stops falling out if the rail car, we attach pnumatic vibrators to the car and shake the excess cargo out that’s stuck to the sides of the hopper. A small vibrator on the pellet stove hopper would work really well.Over time the auger started clunking. I burned the hopper all the way empty to check it out. I found that all of the pellet dust settled to the bottom of the hopper and was binding up the auger a bit and making it clunk. There was a lot of pellet dust in the bottom, but we have been using this stove non stop. I vacuumed the dust out and cleared up the auger and the clunking issue seems to be resolved.A great idea for any pellet stove manufacturers reading this might be a screen in the bottom of the hopper with a dust clean-cut. That way all the dust will settle through the screen into a catch bin for easy clean out as well and help keep pellet dust from building up around the auger. Just a thought.Still very VERY happy with our purchase.We’ve been using it as our main heat source in the winter.UPDATE #5:I have ran 4 tons (8,000 lbs) of pellets through this thing already. It makes A HUGE difference on the type of pellets you use. If you buy this, try about 4 or 5 bags of a few different brands each to see what burns the best. Make sure they are premium pellets. The type if pellet makes a huge difference in performance. Right now I’m using Olympus 100% Douglas Fir and this stove is burning the best its ever burned, hotter, quieter and using less pellets.
112 people found this helpful
Some guy –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Quite pleased with this stove
I ordered the stove in August. It was delivered quickly and dropped in my driveway with no obvious issues from shipping. I managed, with the assistance of a couple of grown kids, to get it in the front door. It sat there a while as I built up the courage to get it up the stairs. It’s heavy. Very heavy.By the last weekend of September I had the hearth pad, outside air kit, and exhaust kit in hand and installed the stove. With some assistance in moving the stove to get everything lined up (did I mention that it’s heavy?), installation took about four hours to cut the two holes needed for exhaust and outside air and to put everything together.So far I have run the stove for a few nights only. I was lucky to find one bag of premium softwood pellets for the first run. The stove ran flawlessly and provided more than enough heat on setting one (in fact too much – with outside temps in the low 40s the house rapidly hit high 80s.) Later on, with the only pellets I could find, that are not fantastic, the house maintained low 70s heat with outside temps in the mid 30s.Long story short, I have very high hopes for this stove and expect it to have zero problems heating my home. Fortunately high quality pellets are available to buy by the ton and it’s my intention to run them exclusively as long as they are available. They clearly provide more heat and less ash.I should add that the build quality of this stove seems very good to me. It’s heavy, solid, and the fasteners used as well as the alignment of parts and panels indicate to me that some qc is used in it’s construction. It is not cheaply made and given the quality I see I’m quite impressed with the price.12/28 UpdateI’ve run about 2 tons through the stove and I’m still very pleased. My 1900 sq foot home (1000 sqft on living floor and 900 sqft in unfinished basement) has been warmed adequately when outside temps were as low as 11F. The living area is staying 77 – 74, depending on how close it is to the stove. The unfinished basement is staying in the mid fifties, warmer than it did with central heating.I did the first deep cleaning after the first ton and it took maybe 45 minutes. This involves taking off the sides, removing access panels, and vacuuming out ash from the guts of the stove with an ash vac. It’s not incredibly difficult to do, but it does need to be done, so that maintenance should be considered when evaluating the stove for your needs.I would also recommend picking up a “care package” from the dealer website. This includes all the parts on the stove that can wear in the future. While I’ve had zero issues with the stove I know that eventually things will wear, and having all the needed parts on site can get me heat quicker than waiting for shipment.I continue to highly recommend this stove.
13 people found this helpful
Rebecca Jennings –
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great support you can talk to real people
Excellent product
3 people found this helpful
Anon –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Heats great. Lots of quality of life features.
We bought this to replace an Englander pellet stove, came with the house, after mice got to one of our heat pumps. It’s getting us through the winter just fine. Heats our 1200ft^2 cape without issue. If anything it puts out too much heat. We have to turn it off occasionally when it’s 30F+ outside. The thermostat is great. Just set the temp and leave it alone. There dust pan is great. The stoves super easy to clean. Our room fan was a little noisy and customer service replaced it immediately. No regrets. Would purchase again.
One person found this helpful
Wade –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good quality
Easy setup, thorough instructions, received in good shape, operates perfectly
One person found this helpful
Shawn HolbrookShawn Holbrook –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent heat and easy setup
Easy to setup, replaced a PelPro with this stove as it had the highest rating, puts out great heat, definitely make sure you use high quality pellets, think that’s what killed our pel pro, switched from Olympus back to Lignetics and am very happy so far. Like how you can program this stove or switch to manual mode with the ease of a remote
2 people found this helpful
Brad and Crystal –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Met everything that was described
Well built, easy to clean. Heats well.
One person found this helpful
Bookguy –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Customer service seals The deal
I got my stove and the blower to push the air from the stove didn’t work and it was overheating. They sent me a new one for FREE and it was broken in shipping. They sent me yet another one. Extremely helpful walking me through every step from diagnosis to fixing it. A1 customer service for sure. The stove itself is absolutely amazing. The heat output is better than I ever expected and the temp setting keeps my drafty 1400 sq ft house toasty with ease.The bad: the hole for filling pellets is tiny and your bound to make a mess. And it shuts off from “running out” of pellets with probably 15lbs in it.I planned on giving the stove 4 stars for these issues but the customer service and how good it works offsets the small issues.
16 people found this helpful
V B. –
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good product so far
So far it’s a good product and good customer service. I have one issue with this stove for $2400 I would expect to get the thermostat wire with but no you have to spend $19 and call them to get it.
3 people found this helpful
EdVEdV –
2.0 out of 5 stars
Great stove…but
Great stove that puts out a lot of heat but there are a few major design flaws. I purchased the HP22-N model that has the built in extended 80 lb hopper capacity so I did not have to worry about babysitting the stove daily.Design Flaw #1: The stoves hopper design is such that it does not funnel the pellets to the auger properly causing it to run out with 25+lbs of pellets still in the hopper. You likely think this is an exaggeration but look at the picture I included! The stove was shut off for no pellets when I took this picture. I need to constantly babysit and push pellets to the center to prevent this. I have changed to a premium pellet, waxed hopper side walls to help feed, taped all joints that had rivets exposed with aluminum tape, and even built a unit out of PVC that de-dusted the pellets thinking the fines were potentially causing the poor feeding. Unfortunately nothing worked! Now I have a stove that I paid $500 more for to have the extra hopper capacity and I can’t leave the stove alone for more than 12hrs before having to push the pellets to the center. 12hrs with a 80lb hopper running on setting 3! Seems like to get the extra capacity the opted to reduce the side wall lead in angle so the pellets pile up on the side walls and do not slide or fall towards the center. When I talked to Comfort Bilt they told its designed to have approx 5 lbs of pellets left in the hopper before shutting down. Obviously I call BS on that one, just look at the picture and you tell me if that is 5lbs.Design Flaw #2- The door to fill the hopper is ridiculously small. It measures 5.5in front to back and 11.5in wide side to side. Not sure why the door is that small because the size of the stove would allow a door three times the size of that. If you are like me and like to feed the hopper right from the bag be prepared to make a mess.In summary, I can live with the small door since that improvement is a “nice to have” but the extended 80lb hopper that is “supposed” to run for 2-3 days without intervention that instead shuts down for “no pellets” in a half day is a deal breaker for me. Especially knowing I spent the extra money to get that feature to not have to babysit is the killer. I waited a while to leave this review hoping I would find a solution to the hopper feeding but have come up empty which has led me to believe it is a design flaw that I guess I need to live with. Also, the user manual is a waste of time if you need to refer to it as it is typo after typo with 3-4 words all jumbled together all throughout the manual…guess proof reading was not in scope? Watch the youtube videos and you will be much better off. On a positive note, the stove throws great heat, is easy to clean, and is fairly quite. Don’t waste the extra money on the HP22 N extended hopper model.
98 people found this helpful
Stevie Jo –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best-built pellet stove I’ve seen on the market.
As an engineer and machine-builder by trade, I am impressed with the hardware quality of this appliance. Socket head cap screws (SHCS) everywhere, not a single self-threading sheet metal screw anywhere. All the screw threads are tapped or terminated into a threaded rivnut. The sensors, auger motor, and computer are easily accessible to even a big guy with fat fingers. The motors and sensors are positioned to assist troubleshooting and replacement. Heat output is well distributed and air flow into the combustion chamber keeps the glass clean. Software-driven combustion blower speed adjustment is a wonderful plus though I haven’t had a need to use it yet. The only thing I can pick on is the operator’s manual. Good tech writers are hard to find. This company needs to keep looking.
11 people found this helpful
George C Shearer –
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good value
Set up the weekly function to only maintain temperature when area is occupied (74 deg from 5am to 10pm) and set back to 62 degrees otherwise. It has worked flawlessly once it was set up. The only downside I have found is you have to read ALL of the fine print in the instructions. It initially set a low temperature fault after burning for awhile which appeared to be caused by the setting for the ash cleaning cycle time. It appeared to be letting the low temperature sensor to cool down during the cleaning cycle. I decreased the time for the cleaning cycle and the fault did not recur.
15 people found this helpful
RUSSELL SIPPONEN –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great pellet stove
Very well made have to wait for winterTo give performance review
5 people found this helpful
Nichole Price –
5.0 out of 5 stars
A thing of beauty
The flames are beautiful to watch, it heats our home beautifully. Very cozy sitting in front of the fire. Relatively easy to set up.
6 people found this helpful
jesse m. –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic stove
Absolutely in love with this stove. I didn’t realize how badly we needed a new one until this stove was on 1 and heated my entire 2 floor house up. All nooks and crannies. East to use, install, and I am so happy with the bay window. Most definitely worth the money this far.
5 people found this helpful
Cathy Starr –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hate my pellet stove !
suppose to heat a 2800 sq ft home. does not heat my 1500 sq ft home. Our previous pellet stove cost half as much, and did a much better job.
One person found this helpful
Shelly weaverShelly weaver –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great
It is for our camp ,and we Love it
4 people found this helpful
Alan Ashby –
5.0 out of 5 stars
This is a much better stove
I got fed up with my Quadrafire stove had to work on it constantly! This stove is so much easier to work on.
5 people found this helpful
module –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Love it
Works great so far… Takes time to figure out settings…
4 people found this helpful
Kindle Customer –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Solid, Efficient, Attractive
We’ve had this stove for two winters now in our mobile home in Mammoth Lakes, CA.After reading the most popular critical and positive reviews I’d like to share our experience.It is true that the hopper doesn’t feed all the pellets into the auger as stated in both. My estimation is that it is less than 15lbs and I remedy this by periodically opening the hopper lid and stirring the pellets.It is also true that the dust seems to build up at the auger. Our remedy is to run it empty to mostly empty and then clean the stove. We vacuum the inside of the pellet bin with a strong shop vac completely and also use the vac at the chute where the pellets drop in the burn chamber. This appears to keep that in check.Control Panel – One review said the logo on the control panel is cheap looking, this is true. The control panel is a generic designed main board for pellet stoves, dehumidifiers, etc. so I suppose they just slapped their logo on it.WIFI – I believe (not certain) in the U.S. the EPA prohibits this on pellet stoves. But because the mainboard is more generic it is possible to add your own wifi module. You can see this forum post at hearth.com where we’ve been working on it and it works quite nicely.Overall the stove is reliable, puts out tons of heat, is easy to maintain, relatively quiet, and looks great. We set it to level 1 and still have to turn it off in our 1,200sqft mobile home built in ~1987.
3 people found this helpful
DK –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Pellet Stove
First let me say, I live off grid and a quality pellet stove is essential since that is the main heat source for our 2100′ home. I ordered my unit from Home Depot (same price). Reason for that was I wanted to see it, before I had to accept it. I had sold my old Quadrafire that we paid over 4k for. It had got to a point where it was not reliable. The last year I had the quardrafire I had to buy 2 control boxes at $600 ea. I bought mine back in Sept. 2019, before the season started.The ComfortBilt is kind of weird in that it doesn’t actually shutoff. But, by using the “weekly” setting, it works just fine. The weekly setting has 4 set times per day. I’ll have it come on from 9-11 PM, then again at 1 AM. I usually get up around 3 Am, so I just set it on “manual” when I get up. Yes it does have 5 het settings. In the “weekly” setting it varies. When it first comes on it might be at 5 (the highest), when the temp reaches it setting it will kick back to 1. I’ll leave it on that on a normal day, until Ive had enough, and turn it back to “weekly” so when night time comes, I’m all set.Maintenance wise, clean the burn pot twice a week. Once a week clean the glass. Ever 2 weeks I vacuum out the inside. Once a month I’ll dump the ash pot.Very happy with my purchase.
12 people found this helpful
Keith Cowan –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best Pellet Stove, had stove for 5 years now.
I’ve had pellet stoves for 23 years. I use a pellet stove November thru March to supplement the heating of my home since I’m on propane. I have had 4 different brands of pellet stoves. This Comfortbilt HP22 is by far the best pellet stove I have owned. I have had no issues in 5 winters of use. I just purchased a new burn pot which prompted me to write a review for this stove. Other pellet stoves I’ve had, have always had many different issues, but not this stove. If I was looking for a new stove, I would only consider purchasing another Comforbilt. If you need a stove to depend upon for heat, this is the stove.
7 people found this helpful
Marcos Costa –
5.0 out of 5 stars
The stove it is relabel and efficient
I got my stove two months ago, very efficient, easy to install, easy to operate, only good thing to say, customer service very helpful and efficient. Thank you
4 people found this helpful
Mary K. Grizzard –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best pellet stove for the buck!
After researching many pellet stoves I chose the comfort built HP22N. This is an outstanding product with excellent customer service. It is well made, easy to set up and operate and heats your home beautifully. It is attractive, built to last, belts out heat and is very efficient.
8 people found this helpful