Ecofan AirMax Heat Powered Stove Fan - Powerful Classic Design, Exceptional Performance, Perfect for Wood Stoves, 175 CFM - Circulates Warm Air Efficiently & Reduces Fuel Cost

I've been using this fan since 2018 on my wood stove. We heat almost entirely with the wood stove. It's fantastic. Just keeps running year after year and it really moves a lot of air. We have a small home and it works better than the blower that came with the stove (it's also quieter and obviously uses no power).

Living in northern Vermont yields some very cold weather, wind, snow & very poorly insulated houses, which is precisely our problem. We'd been looking to purchase one of these fans for several months & finally jumped on it after seeing one at a friend's house on their gas stove. They LOVED there's, had it for several years without incident & said the fan really does make a huge difference. We are so thrilled with this little fan; it works SO well, whirring right along, moving all that cold air that comes in right around across the stove for an outpouring of so much warmth, pushing it throughout the house & reaching even the coolest areas. KICKING ourselves for not buying one earlier in the season! NO noise! Perfect!! I have read reviews about people holding tinsel & paper in front of the fan and not seeing any movement, which I think is either one of three things; either your fan is broken, misplaced on the stovetop (directions tell you exactly where to place it) or simple ignorance. If you want to SEE movement, don't hold your paper or tinsel or tissue directly in front of that fan, hold it to the outer sides of the fan where the blades are actually moving the air from & wait until your fan is really whirring (stovetop temp 450-650 degrees). If you can't feel the warmth moving across the stovetop, you're doing something wrong or your fan is broken. I also don't think that this is overpriced. We're saving on electricity, we're heating the whole house, the tornado of a fan we had plugged in before did nothing but cool the stove down & keep the house nice & cold in the morning when the fire had died down with the electric fan still blowing across it. This little guy keeps going & has made the most tremendous difference in heating our 1800 sq foot, very poorly insulated home. We have a big pot of water on the opposite side of the stove, too to help with humidity & the fan helps disperse the water vapors more, too, which also adds to the warmth & comfort level. SO should have gotten one sooner!! If this guy quits on us, we'll definitely be back for another one. Seriously a great product!

These are the best, basically you get what you pay for. I bought 2 other off brands 1/3 of price and they stop working after 3 months. This model is what most wood stove dealers sell, priced more but no issues. Read the reviews and made my purchase.

Quality built and packaged this nice looking accessory will not move volumes of air but it runs for nothing and looks nice doing it. I have a large quality wood burner so overheating is not an issue. Using the latest formula of extruded Blazers (get them from Costco or Home Depot) and you won't get ripped as locals are charging more. They sell by the pallet at highly discounted prices. The wood back to the fan. This fan should be considered by anybody that has the money and anything but the smallest of wood burners as heat is an issue. The one thing that kept that fifth star from popping is the motor is electric and they are by design, not very heat friendly. The energy source is a thermocouple which works off the difference in the heat on the bottom of the unit and the cooler air in the room. The difference makes the juice that powers the motor. I wish there was a all around better way to accomplish this then an electric motor but in that size and price it's quite cutting edge none the less. We'll see about longevity as their warranty is 1 year and they'll replace it as long as you don't send one to them that's fryed from overheating. Gets the hot air away from the wall in a noiseless fashion. DO NOT put directly in front of the flue as that will fry it and it's in the manual. Off to the side is great. I pointed mine at the flue so cool air was getting pulled into the fan and blown off the sides as my flue go out the top. If you use wood get the thermometer amazon offers in the package. I've had one of those for 15 years and all you do is drill the proper size hole through the flue 2' above the top of the stove where it comes out. It slides in and a magnet holds it in there. That way you can monitor flue temps. Remember, this does not mean the surface is that hot but if you maxing out near a 1000f for any length of time you'll probably have issues. I run around 650-700f so that's probably 550 on the top as I have a large stove with thick walls. There manual talks about oven temps but flue temps prevent roof fires and you extrapolate the top temps by duration. RE: Reviews stating would not start by itself. Mu flue temps rise fast as I like to get in the clean burn above 500f quick as it keeps the smoke down. Nobody likes a neighbor with a slow burning smoldering mess as that's how you end up with ashes on your car and a lot of creosote buildup. When the top of the stove was to hot to touch it started up. They say 150f and I think that's about right so wait an hour until the stove exterior is toasty and if it fails it's a legit complaint.

I have 3 Ecofans and 1 smaller "VODA 4-Blade Heat Powered Stove Fan" (from Amazon) on top of my wood stove. ALL ARE QUIET. BIG wood stove. Its difficult to accurately tell which one blows more heat because they sit in different locations, they all have different size fan blades and 1 of the Ecofans i rebuilt. I used a 1/4" piece of shredded paper 10" long and held it in front of each of the 4 fans at the same time when the stove was really hot and I really think that the VODA blew the paper strip with more power. If i were on a budget I would get the Voda. If I were a billionaire I would buy BOTH the VODA and the Ecofan Airmax and set them side by side and ask friends to come over and tell me what they thought. I hope this helps. This is an update, 12/7/2023 My 3 Ecofans are still spinning good. The small $25.00 4-bladed Voda fan died in less than 2 years. THIS fan, the 812 model, I bough on 12/11/22. It pushes more air than the smaller Ecofan with an 8" blade and the 3 bladed "Air plus" model. I just today did a test with all 3 of my Ecofans. I placed them on top in the front of the stove just for this 15 minute test then I moved them to the back and side corners where they belong so they draw in cooler air. The smallest model 810 Ecofan started spinning first. The stove got up to about 500 degres and then i held a new Kleenex in front of each to see which one would lift the Kleenex and this 812 won! It held the Kleenex almost straight out like a window shade with my fingers holding both top corners. I gave the other 2 fans the same exact test and they would hardly move the Kleenex. My wood stove is a big 28"X24" Grizzly, heavy like a 55 gallon drum full of fuel oil. It eats a lot of wood so I want that heat so spread around the house as much as possible. I will buy another 812 model soon for a spare, just encase our (close by) Canadian neighbors decide to retire. I love their fans, i don't care that they cost more. I hope that this will help someone with their wood stove fan decision.

I’ve had it for about 4 months. I understand that it’s probably been designed for other applications, to stand on top of the stove but I’ve managed to work with my insert . I really like how it looks and most importantly how it operates . It seems like it’s not pushing any air but it does . I look it and reminds me like I’m in Canada again .

This wood stove fan is a game changer for anyone who uses it. It’s allowed for the house to be warmed up as a whole quicker and longer. It’s worth the investment.

Received this fan and wanted to try it out... There was no external evidence from the packaging of damage, but since it's July and 100 degrees out, no way was I going to build a fire in our wood burning stove to test it. So I set it on our glass cook top and turned on the heating element under it... It made 1/2 revolution and stopped with a "clunk"... the blade was bent so that it struck the lower portion of the housing. Fortunately I was able to straighten it out carefully using my hands and a clamp to avoid putting any bending moment on the little shaft of the motor and it began working properly. It moves quite a bit of air. Can't wait for cooler weather so we can try out this fan as well as our new wood burning stove!!