Katydid™ Wood Stove Reviews

We just love our Katydid wood stove! It heats our home so efficiently. So easy to use, easy to keep clean and best of all keeps our home so cozy warm.

We have been very happy with our Katydid stove purchased in 2020. We built a very energy efficient 1000sq/ft passive solar “shouse” in 2020 and chose the katydid because of its high efficiency, very low emissions, and small size, given the low btu needs of our space. It radiates a lot of heat and the tiny logs last a long time, we only needed around 1 cord for each of the last couple mild southern Iowa winters with this being the only primary heat source besides the southern windows on the house. It also holds coals pretty well, generally we could wake up to a warm stove easy to re- stoke, leaving some ash to insulate the coals helps. When cutting and splitting just 1 cord of wood for the winter, it is not a chore at all, it’s a joy at that volume. The glass door is great for sitting and flame watching.  It has been a positive ownership experience! Thanks Roger and Vanessa!

~ Greg & Sarah B. in Iowa

I’m so glad I bought a Katydid woodstove. From the very beginning, customer service was readily available for helpful advice on how much chimney I needed to buy, how to install, how to build a fire, etc. They helped every step of the way. It has been a learning curve for me to learn how to build a fire in the Katydid (which is a little different from the old woodstove). I bought my Katydid last year and I just completed some maintenance tasks this year (cleaning chimney, replacing the door gasket, etc).

Customer service has proven just as important and valuable to me as the woodstove itself. I am able to get the most out of this Katydid woodstove because I’m able to get questions answered and receive helpful advise. Vanessa and Roger continue to be awesome and very helpful every step of the way. I love my Katydid woodstove and I hope someday to get to meet the wonderfully helpful Vanessa and Roger. Note: I am currently enjoying bacon, potatoes, and egg that I cooked on my Katydid.

~ Paula S., Washington

We have been building a tiny house and have been absorbing all the information we can about sustainable living and living off-grid. So, you could say, we’re in the process.

For now we live in a modestly sized home (about 1200-1500 sq. ft.) and have been interested in getting a wood stove to provide some additional heat.

In our tiny house research we came across the Kimberly stove and noticed that she had a bigger sister that would fill the need for our home – a lot of heat from a little box.

Well, we were planning to wait a little while to buy, but after talking to Vanessa, we were hooked. The idea that we could install it ourselves with a little help from Roger and Vanessa was very exciting.

Unfortunately (tee hee), when the stove arrived, it was clear that this piece of engineering was more than just that it was art. What this meant was that we were no longer satisfied with where we decided to place it initially. It took us a little longer to get in place, but only because we wanted to give it a setting to match its magnificence…

Since installation, we have had the Katydid running nonstop. The temperature has been consistently well below freezing and primarily between 10 above and 10 below zero. Typically in those situations, our normal furnace cannot keep up and is constantly trying. Not only has this been changed by having our Katydid, but sometimes the furnace has been able to stand down since the Katydid was doing all the heavy lifting. We have had several instances of being almost too warm!

The stove is absolutely perfect. It is gorgeous and well-made. We love it and we love Roger and Vanessa also as they were always available and consistently responsive.

~ Jeff A. in Pennsylvania

The ambiance that the Katydid Wood Stove provides keeps me very happy all Winter long. It’s truly another dimension.  When I first light it up in the cool Fall, something akin to the sacred happens.  A silence falls as the embers blaze heralding a season of peace. This experience is so much valued that we put in many long hours making firewood so it can be enjoyed year after year. The Katydid is to Winter like flowers are to Summer each bringing their own precious joys. It creates a lot of warmth. Sometimes you even have to open the windows. Last Winter when it got to 8 degrees for 3 days, the 1st day I used both my fireplace & the Katydid. The fireplace was a horrible log hog. So the next day only the Katydid was used. AND, guess what. The Katydid alone kept the home much warmer than using both the fireplace and the Katydid because the fireplace not only being a log hog let all the heat go up the chimney. Plus the customer service can’t be beat. You will enjoy this purchase.  

~ From Paula H. in North Carolina