Full independent review of the Chilli Penguin, 5KW m/f range
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- Опубліковано 15 жов 2024
- This is a full independent review of the Chilli Penguin, 5KW, m/f range, including the:
Short Penguin
Chubby Penguin
Fat Penguin
Fat Tall Order Penguin
Hungry Penguin
Hungry Tall Order Penguin
High and Mighty Penguin
High and Might Tall Order Penguin
, we test the stoves real world performance in:
Clean glass
Fuel economy
Ease of lighting
And controlling
I also give my views and a bit of background information. The videos are designed to be quick with only the "must know" information, they are independent and I'm not paid to make them.
If you would like any further information please feel free to drop me a comment or you check out the manufacturers page here:
chillipenguin....
I also produce a short video that shows how to remove all the innards of the stove and put them back, check it out at the end of the video or you can see the link here: - Розваги
Wow! Very impressive! I've never heard of them before. Brilliant idea for an off grid cabin for cooking & heating!
Yea I’m hoping to review another stove with an oven soon. They’re a great fun thing to have.
Like the pasty. I’ve wondered if I could keep a coffee pot warm on my clearview stove. When winter comes I must remember to try. Thanks
Clearview don’t have convection tops, so as long as you don’t have a canopy on the top you should be able to, cook and boil too!
Hi. Loved the review. Can you tell me what a 'DEFRA kit' is please?
DEFRA approval is required if your stove is fitted in a smokeless zone (often city centres). Annoyingly they are often as simple as a block in the control, to stop you from properly closing a stove down. This makes the stove run hot and clean, which is good from a particulates and emissions point of view. But on the other hand it’s very bad from an environmental point of view as the stoves will tend to use more fuel and run quite fast. This means that stove use becomes quite stop start (which just like a car in traffic, is less efficient) and also mainly suited to just evening use, which again is less functional and more back up and focal point.
Lots of stoves because of the very real disadvantages to DEFRA kits, will enable you to remove it, which I would recommend (if you can).
@@TheTortoise Brilliant, that was very clear and informative. Thank you so much!
I absolutely love your enthusiasm 😊
Thanks a lot, strange passion I know, but it takes all sorts 😆
Not at all! You’re speaking to a fellow enthusiast & pyromaniac 🔥 can’t wait for spring to get outside and fire up our chiminea 🔥🔥🔥 my husband dreads the milder nights as he fears for his eyebrows 😳🙈😂
Stunning couple, brilliant channel, content is fantastic, production values amazing. Gabriel wish you were on TV. Love the honesty. Great news. I am struggling between a Chillie Penguin High and Mighty Tall order or a Dean Forge Dartmoor Baker Plus W 5 Eco Cook Stove. It’s more about focal point and a bit of fun as well as back up. Would you be interested in Exclusive Hot Air Balloon instruction flight in return for picking your brains about a stove choice in general?😊 Best regards JD
Thanks a lot. What will you be burning, and given your more intermittent use will the cooking side of things be very occasional or are you hoping to use the cooking function each time?
Let me know if you’ve got any questions.
@@TheTortoise Just occasional to be fair. Was just thinking this will be a nice to have focal point. Mainly burning wood is my intention. I have a Hobbit still in its box waiting for an out building but I am a frustrated wood stove wannabe. Hence love watching your channel. Regards JD
The Chilli is definitely the nicer finished so probably the best given your use and intention. I like the function and toughness of the Dean more, but in your case that doesn’t seem to be an important requirement in your case.
Hi, I bought the Fat Penguin as I wanted a stove and fire in case of power cuts and to lower gas use. Despite following instructions with lighting, controls, dried kiln logs etc, it regularly emits smoke from all over and I have to open all the windows & doors! There doesn't appear to be a reoccurring factor in when it will happen or when I'll get a good fire going. Thus defeating object of having it. Any advice very please? Could it be in the installation?
I’m going to release a short answering this question. But firstly I’ll say I obviously don’t know your installation, but assuming all has been done sensibly (which I would very much expect so as the installation being to blame is exceedingly rare) I expect this to be:
How cold it is outside and how new you are to using the stove. This time of year will even trip me up. Once it goes wrong I adapt my technique and I can overcome the issue, but you are learning at the most difficult time. Whilst you’re learning I would suggest:
Light a firelighter leave it alone in the stove.
Then put significantly more fuel in the stove, and lots of kindling, then light another firelighter in the kindling at the top of the fire.
Then leave the stove with the door ajar for 10-20 minutes. Once the stove is hot enough that the firebricks have begun to clean off the soot on them, then I would shut the door. This method should mean no smoke comes into the room, and once you’re confident with it I would then start experimenting with being a bit lazier with it.
Let me know how you get on.
Thanks so much for response@@TheTortoise The installer has now come out and has suggested fitting a twin wall flue to see if the draw can be increased, plus adding an additional metre on the length (they are not charging for labour). They could immediately smell the smoke in the room and see I was using correct wood etc. I have tried the above but not left the door open as long as 20 minutes; however, at present I can't even do that without smoke entering the room. FYI I started using the stove mid October after I had done initial burn. In the instructions it says remove the top brick/plate monthly to clear soot. This is extremely difficult to do on own, so after I had help to do so I had a wonderful fire for 2 days and on the 3rd day it smoked again...My installer had never heard of that and didn't think people should be doing it as its all a balancing act...I will update when flue amended.
Glad the installer has discovered something, but the variability in the issue does suggest either wind or temperature is a contributing factor.
Let us know.
When lighting are you using firelighters or just really bone dry wood.
I tend to run through exactly what I’m doing. It’s always very dry wood, and normally kindling and a firelighter. But I have been known to run out of kindling and use 2 firelighters 😆
had the chilli penguin 78 shorty delivered last week after waiting 3 months , basically a bigger version of this one , weighs a ton looks very well made but cant try it yet as still waiting for the fitter to come , i wanted one with a bigger oven to cook with to try and save money on these clean off energy bills
Sounds good, let me know how you get on.
@@TheTortoise well first burn this morning and now all run in i am sitting by it as we speak even though its not that cold outside lol love it very controllable as you said turns down from flat out in a instant , oven up to 2oo c easy and holds there on medium , hot plate doesnt get red hot but good enough to fry and boil a kettle , been doing tree work and firewood for 35 years and only now did i get a log burner what was i thinking lol this chilli penguin 78 is well made and works very well should have got one 30 years ago
@@guiliobarresi1808 glad to hear it, thanks for the comment.
HI great video's have you got plans to do a review , of a Woodwarm stove would be interested ,. thanks
I definitely do. Woodwarm is a very old school male and I get the sense that the moment you talk about UA-cam, you might as well be talking about witch craft and they want nothing to do with you 😆. They’re also very busy and have no stock at all. I will get there, but it’ll take at least a few months.
How much is it , and what's the full installation costs. There's a conventional gas fire that has to be removed and maybe the chimney area has to be made stove ready.thanks
I don’t supply, install or do building work so this is definitely a question for your local shop.
I will be buying my first stove sometime in the next month or so which oven stove would you recommend in getting...
It depends what power you’re after and how you want to use it.
What will you burn?
How much will it be used?
Is it freestanding or in a fireplace?
What do you want to cook in it?
What power is needed?
I will be burning wood.. it will be used every day for around 10-12hrs a day... i wabt to cut down on using my gas cooking so will be cooking all meals on it, it will be in a fireplace i would be using the hood for winter stews and then use the oven for baked potatos and that sort of stuff... i am looking at this stove for all round use
@@TheMjhargadon that sounds great, it’s obviously going to be pretty serious use then.
Given that you’re after an oven it doesn’t give you too many options. You will find some posh cylindrical stoves with ovens, but these would be a mistake because this type of cooking use is definitely going to lead to the occasional spill etc, so a more traditional stove will suit this weathered in look.
The Dean Forge will be one of the best as it is focused on purely wood. This Penguin was also excellent, the oven looks more professional and smart, but I do think that the Dean’s oven particularly the door will age better. On balance in your case I would have the Dean, despite their current timescale of probably February now 😬.
are you going to test the top plate and oven ?
I’ve gotta admit, I’m no cook. But they worked well. It’s a real skill to get things to the right temperature so will take plenty of trial and error, but easily gets hot enough to cook pretty much anything inside.
Higher efficiency due to larger surface area to radiate heat I should think.
Could be. I think the extra metal above also stops too much heat loss upwards which improves the re-burning higher up in the firebox.
Higher efficiency due to the ability to cook on it ? Higher household energy efficiency due to not having to use the kitchen cooker perhaps. They’ll use every line of logic to get their numbers in guessing
Apparently it’s due to the fact that all the extra metal above the fire, causes it to re-burn the flue gases more thoroughly. This is because rather than heat being immediately lost through the top of the fire, it is effectively insulated by the oven (higher temperatures = more thorough burn).
I did think the difference in efficiency was surprising though.