My previous stove was a Jotul with catalytic converter. It was a pain in the ass. I replaced it last year and when I did my brother and I ran stove pipe up the oversized flu. Life is so much easier. Plus my granddaughters like to help me haul the wood in from my woods to the shed. Hearty little 7 and 5 year olds. :-}
Well, I wish I could say that particular stove was mine, but I can't. Had one very similiar to it for years, though. Round Oak. Heated a drafty old farm house like a dream. In fact, if I wanted to, I could run you out of there on the coldest Midwestern January night. ;-) Fill that baby chockfull of red elm or oak, and she'd glow red! :-)