[ghoti]

5 or 6 years ago I bought a Jamestown. They've since gone out of business. I bought it mostly because I have a small place and didn't need a large stove, either BTU-wise or size-wise. They had a small stove that fit the bill. Some things I've learned:

- Listen closely to the sound of the fan and the auger. Mine is noisy. Wish I'd paid more attention. After a while it blends into background noise and you're not so conscious of it, but could do without.
- All pellets are not created equal. I've used Energex and New England Pellets. Much prefer Energex. The bags last longer and for some reason, New England wouldn't feed thru the auger as easily, at times causing the fire to go out for lack of pellets. Never happens with Energex. Of course, you're choice may be limited to what's available in your area.
- If I had it to do over, I'd get a stove that has an autostart feature. There are times in the fall and spring where you need the stove to take the chill off, but you really don't need to run it very hot. Since the stove has to keep feeding pellets or the fire will go out, there are days that I just can't regulate it well, i.e. at the minimum level to keep the fire going, it's still too hot in the house. With an autostart feature, it doesn't matter. The stove can turn off when it needs to and then turn back on again when it needs to without you being involved to start the fire again. Quadrafire is a brand that comes to mind that has this.
- Get one with a thermostat. Probably available on all stoves, but optional on some.

Good luck.