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Heaters Buying Guide

Our buying guide will explain which type of heater would suit you most, how much you can expect to pay for one, and which features are worth looking out for.

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36 reviews
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  • Build Quality
    2.6 (5)
  • Value for Money
    2.2 (5)
  • Room Type
  • Noise Level
    2.2 (5)
  • Heating Speed1/5 - 5/5 (5)
  • Temperature Consistency
    2.8 (5)
  • Safety
    4.5 (4)
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Jas

JasNsw, 2705

  • 5 reviews

Great for winter

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I moved into my new place a week ago I love it I've had no dramas or problems with this heater it's amazing especially now that it's winter I recommend to everyone to get one and write this review on how much you love this product. So off you go jump down to one of your closest shops and buy one of these beauty's.

Date PurchasedJul 2017
Elizabeth

ElizabethAdelaide

  • 9 reviews

Stylish Design

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The first thing that caught my eyes when shopping for a heater is the unique design of Saxon blackwood. Apart from making my home warm, it brightens my living room. From far it is like a fireplace in the olden days. The most important factor is my electricity bill is okay.



Date PurchasedFeb 2017

Just what the doctor ordered!

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I purchased this product 17 years ago and still working like a treat. Did smell slightly when running in-but if you do as per instructions and only burn a small first off then all good. This heat was so strong the whole house would warm up. And as Saxon use thicker steel they last a long time. As already said I have had ours for over 17 years. Still the same appearance design today.

Date PurchasedJan 2000
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Saxon blackwood 2014 model sxbw14k

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Date PurchasedJun 2017

Do not buy Saxon

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DO NOT BUY A SAXON!!! Every winter we have the same problem with our heater where the fan inside melts and makes a loud horrible noise when switched on then it takes 6 months to get it fixed and then it's summer! Saxon please contact me to organise ANOTHER warranty job!

Date PurchasedApr 2015

We can't afford to use the central heating

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I woud highly recommend it. We use it to dry our washing inside in winter. It heats the entire house and we can't live without it. It is simple to use runs all day and night. Our house sometimes is too warm at around 24 degrees Celsius. My wife loves it.

Date PurchasedJul 2014

It's a great heater

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We bought our Saxon about six years ago for a new house. It's a large open plan house with four bedrooms and two living areas. We source our firewood from our own acreage so we know it is good quality and the Blackwood does a great job heating the entire house. I think that most people who have problems are just using poor quality wood.

ECJ24

ECJ24Derwent Valley

  • 23 reviews
  • 12 likes

Wouldn't have anything else

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Trav

TravCessnock

Great fire place

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First put the fire place in 2 years ago found it to generate ample heat for the house around 260 squares when going all day and night heats the floor tiles as well as the whole house. Great buy And well worth the money would and have recommended to others...

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Mark

MarkLaunceston

  • 2 reviews
  • 1 like

Great wood heater

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Came with our house we bought 14 years ago, this is the Tasmanian made heater, the only repair to date was replacing the air tubes with air bolts and a new baffle plate. The fire box is still in good condition,[will burn up to 11 hours with good wood.[ not bad for a 20 year old heater.]

blue

blueBrisbane, Queensland

  • 5 reviews
  • 6 likes

Revised review

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I may have been expecting too much from the burner given the size of our house and 2 stories.

It does an OK job of heating the house if it is going all day. I do burn a lot of wood though and its not cheap.

Really need to put the fan on 2 or 3 to get the air flowing. I would have to see another same size heater in action to give a true review.

mick d

mick dadelaide

  • 2 reviews

Great heater easy to use

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This works great but does require extra draw eg extra length of flue or my case couldn't reach up any higher to fit an extra length of flue so fitted a rocket cowl or also referred to as a turbo cowl now hardly any smoke exits when opening door and wood burns alot more efficiently.
simple to operate once set up properly
not big enough ash space and window needs cleaning regularly

Smurf

Smurf

  • 7 reviews

Works as expected.

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Tony Scolyer

Tony ScolyerMetropolitan Adelaide, SA

  • 2 reviews

Excellent heater

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not pleased with ours

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we have had ours for 2 years and the top baffle is burnt out and the glass went smoky within 2 weeks and we cannot control how it burns it is either flat out or not burning at all. we dont like it at all we loved the heat charm which we had previously for 20 years.

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Dennis04

Dennis04DANDENONG

Money worth spent

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I must state that i have had this heater for 12 years now and only the other day took notice that i have not spent a cent on it since i purchased it. The heater is amazing it heats my 27sqm house no problem. The seal around the door is still perfect, that fan still works the only thing is the baffle plate has slightly warp from the probably me filling it up with too much wood but does not effect the performance of the heater.
heats my whole house and have not spent anything over the 12 years other then $40.00 for brushes to clean the flue.

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Mel.W
Mel.W

So your fire heater is a saxon Blackwood? Is it like the new ones and doesn't have fire bricks? I am concerned without the bricks, the steel will burn out faster then those with

Smurf
Smurf

No fire bricks in mine. 18 years old and still going strong. Mine was made at the old factory in Tasmania however but they are now made elsewhere and possibly not to the same standard?

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Questions & Answers

Peter

Peterasked

Does anyone know how to slow the burn when the fire is choked back it still eats the wood. Alter the vent maybe?

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Glenn
Glenn

Unfortunately you can’t, it’s just the crap design of a lemon of a heater.

Darren S.

Darren S.asked

Hi my saxon combuston fire place is getting hoy at the back and side making my walls heat up is this normal

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Helen N.

Helen N.asked

Hi we have just purchased. Saxon Blackwood heater and are deeply disappointed with the fan function. Supposed To only take 20 mins to cut in .well the fire has been going for well over an hour and is burning Quite well but till the fan hasn’t cut in really annoyed any suggestions

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Glenn
Glenn

The fan turning on & off is controlled by the position of the air-vent as well as the heat of the heat box along with the door. Every time you open the door the fan turns off and restarts the timer. As does the position of the air-vent. I disconnected the fan timer and the heater works better, but is still very ordinary.
Its one of the worst ever purchases I have made.

Helen N.
Helen N.

It’s not even come on at all. How do u disconnect the timer? It’s putting out some heat even with out the fan but I still want to be able to use it

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