Austroflamm Rika Visio Pellet Stove
Designed for the modern man who lives in a house of contemporary styling, the Austroflamm Rika Visio Pellet Stove presents a casing with simple yet elegant lines enclosing a heating mechanism that delivers more heat for less fuel.
The stove is a rectangular cuboid with its long side set upright. It stands a little over 40 inches, with a width of 21 and an approximate depth of 23 inches. The front panel is dissected by a stripe that runs from top to bottom. It is, however, interrupted by the glass window that provides a clear view of the flickering flame. While the main body is made of metal, the stripe is ceramic. The front panel and the front sections of the sides can have either metallic or aluminum finish, while the remaining sections of the sides are limited to metallic.
As for the stripe, you have plenty of choices that you can combine with either the metallic or aluminum finish of the stove. You can have any of the following finishes: aubergine, brown, champagne, crème, dark anthracite, grey, licorice, mango, plum, pineapple, red, terracotta, or white.
The Visio has a heat output that ranges from 11,000 to 35,600 BTUs, which means it is capable of heating a room of 2,000 square feet, even if its insulation is only average. With a hopper capacity of over 70 pounds, the stove can keep on burning and heating for 47 hours. It can even burn standard pellets, although premium types are preferred.
Heated air from the pellet stove is moved into the room by a built-in convection blower. This has a capacity of 100 CFM which results in a quick heating of your room. Heating efficiency is rated at 75%. A seven-day programmable thermostat is built into the stove to help you control temperature settings without the need to continually fiddle with the dials.
Other features include an air-sensor technology, self-cleaning burn pot, and safety auger shutoff.