Wood stoves
Prity K1 or Victoria Taro F?
These are the two best-documented listings on this shelf, and they are documented differently. The Prity publishes what an installer orders against — a Ø 130 mm top spigot, a 12 Pa draught, a weight — while the Victoria publishes what a chimney sweep reads: mass flow, flue gas temperature and four emission ceilings, on an appliance that also bakes. Neither wins on output: 9 kW against 9.51 kW is a sizing difference, and on a stove the larger figure is not the better one.
| Compared on | K1 Wood Stove, 9 kW | Taro F With Oven and Hotplate |
|---|---|---|
| Nominal output | 9 kW | 9.51 kW |
| Efficiency | 77.8 % | 78.02 % |
| Required draught | 12 Pa at nominal output | 12 Pa |
| Flue spigot diameter | Ø 130 mm, top outlet | The maker does not state it. |
| Flue gas temperature | 325.6 °C | 250 °C, at a mass flow of 10.5 g/s |
| Emissions | CO 0.0535 % referred to 13 % O₂; particulates 26.11 mg/Nm³ | < 1250 mg/m³ · < 40 mg/Nm³ · < 200 mg/Nm³ · < 120 mg/Nm³ |
| Standard named | The maker does not state it. | Stage 2 of the German ordinance, as stated by the maker |
| Energy label | A | The maker does not state it. |
| Construction | Flat grate | Double-walled, ceramic cladding, black heat-resistant finish · Separate primary and secondary air; air wash stated · Removable ash box with a separate ash compartment |
| Dimensions | 450 × 380 × 760 mm | Baking compartment 364 × 340 × 240 mm; the appliance’s own dimensions are not published |
| Weight | approx. 61 kg | The maker does not state it. |
A tick means one listing published something the other did not, or published a better figure. It does not mean the product is better, and the column is not a score out of anything: a maker who says less loses lines here without losing a comparison. The two verdicts below are where the page is settled.
Buy the Prity if the chimney is going to be calculated before anything is ordered. It is one of only two stoves on this shelf to publish the draught it needs, and the only one of the pair to give the spigot diameter every pipe, elbow and wall sleeve is bought against. The two costs are on the page: 325.6 °C is the highest flue gas temperature in the family, and the grate is flat, so ash is lifted out by hand rather than riddled through.
Buy the Victoria if the appliance has to cook as well as heat, or if the paperwork has to be complete. It publishes the whole flue gas triple — 10.5 g/s at 250 °C on 12 Pa — four emission ceilings and the German emission stage, alongside a measured baking compartment and a hotplate. What it never gives is its own size, its weight or its spigot diameter, which is exactly the set the other one publishes.
No — it is half a kilowatt more, and on a stove that is a sizing difference rather than a score. An appliance larger than the room needs gets run throttled, and throttled is the condition in which glass blackens and a flue tars. Both of these sit in the same class, and the row is scored as a draw for that reason.
Because it decides what reaches the room and what goes up the chimney, and because a flue is sized against it. The Victoria publishes 250 °C with a mass flow of 10.5 g/s, which is the pair of figures a sweep uses; the Prity publishes 325.6 °C, the highest in this family, with no mass flow beside it.
The Prity. It states a Ø 130 mm top outlet, and every connecting article on this site is ordered against that number. The Victoria does not publish a spigot diameter at all, so the figure has to come from the plate on the appliance or from the instructions before any pipe is bought.
9 kW, 77.8 %, Ø 130 mm top, 12 Pa
The most completely documented listing in this family: output, efficiency, flue diameter, required draught, flue gas temperature and emissions, all published.
Best for: A buyer who intends to have the flue calculation done properly and needs the appliance’s inputs
9.51 kW, 78.02 %, 10.5 g/s · 250 °C · 12 Pa
The most complete emission set in this family — five figures plus the flue gas triple — on a stove with a baking compartment and a hotplate.
Best for: A kitchen or living room where the oven earns its place and the flue figures need to be complete
The price beside each product is fetched as this page opens, and it is the only figure here that is current. Any amount written into the prose was read once, on the day that sentence was written, and nothing has refreshed it since.
