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93 products compared, ordered by what they are for rather than by who made them or what they cost.
7 kW, 76 %, firebox 390 × 378 × 267 mm, Ø 150 mm
Seven lines including a firebox measured in three dimensions and a log store below — and two area figures whose units do not agree with each other.
Best for: A room where the log store below is worth having and the firebox dimension decides the wood order
312 °C, 4.8 g/s, ≤ 40 mg/m³, steel, black
Three published figures, all of them flue gas figures: temperature, mass flow and particulates. No output, no efficiency, no dimensions.
Best for: A buyer who will get the full data sheet from the maker and wants the flue figures confirmed first
5.2 kW, glass door, anthracite
Three published lines — a glass door, an output and a colour. The least documented listing in this family, and the one that costs least.
Best for: A small room where the buyer already knows the flue and is not relying on the listing for it
12.1 kW, oven 345 × 370 × 190 mm, Ø 130 mm, 3.9 kg/h
Ten published lines including a fuel moisture limit, an hourly wood consumption and an oven cavity — the only listing here to publish any of the three.
Best for: A larger room where the oven is part of the point and the flue has already been assessed
5.2 kW, smallest of its series, on legs
One published sentence: the smallest model in its series, fitted with legs. The output is in the title and nothing else is stated anywhere.
Best for: A small space where the flue is already established and the figures will come from the plate
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
7 kW, natural stone, oval, up to 148 m³ as stated
An oval natural-stone stove whose listing repeats its own title as its specification. The volume figure in that title is the whole of what is published.
Best for: A room where the oval footprint solves a placement problem and the figures will come from the maker directly
7 kW, soapstone, self-closing door, multiple connection approved
The only appliance here approved for multiple connection and for coal, with an automatic air regulation for continuous burning and optional storage stones.
Best for: An installation where a shared flue is already the situation and the maker’s approval is what is needed
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
19.2 kW total, 15.5 kW water, 138 °C flue gas, A++
Three figures, and they are the right three for a water-carrying appliance: total output, water-side output and flue gas temperature.
Best for: A heating circuit that needs the largest water-side output on this shelf and will take the rest from the maker
Water-carrying, majolica clad, A+
A water-carrying pellet appliance in bordeaux majolica whose listing publishes its own title, a product type and a brand — and nothing further.
Best for: A heating circuit where the model is already specified and the figures will come from the maker’s own documentation
11 kW, A+, EN 14785 named, auto cleaning cycle
The only appliance in this family to name its test standard, and the only one whose coverage claim says out loud that it depends on the building.
Best for: A buyer who wants the standard named and the cleaning mechanisms described before committing
460 × 520 × 980 mm, white, no output published
Sold under the Italian word for a range rather than a stove, with external dimensions and nothing else — no output, no efficiency, no connection.
Best for: A buyer working to a tight footprint who will take the figures from the maker rather than the listing
5 kW, on wheels, black
A 5 kW pellet appliance on wheels, and the least documented listing in this family: a model code, a colour, and the output in the title.
Best for: A small space where the appliance has to be movable and the data sheet will come from the maker
12 kW, Ø 80 mm outlet, heating only, white
Publishes the one figure this shelf is built on and most listings omit: the flue connection, at 80 mm. Heating only, with air circulation.
Best for: A room where the flue is 80 mm and the buyer needs that confirmed before ordering pipe
Fully automatic, Wi-Fi app, ceramic igniter, multiple connection
One dense feature line covering app control, a ceramic igniter and — the notable one — approval for connection to a shared flue.
Best for: An installation where a shared flue is already the situation and the maker’s statement is what is needed
9.9 / 4.3 kW, 91 %, 15 kg tank, 34 dB, Ø 80 mm
The only listing in this family to publish a noise level, a consumption, a hopper capacity, a run time and both ends of the output range.
Best for: A buyer who wants the whole data sheet in the listing and will read the two internal contradictions
18/10 kW total, 12.5 kW water, 90.8 %, 40 kg tank
A water-carrying appliance that publishes both halves of its output, its efficiency, its hopper and its run time — and a subsidy claim with its own disclaimer.
Best for: A heating circuit that needs a stated water-side output and a hopper big enough to be left alone
8 kW, cast iron, corner, Ø 150 mm, glass to 600 °C
A cast iron corner firebox with a two-sided panoramic pane, an air wash system and a Ø 150 mm outlet — and no efficiency figure anywhere.
Best for: A corner opening where the two-sided pane is the point and the surround will be built to the appliance
10 kW, 85.5 %, 213 kg, Ø 160 mm, brown coal briquettes
A 213 kg cast iron insert for a masonry stove, at 85.5 % efficiency — whose maker states plainly that it may not be connected straight to a chimney.
Best for: An existing masonry stove whose chamber and rear heating surface are already built to take an insert
10.1 kW, 77.1 % efficiency, 130 mm top flue, 340 mm logs, 71 kg, EN 12815
The most powerful cooker on this shelf at 10.1 kW, with nine published lines including the firebox, the oven and the door opening.
Best for: A larger room or a poorly insulated one, where the extra kilowatts are the point
7.7 kW, 82.63 %, cast iron firebox, 40 cm logs crosswise, type 1, self-closing door
The only appliance on this shelf that publishes its clearances, its emissions in full, and the fact that it may share a chimney.
Best for: An installation where the chimney already carries something else, or where the clearances have to be proved on paper
7.7 kW, 82.2 % efficiency, 830 × 500 × 860 mm, 95 kg, CO 0.0885 % at nominal
Ten published lines at 7.7 kW and 82.2 % — with a model name that appears twice on this shelf under two different brands.
Best for: A room of around 100 to 120 cubic metres, where the maker has at least published a range
8 kW, 83.7 %, cast iron, 50 cm logs crosswise, 13 Pa draught needed, 125 kg, type 2
A hundred and twenty-five kilograms of cast iron taking fifty-centimetre logs crosswise — and the only appliance here to publish the draught it needs.
Best for: A dedicated flue with a good draught, and a household that would rather buy 50 cm firewood than 25
9 kW, chimney connection, energy class A, white
A 9 kW cooker in white, sold on five lines — the first of which says heating only, while the title sells an oven.
Best for: A white kitchen, by a buyer who will get the missing specification from the manufacturer first
7.7 kW, 82.2 % efficiency, primary/secondary/tertiary air, BImSchV stage 2, Ecodesign 2022
The stainless-fronted version of a 7.7 kW cooker, with a three-stage air system and both emission schemes named.
Best for: A kitchen where the appliance is on show, and where both emission stages have to be satisfied
5 kW, 79.3 % efficiency, flue 120 mm top / rear / left side, 85 × 70 × 60 cm, enamel
The smallest output on this shelf, in enamel, with the flue connectable at the top, the rear or the left side.
Best for: A kitchen with an awkward flue position, where a side or rear connection solves the layout
12 blades, two motors, starts ~60 °C, lifts at 345 °C, under 25 dB
Twelve blades on two motors, the most of anything on this shelf, with a stated 25 dB ceiling and a 345 °C lift point — and no airflow figure.
Best for: A larger room where the extra blade area is the point and the stove top has space for a wider fan
6 blades, 60–250 °C, under 25 dB, 5.5 × 10.5 × 21.5 cm
Publishes a start temperature, an operating range, a noise ceiling and its own dimensions — which on this shelf is a complete set at the lowest price.
Best for: A stove with a flat top whose surface runs moderately rather than very hot
Starts at 55 °C, protection at 300 °C, thermometer and glove included
Arrives with a stove thermometer and a glove, starts at 55 °C, and protects at 300 °C — a bundle rather than a bare fan.
Best for: A first stove fan where the thermometer and the glove would otherwise be two more orders
8 blades, two motors, under 25 dB, thermometer included
Eight blades on two motors with a stated 25 dB ceiling, a thermometer included, and two percentage claims neither of which names a test.
Best for: A stove top with room for a wide fan, where the included thermometer saves a separate order
Pipe-mounted, 85–350 °C, ring for Ø 12–15.5 cm, thermometer included
Mounts on the flue pipe by magnet rather than standing on the stove, with an iron ring sized for 12 to 15.5 cm pipe and a stated mounting height.
Best for: A stove with a cold, stone or curved top where a free-standing fan would never start
6 blades, starts at 50 °C, stops above 350 °C
Starts at 50 °C — the lowest in this family — and states a minimum standing distance from the stove that the others leave out.
Best for: A stove that is run gently and would leave a higher-starting fan stationary
6 aerodynamic blades, under 25 dB, auto-lift protection, thermometer
Names soapstone appliances among what it suits, includes a magnetic thermometer, and states where to stand it so the fins can breathe.
Best for: A stove run at a moderate setting where the placement instruction is followed rather than guessed at
199 mm high, starts at 50 °C, 80–250 °C, max 340 °C, 350 ft/min
One of two fans on this shelf to publish an airflow, and the only one to publish its own height — 199 mm, for stoves with little clearance above.
Best for: A stove with a low mantel or shelf above it, where height is the constraint before anything else
Pipe-mounted, 4 blades, up to 230 CFM, max 350 °C, spare ring
A pipe-mounted fan publishing 230 CFM and a modified deflector plate, aimed squarely at stoves whose tops never get hot enough.
Best for: A soapstone or heavy-clad stove whose top stays cool, where a free-standing fan would sit still all evening
8 t, 400 V with phase inverter, folding tables, log claws
Folds down for storage — a lowering cylinder and folding tables — with side claws that hold the log while the wedge enters it.
Best for: A garage where the machine has to disappear between sessions and three-phase is available
8 t, 230 V, 2200 W, up to 52 cm × Ø 7–30 cm, rapid traverse
A two-speed horizontal machine on domestic current, with a rapid-traverse gear and an adjustable return stop that removes wasted travel.
Best for: A domestic woodpile of mixed lengths where the return stop and the fast gear save the most time
8 t, 3000 W, 21 MPa, up to 2850 rpm, Ø 195 mm wheels
Publishes a working pressure and a wheel diameter, and can be bolted to the floor — which is what turns a splitter into a fixed workstation.
Best for: A fixed splitting station in a workshop, where bolting it down and the side tables set the pace
8 t, 400 V, 3 kW, 25–50 cm × Ø 5–35 cm, 109 kg, 87 dB
The most completely specified machine on this shelf: speeds, pressures, table size, oil quantity, sound power level and weight, all published.
Best for: A workshop or yard with three-phase power and a regular quantity of 50 cm wood
7 t, DuoCut blade, ram stop, guard to Ø 400 mm, oil pre-filled
A blade that splits from both ends of the log, a ram stop for short pieces, and a guard that takes 400 mm diameter rather than the usual 250.
Best for: A pile with some fat rounds in it, where the 400 mm guard clearance is the binding constraint
14 t, tractor PTO, 100 cm log, Ø 43 cm, 96 cm stroke, log lifter
The only machine here that takes a metre log: a tractor PTO splitter with a 96 cm stroke, a log lifter and a three-point linkage.
Best for: A smallholding with a tractor, buying wood by the metre and splitting a season at a time
7 t, 230 V, 2200 W, up to 52 cm × Ø 25 cm, stand included
Publishes both dimensions that decide fit — 52 cm length and 25 cm diameter — on ordinary domestic current, with the stand and oil included.
Best for: A domestic woodpile of 50 cm logs where three-phase power is not available
15 t, 7 hp petrol, horizontal and vertical, 52 cm, 10 s cycle
A petrol machine that works where there is no supply at all, switching between horizontal and vertical, with a four-way wedge and a rain cover.
Best for: Splitting where the wood is — a wood, a field or a yard with no power — and where rounds are large
12 t, manual hydraulic, two-handed, no power supply
A two-handed manual hydraulic splitter with no motor and no supply — and a listing that publishes one word beyond its own title.
Best for: A woodpile with no power nearby, where the work is occasional and the arms are the motor
Carbon steel, 56 cm lever, max 34 cm logs, 57.5 × 8 × 14.5 cm
Carbon steel with a lacquered beech handle, a 34 cm limit and a maker that states in its own listing that it does not replace an axe.
Best for: A wood store with a timber wall, where the tool will be used for kindling and nothing else
65 cm overall, 24 cm cutting face, 4 holes at 32 × 7 cm
Publishes its hole spacing as well as its length — the figure that decides whether it goes on your wall rather than whether it splits.
Best for: A shed or wood store wall where the mounting pattern has to be checked before ordering
41 cm blade, 4.1 kg, cast iron, notched, wall-mounted
A 41 cm cast iron blade at 4.1 kg, with notches that hold the wood — and a listing that claims every size and type of wood.
Best for: Turning softwood offcuts into kindling beside a wood store, where a notched blade earns its keep
6 mm cold-galvanised steel, 11 kg, up to Ø 22 cm, hammer ≥ 2 kg
The one you hit rather than pull: 6 mm cold-galvanised steel at 11 kg, taking rounds to 22 cm, with a stated minimum hammer weight.
Best for: Rounds too fat for a lever tool, split standing, by someone who already owns a heavy hammer
5 kg, cast steel, 15 cm soft grip, wall/tree/ground mounting
Mounts to a wall, a tree or the ground, comes with gloves, and names the three softwoods its maker considers it suited to.
Best for: A woodpile with no wall nearby, where mounting to a tree or standing it on the ground is the answer
4 kg, 40.5 cm blade, 15.6 cm handle, dry softwood under 36 cm
The most carefully bounded listing on this shelf: dry softwood, under 36 cm, and an explicit statement of what lies outside its intended use.
Best for: Making kindling from dry softwood offcuts, by someone who wants the tool’s limits stated before buying
9–34 cm logs, 220 mm re-sharpenable blade, 560 mm lever, 135 × 85 × 590 mm
Publishes a working range rather than a maximum, states its own footprint, and is the only blade here described as re-sharpenable.
Best for: Regular kindling making at a fixed spot, where a blade that can be sharpened is worth having
Fixed wedge, 2.97 kg, chisel 90 × 150 mm, base 130 × 100 mm
A fixed cast iron wedge you strike rather than a lever you pull, published with every dimension including the mounting hole diameter.
Best for: A stump or block where a permanent wedge is wanted and a lever frame would be in the way
Nickel-plated blade, 40 cm handle, up to 35 cm logs, softwood
A nickel-plated blade instead of paint, a 40 cm handle, and a maker that writes its own limits into the feature list twice.
Best for: Regular kindling from softwood, where a bright blade that does not need paint stripping is worth the premium
5 kW at 400 V with phase inverter, 700 mm carbide blade with 64 teeth, electronic motor brake
Five kilowatts with an electronic motor brake, rubber-tyred wheels and a transport lock — supplied with the tool to change the blade.
Best for: A yard where the saw gets moved between positions, with the blade tool already in the box
3 kW 230 V, 500 mm carbide blade, electronic motor brake, table extension and length stop
A 3 kW single-phase rocker saw delivered assembled, with a table extension and a length stop for even split lengths.
Best for: A household woodpile on a normal domestic supply, cut to a repeatable length
5.2 kW at 400 V, 700 mm carbide blade, 25 cm cut, blade brake to DIN EN 1870-6:2017, 75 cm rocker
The only saw on this shelf to name a standard for its blade brake, with a stepless length stop and a 75 cm rocker.
Best for: Cutting a winter’s wood to one exact length, on a supply that can take 5.2 kW
2.8 kW at 230 V, 505 mm carbide blade with 40 teeth, 170 mm cut depth
The one listing on this shelf that says it plainly: no three-phase supply needed — 2.8 kW at 230 V, with 170 mm of cut.
Best for: A domestic supply and wood under 170 mm across — which is most of what a household stack contains
5,000 W at 400 V 3P+N+PE, 700 mm HW blade with 64 teeth, 1,400 rpm, 92.5 kg, 96 dB
Five kilowatts on three phase, with the only published noise figure on this shelf and an IP54 motor.
Best for: A farm or a yard with three-phase power and stems too thick for a domestic saw
4,500 W at 400 V, 700 mm HW blade with 42 teeth, cut 250–1,000 mm and Ø 30–240 mm
Cut length from 250 to 1,000 mm and cut diameter from 30 to 240 mm — the only machine here to publish both as ranges.
Best for: Mixed wood of unpredictable thickness, where both ends of the capacity range matter
Ø 120/180 mm, 500 mm, 0.6 mm wall, 30–35 mm mineral wool, inner 1.4404 / outer 1.4301
Half a metre of twin-wall with 30–35 mm of mineral wool, acid-resistant 1.4404 inside and 1.4301 outside.
Best for: Extending or repairing an existing 120/180 twin-wall run whose system is already known
Inner AISI 316 / outer AISI 304, 0.6 mm, 25 mm rock wool ≥ 90 kg/m³, 500 mm overall / 452 mm useful
The only listing here to publish its useful length beside its overall length — and the only one to print what must never be done to it.
Best for: A buyer who wants to know exactly what the component is, what it is not for, and how much of it is actually chimney
Complete kit DW 150, 4.5 m, 0.5 mm inner wall, 30 mm mineral wool, 600 °C continuous, DoP 0432-CPR-00403-10
Four and a half metres with a declaration of performance number, 600 °C continuous, and the free-standing height stated.
Best for: A tall external run where the top three metres are unsupported and that has to be planned
45° element, Ø 150 mm inner, 25 mm insulation, 0.5 mm, inner 1.4521 / outer 1.4301, corrosion class V2
A 45-degree element for building an offset, with a corrosion class stated and a sealed insulation that cannot take damp.
Best for: An offset in an existing New Line run, where a chimney has to step around a soffit or a beam
Complete kit DN 120, 3.7 m stretched, 0.5 mm wall, 30 mm insulation, soot-fire safe to 1,000 °C
Soot-fire safe to 1,000 °C, with all the clamping bands included — and the clearest list of what it must not be used for.
Best for: A wood appliance on natural draught, where a flue that excludes coal is the right specification
Complete kit, Ø 150/200 mm, 0.5 mm, 25 mm insulation, V2A and V4A, DIN EN 1856-1:2009-09, class V2
A complete kit with a twist-lock joint, tested to DIN EN 1856-1 and stated fittable by somebody with no previous experience.
Best for: A new external chimney where the kit can be configured to the wall before it is ordered
Complete kit, Ø 150/210 mm, 3.3 m, 50 mm wall spacing, push-fit twin-wall
A 3.3-metre kit at 50 mm wall spacing — and the only listing on this shelf that says outright its parts fit nothing else.
Best for: A complete new run of exactly this system, ordered as one kit with nothing mixed in
Ø 150 inner / 200 outer, 500 mm, V4A inner, 25 mm mineral insulation, clamp included, to 600 °C
A half-metre element that names the two systems it fits — and comes with its clamping band and a twenty-five year warranty.
Best for: Extending an existing run of one of the two named systems, with the clamp already in the box
Sealed 10-year battery, Ø 120 mm, 178 g, EN 50291-1 and -2
Names both parts of the standard, publishes its diameter and weight, states where it is made — and warns that the manual is German only.
Best for: A house with a stove where a fit-and-forget device with a named boat approval is wanted
7-year sensor, 60 m², alarms from 30 ppm, −10 to +40 °C, EN 50291-1:2018
The only listing here to publish a sensor life shorter than ten years — seven — alongside an operating temperature range and a 60 m² area.
Best for: A larger room, or an unheated space where the operating temperature range is the binding figure
10-year sensor, 3-year AA batteries, LCD, 85 dB, EN 50291
A ten-year sensor with three-year AA batteries and an LCD, naming EN 50291 in its own title — the cheapest listing in this family.
Best for: A first alarm where the standard being named matters more than the extra features
10-year sensor, 2 × AA, 120 × 73 × 35.5 mm, EN 50291-1 and -2
Names two standards — the domestic one and the one for vehicles and boats — and publishes what each display code means.
Best for: A household that also uses a caravan or a boat and wants one device that names both standards
10-year device life, replaceable AA, 3-colour LED, 85 dB, EN 50291
A ten-year device life with replaceable AA cells, a three-colour status LED and EN 50291 named — with caravans and holiday homes stated.
Best for: A second or third device for a cellar or garage, where the cost of maintaining batteries is acceptable
Sealed 10-year battery, alarms from 50 ppm, >85 dB at 3 m
States its alarm threshold, its sound level at a stated distance, and names the appliances it is intended for — stoves and pellet stoves among them.
Best for: A room with a wood or pellet stove, where the appliance being named in the listing is reassurance worth having
Sealed 10-year battery, 23–999 ppm, LCD, >85 dB, EN 50291
A sealed ten-year battery with a detection range published as a span — 23 to 999 ppm — and EN 50291 named in the title.
Best for: A household that would rather replace a device once than remember batteries three times
10-year sensor, 20–40 m², detects from ~27 ppm, 3 × AA, 85 dB
Publishes a detection area, a detection threshold in ppm and a monthly test procedure — the most operationally complete listing here.
Best for: A room where the coverage area is the question and the device should say when it is wrongly installed
10-year life, 3-year AA, 75 × 142 × 32 mm, TÜV Rheinland certified
Publishes its own dimensions and states plainly what it is not — no app, no base station — with the model codes for those variants.
Best for: A buyer who wants a plain detector and needs to be sure they are not buying the connected variant
1.39 kg blade, 90.0 × 16.7 × 5.4 cm, forged carbon steel, hammer poll
The lightest head here, with a hammer poll on the back — and a listing that publishes its own dimensions twice, in two different units.
Best for: Smaller rounds and kindling over a long session, where a lighter head is less tiring
3000 g head, 880 mm overall, 820 mm handle, DIN 5129, class B
The only listing here to cite a DIN standard and a quality class, with the handle length published separately from the overall length.
Best for: Regular splitting with wedges, where a hammer poll rated for driving them is the point
3 kg head, 90.5 cm, hickory, handle guard and edge cap, 3360 g total
A hammer-backed maul on a 90 cm hickory handle, with a handle guard and an edge cap — and a head length of about 20 cm published.
Best for: Larger rounds where the weight is wanted and the handle guard earns its place on mis-hits
3.6 kg head, 5.22 kg total, 92 cm, inseparable head, IsoCore
The heaviest head here at 3.6 kg, with an inseparable head-to-shaft joint and a published vibration reduction figure.
Best for: Large, knotty rounds over 30 cm, where the weight and the penetration are what the job needs
600 g / 1000 g / 3000 g heads, 360 / 690 / 910 mm, 1045 carbon steel
Three tools rather than one — 600, 1000 and 3000 g at 360, 690 and 910 mm — with the steel grade and a rubber edge lip stated.
Best for: A first set of axes where kindling, branches and rounds all have to be covered at once
2000 g head, 47–55 HRC, hickory handle, wedge fixing
Publishes a steel hardness in HRC — the only listing here that does — on a hickory handle with a wedge fixing and a protective lacquer.
Best for: Ordinary firewood rounds, by somebody who prefers a wooden handle and wants the steel specified
3000 g head, 4200 g total, 900 mm, hickory, ring wedge fixing
The most completely described head fixing on this shelf — a ring wedge with barbs, a securing plate and a screw, plus a steel handle sleeve.
Best for: Regular work on medium and large rounds with wedges, where the head staying on is the whole point
2500 g head, C45 carbon, GRP handle, 78 cm, GS certified
A GS-certified maul with a re-sharpenable C45 carbon blade and a full set of dimensions — in a listing that names the wrong model twice.
Best for: Medium rounds where a maul is wanted but a 90 cm handle is too long for the space
2700 g head, 3900 g total, 880 mm, fibreglass shaft
Publishes a total weight and a head weight that differ by 1200 g — a fibreglass shaft that is the heaviest handle on this shelf.
Best for: Outdoor storage and mixed garden work, where a shaft that ignores weather matters more than the last gram
3 m rod, two FLEX nylon brushes Ø 80 and 100 mm, articulated joint, M12 throughout
Articulated FLEX brushes that follow a 90-degree bend, on M12, from a brush maker of fifty years.
Best for: A pellet flue with a right-angle bend in it, where a rigid brush stops and this one does not
10 m solid polyamide rods, M12, three heads — chain, steel and nylon — driven by a drill
A drill-driven set with three heads — chain, steel and nylon — on solid polyamide rods, worked from below through the cleaning door.
Best for: A masonry flue with hard deposit, cleaned from below by somebody who owns a drill and knows the liner
140 mm steel brush, 80 mm nylon brush, 1.5 m flexible cable, M12 handle, 25 mm cleaning brush
Two brushes, a metre and a half of sheathed steel cable and an M12 handle — with the thread standard actually named.
Best for: The stove pipe and the first bend, cleaned between visits by whoever sweeps the chimney itself
Synthetic brush Ø 180 mm, 9 black PPN rods, 12.60 m reach, straight flues and bends to 45°
Nine screwed rods reaching 12.6 metres with a synthetic brush — and the only listing here that tells you how to choose the size.
Best for: A tall lined flue, straight or gently offset, swept from below by somebody who measured first
One-piece 8 m lance, 10 mm drive shaft in a sheath, three heads: 8 chains, 16 steel cables, 16 nylon cables
A one-piece eight-metre lance on a 10 mm drive shaft in a sheath, with chain, steel-cable and nylon-cable heads.
Best for: A masonry flue of eight metres or less with glaze in it, cleaned repeatedly rather than once
9 m of flexible rods, 80/100 mm nylon brushes, M8 thread with M12 adapter, gloves, glasses, bag, e-book
Nine metres of flexible rod in nylon only, with gloves, safety glasses, a bag and a step-by-step guide.
Best for: A pellet appliance with a long stainless flue, cleaned by somebody doing it for the first time
10 m nylon rod, aluminium-alloy rectangular brush head, swivel connector, spring-button lock, bends 90°
A rectangular brush head on ten metres of nylon rod, with a swivel connector and a spring-button lock.
Best for: A square or rectangular masonry flue, where a round brush touches four corners and nothing else
