Hi Wayne,

We are near Ballarat Victoria Aus.

We import the SnowFlame cornstove to Australia. We have them as far North as Orange, far West as Adelaide, as far East as Loch Sport and as far South as Hobart. They are available Australia wide through the Ruralco/CRT chain of stores. We also import the Seraph range but they are a far more sophisticated machine which is of a power beyond what most Aussies really need.
The SnowFlame is a simple "meat and veg" machine that nearly anyone can maintain and fix if necessary.

We looked at many different types of stove before deciding which way to go, our main criteria were simplicity, reliability, service and price. I am sure that most other brands are fine, these one just suited us the best.
There are now over 60 of our stoves in the field now and by the middle of June our next shipment of 90 stoves will arrive, many of which are presold - these will definitely all be gone before the end of winter.

We have burnt both pellets and corn on trial. There is no burning issues it is just that these fuel sources are ridiculously expensive. The Yanks think I am joking when I tell then that wood pellets are $700/tonne. Even corn at $350/tonne is nuts. For the same result we use wheat at $170/tonne, works perfectly.

The good thing about cornstoves is you can try anything. We now routinely burn a crushed olive pit mix for a cooler fire and many of our customers, especially in SA, are burning triticale due to easy supply and low price.

Cornstoves are great fun, you get to go back to your caveman roots of creating fire. Not just winding up the dial on the wall plus the fuel cost are super low. We heat our house for 3/4 the price of natural gas. 1/3 the price of firewood, 1/6 the price of LPG!

Give me a call on 0438432548 and I will point you to the nearest cornstove to you. Chances are you won't have to go far...

Cheers,
Darron.

Hi Darron,

Yes have seen the snowflame that you sell - it is to small for our neeeds. The seraph is more interesting but would need more info than what is available on the web site. Price is always a good starting point. Have been looking at the country flame harvestor and the Magnum - they will do a 240 volt unit for us. But as always it is the cost of getting one here, duty, etc. If you have additional info on the Seraph please feel free to contact me on wbflint@wirefree.net.au. Not interested in a phone contact at this stage untill much more research can be done. Regards Wayne.

Sounds to me like an opportunity there for a start up business of manufacturing and selling your own line of stoves.

Production costs in Australia are just off the planet. Plus I don't mind helping the good ol USofA out of the GFC by buying some of your stuff!!
Of course the other thing is that you guys are far more knowledgeable having been making them for years. I don't feel like reinventing the wheel.

Hi Wayne,

You need to tell me where you are and what you are trying to heat so I can advise you to the best sized model. I think you will be surprised by the power of the SnowFlame plus the ones you mention are the same output anyway regardless of what any of the brochures say. I think the Seraph is really only for extra large applications. Either the SnowFlame or Seraphs are fully supported by us so when they break we have the parts locally rather than trying to get them out of the US.
Drop me a note to centralvic@optusnet.com.au
Cheers,
Darron.