We had an old oil Aga removed and a new Rayburn 345W fitted with the eco connect management system to cook, heat the water and run a few of our radiators off. I was not sure how good this would be and if it would be man enough to heat the water and heat the 5 radiators we required. We live in an old farm house with 23 radiators, but only require 4 rooms heated most of the time. The eco connect was the best decision and the Rayburn is so easy. We have this running on wood only all the time and it uses about 4 tesco's jute bags of wood a day. If you turn it all down low it will tick over for 10 hours easily. If you have it burning full out you have to top up about every ...  Read the complete review

Rayburns are one of those items that conjure up images of "The Good Life." Many people almost romanticize about a rayburn in the countryside, and while they are wonderful machines, they certainly have their downfalls. I have grown up with a Rayburn my whole life. I think they are wonderful, and I truly couldn't live without it! I am only used to the solid fuel version, and not the Oil or Gas range. The Rayburn has many plus sides, the main one being that the cost of wood and coal is extremely cheap compared to electricity, gas and now especially oil, with the souring prices. In order to stock up on wood though, there is a lot of ...  Read the complete review

Rayburns are classic items which add style and a theme to a farmhouse style kitchen. Many come being supplied by gas or oil, but in today's rising fuel price climate - is that what you want? The Rayburn 345W runs on wood (and only wood, it's adapted so it can't take anything else due to the cheap VAT), meaning you may be able to escape the price hike. and for your wood, there's far less wasted energy - it does your heating, cooking and hot water (and you can pretend you're doing your bit for the planet since it's renewable too!) For us, it's very cost effective, as my sister-in-law has a farm which means she can pass on wood to us. We have had to buy some wood to ..  Read the complete review