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Force 10 propane, on board for five-six years, but only used extensively (daily) for seven straight months this year.

Very happy with it.

A deck hatch over the stove slowly leaked water, and it pooled on the surface of the stove, partially damaging the Piezo ignition/sparker for one burner, but it still works, which surprises me.

Appears well made, solid. No corrosion, and we live in a pretty humid rainy place (boat is not kept heated in the winter and no dehumidifier). Has shut-off protection (thermo-couple?) if gas blows out, but this is probably standard on propane stoves nowadays.

The oven worked great this past winter and spring, when we baked breads/deserts and roasted things almost daily in the cold weather. The folks below (Morgans Cloud) think the oven doesn't heat up well, but that hasn't been our experience. Perhaps they're operating in very, very cold weather, instead of just cold weather, like us? ;-)

The folks on Morgan's Cloud didn't like the gimbals, which they don't think are robust enough. See here for their "rating" of the stove, and their mods to the gimbals (they machined aluminum blocks), probably not overkill for the kind of high latitude ocean sailing they do? http://www.morganscloud.com/gear_failures_fixes/gfmechanica.htm#forceten

Had I known about this before installing our stove, I might well have done the same thing and had some blocks machined...certainly looks a lot more robust than the stock Force 10 gimbals. Overall, based on our experience using it daily in cold weather for seven months, the stove performed just fine (and it has lasted well in a relatively damp environment on board for about five-six years).

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