Knightsbridge

A cast iron stove that still lights when the power goes out. Quick Facts • Heating Capacity: 875–1,750 sq ft • Fuel: Natural gas or propane (conversion kit available). • Controls: On/off switch standard; on/off and thermostatic remotes optional. • Fan: Optional Who It’s For An ice storm takes the power out, the furnace goes quiet, and the house starts losing heat by the hour. A gas stove that needs house power to light is stuck waiting right along with it. You need a fire that lights whether the grid is up or not . If you want that reliability wrapped in traditional cast iron, with a flame that reads as a wood fire, the Knightsbridge is the one. Pick a stove that depends on house power and an outage turns it into furniture. What Makes It Special Here’s what matters most: the ignition has a battery backup. Keep batteries in it and the Knightsbridge lights and keeps heating through a power outage , so the room with the fire stays the warm room while everything else in the house waits for the grid. The rest is cast iron doing what cast iron does. A freestanding stove heats with its whole body, radiating warmth into the room the way the sun warms your face , and the heat-radiating ceramic glass passes the fire’s warmth straight through the front. Behind the glass, hand-painted logs and Napoleon’s yellow dancing flames make the fire read as wood, not appliance—and it stands on its own legs, so it doesn’t need an existing fireplace to move in. Possible Downsides • The fan is an optional kit , not included; add it if you want warm air pushed farther across the room. • Batteries for the backup ignition are not included ; keep a fresh set installed if outage heat is the reason you’re buying. • The standard control is a simple on/off switch ; holding the room at a set temperature means adding the optional thermostatic remote. If you want a stove that looks like it burns wood but lights at the flip of a switch—power or no power—the Knightsbridge is the right decision. The room it sits in becomes the room the house lives in. The Knightsbridge comes in metallic black or majolica brown, and takes an optional sandstone brick panel and glowing ember accents to finish the look.