Empyre Elite indoor wood boiler

[FFLM]

Anyone running this indoor gaser?  Looks like a nice setup but was hoping to hear about a few in operation, the good, bad and ugly.

[gspren]

   We have had an indoor wood boiler and now an outdoor wood boiler and by far the best thing about our outdoor model is that it's OUTDOORS. This is after living with and using both styles for years.

[rooster 58]

    gspren I see your from Pa. also. And I take it you like the outdoo set-up better? I'm on the fence as to which waqy to go. Penny for your thoughts. Thanks, Scott

[thecfarm]

Rooster,what kinds are you looking at?
I have a OWB,Heatmor,if it matters. What I really like about it and I think most on here that have one are the same way,it can smoother a fire out. I can and have burned dead,dry cedar. With no natural draft,it smoothes the fire out.When the blowers turn off there is not much air going into the fire box. I use my to heat my hot water in the summer. I could fill it full and it would only come on to cycle when the temp on the controllers tell it to come on.

[beenthere]

From watching one of the video's, it looks like a lot of work to keep it clean and burning properly, as seems to be the same with the outdoor gasification units. But it just means that it will require a lot of attention to all the details through the winter with its operation, be it electronics, fuel quality, fuel quantity, and keeping it clean of ash and charcoal.
For me, I'd rather have it inside where it is easier to work on rather than outside in this winter weather with temps below zero and 25 mph wind. That is just me.  ;) ;)

I have an indoor boiler, going on 33 years. Very low maintenance as it is just a steel tube within a larger steel tube, with a cast iron door and simple controls. No fan, no mixer valve, no electronics (other than the aquastat if that qualifies).

I don't have an inside smoke problem. A sensitive smoke alarm is within 8 ft and I've rarely had it go off, only when I decide to load more wood and there is already a good charge of wood burning. But prolly not more than half dozen times a winter will it go off. 
The wood boiler sets on concrete floor just inside of an attached garage at the same level. Bringing wood in is not messy at all. It comes in wheelbarrow that sets next to the boiler for easy loading. Easy area to keep clean. Being the house is a hot water radiant heat system, then no air blowing around and has been no need for a humidifier.

[gspren]

Rooster,
Everybody has a different situation with their house design and even the property layout so it's not like one is always best (indoor or outdoor), but after having both I MUCH prefer the outdoor. My wife could smell smoke every time I opened the door inside even though I didn't but the bringing wood inside was more work and dirtier than leaving it outside. I need to go outside with the dog anyway so there are never any times that I am going out just to feed a fire. I put a metal roof over the OWB that I can park a small ATV trailer and a little lawn wagon with wood next to the stove so it's less work than it was bringing wood in the house.