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Stay Toasty with Indoor Fire Pit, Stov.

SPRINGTIME DESIGN

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Stov. is a 360 degrees, 500 watts far-infrared, electrical fire pit that is built to provide the household with a "hotspot"—a focal point in the house for the family to gather around.

Design Team

Ugo Guérineau

John Kock

What's better in winter than the cozy and warm feeling of a fire pit? A burning fire pit has this supernatural ability to become a social interaction magnet. It triggers something deep down in our roots that makes us instantly drop our phones, gather around it, stare into the flames and share stories.

The big problem is that fireplaces, stoves and fire pits, behind their warm and cozy appearance are proven unhealthy, environmentally unfriendly and potentially dangerous. So, at Springtime we asked ourselves, "What if we could find a sustainable alternative that would create those same beautiful atmosphere without the bad news?"

Our answer, Stov.

Stov. is a beautiful 360 degrees, 500 watts far-infrared, electrical fire pit that is built to provide the household with a "hotspot"—a focal point in the house for the family to gather around. Switch it on and instantly enjoy the comfort of radiating heat.

Far-infrared radiation is equivalent to the radiation emitted by the sun, your fireplace or even your own body. 100% Natural. Far-infrared radiation transfers energy purely in the form of heat, so there is also virtually no loss, unlike any other form of heating.

Ever felt cold in your centrally heated house? That is because central heating heats the air and not the objects. So your sofa, your walls, your body, …are not heated. Far-infrared will directly heat every object that is in the perimeter and will give you this instant comfort that you expected from your central heating.

We see the use case of lowering the overall temperature of your house by 1-2 degrees (thus saving energy) and gathering around the Stov for comfort. Stov uses about half the electricity of a traditional electrical heater. The heating element itself is made out of recycled PET, and in terms of safety, a Stov doesn't get warmer than a classic radiator.

About Springtime

Springtime is a leading Dutch design agency, located at the docks of the IJ river in Amsterdam. We create innovative, sustainable and exciting products, services and brands around the themes of mobility, sports and home. Our clients include Bose, Dell, Nike, Mobike as well as many cool SME's and startups from all around the globe.

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John Kestner

7 years ago

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I like the idea of a hearth-like object for homes that don't have one built in, and it's a pretty object. In the spirit of critique, a few comments:

- There are reasons that indoor heat sources are not generally in the center of a room. I'd like to see how this would look if you imagined that there was a toddler in the household. If you explored concepts that would be placed along the wall like a typical indoor fireplace, I'd love to understand why you rejected them.
- The flat surface, especially if surrounded by chairs, will tempt people to put things on top of it.
- I understand needing a power cord, but it's a bummer when you're putting in the center of your living room. Is this heavy enough that when you trip over the cord, it will pull out the plug rather than knock over a hot STOV? How hot does the exterior get, anyway?
- The name, at least to this US person, implies that you can cook on it.

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  John has made some really good points. I also thought that the stool would invite someone to sit on it. Not only would they burn themselves if this was on, but depending on how durable Stov was built, could end up being damaged.
  
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  Good points. They said it doesnt get hotter then a radiator, so its hard to get scalded or burnt. In fact 500w is pretty low considering a typical plug in radiator is up to 1500w here in usa/canada.
  - the element cant be PET, maybe that's the housing?
  -the whole spiel about radiant heat is a moot point since they are encasing it in a housing, so the radiant heat only warms up the housing, from there on it's normal convection heat. And poor heat, if the housing is really PET. Perhaps if the housing was clear the radiant heat would travel thru.
  
  But I like the idea of a indoors heat source as a social focal point, it speaks to deep innate instinct that we can all connect to
  
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Jeffrey Warnock

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Like the idea but it lacks the visual appeal that a real fire pit offers... changing light and the movement of the flames themselves. Perhaps a 2.0 product could simulate something like that while also offering the warmth offered in this current version.

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Grant des Rosiers

7 years ago

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So... It's a foot stool that burns your feet.

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  Yes! Just what I thought xD
  
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William Keeble

7 years ago

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"The heating element itself is made out of recycled PET" — That can't be right... I assume they meant the casing?

I like the concept, though.

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Juan Cano

7 years ago

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Where can I buy one? ;-) Love the idea.

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