Off-grid heating has a reputation for being smoky, crude, and a constant chore — but the technology sold today tells a completely different story. In this video we count down five modern off-grid heating systems available in the United States right now, from a soapstone stove that hides a masonry heater's thermal mass inside its body, to a Danish stove that runs its own fire on a strip of bending metal, to the only non-electric pellet stove on the market, a cold-climate heat pump that holds full output at 5°F, and the most efficient wood stove in the world that burns for up to 40 hours on a single load. If you heat your home off the grid — or want to — this is where self-sufficient heating is actually headed.

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