Regency Hampton Hi500 (Brown Enamel)

Quick Facts

• Heating Capacity: 2,600 sq ft
• Efficiency: 77% (EPA, higher heating value).
• Viewing Area: 249 sq in
• Maximum Log Size: 22"
• Burn Time: Approx. 10–14 hours
• Fuel: Wood.
• Controls: Front-mounted air control with catalytic bypass.
• Fan: Optional

Who It's For

A large fireplace in a traditional home can heat most of the house, if the insert can hold a fire long enough and still look like it belongs. You need a big hybrid insert in cast iron. If you want fourteen-hour burns, 22-inch logs, 77 percent efficiency, and a classic cast face in black or brown enamel, the Hampton Hi500 is the one. A simpler large insert means a colder morning and a plainer face.

What Makes It Special

The Hi500 is a large cast iron hybrid insert with Eco-Boost triple-burn, so a load of 22-inch logs burns up to fourteen hours at 77 percent efficiency, and Regency rates it for up to 2,600 square feet, all behind traditional cast iron in metallic black or timberline brown enamel.

Regular or oversize cast faceplates, a decorative grille, and custom backing plates finish a large or uneven opening, and a flush-front two-speed fan kit moves the heat into the house. Hybrids carry a ten-year warranty on top of the lifetime limited warranty.

Possible Downsides

• The fan is optional, and a large insert heating a house wants one.
• The catalytic combustor is a wear part and adds a bypass step at lighting.
• Traditional cast iron only; for the same firebox with a modern steel face, see the Pro-Series Ci2700.

If your fireplace is large, your home is traditional, and you want wood to carry the house, the Hampton Hi500 is the right decision. The big hearth is the furnace now, and it looks like it always has.

The Hi500 comes in metallic black or timberline brown enamel with regular or oversize cast iron faceplates, a decorative grille, regular, oversize, or custom backing plates, an offset flue adapter, a flush-front two-speed fan kit, and a replacement catalytic combustor.