Fella's -
Seems like I started a bit of "contention" here, and I certainly didn't mean to. My apologies if so.
I didn't mean to imply that I had anything against the CB units. They look well put together to me, and I know there are plenty of satisfied customers out there. My contention with them is my local dealer, who will absolutely get none of my money, EVER (which, incidentally, has nothing at all to do with stoves). The next closest dealer is ~2 hrs away, and since they didn't have a stove that was on my short-list to begin with, I simply chose not to consider them. Again, not because of the stoves, but because of the dealer.
I don't recall anywhere saying I was going to be burning exclusively green wood. I have access to virtually unlimited timber, and already have a decent stockpile of cured wood available. My requirement that the stove be able to burn "hot" wood such as hedge is because I have gobs of it, and even cured it is full of creosote. It is what I have the most of, though, so I will be burning it. I won't be burning 100% green wood in whichever stove I buy.
And I'll explain this again in case some of you missed it the first time - the wish that the stove have a side-mounted flue rather than through-the-roof is entirely a product of my experience as a roofer / carpenter. It has nothing to do with one stove or another, it's just a design feature I would prefer. It's solely due to the fact that a side-mounted flue will have much less chance of ever developing a leak than a roof mounted one. I understand that there are a lot of units out there that have never had a chimney leak - that's great! I just personally will be happier if that is one worry I never have to have.
I truly appreciate everyone's info. so far. You've all given me other options to look at and factors to consider. I'm still weighing cost / options on the aforementioned "short-list" of contenders, but I'm slowly coming to a decision. I'll let you all know which one I finally end up with!
-Joe