Our 13 year old Heatilator pellet stove is done. So looking to replace.
We run it on low 24/7 all winter. Shut it off once a week to clean. Need something to heat at least 2000 sq. ft. Our home is a lot smaller than that but is not what I could call a tight house for retaining heat. I have propane back up or to supplement if we get extended extreme cold. Which can happen. I am not going to spend $4K on one. Not $2000 if I can avoid. But that is probably going to have to be our budget. All I can find on youtube is industry garbage video's that provide no useful info.
Any thoughts. The quadrafire outfitter two in the new unit that proceeds our old one. No sure if that is what I want to do.

Let me know if you have any insight. Thanks guys.

I believe you will ultimately decide that buying a replacement pellet stove is a lot like selecting/buying a new washing machine.
You are obviously aware that there are lots of cheap washing machines out there, but if you want it to last, you buy the Speed Queen commercial/analog unit without any circuit boards.
Here on this Forum, we beat that dead horse concerning Speed Queen washing machines almost weekly.

If you look on Craigslist or Facebook Marketplace, you will see many used pellet stoves for sale, and virtually every single one needs an auger motor, feed wheel motor, or a controller/circuit board.
The reason the seller is trying to sell that used pellet stove is because the price for the parts/labor for the pellet stove repair is greater than what the pellet stove is actually worth.

We have heated the house for at least the last four years now with a Travis Industries "Lopi" AGP Pellet stove. This past winter, I needed to replace the blower motor.
Blower motor bushings squealing and lubing them didn't last long.
Factory OEM from the selling pellet stove dealer, was just over $400. Multiple tiers of parts price markups? Absolutely.

I found an online place in New England that sold a replacement blower motor made by the same company as the OEM unit, for just over $100.
The OEM blower motor had sintered bronze oilite bushings, the inexpensive blower motor made by the same motor manufacturer from the online vendor has sealed ball bearings.
And just an FYI, the bushings equipped motor is noticeably quieter operation compared to the brand new ball bearings motor.

Pellet stoves are highly complex electro-mechanical devices, and cost should be the last thing you are considering. If they malfunction, they can and will burn your house down.
Pellet stoves are something that should be bought with the "Buy Once, Cry Once" train of thought. Not what is the cheapest pellet stove I can find.

Eat Ramen noodles for several months if needed, but buy the pellet stove that is the most reliable, cheapest repair parts, and available trained service technicians that can actually diagnose a fault, rather than just guessing / simply throwing parts at the pellet stove. Unless you possess the skills, knowledge, tools and documentation for doing that pellet stove repair work yourself.
Me personally, I have done all the regular weekly cleaning, yearly teardown cleaning, and all diagnosis / repairs myself because I have the skills, knowledge, tools, and documentation.
If you can't do that type of work yourself, you are at the mercy of the selling dealer, for parts and the service / repair technician. Select your pellet stove dealer carefully!

I have my house for sale where that Lopi pellet stove is installed. The pellet stove will be sold with the house.
I'm going back to seasoned/split/stacked firewood for heat where I am moving to, simply due to the simplicity of a 1980's vintage Timberline wood stove being orders of magnitude less complex.
The Timberline wood stove is constructed from 5/16" and 3/8" steel plates, firebrick lined, and has no circuit boards in it.
The Lopi pellet stove is bent / folded sheet metal, with four electric motors inside, along with a logic controller, and dozens if not hundreds of feet of wiring, switches, sensors.

Thanks ck, We have been using pellet stoves for going on 35 years so are well versed on them. Parts, maintenance, etc. They have served us very well. Our house is not well suited for a wood stove or it would of had one over 20 years ago. I have one in my shop and use it all winter.