EZ Burn Firelogs

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smokeater

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Feb 10, 2011
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Has anyone else used these firelogs EZ Burn Firelogs they are made in Quebec.I like to use fire logs once in a while for convenience.I have never tried these logs until now,just a warning to anyone that tries them they burn like gas.I was fortunate to just put two logs on to start with once they took off LOOK OUT.I have never had trouble throttling down a fire with my current stove these things took off literally like wildfire, the stove pipe read almost 600 degrees.The bloody things arched up in the middle like a horseshoe and within minutes began to come apart and are completely burned out in under an hour.I can now see they expanded to almost half the length of the original log.
I cant believe they could sell such a thing.Of course I bought ten boxes hopefully the store will take them back.
 
Sounds like low density, pressed logs. I guess they mean it when they say ez burn. Did they expand rapidly as they heated up and then become like a giant cigar ash? If so, they do fire off quickly, but don't last. W

hat stove did you try them in? For comparison see if you can get a box of HomeFire Prest Logs. They are high-density and burn a long time. There is a world of difference.

http://www.homefirelogs.com/
 
I have a Drolet stove.Yea they took off right away and they probably over fired for ten or more minutes.I know I was getting nervous.I will go back to my regular brand I use,I got a good deal on these now I see why.
 
I found a site that shows how to make stove logs out of 4 sheets of newspaper wet/ lightly hammered with rubber mallet/ rolled around a wooden dowel or any shorten broom handle to give it a inner opening for air/ remove dowel then dried ,,, seems like it would work with wood to use as starter,, it states one will burn maybe 30 minutes ??. Aint hard to do,,like wood the trick is to get it as dry as possible.Also mentions adding coffe grinds between the wet sheets for hotter burn ,,I may try making it this summer for next season just for the heck of it....LOL
 
How did these logs compare to the North Idaho Energy Logs?

Do they weigh the same?


BeGreen said:
Sounds like low density, pressed logs. I guess they mean it when they say ez burn. Did they expand rapidly as they heated up and then become like a giant cigar ash? If so, they do fire off quickly, but don't last. W

hat stove did you try them in? For comparison see if you can get a box of HomeFire Prest Logs. They are high-density and burn a long time. There is a world of difference.

http://www.homefirelogs.com/

According to stats the HFPL logs have a sightly lower BTU rating at 8126 versus 8600 for the North Idaho Energy logs. I guess it basically comes down to the price between the two though.
 
After further testing the EZ logs I see there is no hope for them.I just used one log to be safe and within a few minutes it was seperating,what gets me is they curl up into a horseshoe shape right away.Those homemade logs sound interesting has anyone tried them?
 
The Northern Idaho Logs I tried were excellent also. We are super fortunate to have both great products available in our state.
 
Treacherous said:
I am going to try out some of the Home Fire Logs this weekend.

Price-wise I think the Idaho logs appear to be a better value since they are 8lbs versus 5lbs for the Home Fire Logs.

Easy way to get a long overnight burn. I put in a couple Med/Large splits and threw one of these Home Fire Logs in the middle. Still about 10% of the Home Fire Log left after about 14 hours. Stovetop was around 250 degrees at this point though.
 
Has anyone else used these firelogs EZ Burn Firelogs they are made in Quebec.I like to use fire logs once in a while for convenience.I have never tried these logs until now,just a warning to anyone that tries them they burn like gas.I was fortunate to just put two logs on to start with once they took off LOOK OUT.I have never had trouble throttling down a fire with my current stove these things took off literally like wildfire, the stove pipe read almost 600 degrees.The bloody things arched up in the middle like a horseshoe and within minutes began to come apart and are completely burned out in under an hour.I can now see they expanded to almost half the length of the original log.
I cant believe they could sell such a thing.Of course I bought ten boxes hopefully the store will take them back.

Some people have posted bad reviews on that stuff.
 
If you can't return them, cut them into cookies and use them for fire starters. They way you describe the burn it seems like they might make good fire starters.
 
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