Pellet stove off for now. How many others

I paid $345

Harman newbie said:

I wasn't sure which pellet to buy being my first year. I only bought the ok df pellets cause of the reviews . I also bought different bags of he and lowed pellets to compare for next year. FSU pellets good stove chows horrible . Wish I could find somersets

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Your doing the right thing sampling, and forming your own opinion of various pellets. Only through this method will you find what works, and what smacks.

Phoenix Hatchling said:

But some are penny wise and pound foolish when it comes to pellets. Assuming that cheap will get you more bang out of your stove can backfire profusely. If you enjoy cleaning your stove daily, having clinkers the size of marbles, and minimal heat production due to such foul buildup that your stove can't breath, then buy the cheapest crud you can find. I'd personally rather purchase better pellets and have a good burning experience. I paid 300 per ton, and it burns HOTTER THAN HELL, and CLEAN AS A WHISTLE!

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I clean my stove every 2 weeks but could definitely go at least 3 weeks.
I don't get clinkers with cheap pellets. As a matter of fact the only time I got a clinker was when I foolishly spent more money to try a super premium 100% softwood.
Haven't had any buildup that affects heat output.
I've had a very pleasant burning experience so far.
To each their own I guess....

TimfromMA said:

I paid $345

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I didn't get the Oakie Firs though. Lacrete and North Country.

With natural gas at about a buck a therm I'll need to find pellets or something else that my stove can burn for $120 a ton or less to even come close to making this pellet stove worth using. After I burn through this last test bag my stove is going to turn into an expensive nick nack table until it gets removed this summer.

Harman newbie said:

this is my first year of using a pellet stove and was wondering if anyone has shut theirs off due to lower oil prices . Oil dropped to 2.65 gallon here and going lower. I have 3 tons of ok firs in garage and was wondering if it stays low should I keep them for next year. Thanks for everything

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I have 5 tons in the basement bought and paid for so won't be lookin at oil or pellet prices til next year

Harman newbie said:

this is my first year of using a pellet stove and was wondering if anyone has shut theirs off due to lower oil prices . Oil dropped to 2.65 gallon here and going lower. I have 3 tons of ok firs in garage and was wondering if it stays low should I keep them for next year. Thanks for everything

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It's an individual thing. The math works out that $2.65 a gal oil is thermo equal to about $318 a ton pellets. Of course, pellets require additional labor, so you should factor that in your decision as well.Having said that, you have the pellets so, unless you don't mind them taking up space in your garage, why not burn them.

don't believe the hype.

$224 a ton, never ever a single clinker, and the house is always blissfully warm even when it's -20 outside.

29 degrees here. Burning away

If your stove doesn't care, then burn the cheapest pellets you can find. There's still labor involved in burning higher quality/more expensive pellets. I can't square paying more for "quality" pellets while looking at today's low oil prices. I'm burning exclusively HD specials (FSU and Stove Chow) and have zero complaints. Wood makes heat.

I paid my Orfords 225$ a ton + taxes. As I'm writting this, it's minus 5F outside and with the stove on the lowest setting, it's still to hot in here to sleep comfortably!

I'm not ready to switch over. I live in a senior trailer park. All the units here are about the same size. My neighbor across the street hates me because I heat with pellets. She'd switch over to pellets also. But she can not handle the work required. So she is dependent on oil to heat with. Last month she went through $180 worth of oil to keep her house at 68 degrees. I have been averaging a bag a day or around $160 for the month to keep my place around 70. So it is cheaper but more work then turning a dial. She comes over every day to open the door for my cat to get out. Yesterday she made a confession to me. She said when it is lunch time. She comes over and eats her lunch and watches the T.V. She does it so she can get warm. I was wondering how my T.V. kept changing the station.

I bought my pellets during the spring pre-sale and paid $215 a ton. Oil is going to have to come way down for my wife to give up her 72 degree house and head back to the dark ages of 67 degrees in the house. A quick calculation showed oil would have to hit about $1.95, but even then I'm still not giving up my pellet stove, a warm house and a happy wife.

A happy wife is a happy life.....

I'm runnuing half corn half pellets myself and I burn for heat but I also burn because I like it.............

I have domesticated hot water do I still need oil unfortunately. But fortunately it's going down

I have about 3.5 tons of pellets and about 2 cords of wood. I don't see any circumstance that I turn the dial unless my other malfunction. I really enjoy the type of warmth both stoves produce

I burn pellets because the oil profiteers in New York and middle east have enough of my money. They live like kings (or actually are kings) and we worry about the next fuel bill. They fly in private jets and worry we about air bags killing us. Pellets are just my small way of giving the middle finger. They also control the government in this country so don't sell those stoves. They will figure out how to get that oil price back up. They will start a war or shut a refinery or some other immoral act to get their money. Does anyone really believe that getting rid of Sadam was not about oil?

I don't use Dino juice in my home, got natural stinko gas. Won't turn it on, like my pellet stove

Harman newbie said:

have you ever tried lowes or hd pellets did you like them or what didn't you like about them

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Never tried them personally.

I say I don't hate, I don't hate people for sure. But I think I might truly hate my oil burner and I know I hate the oil tank filler spout.. i don't care what price teh oil is, I hate the stupid thing.

Phoenix Hatchling said:

But some are penny wise and pound foolish when it comes to pellets. Assuming that cheap will get you more bang out of your stove can backfire profusely. If you enjoy cleaning your stove daily, having clinkers the size of marbles, and minimal heat production due to such foul buildup that your stove can't breath, then buy the cheapest crud you can find. I'd personally rather purchase better pellets and have a good burning experience. I paid 300 per ton, and it burns HOTTER THAN HELL, and CLEAN AS A WHISTLE!

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True and also assuming they even burn in some stoves. We have had people here who couldn't keep their stoves going for more than a day or so at a time and did nothing but change pellets to make that right ! So not all stoves will burn the cheap stuff, that is meaning junkie cheap stuff.

On the other hand sometimes you score a good find in a lower cost pellet. Case in point , the guy who walked in to HD and found Blazers on sale at the same price as the crap pellets. Or me finding AWF Super Premium White Pine with less than .25% ash same price as the "Ash City" Chows.

Bridgeman said:

I burn pellets because the oil profiteers in New York and middle east have enough of my money. They live like kings (or actually are kings) and we worry about the next fuel bill. They fly in private jets and worry we about air bags killing us. Pellets are just my small way of giving the middle finger. They also control the government in this country so don't sell those stoves. They will figure out how to get that oil price back up. They will start a war or shut a refinery or some other immoral act to get their money. Does anyone really believe that getting rid of Sadam was not about oil?

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You hit all angles on this one. I think I'll simply