What pellets do you like this year?

Dougsey said:

Burning Green Supreme and happy with them. Let the hating begin!

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this is my first year of Green Supreme. There's nothing wrong with them IMO. They aren't as hot as some, and they seem to leave a lot of ash, but if they heat my house, I', good with it. There's been only one pellet of the 5 brands I've tried I would not touch again -unless they were the last pellet on earth.

Melissa220 said:

this is my first year of Green Supreme. There's nothing wrong with them IMO. They aren't as hot as some, and they seem to leave a lot of ash, but if they heat my house, I', good with it. There's been only one pellet of the 5 brands I've tried I would not touch again -unless they were the last pellet on earth.

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Your in the minority but,
if they heat your house,[Even many of Home Depot's Crap will heat homes] then good for you...
Ash is the b-product that we all eventually have to vacuum.. some more than others.

Somersets and Greenway are my go to pellets tried freedom fuel but not impressed.

Tonyray said:

Your in the minority but,
if they heat your house,[Even many of Home Depot's Crap will heat homes] then good for you...
Ash is the b-product that we all eventually have to vacuum.. some more than others.

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Unfortunately, Tonyray, many of us are limited in what we can burn by what is available in our area. The majority of what members on this site like to burn is not available in Central Maine. Also, unfortunately, some of us have limited funds with which to buy pellets, and so are reliant on the Home Depot 'crap' for year round use, not just shoulder use. If I could afford a season's worth of Okanagan, I'd buy it in a heartbeat, but at over $300/ton, I have to pass.

Lol it's funny how many people dislike GS. I'm on my 4th ton and I don't see anything wrong with them. I said it once and I'll say it again. There is no perfect pellet. There are better ones sure, but at $217 a ton back in Oct I can't complain.

Also loving the FSU.

Cleaned my stove and ran two bags of Okanagon (sp?) loved them. They're very pricy though but if you have the $ then it would be well worth the investment.

Although very ashy, I burned Stove Chows from Home Depot when they we're 229.00 ton last year..
Now 260.00 ton so no way will I pay that much for a Shoulder pellet at best..
Rather put that 260.00 and 10-20 bucks more towards better grade pellets.
It's not so much the money, but it's what HD and other BB stores think they can get away with assuming most will pay whatever they charge regardless of Quality.
which most do.

Using Premium Wood Pellets from Maine Wood Pellets. Have used 5+ ton this year. I see no difference from previous years Green Supremes, Summers Heat, or Fireside Ultras. All of them make heat and ash.

So far 2 ton of energex premium. Not bad for a pellet I can get half mile away. 1 ton lingetics better heat than the energex premium. Right now burning a ton of energex golden pellet and by far the hottest I've tried. Still have a ton of hamers hot ones to burn and another ton of energex premium to end the year on. First year burning so I tried everything sold around me.

Sinzitu said:

I've heard nothing but good reports from other customers I've talked to at the hardware store. All have been happy with the heat output and especially the low amount of ash. I've not tried them yet this year. I still have 14 bags of Lignetics I'm going thru. Plus some Somersets stashed away as well.

Still haven't tried the 3 bags of Forests pride yet. Probably give them a run after the next cleanout.

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We are on bag #3 of the AWF, and the difference between this and the crap we were burning is astonishing. This is the first time our stove has really pumped out heat, and we are loving it. To bad the power will probably go out due to this blizzard...

RyansCAB50 said:

So far 2 ton of energex premium. Not bad for a pellet I can get half mile away. 1 ton lingetics better heat than the energex premium. Right now burning a ton of energex golden pellet and by far the hottest I've tried. Still have a ton of hamers hot ones to burn and another ton of energex premium to end the year on. First year burning so I tried everything sold around me.

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Finally..
someone else here who burns the Goldens...

Tonyray said:

Finally..
someone else here who burns the Goldens...

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I plan to just buy these exclusivly next spring from my dealer.
maybe 1 ton of the reg hardwoods for early shoulder season.
Unless Douglas Fir Blazers from Oregon pop up again at HD.

Melissa220 said:

Unfortunately, Tonyray, many of us are limited in what we can burn by what is available in our area. The majority of what members on this site like to burn is not available in Central Maine. Also, unfortunately, some of us have limited funds with which to buy pellets, and so are reliant on the Home Depot 'crap' for year round use, not just shoulder use. If I could afford a season's worth of Okanagan, I'd buy it in a heartbeat, but at over $300/ton, I have to pass.

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Hey I bought Home Depot crap pellets maybe u have heard of them blazer .. What a great crap pellet

dlavigne7324 said:

Hey I bought Home Depot crap pellets maybe u have heard of them blazer .. What a great crap pellet

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Dude, I bought 30 bags when I saw them at HD.. best I ever burned but,
the ONLY actual top shelf pellets they ever sold.. no brand they sell comes even close.
may never happen again since the pellets come all the way from Oregon[Douglas Fir] and they could not have made much on them with shipping from 3,000 miles away..
Personally I think someone screwed up at Corporate HDQRS.
.Not like them to sell a quality pellet specially for the same price as most of the crap they sell....

Tonyray said:

So did I...30 bags.. best I ever burned but,
they ONLY actual top shelf pellets they ever sold..
may never happen again since the pellets come all the way from Oregon and they could not have made much on them with shipping from 3,000 miles away..

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That's why I bought 8 tons

dlavigne7324 said:

That's why I bought 8 tons

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I had 5 tons in my basement and had to move stuff around just to fit 30 more bags or I would have bought 5 tons right there.

Tonyray said:

I plan to just buy these exclusivly next spring from my dealer.
maybe 1 ton of the reg hardwoods for early shoulder season.
Unless Douglas Fir Blazers from Oregon pop up again at HD.

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I only got 1 ton of the goldens cause I missed the pre sale but my order for 6 ton of the golden pellet is already in for next season

I would have to say Somersets pellets!
We did not order or buy a ton(s) since we only run our stove when we are in the family room in the basement and we had the opportunity to try different pellets and I must say, Somersets by far exceeded our expectations.

dlavigne7324 said:

Hey I bought Home Depot crap pellets maybe u have heard of them blazer .. What a great crap pellet

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LOL. the only pellets I have seen at my local HD are Maine woods, Green Supreme, Fireside (not this year) and something called ThermaGlo. Lowe's this year is selling only Maine Choice, which I wouldn't touch unless it WAS the last pellet on earth.

RyansCAB50 said:

I only got 1 ton of the goldens cause I missed the pre sale but my order for 6 ton of the golden pellet is already in for next season

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Good for you.. that's how to do it..

Been burning okies premium in both of my stoves since 2010. Tried the cheaper route first, but preferred the lower stove maintenance route. Burning 9 ton annually, no oil purchased since 09. Burn on!

mik_kane said:

Well it's cold outside and everyone here has been running their stoves. I just wanted to know what pellets you are liking and what pellets you tried are duds.

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loved the AWF white pine .. hated the GS, the Timber Heats are decent, Heatr's were so so Big heats were pretty decent, the generics I got from TSC with green lettering are nice good heat low ash, last years NEWPS are pretty good

Evaluated TSC Equine Bedding Pellets (Pine)

Heat: Fairly high. Somewhere between. Lignetics and Blazers.
Ash: Low
Consumption: Moderately high
Dust: Low
Fines: Low
Size: Uniformly small.
Feeding Problems: None
Price: $5 a bag bought singly

Conclusion: If I'm looking for an end-of-season fill in when BBS are out I'd use these. Unless the pellet hogs "discover" them and drive up the price they are an acceptable pellet at an affordable price, even late in the season. The only drawback is their relatively fast burn rate.

Just a quick observation on Hamer's Hot Ones Ultra Premium, which I describe as my "cold weather" pellet. Have burned these for four of last five years, one season exclusively and others when weather got coldest (Jan-Feb) because price has been so high. I do measure about 30 degrees higher temperature off the heat exchanger (blower) compared to most "box store" pellets, which is helpful but probably something that could be equalled in terms of house temp with a slight increase in feed rate using most stoves. The biggest thing I like about them, though, is the small amount of ash produced. They are rated at 0.5% or less ash, and they really do produce well less than half the ash of a typical box store pellet. So, if you want to maintain a regular cleaning schedule of, say, once per week despite burning more pellets In stoves with a good ash pan system, or if you want to avoid shutting down the stove every day for a cleaning with some older or smaller stoves, this is very helpful. I do pay $60 more per ton for them compared to the box store pellet, but it is worth it for Jan-Feb. My strategy for next year is to try for a summer buy within 15% of box store winter pricing, and if I can do that I'll move to them exclusively again. If not, will likely use separate shoulder and cold weather pellets.

Somerset and Greenways

the Somersets I got this year are extremely ashy. I have to empty the ash pan every 5 days, never even emptied it before with biweekly cleanings. Not sure what is going on, great heat, burning normal, lots of ash. they are this years based on the bag style.