Okanagan versus Vermont Wood pellets - - - any new opinions?

I burned both last year and was happy with the perfomance of both brands.

According to "Jtakeman's" data the Vermont's produce ~ 6% LESS heat and ~15% LESS ash than the Okangan's .

For my stove I prefer the Vermont's. I did not notice the heat difference but enjoyed having less ash.
As an added side benefit for my location, the Vermont's are $15 cheaper per ton than the Okanagan's.

Obviously, this is not as scientific as Mr. Takeman's results but I switched from Okies to VTs at the end of last season and noticed a huge difference.

Heat was functionally 'unchanged' from my P68, but it was much, MUCH cleaner. The VTs produced so little ash, I came home from a week on the road and thanked my wife for cleaning the stove while I was gone. She didn't, the VTs just burned better, cleaner and with less ash.

Combine that with them being local, less fines, less dust and less money and it was a no brainer to put 6 Tons of them in my basement this year. Plus, the raw pellets smell so good, they are almost intoxicating!

I like 'em both.

I can get VTs a bit cheaper this fall.
I plan on picking up a few tons in the near future.
June at J&S has them for $270 /ton as of yesterday.

I don't think you could go wrong with either pellet.
Assuming they both are of similar quality as last year.

---Nailer---

Burned both last year.
Seemed to give same heat. Vermont just seemed cleaner.
Only issue I had with VT was some bridging in hopper which I believe they addressed by making the pellets smoother on the outside.