For the first time in my pellet life I am completely pumped up about the pile out in the garage. I just got a couple of tons of Cubex pellets put away and I'm feeling good about the upcoming heating season. I had to pick them up myself but it was worth the extra effort. One thing that impressed me was that every single bag was perfect. The place I bought them has an honor system in place to replace any suspect bags. It was not needed. I'm close to Bar Harbor, Maine and while there are several options for pellet delivery there seems to be a real shortage of quality choices when it comes to brands of pellets. EBS and Dysarts seem to specialize in pellet mediocrity, with price appearing to be the defining criteria. While I applaud their efforts to support Maine based businesses there certainly has to be a market for a brand of pellet other than Athens, East Corinth or Maine's Choice. Been there for two seasons, and while the Maine Choice were acceptable my goal for this year was to secure a supply of a high quality pellet. I had a little taste of quality two years ago when Home Depot somehow ended up with a few Rocky Mtns and I scored the last ten bags of them. These days Home Depot and Lowe's seem to be stocking the Maine Choice brand plus one of the middle of the road national brands. They seem to be having a price war, how about somebody trying to win by offering a superior product. Sorry to rant, anyway, I decided to check back at Evergreen Home Solutions where I bought my Harmon. It was quite a sight. Their pellet line-up consists of two brands: Cubex and Oakies. Perfect. The Cubex are slotted at a price point about $30/ton below the Oakies. Bought two tons of the Cubex and will probably grab a ton of the Oakies as some icing on the cake. It's going to be a fun winter.
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