Rutland fire starters - ok to use in new EPA insert??

[wood-fan-atic]

Recently picked up some Rutland fire starters on sale at HD. It says on the box that their safe for wood stoves. I cant see why they wouldnt be. Theyre small (2"x2") and fire up well. I find them soooooo much better than newspaper. Man, I hate crumpling up newspaper. Seeing how we're so close to 24/7 time now ,anyway, I guess it doesnt matter much. But I just wanted to make sure nobody has had any BAD experiences with them.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

They should be fine. Have you tried any Super Cedars? Those are very popular with folks on this forum.

 

[RSNovi]

I have been using the Seymour starters which seem about the same as the Rutland. No issues yet.

 

[wood-fan-atic]

I havnt been able to find any up my way,Dennis. Lord knows,I've looked. There is not much in the stores around here when it comes to wood-heat (compared to,like, say N.H. , or Mass.), and I couldnt see myself spending all that $$ on Fatwood just to start a fire that I could start for free.

 

[RSNovi]

I just bought a case of 12 boxes of Seymour starters. They were hard to find anywhere.

 

[stejus]

I use fire starters (Duraflame). I break up the block into about eight peices and place one piece and a pine cone against that little chunk. That, plus some kindling works just fine.