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.