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imacman
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Well, after being one of the members who always recommended Hamer's due to great reviews I'd seen, I finally had the chance to try some myself....Lowes near me had Hamer's, Curran, SIH, and Presto-Logs. I decided it was time I tried the Hamer's myself, and was looking forward to some great heat and great burning pellets. The production code on the bag was 3/8/2010.
Well, the heat was good. BUT, I had a terrible problem with clinkers. I tried adjusting air settings, but nothing helped. I even tried shutting the stove off last night and cleaning it, and then starting all over again. This morning, I woke to the stove having shut itself off (and remember, my stove is multi-fuel and has a stirrer).
Just to make sure it was the pellets and not the stove, I cleaned the firepot & firebox AGAIN, and loaded it with Barefoots....it has been running along perfectly for 7 hours and not even a HINT of a clinker.
Here's a pic of what I dumped out of the burnpot this morning. Oh, and the bags had MAJOR amounts of fines too. I am officially OFF the Hamer's "bandwagon" and will not be recommending them nor will I buy any more.
Well, the heat was good. BUT, I had a terrible problem with clinkers. I tried adjusting air settings, but nothing helped. I even tried shutting the stove off last night and cleaning it, and then starting all over again. This morning, I woke to the stove having shut itself off (and remember, my stove is multi-fuel and has a stirrer).
Just to make sure it was the pellets and not the stove, I cleaned the firepot & firebox AGAIN, and loaded it with Barefoots....it has been running along perfectly for 7 hours and not even a HINT of a clinker.
Here's a pic of what I dumped out of the burnpot this morning. Oh, and the bags had MAJOR amounts of fines too. I am officially OFF the Hamer's "bandwagon" and will not be recommending them nor will I buy any more.