briggsy13 said:
I didn't think we had many choices when it came to pellets. But a local hardware store (family owned) had Hamer's for $257 a ton. The local box stores have Cheat River for $197. I am just skeptical that the extra money is worth it. It seems like a pretty big difference.
What are your thoughts?
What area of Maryland are you from???
Here are some pellet prices from different sources in Md as of this past week:
Store ------- Location ------- Phone# ------- Brand ------- Price per ton ------- How Stored
Home Depot --- Glen Burnie, Md --- 410-553-9600 --- American Wood Fibers --- $197.oo --- Inside / lawn & garden area
Lowe's --- Glen Burnie, Md --- 410-863-4535 --- Green Team --- $197.oo --- Outside / lawn & garden area
Lowe's --- Glen Burnie, Md --- 410-863-4535 --- Presto Logs --- $197.oo --- Outside / lawn & garden area
Lowe's --- Easton, Md --- 410-690-9016 --- Greenway --- $197.oo --- Outside / lawn & garden area
Wood Floors Plus --- Glen Burnie, Md --- 410-410-636-9663 ---Power Pellets --- $189.oo --- Inside Warehouse
Wood Floors Plus --- Glen Burnie, Md --- 410-410-636-9663 --- O'Malley --- $189.oo --- Inside Warehouse
Wood Floors Plus --- Glen Burnie, Md --- 410-410-636-9663 --- Greenway --- $245.oo --- Inside Warehouse
True Value --- Kent Island, Md --- 410-643-3500 --- Hammers Hot Ones --- $249.oo --- Outside under tarps
Friel Lumber Co. --- Queenstown, Md --- 410-827-8811 --- Lignetics --- $249.oo --- Inside Warehouse
I would NOT make a large purchase of any brand that I have not yet tested in my stove. Buy a few bags of whatever is available in your area and see how they burn in your stove.
We used a infrared thermometer such as this one (
http://www.lowes.com/pd_73790-56005...pl__0__s?Ntt=infrared+thermometer&facetInfo;=) last year to see what the heat differences were between the brands we could get. We always took the readings from the same place on the stove, while keeping the unit at the same distance and angle for every reading taken.
If you do a search of post by the author "j-takeman" you will find that he has already completed many test and composed two different listing's of his results for everyone.
Sorry I didn't save the link to his testing results.