Does anyone more experienced have an opinion on these Easy heat pellets

[Doug Doty]

I bought 10 bags to start with from my USSC Stove dealer here in town to give myself a few days to study and evaluate. I don't know any different since they are my only experience but they seem like they burn well and while visiting a North Cincinnati Harmon Stove dealer today I found they were what they sold with their stoves for new customers and said that all 3 people there using pellet stoves used them as well. Thats all I had to go on and since I needed to stock up for winter. Today was last day of the sale in my home town at a farm store that sold these same pellets so I went ahead and got 4 ton for this season at $200/ton.

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[Johnny_Fiv3]

At $200/ton, even they are a little ashy who cares?? Great deal.

 

[Peterfield]

Buy some bags and let her rip. Then tell us how they do. We all learn from each other. Welcome to the club.

 

[Mark_ms]

I bought 10 bags to try, they have a lot of fines, have a lot of ash and not a lot of heat. I personally would not purchase again. But like others said, it may work for you in your stove better than others.

 

[Doug Doty]

Update : I have used about 16 bags in the first 8 days with mostly cold weather the first 6 days. Here is the kicker, I just today bought a couple of bags from TSC with their private label and they burn much nicer so far, flame size is steady so the auger likes them better, heat output is crazy better. I am still just 3 hours in on these and they are a bit more expensive but wow what a difference so far, would easily be worth the extra 50 a ton, unless i find something ugly after a couple of bags. Ash reports to come in a day or two.

 

[Skier76]

Interested in your feedback. I picked up three bags of these in SoVT a few weeks ago. I haven't burned any yet.

Anyone know if Easy Heat has other brands or who makes them?

 

[Doug Doty]

You sure can't find anything on the bags on either brand. The TSC's do claim to be all hard wood. The easy heats just claim to be all wood. The Easy Heats just burn very low on 1 and not even visible without looking down into the pot, as compared to the TSC pellets burn much more robust and lick above the fake log that is 2" more yet above the burn pot and at times flame up to the level of the top of the chute. I am still a newb at this game but this difference is obvious.

 

[titanracer]

Update : I have used about 16 bags in the first 8 days with mostly cold weather the first 6 days. Here is the kicker, I just today bought a couple of bags from TSC with their private label and they burn much nicer so far, flame size is steady so the auger likes them better, heat output is crazy better. I am still just 3 hours in on these and they are a bit more expensive but wow what a difference so far, would easily be worth the extra 50 a ton, unless i find something ugly after a couple of bags. Ash reports to come in a day or two.

You were saying the TSC private labels you picked up were burning much nicer. Take a look at the 12 digit number under your bar code & see which ones you may have. As far as I know, TSC was getting there private label pellets from 2 different suppliers. Those suppliers are Appalachian Wood Pellets & Maine Wood Pellets. Rumor is the Maine Wood Pellets burn hotter and have less than Appalachian Wood Pellets. The bar code numbers are different for both, in the bar code area. For the Appalachian Wood Pellets, you will see a bar code number of something like 8 51050 00300 4. For the Maine Wood Pellets, you will see a bar code number of something like 8 52453 00306 6. It would be interesting to see which ones you have.

 

[Doug Doty]

Mine are the ..... I had to turn the stove off a bit ago, would not go low enough let it run. I am going to buy a few more bags to test in real cold weather to make a proper comparison, but there is no comparison, these feed wonderful with steady flame and the heat seems to let me back off from half to low. More and better info to come with more cold weather experience, just a first impression for now.

Also, below is my burn pot after 3 hours of Easy Heats and 3 hours hours of the TSC pellets. All holes are clear after burning on low. If it was the Easy Heats for 6 hours it would be messy with ash by comparison.
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[LordmetalZ28]

Mine are the ..... I had to turn the stove off a bit ago, would not go low enough let it run. I am going to buy a few more bags to test in real cold weather to make a proper comparison, but there is no comparison, these feed wonderful with steady flame and the heat seems to let me back off from half to low. More and better info to come with more cold weather experience, just a first impression for now.

Also, below is my burn pot after 3 hours of Easy Heats and 3 hours hours of the TSC pellets. All holes are clear after burning on low. If it was the Easy Heats for 6 hours it would be messy with ash by comparison.
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Theres a few reviews on her saying they found plastic in the easy heat pellets. I bought 5 bags this year and was very disappointed when i read the review. Havent burned them yet.

 

[Doug Doty]

I already found a 18" piece of 1.5" wide manilla folder in a bag of the E A's Regreating having 3.5 more tons to go through. I'll eat em up when it gets cold, they heat good enough and run fine on high settings.

 

[Phil Do's fire.]

My stove needed an enema after trying them last year.

 

[Skier76]

I finally got around to trying these. I put a bag in the hopper today before leaving for work. I have the stove hooked up to a wifi t-stat and I can monitor the temp remotely. It was cool, cloudy day today, highs in the mid/upper 30s with clouds. I ran my stove on 3 with the temp set to the upper 70s. I noticed in the afternoon, the temp dropped. It stayed in the low 70s all day. With the other pellets I burn, it's usually in the mid 70s. And at times, I back it down a bit since its heating well. Not the case today.

There very little info on the bag; just the name and UPC. No content info like wood type, ash or BTU.

 

[Doug Doty]

I have burnt the first of 4 ton this season. I got 10 bags from a different random source that had gotten damp I believe and they drove me crazy as I was going through the pellet stove learning curve at the same time. Since they are gone I have had no issue but I have sampled other pellets that give off more heat. I am not a good one to say for comparison but I have a real basic stove that has no agitator or system for clearing ash and I can go 24 to 48 hours between shutdown cleanings but I have to get in quickly stir the pot and knock some ash through the bottom air holes every 24 hours.

Including my vacuum and my ash tray I would say i have collected about 1/2 to 3/4 of a cubic foot of ash in 65 bags

 

[apandori]

There is definitely hunks of plastic in the Easy Heat pellets. I picked up 15 bags yesterday. I was told they're a 90%hardwood 10%softwood blend. Little bits of blue plastic in the pellets. I won't be buying them ever again.

 

[Doug Doty]

I ran a ton and a half through my stove this fall at first and they were the worst i have seen, my stove would literally shut down from a dirty burn pot not flowing enough air to sustain flame on a daily basis. Literally 16 to 24 hour fire pot cleanings to keep it going. I have a USSC 5660 with a non agitated or ash purging pot so worst case scenario. They may run through other stoves with more success. I am using Somersets now and clean weekly on Sunday's only by comparison and get 100 degrees more out the front.

 

[TonyVideo]

I have burned through 5 tons of these pellets in. Harman P43 and 68. They suck but the price was good. They burn better in my 43. The P68 struggles with them and if I don't scrape the pot at least 3 times a day they will put out less heat. I will never buy these again regardless the price. By far the most ash I have ever had from pellets 2:1.

 

[TonyVideo]

One other thing is I used them last year and they were great. Very different this year. This is why I committed to buying 7 tons of them this year. Very disappointed.