Freedom Fuels or Lee Energy solutions

[Nor'easter]

Thanks to the polar vortex and the lack of pellets in the Rhode Island area I have had to break down and get what pellets I could find.
1. Freedom Fuels - bags are cheap as I have seen. I put a huge hole in it just picking it up. They look small and there is no uniform shape and the color is odd(yellow). Just put my first bag in so I will soon know if I like them.
2. Lee Energy - I can't find much info on these pellets the bags nor the website give details on btu output or material is in the pellet. I will use the 10 bags of Freedom before I hit the Lee pellets. If you have used them let me know what you think.

 

[POTSTIRRER]

Thanks to the polar vortex and the lack of pellets in the Rhode Island area I have had to break down and get what pellets I could find.
1. Freedom Fuels - bags are cheap as I have seen. I put a huge hole in it just picking it up. They look small and there is no uniform shape and the color is odd(yellow). Just put my first bag in so I will soon know if I like them.
2. Lee Energy - I can't find much info on these pellets the bags nor the website give details on btu output or material is in the pellet. I will use the 10 bags of Freedom before I hit the Lee pellets. If you have used them let me know what you think.

..I found Lee Energy to be horrible

 

[Nor'easter]

Final review, I wanted to hate freedom fuel as the bag was cheap and I tore several; however, I ended up liking them a lot. They burn hotter than stove chow, so much so I had to turn on my ceiling fans to cool the house off (stove was set to a low level and it was 20 degrees outside). They also burn fairly clean, about on par with stove chow. The only down-side I found is the burn rate is a little faster than others I have used, oh and they are yellow in color and smell odd. All in all I would use these pellets on a regular basis.

Lee Energy Solutions...I am not a pellet snob, I like green supreme, but Lee Energy are not worth the money. They burn with a huge amount of ash. I will follow up with a photo, but these pellets generate about 10 times the ash as other pellets, and that is a honest number. On my highest stove setting I can not get my house above 64, using stove chow or freedom fuels my house is usually around 70 burning on a low setting. The pellet length is to long and my stove has trouble feeding them into the burn box. All in all I would use my oil hot air system before buying another bag of Lee Energy.

 

[Arti]

I've used Lee's. Seemed to burn ok about 20 to 30 degrees lower vent temp than with other pellets and a LOT of ash

 

[Ktm300]

Lee Energy Solutions are good for cat litter but the cats won't like the dust.

 

[Pelleting In NJ]

I scored 15 bags of Lee from Home Depot last week. The first bag seemed OK, the second bag had so many fines, that I had flames going back up the feed tube, because the tube had a trail of wood dust all the way back up to the exit end of the auger. I am afraid of a hopper fire, so I shut down the stove and I will remove all the Lee pellets and throw them in the garbage. I will return the 13 remaining bags of Lee to Home Depot for a refund. I'd rather burn propane than have a house fire....

 

[jawquin]

Thanks to the polar vortex and the lack of pellets in the Rhode Island area I have had to break down and get what pellets I could find.
1. Freedom Fuels - bags are cheap as I have seen. I put a huge hole in it just picking it up. They look small and there is no uniform shape and the color is odd(yellow). Just put my first bag in so I will soon know if I like them.
2. Lee Energy - I can't find much info on these pellets the bags nor the website give details on btu output or material is in the pellet. I will use the 10 bags of Freedom before I hit the Lee pellets. If you have used them let me know what you think.

Freedom Fuels run fine. They are good. I found them to be uniform as well though I haven't ran alot of them. I'd buy them again.

 

[stoveguy2esw]

ive run freedom fuels they do look weird , they re small and I did have to trim the stove a bit but they burned fine. as for the Lee's I haven't seen or tried so I have no brief on them.

glad my local TSC has plenty of WV lignetics if I need em though