Help me decide what pellet to buy: 2 choices

[lightyear]

Harman XXV Pellet stove: gone through my first batch of pellets in a month (1 ton).

HOme depot 30 minutes away: Stove CHow for $187 a ton
or
Power Pellets for $229 a ton. I can't find ANYTHING about power pellets on here or anyhwere else regarding their info. It is a hardwood pellet and I have been pleased with them. But, saving $40 bucks a ton is nice. I want to get 1-2 more tons.

SHould I get one ton of each, or 2 of stove chow...most people seem happy with the stove chow.

 

[nh1234]

never used either BUT I do a lot of reading on here and stove chow seems to be a popular choice..

 

[geek]

best advice..........buy a couple bags of each and test before buying the whole ton.

 

[Xena]

Since you've been using the "power pellets"
and know how they burn in your stove I'd
clean the stove then pick up a few bags of
the stove chow and see how they work for ya.
If ya like em then for the price I'd get two ton
but that's just me. Enjoy the heat!

 

[katwillny]

Stove Chows work great for me.

 

[jtakeman]

Stove Chow works for me too! But I would still take a few bags for a test drive. You gotta kick the tires!

 

[imacman]

Stove Chow works for me too! But I would still take a few bags for a test drive. You gotta kick the tires!

I agree w/ Jay and others above.

Even though it involves some driving just to get the "test" pellets, in the long run it's the wise thing to do.....you don't want to get "stuck" with even 1 ton of pellets that burn poorly in your stove.

 

[EZsteve]

I drove 1 hour to get some test pellets of the Stove chow. When I got there they only had 1ton of them so I bought them. Been burning them since Friday and I like them. 187 on can't beat it.

 

[roadrunnermoore]

Harman XXV Pellet stove: gone through my first batch of pellets in a month (1 ton).

HOme depot 30 minutes away: Stove CHow for $187 a ton
or
Power Pellets for $229 a ton. I can't find ANYTHING about power pellets on here or anyhwere else regarding their info. It is a hardwood pellet and I have been pleased with them. But, saving $40 bucks a ton is nice. I want to get 1-2 more tons.

SHould I get one ton of each, or 2 of stove chow...most people seem happy with the stove chow.

I too was using Power Pellets, mainly because they threw them in when I bought my insert. Was told they are manufactured by O'Malley, but had a different name so that they could use different distributors. If you go to www.thepowerpellet.com and www.omalleywoodpellets.com, you'll notice that the phone numbers are the same.

Haven't tried Stove Chow yet, but seems to get high marks on here. I have tried Power Pellets, O'Malleys, Lignetics, and just got a ton of Hamers Hot Ones. Interesting thing, never had a problem with my high limit switch until I used the Hamers. Guess they really are Hot Ones. By the way, dealer will be installing new auger cover next week on my M55 cast insert to alleviate the high temperature issue.

 

[SmokeyTheBear]

Harman XXV Pellet stove: gone through my first batch of pellets in a month (1 ton).

HOme depot 30 minutes away: Stove CHow for $187 a ton
or
Power Pellets for $229 a ton. I can't find ANYTHING about power pellets on here or anyhwere else regarding their info. It is a hardwood pellet and I have been pleased with them. But, saving $40 bucks a ton is nice. I want to get 1-2 more tons.

SHould I get one ton of each, or 2 of stove chow...most people seem happy with the stove chow.

I too was using Power Pellets, mainly because they threw them in when I bought my insert. Was told they are manufactured by O'Malley, but had a different name so that they could use different distributors. Haven't tried Stove Chow yet, but seems to get high marks on here. I have tried Power Pellets, O'Malleys, Lignetics, and just got a ton of Hamers Hot Ones. Interesting thing, never had a problem with my high limit switch until I used the Hamers. Guess they really are Hot Ones. By the way, dealer will be installing new auger cover next week on my M55 cast insert to alleviate the high temperature issue.

You need to try some Cubex. They'll make that high temperature limit snap disc land in the next state over.

 

[lightyear]

thanks all. I did go up and bought 20 bags. I put them in this a.m. and the stove will probably get to them later tonight-tomorrow I am happy with the power pellets, but if I can save $40 a ton, that would be great. I could buy 4 tons of stove chow for the price of 3 tons of power pellets. that would make me happy!