Pellets or biobricks?

[Flame On]

My in-laws can't do the firewood shuffle. They thought that pellets were the answer, but ended up being a bit put off by all the electronics and moving parts. I suggested a wood stove with biobricks... Thoughts?

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[bogieb]

Well, if biobricks had been common (or if I'd ever even heard of them), when I put in my basement pellet stove, I might have thought harder about putting in a wood stove. The attraction is that if there is a power outage then you still have heat. Fortunately I now live in town (I didn't before and had a wood stove - which came in mighty handy when power was out for 4+ days), so haven't had any major power outages in 4 years (KOW).

However, if no one is home to feed the wood stove on a regular basis, then pellets win hands down.