Best pellets in anyone opinion, Ive used several brands in the past week and a half...please give me your input and thoughts
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Jhawknseattle
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About the only ones I used that are wide spread are lignetics and I had very bad luck with those. Heat was OK but ash was terrible and it would clutter the burn platform easily. I live on the west coast where there is an abundance of doug fir pellets which seem to all be pretty good. Some better than others
keep doing what your doing with trying different brands and you will find what is best for you in your area.
What have you tried and how do you like them? I am from NW Ohio, I've only tried (newbie) EasyHeats (FF&H) and Somersets (Nards). The Somersets were much better, just as some on this site had predicted for me. I haven't tried anything else yet, I think TSC is the only other local store that stocks anything.
Jonkman
Burning Hunk
I did the same thing you did and found Pro Pellets (or Magic Spark) to be the best in our area (better than Somersets). I’m in Michigan and I think they have distributors in Ohio. Here is their site. If you contact them via email they’ll get back to you on distribution near you.
http://www.fiberby-products.com/products/wood_pellets.php
http://www.fiberby-products.com/products/wood_pellets.php
Peterfield
Minister of Fire
Don't listen to us, listen to your stove. For almost every brand, you'll find positive and negative reviews. Have fun experimenting and you'll quickly find what brands work best in your particular stove. Remember, all pelts produce heat and all pellets produce ash, the amounts of which you'll have a personal preference on and just key on that.
Personal opinion to get a good feel for pellets you cannot just burn a couple of bags and try a different. If i was looking for the best pellet for my stove i would run a week or more of the same pellet. Out side temp, humidity, among other things can change the burn of pellets and their output.
tlc1976
Minister of Fire
I second these as burning very good in my stove, I get a lot of heat and not a lot of ash. Definitely worth a try.
Since you're just learning your stove as it is, I think a few bags might be sufficient. Just to see what actually feeds and burns well and how much junk they leave behind. That's what I'd be looking at right now. Scoop out the existing pellets from the hopper, and clean the firebox, and then you've got at least a reasonable comparison for starters. I wouldn't want to be paying for a half dozen bags of junk. I've read plenty of stories on here.
Inside house temp depends on so many things. Wind, snow cover, sun, if someone's cooking in the kitchen, if someone didn't close the door all the way... Takes awhile to get used to how all those factors affect it, and preferably you want to have decided on a pellet type by then.
funflyer
Burning Hunk
Which Ligs were you using? There are different ones from what I've been reading. I've been using the orange labels for two seasons now and they are the opposite of what you describe. Fantastic heat output and ash is among the lowest of any pellet I've ever burned. There are three others I prefer over the Ligs, they are Olympus, Sierra Supreme and High Country. Those all have the same heat output as the Ligs but even lower ash.
Pete,
Where are you in OH and which stove are you running? I have been very happy with Somersets, Pro Pellets, and Greenways in this order with Sets being #1. The other two are very similar. Much depends on location and whats offered and what others have already covered.
Where are you in OH and which stove are you running? I have been very happy with Somersets, Pro Pellets, and Greenways in this order with Sets being #1. The other two are very similar. Much depends on location and whats offered and what others have already covered.
Just found something else that drastically effects house temp.... trees... I had about 12-14 cedar in the front yard that I just took down the other day... sun shining today with a outside temp of -5. I had to shut the stove off today.... the house was maintaining temp
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