whats better this year stove chow or firesides

[Cooper]

Hey guys any suggestions I've tried both in the past but not in 2012-13
Last years stove chow burned very hot for me and the firesides had alot of toothpicks in the bag but otherwise ok last year, but i can scoop up either for cheap any votes and why! Thanks

 

[Harmanizer]

I haven't tried the chow yet but the firesides burn very well.

 

[StormPanic]

Fireside have been great for me this year

 

[pell it]

Have not tried this year's Chow, but my stove is loving the Firesides.

 

[slvrblkk]

Grab a couple bags of each and grab which ever one burns better for you

 

[jtakeman]

FSU burned decent for me(nice heat and ash isn't excessive). No chows around here this season to compare. Both pellets are made by Energex.

 

[motorbykemike]

stove chow was horrible for me , will be returning 5 out of 8 bags

incomplete burn and resulting very high ash level in the burn pot (i had to scoop out the still glowing 1-1/2" thick poo poo pile of unburnts out of the pot 2 times in 30hrs), low heat , low density , lots of fines and dust , corners of all bags had small holes

ymmv

have'nt come across the firesides

have omalley in there right now and they seem to have about the same ash as lignetics w/ similar heat

hamers rocked

ligs were very good

in my setup that is

still trying pellets but i may get a ton this week

after i try the bag of newp that is and see how they work

for me it is cost/burn quality/ash/heat ratio

i like to run 2 bags then shutdown , clean , repeat

new to this but already learned that a more expensive bag of pellets may be cheaper in the long run as the burn time changes due to where i can set my stove as far as feed rate vs heat produced , as well as being cleaner

40 buck spread 'tween the omalley and ligs for me w/ the newp in the middle

hamers are another 35

tried the cheat rivers also but for the same money as omalleys, nah

ramble over

 

[Cooper]

I'll try a few of each. thanks