Fireside Pellets
Fireside Pellets are sometimes sold at Home Depot. I have burned 3 tons of these pellets and found then to be very good. I believe they are from Canada.
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I just bought 3 tons of fireside pellets from Home Depot for next season. $209 a ton. I bought 2 tons of the crap pennington pellets and the amount of dust in each bag and the klinkers was unreal. I will never buy them again.
We’ve been burning pellets for 3 years and have tried many brands. We have a Harman Advance stove. Usually we buy our pellets from the stove retailer but have been frustrated buy their inability to supply us with the exact brands we order. The best pellet for the dead of winter in Wisconsin has been Bear Mountain, however, we are limited to one ton which equates the about one month of heat for us. Last year we bought some Fireside from Fleet Farm and they performed quite well and plan to purchase at least a ton for next year. Buy early, they’re sold out long before the heating season is over. This year we bought a ton of Pennington’s Natures Heat. They performed well but we did have to clean the stove more often. The klinkers were more then average and the ash that pushed forward from the burn pot clumped and was crusty. The ash was more than average. The bag stated “low ash”. The particle dust in the bottom of the bag was more than average and jammed the slide plate a few times, causing the stove to shut down. I took to sifting the bottom third of the bag to reduce the saw dust from being dumped into the hopper. The heat was very good for an inexpensive pellet. Lowe’s sells them for about $3.50 a bag. If you don’t mind the extra work for a reasonably priced pellet, Natures Heat was O.K. I just purchased some Bio-Plus made by Pennington and they seem to produce less ash and the heat is perhaps slightly less than the Natures Heat. The ash pushed forward in the burn pot is lighter and not clumpy. It’s too soon to report on the clinkers since I have only used a few bags so far. The saw dust in the bottom of the bag is about the same so I still plan to sift out as much as possible. I bought these from Lowe’s and they have a lot on hand. They have told me they plan to stock Pennington pellets year round. I assume this will be Bio-Plus. I paid the same price for Bio-Plus so I would be interested to know if these are lesser grade than Nature’s Heat. Incidentally, the bag did not say “low ash” but it does seem to be less than Nature’s Heat.
I Just purchased an Avalon pellet insert for my masonary fireplace this year and will burn pellets for the first time. I purchased 2-tons of Fireside brand pellets and 1 ton of Freedom fuel brand from the local Home Depot here in eastern Mass. It sounds as though the Fireside pellets are not too bad, but has anyone had any experience with the Freedom Fuel brand? The freedom fuel pellets I bought are supposedly a premium pine low ash pellet (about .4% ash content). Also, I would like some idea (if anyone can help) as to how many tons I can expect to use to heat a small two story home (1700 sq./ft.) based on a moderately cold New England winter with the stove ruuning most of the day. I am new to this and would appreciate any feedback.
Keith we live in western ma. I have a 1600 sq. ft ranch. we have had our stove about 5 years. The best I can quess from what ive used your probably going to need about 3.5 to 4tons.
I live in Rochester, NY and for the past three years have been buying from my pellets from Higbie Farms in Chili, NY. Initially, we were very satisfied with the service and brands available at a reasonable price. But last spring (April ‘08) they were offering Dry Creek at $280/ton and Allegany & American Wood Fiber at $250/ton. I went with Allegany but they delivered AWF and they sucked (a lot of unrefined wood, candy wrappers, nuts, bolts and more junk ~ 5 lbs worth after burning 3.5 tons) and they were very dusty and didn’t burn very hot. NEVER USE AMERICA WOOD FIBER!
this spring, Higbie wa selling Dry Creek at $300/ton cash and $310/ton with credit card purchases. Needless to say I didn’t buy early from Higbie this year.
On September 28, 2009 the Home Depot in Victor, NY was selling Fireside Ultra pellets at $230/ton and $50 off each additional ton purchased after that. It was such a great deal that I bought 4 tons without even batting an eye. I only hope that it burns better than AWF.
How do you feel about Fireside? Let me know!
Thanks,
SLG
I agree about AWF; DON”T BUY IT!
I bought two ton of American Wood Fiber premium (AWF) pellets this fall from Tractor Supply; what a big mistake I made for buying this brand. I’ve been using a Harmon Accenture for the past five years with great success and have the unit serviced every year for cleaning.
This season I had about five bags of Lignetics pellets to use before using the AWF brand. The AWF pellets look the same as Lignetics. Once the AWF pellets were used I noticed that more floating embers and slight ash buildup inside the burn chamber. After three bags had been used the inside burn chamber was covered with nasty ash dust, the burn pot had excessive carbon build up and the whole stove needed a thorough cleaning. With Lignetics and other brands used, the most I would have to clean the unit was possibly once a week.
I’m writing AWF and Tractor supply of my extreme displeasure. Needless to say I’ll never use AWF anymore.
I agree, AWF is the worst pellet I’ve used yet. I bought 4 tons and I’m struggling with these pellets. It’s making for alot of cleaning and I’m also worried I may ruin my stove.
after burning 20 or so bags this season I think the ash output is high with Fireside pellets. I need to empty my bin after a few bags.
Purchased 2-tons of Fireside Ultra from local Home Depot
and these pellets burn a lot of Ash after three bags. I also
have more smoke then other brands. I burned them in
my Harman stove. Have been using wood pellets since
1988 and these pellets produce the most ASH….
I sell both pellets and stoves…..there is a world of difference in pellets…..you just get what you pay for…..if you shop for price alone expect to get poor quality…..and will wish you had shopped quality instead…….i sell Lignetics (1% ash) and Hamer super premium (1/2% ash). Both are good quality products…….
In 2008-2009 there was a shortage of pellets on the east coast…….we had pellets shipped in from other manufactures out of state and they were poor and lots of headaches, ash, and clinkers!!….both manufactures claimed they were hard wood, low ash, and burned hot, but they did not deliver!!……but our clients were happy to have heat as many rely 100% on pellets for heat…….but disappointed with their performance……some drove over 1 1/2 hours to get pellets for heat….
This season (2009-2010) they all are glad we can once again obtain our usual premium brands……….NOTE…if there is no PELLET INSTITUTE membership, seal and information box on the bag, you are buying a pig-in-a-poke…….you have no idea what is in the bag!!……..
Once the euphoria of the low price fades, the depression of poor quality sets in……..
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PS……i burn pellets too..
Home Depot has the Fireside pellets on sale this week. Has anyone used this brand ? If so, how have they burned – any problems.