Comments on: New England Wood Pellet

By: Marshall Smith

Marshall Smith — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 22:07:53 +0000

Agreed. NE wood pellets are horrible now. I’ve burned them before, but this year they are junk. Poor heat, and soot. My Quadra-Fire stove glass is black after 1 bag. Lots of ash, and the long pellets clog up the auger. Factory tells me that they will send me a bag for test sample, but that never came I’m sticking with Sams Club and Home depot pellets.

By: mike

mike — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 14:50:36 +0000

I was running low on NEWP so i put in an order in for a ton of Heartland pellets. They were a little more money but you get 1.2 tons. The NEWP were pretty good but I wanted to give something else a try as this is our first year with the stove. I was AMAZED at how good the Heartland pellets were. Maybe a quarter of the amount of ash the NEWP had, and WAY more heat. The NEWP kept our house comfortable but the heat the Heartland’s give off is incomparable. My upstairs is 1,800 square feet and on a 12 degree day it was 72 degrees in my house using Heartland. These pellets are awesome. The NEWP are good but I will use them in spring and fall and use the Heartland’s for the freezing New England winters.

By: Dave B

Dave B — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 16:53:58 +0000

I agree with Ken. I have used NEWP exclusively for 14 years in my Harman Stove. This years 2010 run was markedly different to the point that pellets from the big box stores for $170 ton become quite attractive. I’m done with NEWP for now.

By: Brenda

Brenda — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 18:08:41 +0000

We used the tidytimbers pellets and they made our building turn black inside and out. They are from Pine Bluff, AR and we have called them many times to talk with someone. The receptionist finally got nasty with my husband. We bought three tons from Lowes at the beginning of the season. I took all kinds of pictures and I guess I will have to speak to my attorney regarding them. We went back to using the brand we have used for years and we get less ash and they have not turned anything black. The Tidy Timber pellets are as if they have something added to them that make the black greasy. We have tried for three weeks to just talk to them and ask some questions but you can’t get past the receptionist.

Please do not use their pellets you will regret it.

By: billymac

billymac — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 01:50:36 +0000

Do not buy Inferno pellets, they are the worst I have ever used, Lowes sells them now, they burn twice as fast with no better heat, I think they are loaded with wax or fillers, they are too long and too short and clog the auger, they soot the glass, and they fill the burn pot with clinkers daily, this company is not advertising what is printed on the bag, its bogus materials and fillers in the Inferno pellets, you can tell they are very slippery to handle, most likely the wax or fillers.

By: shelly

shelly — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 00:46:53 +0000

After reading these posts I am convinced the NEWP are the cause of our problems too. We have a Harman Accentra and the last two years we used Corinth-last years two tons were terrible so we got a ton of NEWP. Those were ok. This year we have been using the NEWP (one ton delivered, picking up bags each week) Have had to constantly clean stove, having creosote and lots of soot and plenty of carbon buildup. Yesterday the stove was feeding pellets but then the flame would die down because the feed would only work sometimes. It was set at 80 but couldn’t get house temp over 62. Last night (it was 4 below) it went out. This morning we did another cleaning, the third this week, and cleaned the flue-it was full of chunks of hot ash and pretty clogged up. We had cleaned it in October-last year only cleaned it once in March. Right now it’s 70 in the house but already glass is dirty and have clinkers. I will be trying different pellets this week.

By: Mike J

Mike J — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 18:36:51 +0000

The LG may be ok for the bottom feed type of stove…but the Whitfield design (which drops them) causes too much fly ash as these pellets break up on burn and this fly ash fills up my ash pan to 3 days. Turman still the best I have seen to date.

By: Mike J

Mike J — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 18:29:52 +0000

Try a few bags of Turman….made from hard wood flooring manufacturer byproduct. No bark, dirt and anything else a front end loader picks up at these cheaper pellet factories. Probably around $6 a bag today. Good luck.

By: Mike J

Mike J — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 18:26:26 +0000

Well…the LG are not what was expected. Extremely high ash (filled front of stove in 3 days with sandy ash) byproduct. Heat ok, pellets a little long and feed rate had to be adjusted higher to keep stove going. Another brand to cross off my list. Still pining for Turman but at 269.00/ton will wait till spring. Just bought 4 tons of Inferno and the reviews don’t look too good for these. Will know next week…but for 168.00/ton (military discount included) had to give them a try.

By: gris

gris — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:51:41 +0000

curran opps–