11 comments

• Comment Link Monday, 05 March 2012 00:36 posted by catowlex

  I am currently burning the North American pellets purchased at Lowe's. I am new this year to burning pellets, so I have only used this brand and the Fireside brand from Home Depot. Both cost $219 a ton. I have not tried any premium pellets yet, only the large store brands, so my experience is limited. However, I found that the North American brand creates a lot more ash than the Fireside brand - about twice as much. It does not produce as many clinkers, but I'm vacuuming every 3 days at a minimum when I run the stove on high. I am using a Heatilator Eco-Choice 35,000 BTU - a very small stove. I don't think I will purchase the North American brand again, based on the amount of cleaning required.
• Comment Link Saturday, 03 March 2012 11:07 posted by William ursini

  I have a quadratec fire Sante Fe 7 years old. I maintain and clean on a regular basis, I normaly clean it once a week, ie vacuum, brush and clean exaust pipes. With north American pellet I am cleaning every other day, along with scraping clinkers out with a putty knife. So far I've gone thru two and a half tons and have 15 gallons of ash and clinkers. It also smells like I'm burning newspaper.
• Comment Link Sunday, 12 February 2012 16:08 posted by Mark

  Purchases at Lowes for $219.00 ton. Average heat. No clinkers. Lots of ash! Using in a Brickwell Big E stove. I can usually go 5 days befor cleaning. I can get only three days before ash is full. They burn well but produce to much ash. The green supreme were much better at Lowes.
• Comment Link Saturday, 11 February 2012 14:20 posted by DS

  Curran's in disguise don't be fooled,
  Bought 5 bags last fall.
  Very heavy ash and low heat with chemical smell to them.
  burnt one bag and returned 4
• Comment Link Thursday, 02 February 2012 14:32 posted by John C.

  I have a 175,000 btu Maxim Central Boiler whole house unit. I purchased 10 tens of these pellets from Lowe's at
  $197/ton. I've gone through 4 tons so far and only had about 40lbs. of ash. The heat i've gotten has been great and so far no real issue with klinkers
• Comment Link Thursday, 02 February 2012 00:12 posted by Melissa

  Have a quadrafire classic bay, about 12 years old. Burns fairly well, lasts longer than the Green Supreme but the amount of ash is ridiculous. We clean regularly and it just seems like so much more than any pellet we've burned yet.
• Comment Link Wednesday, 25 January 2012 15:47 posted by Randy

  Had a bag set off to the side of my stack of Maine Wood Pellets so I decided to give them a try. Burned pretty good in both my Quadra Fire Santa Fe and Castile models.Bowls were pretty clean. Not as good as the MWP but since the supply of those here in CT are sold out I would consider these. My stoves work better on the blends. Have not tried all softwood yet though.
• Comment Link Friday, 20 January 2012 16:35 posted by Mariette Pierce

  We have Quadra Fire - Santa Fe model. The pellets are burning very hot. Our only issue is that we are cleaning the stove alot more often than we did with the Green Team Pellets. The North American Pellets are a good buy for the money however, next year, we will be looking to switch back to Green Team.
• Comment Link Friday, 20 January 2012 16:35 posted by Mariette Pierce

  We have Quadra Fire - Santa Fe model. The pellets are burning very hot. Our only issue is that we are cleaning the stove alot more often than we did with the Green Team Pellets. The North American Pellets are a good buy for the money however, next year, we will be looking to switch back to Green Team.
• Comment Link Friday, 20 January 2012 16:27 posted by tom thumb

  fine smelling... I grabbed a couple of bags at these at a big box. would consider buying more when the hard cold is gone
• Comment Link Friday, 20 January 2012 15:20 posted by Sauls

  I have burned several bags of these in recent days. They are not the worst pellets I have burned, but they certainly are not as good as all-hardwood pellets such as Hardwood Heat or Lignetics.