THE COMPLETE TRUTH ABOUT PELLET STOVES

[@jeffwilder7117]

In my Woodshop, 1000 sq ft, it has cost me around $120 a winter to heat. Had this Ashley King for 15 years. Close to 70 years old and this is much better than dealing with wood or it’s mess. Light it and forget it till done in evenings. I buy the pellets in the summer when they are clearanced out at Menards for $4 a bag on average over the 15 years. Personally for me, they are cost effective and so much easier to use than wood.

[@brianmatthews4149]

Bought a comfort built hp 22. 2200.00 orderd from tractor supply heats up to 2800 sf.this stove is awsome design and built nice,had a lopi before this 14 years never a issue.

[@larrygates3737]

I have a small cabin in eastern Canada with a pellet stove as the primary heat source ( in place when I purchased the property). The pellet stove provides adequate heat most of the time but on colder days I burn two 40lb bags of pellets, the costs quickly add up at $9/bag. While pellets are convenient there is no comparison to the heat produced by a conventional wood burning stove.

[@American-OutdoorsNet]

I agree that in areas with long winters and extreme low temps, pellet stoves aren't likely the best fit. We did a video several years ago doing a side by side comparison between wood heat and pellet heat here-kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKK0pZ54i9JgnaM

[@beebob1279]

@@American-OutdoorsNet This is the link I'm looking for

[@TwopersonsWalksalone]

@larrygates3737 yes, I agree. But, at 71, I don't cut my own wood anymore and carrying in a a bag or two is much easier on me then cutting 7 cord of wood a year.

[@banjohappy]

I worked at a guy's house who had a pellet stove. Thing had a noisy fan that blew hot dry wind constantly, and the flame inside looked like a blast furnace. I heated my house with a regular wood stove and much preferred the quiet heat.

[@smokey4343]

I heat with a wood stove and I cut the wood off my property here in Tenn.. A lot of ppl on here say they heat for about $1k with pellets.. I can heat with electricity cheaper than $1k a winter.. My electric would only be about an extra $100 a month if I just used electric heat.. I don't have central heat and air, I have an AC in a window.. It's a lot cheaper to buy a new window unit every 10 years than to maintain/buy a HVAC system..

[@martinschulz9381]

We run a pellet stove to supplement our heat pump. When the temp drops the heat pump loses it's efficiency and just doesn't put a nice heat in the house. The pellet stove just takes the edge off and puts a nice heavy cozy heat in the house. For all you pellet newbies ask around for the best pellet brands instead of doing your own trial and error. There's a big difference in brands and there are some bad ones out there. ( Be careful for home store brands, smaller stores usually sell the good ones)

[@CrookedlegGreg]

Wood stove # 1 no electricity needed # 2 burns clean when seasoned properly # 3 you don’t need a gym membership when you cut split and stack your own wood

[@brianmatthews4149]

Most don't have the time to mess with it

[@davidbrewer7937]

The theory is better than the actual experience... I got a Castle Serenity back in 2018 but wish I had spent on a good wood burning stove instead of a pellet. They are not simple, you cant seem to find anyone who knows anything about them & they are far from low maintenance.... they are certainly not cheap to buy or install. You have to learn to tune the unit for the pellets you buy & stick with that brand.

[@drewk5929]

I have a Harmen pc45 and love it. Thanks good video

[@markhunt6573]

Pellets cost 275$ ton here in Arkansas, I use a solar powered generator in ups mode to use in case of power outages

[@countryside8122]

Don't forget you can also use whole corn with pellets.

[@shawndmiles6747]

Something that was not mentioned was that there are 2 types of pellets. Soft wood pellets and hard wood pellets. Which also means there are 3 types of auger systems used in pellet stoves. I know someone that broke the auger system in there pellet stove because there stove was soft wood only and they were using hardwood pellets. The pellet stove you want is one that is designed to feed either pellet.

[@thegrantdanielsband]

First of all, they left out the best pellet stove on the market. Comfortbilt. This year i have 3 lifts of pellets for under1K to heat the house for all season right to May if needed. That is cheap in my books!! Also have a battery back up if power goes down so no issue of no heat ever it is also solar powered generator. I have had wood in the past and must say pellet stove is much more convenient with less mess and ease of operation and possibly cheaper to run than most wood stoves except something like a Blaze King now that is a wood stove. I am located in Ontario Canada under 1K for heating season in total is cheap and have hade this pellet stove for 4 years now with no issues love it 🙂

[@American-OutdoorsNet]

We agree that Comfortbilt has a strong reputation in the heating industry. We briefly listed companies making stoves in North America. Comfortbilt is manufactured in China.

[@thegrantdanielsband]

@American-OutdoorsNet Um they all are! Every part on them is made in China lol 😆

[@karlbishop7481]

I have been using pellet stoves since 1998. All the stoves I have had draw the air for the burn is drawn through the stove and not pushed through. Unfortunately I am looking at having to replace my current stove. Having the air pushed through would be better so that the blower isn't subjected to the hot exhaust. Which ones work this way? Noise is a big consideration for me.

[@brianmatthews4149]

I bought a comfort built, hp 22, ordered at our tractor supply on sale 2200.00 it burns 80 percent efficient easy operation, love it.

[@karlbishop7481]

@brianmatthews4149 That was one of the stoves I was looking at. Fortunately I found a few of the internal vent tubes were mostly blocked by ash. I had forgotten about those, I broke one of my rules by not doing a top to bottom service prior to the start of the season. Cold weather came in sooner than expected. My stove is a locally built unit that works well but a complete cleaning is somewhat intensive and time consuming. All good now.

[@TheClangerseatGreenSoup]

only grid dependant if you use mains power..get a manual unit.

[@American-OutdoorsNet]

There is currently only one EPA and UL Certified Non Electric stove on the US market, but we may be doing a video on non-electric options in the future. Thanks for watching.

[@American-OutdoorsNet]

Thanks for tuning in! You can check out more videos in our fall series on home heating right here- studio.kzbin.infonYWcBGcNCY0/edit

[@freecitizen7372]

Where would you store hundreds of bags of pellets. Not to mention the price. Cord wood is more efficient, more cost effective and the wood can be stored outdoors.

[@thegrantdanielsband]

Garage or basement or even outdoors they are bagged in a waterproof bag? no issue whatsoever also if outdoors just cover the skid with a tarp if you are worried. Price? well around here under 1K for the whole heating season is pretty good in my books Also i have used both a pellet and wood stove they are booth good but i do like the pellet stove a little more just saying. 🙂

[@UTUBESUXS2024]

You could not give me a pellet stove. I have a Blazeking as my primary heat source. Power goes out ,the house can still be heated and I can cook on it if need be. The price of pellets has risen a lot in the last couple of years and probably going to do so again. We have lost a lot of sawmills and pellet mills across the country, thanks to Trudeau 's economics. Fiber is getting harder to get as loggers are going broke,once again thanks to Trudeau and his BULL$HIT carbon tax. Pellet stoves are expensive . Mother boards are not cheap, let alone the other component required. The maintenance is a lot more. I easily get a 24 hour burn with my woodstove, and far more heat is produced than any pellet stove manufactured for household use. Depending on the winter, I use about 4=5 cords of wood. Plus, my wood source is very close to home.

[@thegrantdanielsband]

@UTUBESUXS2024 not true I heat for under 1K for the season with pellets.i get them from the menenites. But yes blaze king is a game changer for sure if pellets do go up in price

[@UTUBESUXS2024]

@@thegrantdanielsband you are lucky they are still cheap where you live. I am in the NW part of Canada. Pellets are going for close to 500 bucks per ton. I don't see the price going down here. The pellet mill that we had shut down a while back as did the sawmill which it got its fiber from. Once again Trudeau economics played a big role in that with the Carbon tax that he lines his pockets with. It's a sad situation up here.

[@beebob1279]

@@thegrantdanielsband You must live where it's really cold. I'm in Pennsylvania and I'm all heat pump. My bills into December, January, and February equals about 1,000. That includes all electric use in the house. I did put a woodburning insert and use that now. Problem is electricity when it goes out. My next stove is a free standing. No electricity

[@SheldonRunkle]

Great….if cost of pellets is no issue ? !

[@TwopersonsWalksalone]

Another useless heater when the power is out. There is not many pellet stoves that don't require electricity!

[@banjohappy]

Good point. We always had a warm house and hot soup if the power went out when heating with our wood stove.

[@TwopersonsWalksalone]

@banjohappy I build a Rocket Mass Heater. Then, I adapted it to burn pellets ! I burn 1 40 lb. Bag of pellets per day. Burn three hours and let the stove go out. The stove will pump heat for hours after going out.