I’ve been a customer of woodpellets.com since 2008. Wow! Seventeen years as of this writing. I had never thought about how long it had been until now. I’ve always been happy with both woodpellets.com’s products and customer service. Call them to place your first order, and tell them: “Lynn McGovern wants to give me $25 off my first WoodPellets.com order!” I deviated one year to a different pellet, which was a mix of hard and soft and didn’t stop sneezing all winter. Apparently, there was too much dust blowing out from not only when I filled the pellet stove, but also from the bag itself.

If you have a wood pellet stove, you likely already understand the difference in soft and hardwood pellets. Cleanfire Superior® Softwood pellets give us more BTUs (8800 BTU and .37% ash) than the hardwood pellets (8400 BTU and .51% ash) and Cleanfire® Ultra Douglas Fir gives us 9200 BTU and “Virtually Zero Ash” at .22%. I was surprised to learn what “Virtually Zero Ash” actually meant, “virtually zero ash.” We need to clean out our fireplace insert after about 6 to 8 softwood bags. We burned 15 bags of Douglas Fir and could have gone even longer before cleaning because there was so little ash. My guess is that less ash means it burns more efficiently.

Why is Douglas Fir the Best Wood Pellet Option?

I was impressed at two things this past winter:

1. I only used one and a half bags per day of Douglas Fir compared to at least 2 bags of the softwood per day when it is even warmer. This was during the coldest month we’ve had in many years. Days were typically in the teens or low 20s and nights were down to single digits most nights. I don’t believe the softwood would have kept us as warm as the Douglas Fir.
2.  I have a fireplace insert, so I have to shut down my stove, and let it cool down before cleaning it. Using softwood, I’m lucky if I can burn 6 – 8 bags before it needs cleaning. With the Douglas Fir – I used 15 bags and could have gone even longer.

Both of these points are a huge plus for us and would you believe there’s another good point here?

3. The Douglas Fir actually works out, at full price, to about the same cost as the softwood, based on using 1.5 bags per day instead of 2 bags per day. As of this writing, it’s on sale for $499 per pallet, which makes it $2 per day less expensive for me! I don’t think I’ll ever deviate from Douglas Fir!

Douglas Fir

Why Have Companies Removed Important Information From Their Bags?

Many companies are now removing important information from their bags –  whether their product is hard or soft wood, and how many BTUs. Because of this, we can no longer compare products. I would NOT buy from a company that does not tell us BTUs and what type of wood their product is. Why are they hiding it?

Softwood

Receive $25 off Your First Woodpellets.com Order

No matter which one you choose, if you purchase via woodpellets.com, tell them Lynn McGovern sent you and they’ll give you $25 off your first order. I, too, will get a $25 credit, which means that if you become a customer, you can then refer friends to receive a $25 credit. There’s no limit to how many people you can refer. And the price of pellets includes free delivery.

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