I’m in Oregon and the price of a cord of wood is $300 and up depending on if you want fir or hardwood and hardwood is $400+. I go through 4-5 cords per winter. Pellet wins for me easily
Same boat as you were. Had pellets and switched back to wood. I found pellet stoves to be noisy. More expensive than buying wood in my area. Power reliant, and when the power goes out it smokes up the house. At the mercy of corporate pricing and availability. Less fuel independence as you replace one supplier with two. When they break you don’t have heat till the parts you ordered arrive (or technician repairs it). And it’s not a pretty fire you’d want to sit around and read or something (some of that being attributed to noise). In my area when there was a shortage prices were increased two fold. One because of demand and two because I wasn’t buying in larger quantities (because I wasn’t allowed too). Really obnoxious.
the only thing I would say if it is an insert wood stove would be better I use a pellet stove insert a quadra fire which has run no problems close to 20 years the only thing is clean up it is a pain to pull out unit so as to clean out the flue and fan motor that is why a wood stove insert is better , had a snap disc go out and on the electricity if power goes out you can use a 12 volt battery back up but that is not an issue cause if your wood stove is still on while power is out you still have no power for refrigerator possible stove water heater and no tv ,what good is that ,cord of wood is a little more expensive and there is no worry about creosote build up in the chiminey ,pellet stoves are cleaner burning than wood stoves you have to stay on top of stove to keep house warm as the pellet stove can run by itself ,wood stove you have to keep it clean more often as with firewood you still need a place for your wood to stay dry and with pellets you need a dry place also and hauling it and unloading it is a pain at times ,had a neighbor used his fire place when he had house built it started to fail cause the flue rusted out he had creosote build up it was going to cost way too much to rebuild fire place he decided to get a free standing pellet stove which cost a fraction of what rebuild would of cost him like I said they both have pros and cons but the odds are more towards pellet stove like I mentioned my pellet stove only stopped once cause of a snap disc caused by power outage the snap disc saved my electronics of stove and was and 8.00 dollar fix as long as it is cared for mine has never given me issues I even installed one inmy basement a free standing one which is way easier to clean than the insert ,fire wood I have no place to store it outside of my house the pellets I can store in basement the only pain is the loading of bags from truck to my basement but I would rather do that than pay for propane gas which is too expensive JRo
You just covered everything I don’t like about pellet stoves. A fireplace not only provides heat but ambience. And you can burn anything in the fireplace: wood, coal, furniture, books, clothing, paper, trash, etc. and you can even cook in it. AND… if the electric goes off, the pellets are still burning in your house will fill up with smoke.
Wood is messy, but the ultimate in simplicity. No power source required and absolutely silent. My Pacific Energy woodstove will heat my cabin in -20F temperatures.
great video! thank you for sharing your thoughts. you almost steered me out of both. both options sound like a lot of work lol. we just need a heating stove only for when power is out.
Great comparison between the 2. Something you didn't mention and I would be interested to know if you experienced a cost difference in home owner's insurance between the 2. I personal grew up being the wood mule for my parents and as much fun as cutting, hauling, splitting, and stacking wood is in the heat and humidity of the summer I'm not excited about the return to that lifestyle lol.
be very easy to set up a stand by power supply for a pellet stove. They dont use much power even when starting There are couple of things you didnt mention. 1) Very easy to start...push a button 2)Our pellet stove has the ability to start automatically (and of course go of automatically) .The cons of a pellet stove. They can be noisy.If we have ours on at full speed the fan/air noises are significant. My wife finds the 20 kg bags(45 ibs) difficult to handle.
Nothing can compete with a wood stove when I don't need electricity for it and if circumstances require it I can go out back cut down a tree block it up split it and burn it and I can get warm if you don't have electricity your pellet stove don't work if the store runs out of pellets you're out of heat you can't just go out back and chop down a bag of pellets that being said I do have a pellet stove because of ease of use but I still kept my wood stove and it can be installed in about an hour if needed
I think there is a model of pellet stove that doesn’t need electric. I like wood but it gets expensive and hard to source sometimes. I never had a pellet stove but thinking about it.
a price of a cord of seasoned wood cost 225.00....if you're feeding the stove 3-4times a day that means 2-3 cords of wood for the season..........been there done that.......a reliable pellet stove wins hands down 2 bags every 4 days
Yup! This is their NexGen Fyre, which they are currently phasing out and have limited stock. There's one Medium Flush with arch glass left at the showroom I'm looking at. Going forward, all Lopi flush units will be the NegGen Hybrid with the cat and burn tubes. They're no longer offering the secondary burn tube only model. There are very few (non Lopi made) videos on RU-vid with your stove. How do you like it? Would you do anything differently? Any pros/cons? @@HilltownCT Really enjoy your channel, by the way!
@@leveltwodata Interesting…I didn’t know they were discontinuing them. I haven’t used any other EPA stoves to compare it to, but I’ve been pleased with my purchase. The stove runs 24/7 for 5 1/2 months each year. It’s fairly tight (doesn’t breathe as well as the older ones I’m used to) and takes 20-25 minutes before it can be buttoned up after a reload. Lopi’s quoted 10 hour burn time is misleading in my experience. After 10 hours, my blower is usually off and the stove is cold. Yeah, there might be enough embers to relight, but the stove is essentially out. Every stove is a little different and you need to learn their quirks. Once you figure them out, it’s smooth sailing. I specifically chose a non-cat model because I didn’t want a catalyst to replace every 10 years. Thanks for the comment, and let us know what you end up with.
Quadra-Fire 1200i (insert). Around 7 years old things started to wear out. The auger motor was the final straw, and I repaired it myself and sold the stove. Between the pellet cost and repairs, it was time to go.
@@HilltownCT good decision. Did you replace it with another or something else such as a natural gas stove, another pellet stove or a cold climate heat pump? If so, then what maje and mode?
pellets are getting more expensive every year,, i wanted an electric whole house heater but not very many people make a decent one, we have solar panels,. my mom is 75 an my brother is stupid when it comes to saving energy, ill get a pellet stove at first,..
