artc has them and said they ain't half bad. He's got them for the same price as CTpellet IIRC. I was going to go meet him as he offered to stash a couple away for me. But between feeling like doodoo and being lazy as a turtle. I probably won't take the 30 plus mile ride for a while. Maybe later in the spring??
I burned some Still River pellets which I believe are the same pellets. They were not bad. Local shop has the Blackstone for $240 IIRC.
SERIOUSLY??? Are you sure those were not the Greene Team? Did not hear that... Holy crap. -Frank Barone Dan
The lowes stores around here have been charging $350 for GT and $300 for everything else (including GS) for some time now. Just checked and they are still holding at those prices.
Burning through some Lignetics right now and have to say these are the "cream of the crop" for local TSC offerings this year, really liking them a lot.
HD in Concord, NH is still holding FSU's at $5.18/bag. If you pay by HD credit card and ask for your 5% discount, they are under $5/bag. They run well in both stoves although I don't think they are quite as hot as the Presto Logs I got in the fall and have just started running in the P43. The FSU's are a bit less ash though and they mix well with the cr*ppy pellets I have running in the P61a so I'll keep picking up 6-10 bags every couple of weeks.
Always been a solid pellet for me.One of my favorite's.I would of bought them this year but HD only had Green Supremes and Timber Heats.
Wow. Im gonna go the opposite direction and say that fsu are a small step above easy heats right now. Im currently burning them and am having a terrible time right now
What's the issue? I know in the previous Hastings and currently in the P61a, the FSU's do soot up the door glass pretty quick, and it's a black soot. Curiously, the P43 doesn't have this issue (and yes, I replaced door gaskets in both the stoves that had the black soot issue). Other pellets didn't do that to any of my stoves. I can live with the glass being dirty since the FSU's burn hotter and with less ash than most pellets I burn. Not saying they are great pellets (certainly not in the class of Vermonts), but for the price, and what I am used to burning (Currans, NEWPS, ThermaGlows), they are decent.
Heavy clinkers. And blackened chamber area. There burning dirtier than the north americans I was burning last week. Just goes.to show you how huge batch varience can be
I had similar issues with FSUs last season. First batch was brutal, second batch was fantastic. They were like two completely different products.
I haven't had issues with clinkers, even with the previous Hastings - but can relate with the blackened chamber. At first it bothered me, but the black isn't thick, ash is not too bad (better than most of what I run) and good heat. Don't know why the P43 doesn't blacken the window (although the chamber does get black). Well, if they don't work to your satisfaction, then I can see why you go elsewhere - especially from what your list of what is in your stash shows!
