Nation's Choice Premium Wood Pellets review chatter thread

In case ya'll are interested...(you might not be on this one)

http://firewoodhoardersclub.com/forums/threads/nations-choice-premium-wood-pellets-review.11232/

 

Waiting patiently for a certain mod to open the link.

 

About what I expected decent ,but not great ,not going out a my way to put any of these in the stash .
As always thanks for the test Steve

 

X2. Thanks Steve. Man that's a lot of ash.

 

we have a nickname for those around here...." Ole Roy's.."
thanks also for the test..

 

looks like your on the Mark with these pellets..:comments from a Pellet review of NC Hardwoods.

• Sunday, 01 March 2015 19:52 posted by Charlie
  Not impressed, my stove has never been picky but these create at least 5 times as much ash as the Tractor Supply house brand pellets do without getting as hot. Had to supplement with the furnace on cold days.
  
  
  
• Comment LinkFriday, 27 February 2015 00:35 posted by Phyllis
  These pellets are horrible . They have low heat and they are irritating to our noses and throats to the point we can't sit in the room with the stove and watch tv. Just horrible!!
  
  
  
• Comment LinkWednesday, 18 February 2015 23:53 posted by Lawrence
  I bought 2 Ton Nation's Choice and I regret every BAG (10) I have 40 to go cleaning my stove every day some time twice if I use a second bag. I will not BUY any more and will tell friends & family to do the same.
  
  
  
• Comment LinkWednesday, 18 February 2015 22:06 posted by Steve shockney
  I have used about Six bags of these so far the heat is good but a lot of ash I am burning in a pleasant hearth stove
  
  
  
• Comment LinkFriday, 06 February 2015 21:01 posted by fred
  don't walk run from these pellets nothing but junk stove full of ash pellets are dirty I have burned twice as much pellets as before will never buy them again will go with out before I get these again
  

 

Any word on this years Nations Choice? A friend picked up 10 bags at HD today and said they had 2 types-Low Ash and Ultra Low ash? They got the ultra low and say that the bag states that they are distributed from Patriots Place in Foxboro, MA-same as the Inferno Gold.

It would be nice of they were the same since the Inferno Gold I tried last week were pretty good, just overpriced at HD.

 

I have not seen the low ash and ultra low ash bags, what do they look like? I've only seen the traditional Nation's Choice bags at HD and the pallets are all wrapped. What little I saw at the beginning of the season at TSC was leftovers from last season and didn't give it a second look. I would say for the past 1.5 months, the TSC stores around here are getting nothing but the new white bags. Is anyone else still seeing new deliveries of pellets in their "real brand" bags at TSC, or is it just the white bags like around here?

I agree with this G, I was pleasantly surprised with the few bags I picked up last year for testing.

 

Good to know

Now here is a pic I took last week of some Inferno Gold and the Corinth from a spring of 2014 purchase. The lighter ones are the Corinth

 

I havnt seen them either but I am going by the same HD in Portsmouth later this afternoon. If I have time I will stop and check-maybe buy a few bags to check them out.

 

Two weeks ago saw the red bags at rt 248 TSC.

 

im gonna try a bag of green teams later today

 

They should do fine for you , I've never had an issue they just got stupid with prices $ 7 / bag I don't think soo

 

Hmmmm, my Corinths from last year were their blend. My dealer was told back then that the softwood portion was more than 50%-I cant remember the exact number he told me. I will hopefully get my hands on some of the Ultra Low ash bags today.

 

Those Corinths are very light in color! This morning I stopped by a TSC I had been to in July when I was scouting inventories for the early buy. In July, among other things, they had a couple tons of AWF hardwoods leftover from last season, so I had put a ton on layaway. It was like the place was frozen in time. Everything was still there from July, I had to do a double-take to confirm the pallets still have the July date written on them. Never seen anything like this before, the product just isn't moving. Anyway, I got my layaway refunded and then stopped at the local TSC and picked up 2 bags of the Currans in TSC bags, that are labeled 100% hardwoods. Not sure these are really 100% hardwoods, I cut a bag open and they are very salt and pepper looking. When the hopper is empty of FSUs, I will throw these in and see how they do.

 

Yeah and they burn really clean and heat output is great for the price paid, although not as hot as LaCrete. I paid 249 for them last year and bought a ton-I should have bought 2-3 at that price.