15 comments

• Comment Link Sunday, 08 April 2012 12:37 posted by Thom

  Well, the saga continues since my last post on February 22nd. Every two days my stove shuts down because of jams. Am desperately trying to burn my last ten bags of Pennington Pellets before warm weather hits here in Maine. I have sifted every bag but due to the really long length of the pellets combined with the dust and fines still left after sifting my top feed augur jams up tighter than Dick's hat band and stove shuts down. Then I have to take out all the pellets in the hopper, vacuum around the auger, break up the long pellets (some 2 1/2inches long), reload the stove and start up again. So, all in all, if you buy Pennington Pellets then expect a lot of work to stay warm. I'll never buy them again and neither will about 50 others that I know here in my area. They've all had the same problems.
• Comment Link Wednesday, 07 March 2012 14:19 posted by Bluebailey

  First season wtih a Timberwolf (Napolean)TPS35 stove, been throwing everything I can find in it. I vacuum sift all bags before they ever enter the hopper so fines are not an issue for me. The WORST pellet I could find! Bought one bag for like $3.22 and after burning it I spent the afternoon hammering out clinkers in the burn pot and wiping cresote off the walls in the stove! Glad I only bought 1 bag. Eastern MA local Wally World
• Comment Link Monday, 27 February 2012 21:33 posted by Brian

  I have been buying these at Sam's Club for the past 3 years for my Harmon P68. I read alot of neagtive reviews but never had a problem...until now! Every bag I bought this year has extremely long pellets. My stove shut down 3 times because of jams. I have been mixing them with another brand and no more jams. Other than the extreme length, they are a good pellet. Right now in Western PA they are $3.98 a bag.
• Comment Link Wednesday, 22 February 2012 22:35 posted by Thom

  When I first bought our pellet stove at Home Depot 5 years ago I also bought four tons of Pennington Pellets. They were so full of "fines" and dust that I couldn't wait to burn all of them. Last year I bought a ton of Energex which burned clean and hot. Really satisfied with them.
  This winter all I could find were Pennington at Home Depot and figured by now they had improved. Wrong! Dirtier burning, more ash and clinkers, stove window turns black after an hour or so. Don't buy Penningtons unless you can't find anything else or have a lot of time on your hands to clean the stove.
• Comment Link Monday, 30 January 2012 16:34 posted by George

  I've burned these in a Harman P68 and a Pinnacle Multi-fuel corn/pellet stove, and both stoves loved them. I haven't seen a pellet as long as shown in the pictures above through the tons that we've burned, and the ash seems pretty consistent with everything else that we've burned. We pick them up at Sam's Club for around $4/bag and a ton heat's my house in Maine for about a month depending on how low the temperature gets. These are certainly higher quality than 5 other brands I've bought...I have no problem with them whatsoever.
• Comment Link Thursday, 19 January 2012 03:27 posted by don gould

  Bought 4 tons from Wallmart in October 2011. Have two Harmon Invincibles--one about 15 years old and the other about 12. Clean them every two weeks myself and have them professionally cleaned yearly.Immediately had problems with the older Harmon going out repeatedly. Pellets are too long (some 2 1/2 inches; 1 ince average)and jam the feed. Only works if I break up the pellets by hand-what a pain! The newer stove seemed to accept them until tonight(1/18/12) and the feed motor stopped running. May not be related, but never again!
• Comment Link Sunday, 15 January 2012 14:45 posted by tallbright

  I have been buying these from Walmart for two years. Only when the price is $4.50 or less. Usualy, we'll burn 4 ton. Nobody should have to pay $5.00 a bag, even for the best pellets.
  Nice long pellets, low ash, and they burn real hot. We are burning in two Harmon Accentra's.
• Comment Link Thursday, 12 January 2012 21:56 posted by Donald Fagerstrom

  I only burn about 15 bags a year, these pellets have preform great, low ash great heat and a good price.
• Comment Link Wednesday, 11 January 2012 05:35 posted by Alex Yaron

  My experience with pellet stoves began just this winter. I have a Quadra Fire that's about 20 years old, but works just fine. I have tried the Heat'rs pellets that I got at Home Depot and then tried the Pennington Pellets that I got at Walmart and found the Pennington to be much superior to the Heat'rs. The Heat'rs pellets are smaller, the seem to break easily, there is more dust, they don't even smell particularly good. The Penningtons actually smell like wood; they seem to be harder and less crumbly and they burn substantially hotter. I have a thermometer installed on the hot air outlet of my stove and I can easily see the difference between those two brands of pellets. I just wish the local Walmart would sell the pellets by the pallet like Home Depot does.
• Comment Link Monday, 05 December 2011 22:34 posted by Mark

  I bought these pellets at home depot. 4 tons. $200 a ton. I have two stoves that are different makes. Fire goes out when stoves are on low. Mine also are making the window extremely black. More than usual. adjusted the damper, didn't help. They burn fine as long as stoves are medium to high. Ash seems to be average for any type bought at Home Depot or lowes.
• Comment Link Thursday, 24 November 2011 01:59 posted by Bud

  Just tried the Pennington Wood pellets. $5.00 a bag at walmart. Very pleased with the clean burn, and high output of heat. The pellets where not long at all so the auger had not problem. I have a Harman P43 and it loved them.
• Comment Link Wednesday, 16 November 2011 18:17 posted by John Dunbar

  Thankfully I just finished the last bags after buying 2 pallets of this stuff. Three times the ash, stove runs constantly due to very little heat output. Can't see through the glass after two days of stove use. I complained to Walmart mgr. and Nature's Heat rep who said take them back to Walmart. I had bought them during the previous fall and didn't keep the receipt since at that time I though all pellets were the same. I previously had Alberta Choice, Lignetics, and another brand and saying they out-performed Nature's Heat is an understatement. An expensive lesson learned. Never again.
• Comment Link Saturday, 05 February 2011 01:43 posted by Dale

  Bought Bags at lowes.I have a advanced harmon.First time i bought these pennington pellets.I think they are some awesome pellets.Very Very clean pellets.Burns real hot little to none ash.I can tell what pellets i get.I try alot of pellets to see what is out there.I have to clean my glass window every 4-5 days.Not really with these pellets.Can go 2 weeks with these pellets.Search for review on this product.Thinking that it would be alot of good reviews, just the opposite..,I say try them again..I live in west michigan..thank you
• Comment Link Friday, 31 December 2010 20:12 posted by Craig

  Bought 16 bags of these the other day. Put one bag in the stove and couldnt beleive the amount of dust and saw dust like material. With my stove set on low these pellets wouldnt stay burning. Shut stove down and took them back out of hopper and ruturned the others to the store, Now I see why they are the cheepest pellet around. Dont waste your time or money on these pellets.
• Comment Link Thursday, 23 December 2010 15:28 posted by Rudolf Hoogenboom

  My wife made me return them to the store, cause she was complaining that there was too much dust. I have to agree that the ash content was higher. They did seem to burn ok to me, though. I think the size of the pellets was good.