Is a Pellet Stove BETTER Than a Wood Stove?

Which is better, a pellet stove or a wood stove? Well, that depends on the person.

Stove pictured is a Lopi Medium Flush

[cynic]

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.

[mmcustomvinylshop]

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

[jjsmith]

Every time you open the wood stove door to add wood smoke pours into the room. Not good. Not an issue with pellet stoves. Chimney cleaning is less often and much easier. Less threat of chimney fires because you don’t get that creosote sticking to the chimney pipe.
Most pellet stoves have a thermostat now which is a game changer. My pellet stove can operate off a car battery if the electric goes out .

[highlandaecfan]

Great account, really well delivered & presented ( bet some companies could use your skills ) many thanks.

[gussiebee]

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.

[jimzeleny]

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.

[joeshaffer]

Myself I also heated with wood and switch to pellets stove for the easy ness but yeah your at the mearse of getting pellets and good ones

[HeartCannotFawn]

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.

[smert_rashistskiy_pederacii]

Well, it was interesting and funny at the same time: pellets/firewood, pros and cons...but in general, I heat the house with a different type of heating.

[grayman]

Sir you talk well, I enjoyed your video not an once of wasted energy no pun intended.

[matty]

Had a pellet, stove for years. No issues. Back up propane if needed

[jamesherman]

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.

[scs]

I'm going to a Lopi pellet stove insert. The wood pile attracts Rats and black Widows spiders

[amymiller]

We still heat with wood regularly but have a furnace for backup

[lutherwhite]

What kind of wood insert is that. Beautiful

[jro]

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

[jacobkindsvatter]

Due to mechanical code changes in my state i cant just replace my furnace, now i have to buy a high efficiency furnace and remodel my entire damn house so im just looking for alternatives until i get a bunch of money from somewhere to make it happen

[Ruckusism]

I love how that wood stove insert looks how much did it cost you ?

[bctruck]

I love a wood stove but there’s is very little need for one here. 80+ degrees here today. Merry Christmas!

[julieg]

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.