hossthehermit said:
iron stove said:
One thing that I noticed last year was that certain pellets have a noticable Aroma, especially when heated in the hopper. This was especially true with the Oakies that I burned, much less with the Rocky Mountains.Some NEWEP's Hardwoods had a sweet wood smell. Has anybody else noticed this ?
I noticed Corinth pellets smelled like garbage. Couple other people I work with noticed the same thing.
This is a subject that seems to come up about twice a year. You should be able to open a bag of pellets, hardwood, softwood or a blend; it makes no difference and be able to get a good “woodsy smell” from it. That would indicate the product is probably 100% wood and nothing added. If it smells like any sort of chemical or other smell, there “might” be additives for binding or some sort of product that isn’t all wood thrown in for good measure. This can certainly happen if the raw material is recycled in some way (read, shredded used pallets, recycled lumber, yard waste etc) that could/would produce a smell other than fresh cut wood.
As far as the smell itself, well that is certainly a personal preference. Some people love the smell of our pellets and others think they smell too much like Xmas trees in the basement. I have dealers tell me every day how great they smell and customers love it.
Every so often, somebody thinks it smells like cat piss. Since I am no expert on that, I will take their word on that. Currently sitting in my 3rd bay of my garage I have 34 bags of Okies and 8 bales of our horse bedding for samples and with the summer temps here in Phoenix heating it up to 120+ in there some days, I can honestly say it smells wonderful, without it being overwhelming. Very crisp, clean and outdoorsy. Like taking a walk in the woods. But that may be just me. I can’t stand the smell of lilac and other people have it all thru their homes. Make me gag, but like I said, that might just be me.
Pellets brands are just like Baskin Robbins, 31 flavors so you have something for everyone.