rawsondsr Posted January 12, 2019 Report Share Posted January 12, 2019 Need to stock up on solid fuel for the coming months. Whats recommended these days? looking for low ash, good heat, long lasting and value (not necessarily cheapest!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmelly Posted January 12, 2019 Report Share Posted January 12, 2019 This year and last year we are using " New heat " KG Smiths, made at immingham. Its first class mid price very controlable, low ash and hot. Most products seem to change yearly we have found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea Dog Posted January 12, 2019 Report Share Posted January 12, 2019 I'm very happy with Excel nowadays. As said above, they do seem to change from time to time, but this has changed for the better. It meets all your criteria (which are pretty much the same as mine) plus it's pretty low on acrid fumes which many seem to have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bizzard Posted January 12, 2019 Report Share Posted January 12, 2019 Ideally choose your fuel according to the size of the stove and grate area. Generally if you put the larger ovoids on a small stoves with small grate area its liable to bad drawing and keep going out due to bottom air by-passing the coals through the big gaps between them, until it breaks up and covers the grate better anyhow. Phurnacite is a nice small ovoids, burns well and hot. For medium sized stoves something like Multiheat, Brazier, For the more common a bit bigger size stove like Morso, any of the smokeless stuff you fancy really, Excel, Taybrite, Newheat ect ect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bastion Posted January 12, 2019 Report Share Posted January 12, 2019 Excell has been excellent this year on my Boatman stove. Good heat very low ash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 Just felt the need to contribute here of my bad experience with Taybrite. Seems to take ages to get going properly, and even when there's a good glow throughout it doesn't seem to throw out much heat compared to other fuels I've used. The amount of ash is ridiculous, which I'm guessing contributes to the need to constantly be faffing about with it to keep it hot. I left it ticking over through the night and in the morning the ash had pretty much consumed every bit of glow left so there were whole ovals left unburnt amongst all the ash. Did I mentioned the amount of ash? Normally a quick shuffle with the shovel and the majority of whats left falls through the grate to be emptied. It took a whole lot of shuffling to get rid of what Taybrite leaves behind. Oh well, only 5 more bags to get through, then I never have to think about it again. On a more positive note, I've had past success with Excell from marinas. The best I've had so far have been coal merchant's own brand, or at least own packaged, ovals. A whole lot cheaper (£7 for 25kg rather than £11.50 for Taybrite) and much less work involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceinSanity Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 12 minutes ago, Rumsky said: Just felt the need to contribute here of my bad experience with Taybrite. Seems to take ages to get going properly, and even when there's a good glow throughout it doesn't seem to throw out much heat compared to other fuels I've used. The amount of ash is ridiculous, which I'm guessing contributes to the need to constantly be faffing about with it to keep it hot. I left it ticking over through the night and in the morning the ash had pretty much consumed every bit of glow left so there were whole ovals left unburnt amongst all the ash. Did I mentioned the amount of ash? Normally a quick shuffle with the shovel and the majority of whats left falls through the grate to be emptied. It took a whole lot of shuffling to get rid of what Taybrite leaves behind. Oh well, only 5 more bags to get through, then I never have to think about it again. On a more positive note, I've had past success with Excell from marinas. The best I've had so far have been coal merchant's own brand, or at least own packaged, ovals. A whole lot cheaper (£7 for 25kg rather than £11.50 for Taybrite) and much less work involved. Although it’s so popular, I’ve never got on with Taybrite in my Squirrel for the reasons you give. It seems to be 50% cement powder. I’m presently burning Stoveglow with good results, though it tends to form a clinkery mass across the grate overnight which needs breaking up in the morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmelly Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 6 minutes ago, BruceinSanity said: Although it’s so popular, I’ve never got on with Taybrite in my Squirrel for the reasons you give. It seems to be 50% cement powder. I’m presently burning Stoveglow with good results, though it tends to form a clinkery mass across the grate overnight which needs breaking up in the morning. Thirded. Its the one fuel I avoid like the plague. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 Not sure if different stoves burn it any better but I've never had any bother with any of the other fuels in mine. I might just try and sell it to some other poor soul who doesn't mind the attention it craves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Harold Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 I use longbeach when available at my mooring. Have used Supertherm,but find it pongs a bit and makes quite a lot of ash.Heat output is ok though. Longbeach is more "cindery" but burns hotter than Supertherm,and makes less ash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer McM Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 We usually use Excel but was told that was being replaced by New Heat (?) - can't confirm that though. We've been burning New Heat for about a month now, and are finding it really good. One 20kg bag lasts us just over 3 days, the last price paid was £10.50 a bag. Our stove is a Stovax. Yesterday passing Midland Chandlers, we took them up on their special offer on Excel, buy over 6x25kg bags and get a 10% discount off = £10.80 a 25 kg bag. Doing a quick add up it looks like we're carrying 225 kg worth of coal in the bow ❄️ - with a fair wind who knows, we might not need to buy any more this winter ?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bizzard Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 44 minutes ago, Jennifer McM said: We usually use Excel but was told that was being replaced by New Heat (?) - can't confirm that though. We've been burning New Heat for about a month now, and are finding it really good. One 20kg bag lasts us just over 3 days, the last price paid was £10.50 a bag. Our stove is a Stovax. Yesterday passing Midland Chandlers, we took them up on their special offer on Excel, buy over 6x25kg bags and get a 10% discount off = £10.80 a 25 kg bag. Doing a quick add up it looks like we're carrying 225 kg worth of coal in the bow ❄️ - with a fair wind who knows, we might not need to buy any more this winter ?. I believe Newheat replaced Oldheat, no, it replaced Pureheat. Excel shouldn't be affected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer McM Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 12 minutes ago, bizzard said: I believe Newheat replaced Oldheat, no, it replaced Pureheat. Excel shouldn't be affected. Thanks for that...... the perils of 'Fake News' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onewheeler Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 Phurnacite is the best we can buy readily. Agree with other comments re Taybrite, but don't think it used to be so bad. Picked up a few sacks of Homefire Olive, made from olive trees ( or stones?) recently. Smells lovely but burns very quickly and leaves a lot of ash. It seems to have been discontinued, maybe that's why it was cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Ambrose Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 Burnt Taýbrite for the last 10 years and never had any issues with it, guess a lot depends on your type of stove and how you treat it. I imagine Taýbrite is popular or it would have been discontinued, perhaps, maybe, possibly Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 21, 2019 Report Share Posted January 21, 2019 1 hour ago, Phil Ambrose said: Burnt Taýbrite for the last 10 years and never had any issues with it, guess a lot depends on your type of stove and how you treat it. I imagine Taýbrite is popular or it would have been discontinued, perhaps, maybe, possibly Phil It seems to be behaving itself a bit more this evening but I'm not quite sure what I've done differently from the previously couple of days. Still a bit too much ash for my liking, but at least I can get through these 5 bags without feeling like I've wasted money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bob W Posted January 21, 2019 Report Share Posted January 21, 2019 23 hours ago, BruceinSanity said: Although it’s so popular, I’ve never got on with Taybrite in my Squirrel for the reasons you give. It seems to be 50% cement powder. I’m presently burning Stoveglow with good results, though it tends to form a clinkery mass across the grate overnight which needs breaking up in the morning. We tried Taybrite for the first time recently. Bought a couple of bags when refuelling. Its c**p! Difficult to get going. Low heat output and loads of ash. No way will it stay in overnight. I thought its maybe its just my stove not providing enough draw or something, so brought the 2nd bag home to try. Just the same. Excel or Supertherm for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirweste Posted January 22, 2019 Report Share Posted January 22, 2019 Ive a Morso Squirrel and have tried a few bags of this and that, ended with Excel and Homefire Ovals. The Homefire is noticeably better at keeping lit for 12 hours. Produces a full tray of ash per ~ 18 hours use Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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