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Rising pellet prices: but is it worth giving up quality to save money?
Beware of cheap pellets
Beware of cheap pellets
With the indiscriminate increase in prices in recent times, which unfortunately has not spared even biomass, there is a growing temptation among consumers to save money at any cost when purchasing pellets. Even giving up on the quality of the product itself. But is it really worth buying low-quality pellets?
The pellet trade, which is experiencing fierce competition as never before, sees many companies producing pellets mixed with straw or bark. But this translates into: less calorific power, more stove consumption, damage caused to the insert. In particular, a low quality pellet has a low efficiency which, for the same consumption, produces less heat. And this creates the paradox that heating costs increase.
Not to mention the enormous amount of ash produced by poor pellets that causes blockages and damage to the boiler or stove that is burning them.
Are light pellets or dark pellets better?
Are light pellets or dark pellets better?
There is a myth we can dispel: light-coloured pellets are not necessarily the best. There are historical reasons why light-coloured pellets are preferred: the first pellet to arrive in Italy was the Austrian pellet, characterised by a light colour because it is produced from fir. In addition, fir is a wood that ignites easily and does not create problems even with cheaper stoves.
This, however, does not mean that other products are inferior to it in performance and quality. As a counter example, it should be remembered that a high-pressure dicing process, which is indicative of a good product, requires high temperatures that tend to darken the pellets on the surface. To this must be added that the colouring often depends on the type of wood used. Just to give two examples, oak will be darker than beech and beech darker than fir.
Beware, therefore, of buying pellets with one eye on your wallet, but with the other on the product's quality label.
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