Sourced from recycled deadwood of North American forests and known for its consistently high heat output and low ash content, Cleanfire® Superior wood pellets have been Woodpellets.com’s best-selling fuel for over 13 years.
The Cleanfire® brand of heating products continues to be the leader in the industry due to its exceptional quality controls and certified third-party lab testing that ensure you receive a consistently top-quality product.
Ash | 0.37% |
Moisture | 4.10% |
BTU (dry basis) | 8800 BTU/lb |
BTU (as received) Why two BTU values? | 8489 BTU/lb |
Species | Softwood |
Bags Per Skid | 50 bags |
Skid Height | 48″ inches |
31 Comments
These pellets were advertised as high BTU, low ash. I’d have to say I’m fairly disappointed so far with the heat output. While these are very clean with little fines and dust in the bag, the heat output just isn’t there for the premium price paid. I’ll be going back to standard hardwood pellets next year. Burning these in an Enviro M55.
This is a review for the CleanFire Hardwood Blend (not the Fir Blend).
I have been using these pellets for the first time this year. I have been burning for almost 3 months. Last year I used a different pellet which gives me a good basis or benchmark for comparison. I have found a significant increase of ash outside my house from these pellets and the ash/soot seems much blacker than the pellets I used last year. Further, and more significant how these pellets form a rigid wafer of ash in the fire box of my pellet stove. I have to open it every day on cold days at least once and scrape out the hard ash wafer and build up. It is easy to detect because the flames no longer shoot straight up in a robust manner. They are diffused and swirl around more because the air flow is disrupted by the ash wafer/buildup in the fire box. Surely this is a reduction in efficiency.
The pellets I used last year did not EVER do this. I seem to be using about the same amount (burn rate) or more this year. These may or may not burn hotter (impossible to definitively determine without testing equipment. Even if they do burn hotter, the mess is not worth it. Opening the door of the stove so often to clean the ash wafer just increased the ash dust and mess in my home and leaves a more obvious eye sore outside where it vents out. One final observation is the ashes with this pellet seem to cling much more to the sides of the fire box and walls of my stove, increasing the maintenance/cleaning.
I bought 5 tons for the winter and will be fine with these but I recommend a different pellet. The one I used last year happens to be a softwood or mix if I recall. I will go back to those.
I have a Enviro M55 and a Enviro Mini burning in our old farmhouse. I have been burning wood pellets for many years and have tried several brands. Without a doubt, these are the lowest quality pellet that I have ever purchased. The heat output is considerably low and the ash is high. I have been very disappointed especially since I paid good money for a quality pellet. We have 10 tons of these pellets in our shed and I cannot wait until they are gone. Next season I’m taking no risk and am buying Okinagan Douglas Fir.
I have the quadra – fire Mt Vernon AE. I have burned 3 tons of the CLean Fire pellets and they have been great! no issues at all.
I have a quadra fire mt vernon ae .For 5 years i have burned cleanfire hardwood . 5 years ago they were fantastic but now probably the lowest quality pellets. They’re full of fines and a very dusty product.
I’ve been burning (Harman stove) different brands for 7 years now. These are good pellets especially in terms of heat output. Ash nothing special. Turman is the best I’ve ever used if you can get those.
We have a Lopi Pioneer Bay insert stove. This is the 3rd year with it. Have tried all local brands from many diferent stores. Ranking of each has been different depending if good heat and ash build up. Have found that the Green Supreme being the best at the price. One other hard wood pellet were also very nice,but, cost enough to just use our oil furnus. Very disapointed with the Clean Heat pellets. Although very low ash, needing only to clean stove every 3 days, heat output so low we need to fire up the oil furnus every morning. Even with stove on high it wont heat the house like the Green Supreme did. We never had to use our oil while burning other products. With this pellet shortage this year, we have descided that if they cant produce enough pellets we are just going back to oil next year.
i have burned 3,000lb of the clean fire pellets and they were amazing. before i bought a “winter supply” i burned a minimum of 5 bags, cleaned the stove, 5 bags. etc. everything from home depot, lows, walmart, tractor supply, agway, 5 bags. the pacific blend consistently had the least ash, best heat output judged by lasting longest per bag hour’s. i bought 3,000 from a local supplier for a fraction of heating oil to last for 90% of the winter. i bought 1 ton of green supreme to finish out this year and… the weekly to 2 week COMPLETE stove cleaning is getting annoying. i saved 10 bags of clean fire for a break and dam there great.
the stove, harmon P38plus
I have an Enviro M55 cast iron stove and have been primarily burning Cleanfire Pacific and Green Supreme pellets for the past 3 winters. I’ve noticed a significant decrease in the amount of heat I get from the Cleanfire pellets. At the same firing rate (setting 2) the Cleanfire pellets give me a stack temperature of 130 deg vs 148-150 from the Green Supreme. The Cleanfire pellet has fewer fines per bag and less ash produced but for approx. $2.00/bag less, I think I’ll swap to Green Supreme as my “primary” pellet. I burn about 4 tons annually. The stove was professionally cleaned before the start of this year’s heating season and basic vacuuming and burn pot cleaning weekly since then.
I bought 3 tons of Cleanfire Pacific Woodpellets in October 2013. I usually buy a different brand but my source was all out so I tried these. What a mistake. Shame on me for not testing these pellets out before buying 3 tons. As previous reviews have stated the ash clumps in the burn pot constantly. Every 2 days I have to dump the burn pot because of the ash clumping so badly. Normally using another brand that I’ve had very good luck with i would thoroughly clean my napolen nps40 pellet stove once a week and a quick cleaning during the week. I have to clean my stove now every two days due to the clumping in the burn pot and the high ash build up. I wish I checked this website before I bought these pellets. I will not buy these again.