These are the averages for 48 weekly Goldenfire samples sent into Twin Ports Labs between July 1, 2012 and July 1 2013. The same as last year, I could send you a single test that would be amazing. However, we prefer to show our average because it is not just the good values that set us apart, it is the consistency. Please note that the Heating Value as received is even higher and the ash content even lower than last year.
Moisture Content: | 2.136% |
Ash Content: | 0.15% |
Heating Value – As Received: | 8527 Btu/lb |
Heating Value – Moisture Free: | 8713 Btu/lb |
Bear Mountain is same as our Goldenfire brand except we can mix up to 5% Western Red Cedar with the Douglas fir. We cannot detect a difference in testing other than a very slight increase in ash and an equally slight increase in heating value.
For more than 25 years Golden Fire Wood Fuel Pellets has set the industry’s GOLD STANDARD of wood pellet fuel. Our time-tested consistent production methods ensure that every bag you purchase contains the lowest moisture content, highest heat and lowest ash wood pellet fuel available because we hand select our raw materials ensuring that each and every pellet is made from 100% Douglas Fir.
You won’t find another pellet that is dried to our industry leading low moisture content of less than 2.5%, and unprecedented average of only 1.9%! Less moisture means you don’t have to burn off excess water in the pellets which results in more heat, heating your home faster, and an extremely low ash content that makes it easier to cleanup. Check out more details below and remember that when you’re heating with wood pellets, you’re leaving a smaller carbon footprint which means great things for our environment.
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I LOVE THESE PELLETS! I hope that even under the new ownership I get spoiled with these arriving in the mail again. I need to update the pics and info…
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Bad Pellets
Very disappointed in Golden Fire right now. We have been purchasing these pellets for about 6 years now and this years are BAD!!! They are dusty and sooty big time! We have literally had to clean carpets, curtains, walls, furniture, clothes because of the black soot dust. Hubby cleans stove out at least 3-8 times a week because of all the ash left and soot on glass. Sorry to say, we are in search of another brand to use.
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Best pellets I have tried so far
These are the best pellets we have found so far. They have no sawdust in them, burn cleaner and less ash residue than others. We tried Heaters from Home Depot and they were horrendous. Golden Fire were light years ahead. We found ours at Lowe’s Dept store.
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Have used Golden Fire Fir Pellets for 3 Year now and can say nothing short of a GREAT burning and very low ash Pellet, only problem is where to buy them I live in Northwest Ohio and am very interested in where they are available,
My supplier does not handle them any more, Figures Great pellet, now lets find something cheaper!!!!! Using a Kozi wood pellet insert,. any information? E-Mail me @ maynardm2@frontier or call @ 989-614-6363, many thanks in advance
The numbers on these pellets look pretty good…and sold me on a ton of them. I’m so sorry now.
They might burn hot…but they burn FAST and DIRTY!
I have gone thru twice as much as I normally do.
And I am cleaning my stove 3 times as often!
They soot up the glass in one or two fires!!!
I’ve never had this happen before.
There is so much residue/sawdust in the bag, it’s no wonder they are so damn dirty! Will NEVER buy again! Total waste of my tight fuel dollars.
My dad bought a pellet stove back in the 70s and always used Golden Fire Pellets. I replaced it about 14 years ago with a Breckwell Big E. The last two years and especially this year I have a large amount of ash to deal with. Also I am getting a lot of slag type material in the fire pot. Never had those issues until the last 2 years. What has changed??
I have 3 Quadra-Fire Santa Fe pellet stoves. I buy 4 tons of Golden Fire pellets each season. They are a pain, especially this year. Lots of dust, saw dust at the bottom of the bag, etc. plug the feed auger, sparks going everywhere. Cleaning fire pots every few days. Clinkers make cleaning difficult. I have to scrape with a big screw driver to open the doors. Lots of ash. I dismantle all three stoves every month to get ash out. Looking for a better brand.
I’ve owned two Harmon Accentra pellet stoves (got another last year after moved and the original was 11 years old and going strong). I originally used GoldenFire, but after the first couple of years (about 9 years ago), they became somewhat inferior. I tried Bear Mt, but they too were not as good. Went to Pacific, then Packsaddle. Great pellets, those other brands, but this year I caught that GoldenFire seemed to be back, better than ever (100% Doug Fir, like the previous two I’d mentioned). Easy to get the GoldenFire locally, and they were on sale, too. I bought a ton and now I KNOW THEY ARE BACK! Better than ever, too. I found them to be super clean, high BTU, and just as good as they are touted by the company. I’m so glad and now I want others to know you can rely on these to be as good or better than ANY pellet on the market. Buy them on sale in the fall, you can’t go wrong!
I have used a pellet stove for many years and have used either Golden Fire or Lignetics most of that time. I have always liked Golden Fire but the last batch I bought this year are very different from those in the past. I used to have to clean my stove about once a week and with my new Golden Fire pellets I find that I can go four to five times as long between cleanings. They are even better than they ever were. Keep up the good work.
COMPLAINT ~TO MUCH FINE SAWDUST AND OVERSIZE PELLETS.
I have used Golden Fire for years. I have always been more than pleased with them.They have always been worth the extra price. That is until this years.
The quality has really dropped. Every sack leaves handful and handful of fine sawdust in the hopper at the auger.. Also quite a few of the pellets are over 1-2 inch long. I understand from our stove cleaner company this is a poetical problem for auger clogging.
We just purchased a Harmon P35i insert this year. The first bag of pellets we used was Packsaddle Pellets as we received a 1/2 ton of pellets with our insert purchase. They burn cleanly and produce good heat. We also bought 10 bags of Golden Fire pellets. They produced more heat than the Packsaddle pellets, the only problem was the inconsistent size of the pellets. You have very short ones and very long ones. Luckily the Harman auger is able to snap the longer pellets and we haven’t had a problem with the auger getting clogged but you do hear the pellet snap inside the stove when it happens.
Lignetics and Bear Mountain (the maker of Golden Fire pellets) have merged and hopefully they can address the issue with the pellet size as they do produce more heat and I haven’t noticed any ash or dust difference between Packsaddle and Golden Fire and we prefer the heat that the Golden Fire pellets produce.