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11-07-2016, 09:10 AM
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Flame Genie fire pit
Anyone using, own, of have any experience with one of these? Curious if the pellets work well in these vs having to always track down wood.
https://www.amazon.com/Flame-Genie-W...ellet+fire+pit
Thanks in advance.
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11-07-2016, 10:34 AM
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Read the Amazon reviews from the website you posted and I believe I will stay away from this. I need more than a 30 minute fire and do not want to constantly feed the pellets. Sounds like a good idea tho' but no thanks.
Just my $.02.
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11-07-2016, 12:42 PM
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My friends have one... works well enough.. beauty of it is you don't have to wait very long for the flames to die down when you want to call it a night.. ( I am sure no one here ever leaves a campfire unattended)
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11-07-2016, 01:04 PM
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30 minutes seems to be about all I get out of some of the wood we get when out on the road. With all the restrictions in place sourcing good, seasoned wood is a chore, not to mention $$$. The bags I get on site more than not just smoke and smolder or its the kiln dried stuff that lasts about an hour then it's over. All the long trips we did this season, every location we went to was a challenge in sourcing off site. Buying the bags with 4-5 small pieces in it for $8.00 is just not fun.
Carrying a bag of pellets with me would not violate any laws and while feeding might be a little of a chore, the fact that limited smoke and starting issues would be the plus.
I read the reviews and see some of the issues, just looking for alternatives to propane and logs.
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11-07-2016, 02:02 PM
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I have one. It's ok. I have a hard time figuring out when and how many pellets to add. If you add too many it smothers the fire out and smokes like hell. If you don't add enough it burns out and then when you add some to try and get it going again it smokes like hell. But when you get it going with the right amount of pellets and the correct timing it puts off a nice flame.
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11-07-2016, 02:30 PM
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We burn about 2 cords worth of hard wood / year, mostly here at home, but that's our camping pile too. I use pellets as a fire starter for 'real' wood. I buy a ton of it anyway for our chicken coop (bedding material).. cheap, renewable, and supports the efforts to get rid of some of our devastated beetle kill forests.
If you have the space on your land to store a cord of split hardwood, that's the way to go IMO. No reason to have to 'track down firewood' more than once a year. A lot of states are getting a little weird about bringing in wood from out of state, claiming that people bring in invasive species with them.. I don't worry about it (shame on me?) but just something to consider.. I didn't follow the amazon linkage... don't need to buy anything but firewood.
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11-07-2016, 07:55 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bansai
We burn about 2 cords worth of hard wood / year, mostly here at home, but that's our camping pile too. I use pellets as a fire starter for 'real' wood. I buy a ton of it anyway for our chicken coop (bedding material).. cheap, renewable, and supports the efforts to get rid of some of our devastated beetle kill forests.
If you have the space on your land to store a cord of split hardwood, that's the way to go IMO. No reason to have to 'track down firewood' more than once a year. A lot of states are getting a little weird about bringing in wood from out of state, claiming that people bring in invasive species with them.. I don't worry about it (shame on me?) but just something to consider.. I didn't follow the amazon linkage... don't need to buy anything but firewood.
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Here in the Eastern States especially PA you cannot move anything and for good reason. The Ash borer is spreading and is one of the main reasons we cannot move wood. There are several other invasive sever species in various states that regulate the movement. The movement varies from 12 to 75 miles depending on where you are. If caught you better have a receipt proving location. Some CG's don't even allow entry with offsite wood (tough to regulate but they at least say it).
I wish it were that easy as I do have good resources close to home base and use that when we do the shoulder season trips locally.
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11-09-2016, 04:27 PM
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We have one and like it. Yes, it only burns for about 25-30 minutes before having to add more pellets but I'm ok with that. And when we're ready to call it a night it burns out completely with very little ash. As stated in other posts, you don't have to worry about wood transportation restrictions which we've encountered at many campgrounds.
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11-09-2016, 06:45 PM
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I use one of these... https://www.lowes.com/pd/Bond-18-5-i...e-Pit/50037272 I just grab the spare tank off the tongue of the trailer and have fire as long as I want it. Turn the knob when you are done and fire goes out. takes up very little space in the bed of the truck and doesn't weigh that much at all. Eliminates the need for transporting or sourcing firewood.
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