Logs light faster than traditional kindling and should fully catch fire in as little as five minutes. However, before we dive in to what we consider to be the best artificial logs to use in your wood burner, let’s examine that attributes that every artificial log should have. The Best Fire Logs for Long-Lasting Ambience, Tested Fire logs are easy to light and can help get a fire going in no time. This is an enjoyable fire log for anyone who wants to sit by a cozy fire, chat, read a book, or just relax, and the added crackle effect is a nice touch.

Recycled coffee grounds are an eco-friendly alternative to wood products, which makes this log a great pick for the environmentally conscious. For evening and weekend use, we would recommend starting with our smaller crate, barrow bags or bulk bags, but only you know how often you light your fire so the amount you will use be vary greatly from user to user.One of the nicest perks of this log is its eco-friendly ingredients, including recycled wood, fibers, and wax.

While traditional fires require the proper build of kindling, paper, and wood, and then coaxing fire to burst forth, fire logs are easy to light. The logs lit easily: Their paper wrappers caught fire immediately with a lit match, and the logs burned steadily for 2. Each of these products work well when used alone but better results can be achieved trying different combinations, either with both types of heat logs, or mixed with traditional firewood. We broke off a quarter of the cube—the grooves make it easy to break off chunks—and then placed it beneath some logs in the fireplace. These artificial logs for heating are cost-effective because they are denser than regular wood logs, meaning they burn more efficiently (slower and hotter) while using less wood.

They are easy to transport and deliver for us, and they can be used in any standard wood burning stove. Turf should be laid/rolled out immediately but certainly within 24 hours (maximum) in the autumn/winter and 12 hours (maximum) in the spring/summer. While some fire logs claim to burn for as long as 6 hours, the average fire log burns for 2 to 4 hours. If you’re looking for a no-hassle fireplace fire-building experience with consistent performance, the Flamefast Firelog is the perfect choice. Our heat logs are a great alternative to firewood logs and used alone or in combination with traditional firewood logs can provide excellent burning results and a potential cost saving.

When it’s time to light the logs, just strike a match or flick a lighter at the seam of the paper, and the log will light to a steady burn within minutes. In our testing, the log exceeded expectations and burned for nearly 5 hours, although the flames were pretty small during the final 30 minutes. With their long-lasting flames, these heat logs are an effective fuel supply, cleanable, simple to light, and a wonderful substitute for the more traditional firewood. Also, bear in mind some soft woods have a lot more sap than hardwoods, therefore your chimney/fire is going to need cleaning a lot more often. The Gold log didn’t produce any smoke as it burned, but a fine layer of soot emerged on the inside of our fireplace chase after we’d burned several of them.This time was achieved using a very efficient appliance and with airflow controls set to the absolute minimum. DEFRA did NOT say they are banning wood burning stoves, they are trying to ensure only low moisture wood is burned in stoves. To help you decide, we’ve listed the benefits of heat logs over firewood to outline some of the main differences between the two. Please have a look as we are not aware of many other retailers in the UK who do that and we are one of the very few who do. Our Woodlets Briquettes multipacks include 6 logs (295mm x 70mm x 70mm) and each log can last 4 hours, so if you make your fire first thing in the morning and keep it burning until late in the evening, you will use an average of 4 heat logs a day.