The TimberTote is our favorite option if you’re a “we’ll-buy-it-when-we-get-there”-type person. Not everyone has the foresight to know they’re going to want or be able to have a campfire, or the ability to pack or easily acquire wood. Might not be able to use where wood fires are banned | Weight: 4.5 pounds | Duration: 3 hours | Recommended for roasting food? No Materials: Pine Mountain describes its binder as a “blended wax” and lists “recycled biomass products” such as wood sawdust and ground tree nutshells.| Size: About 12 inches by 4 inches long. Pine Mountain’s Java Logs aren’t scented, but because they are made with recycled coffee grounds, they do smell like coffee when burning. If forest fragrance isn’t your thing, you can always try Pine Mountain’s Dark Roasted Coffee or Citronella scented logs. The log is made by Pine Mountain, which makes a number of popular and reliable fire logs. Hence, the label on the Yankee Candle Balsam & Cedar Scented Firelog says to “enjoy fragrance before burning.” The pleasant forest aroma of the Yankee Candle Balsam & Cedar is one of the candle company’s signature scents. If you do, “that means your fireplace isn’t working right. “You really should never smell wood burning in your fireplace,” says Russ Dimmitt, director of education at the Chimney Safety Institute of America. The irony of a scented fire log is you aren’t supposed to smell it after you light it. | Size: Not applicable | Weight: One Firebag is 5 pounds | Duration: 2 hours | Recommended for roasting food? Yes Material: Compressed wood (mostly from cedar, redwood and poplar) logs, jute bag and paper label. Goodwood Firebags are also showing up as an amenity in environmentally-conscious hotels in the region. We also like that the small company is big on using local resources, and employs developmentally disabled adults to work in its warehouse, near Watsonville, California, between Big Sur and San Francisco along the Pacific coast. In fact, the company donates a portion of its proceeds to reforestation efforts. The plant-based jute bag is a more sustainable choice than the colored wrappers that wax logs are packaged in. First, Goodwood sources its wood from surplus lumber mill shavings and compresses the wood to make a dense log that uses no binders such as wax. We buy into Goodwood’s claim of being more environment-friendly than many wax-based logs. But the company’s “Four Evenings By the Fire” kit includes four Firebags, plus a 30-pound box of firelogs, which you can add to keep the fire going. The firebags are expected to burn for about two hours. To use, light the jute bag, which ignites the material inside. The chic but simple Goodwood Firebags are 5-pound jute bags filled with all-wood compressed logs and wood shavings. Material: Renewable/recyclable wood and agricultural fibers with bio-derived waxes firestarter wrapper | Size: About 15 inches, including wrapper | Weight: 3.2 pounds | Duration: 1 hour per log | Roasting food? Yes The agricultural fibers are ground walnut and almond shells.” We love the all-natural components, which also contribute to the “crackle” sound the logs produce when they burn. The Duraflame Company is transparent about what exactly is in its logs: “mostly oak with some maple and/or hickory. This is why the product is sold in packs of three (9.6 pounds) or six (about 19 pounds). The logs are designed to burn a maximum of three hours, with the option to keep adding more. But the Duraflame Outdoor Firelogs are designed to be stacked in the shape of an “x” before they’re lit, which can help make your fire look more like a traditional wood fire. Most logs are designed to be one-and-dones. In 2007, Duraflame also discontinued using traditional petroleum-based waxes, which can have a strong odor that some may find unpleasant. Unlike the logs of 50 years ago, modern Duraflames use bio-based wax as a binder, which is better for the environment. Our pick can be used for roasting marshmallows and hot dogs, unlike most wax fire logs, which are not recommended as being food safe. The log is designed to ignite in less than five minutes when you light the easy-to-see marks on the wrapper, which serves as the firestarter. The Spruce Home Improvement Review Boardĭespite its name, the Duraflame Outdoor Firelog can be used in a variety of indoor and outdoor settings such as in wood-burning fireplaces, chimineas, and traditional and smokeless fire pits, earning it high marks for versatility.
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