Seems like a good deal on coal....

My Experience…

HHave a read back through some of the thread if you get a chance. At one time they were considered very good.

Then people had mixed experiences - there seemed to a batch made and sent out that were super dodgy. Some people got exchanges so CW seemed to acknowledge that there was problems.

Personally I group bought with the neighbours before the issues and was really happy with them. Last yr bought 1/2 ton on my own and very happy with them in terms of heat and longevity. The nature of Internet forums is that we then to post more about a negative experience than a normal experience ( ie you buy smokeless coal and it turns out its normal smokeless coal so not something most would think to post about) so hence the suggestion to try get an overview as loads of comments on them.

Also make sure you are comparing like with like - if you have a stove then how they work in an open fire is irrelevant to you.

which ones did you go with

I've had coal warehouse ovoids previously and they were excellent.

I've had gkotherm ovoids from Greers the past few years and again excellent.

Hi you could try the company below and I think Greers in Northern Ireland will delivery 3/4 of ton pallet to cork

Has the ecostove that youve gotten come in the same bag as pictured above or the red sacks? Reason asking is a neighbour swears by the red bags as pictured above, and says the red ecostove sacks arent as good burning, BUT i think they are both made by Mclaughlin fuels and are the same just different size bags?!

Just wondering if anyone has order from Easyglow?

https://www.easyglow.ie/index.php/shop-fuels/Small-Smokeless-Ovoids-1-Tonne-50-x-20Kg-Bags-p79140292

Cheers!

I’ve been burning the ovoids from them for years now and they are grand, they made a bad mix a couple of years back and when we contacted them easyglow sent out a new batch

My last coal order was a 2 seasons ago which was columbian coal, so have to finally consider "smokeless" fuels now.

I tried a bag of Hayes Calco Magiglo over the weekend and whilst it did give really good heat, Im not convinced with burning pet coke on an open fire, purely from a health perspective. I'm not worried about heat damage to firebox or grate.

We could certainly smell the coal, where as we never did in the past with traditional coal. Tried going back through this thread for info but searching Boards these days is difficult.

Is there low smoke coal thats not blended with pet coal? (Not interested in lignite or biomass fuels either)

Should I be looking at coal with high anthracite content like Hayes Glolite and if so, what other alternatives are there in the market?

Its actually been challenging to find the composition of various coals, except to say they all have "high heat" and "low ash".

Thanks - thats very helpful. Given most most of us are purchasing from Northern Ireland, its particularly relevant.

So Hayes Glolite is completely different to what I thought:

• 20–50% anthracite (and coal)
• 50-80% petroleum coke
• remainder is an organic binder

So no getting away from pet coke as you noted - but good to know. I see that data also publishes sulphur content.

Got the usual tonne of

https://www.smokelesscoalexpress.com/product-page/eco-stove-bags-of-smokeless-coal £459.00

paid in Sterling as I have a Sterling account.

Can't really fault it except last year the bags were a bit wet on the inside.

Ordered Sunday night delivered down in Waterford Saturday mid morning.

Snap ! I ordered exactly the same on Wednesday - I was told that the expect price rises

I got my last 2 tonnes from https://lptfuels.ie/shop/super-blend-smokeless-coal-1-tonne-pallet/

Both times I ordered EcoStove and got the Superblend. It's good. Probably as good as the Ecostove but I was pissed off as it was not what I ordered. The second time I emailed them and asked them to ensure that they sent the correct pallet so I'm assuming that they don't really stock McLaughlin's.

I might buy it again or else go back to smokeless express.

Red bags coming in at €495 delivered there. Cheaper than the smokeless express website that I used