Reply #40: completely different The pellets come in 40 lb plastic bags

[madokie]

you fill the hopper with the pellets which all the stoves I've seen will hold more that 1 bag. Then the pellets are metered to the burn pot by a screw auger. we have been heating for $300 a year, my brother who also has a pellet stove and heating twice the space uses about $450 bucks a year. This year the pellets went up by 15 bucks, the first time the price has increased since '92. Now the pellets cost $162.00 a ton. Here is a link to check out, There is a lot of different brands and looks. With a pellet stove you can keep your house as warm as you want, 72 degrees for us. The stove here is the one we bought and it cost $2200


http://www.lennoxhearthproducts.com/products/overview.asp?pid=202