Fire Pit, Patio Heater Wood Pellet Heater, FP042

Bought this for the ambiance, light, and heat. Works perfect and puts off decent heat. It is a very unique and cool addition to our patio! It is built with solid materials and as a metal fabricator myself, I am pleased with the quality. You will get a feel for how many pellets to add for what amount of time you want it to burn. They have also added an ash tray which is a nice addition so you don’t have to make your own. Yes, you cannot put it out but if you plan accordingly that isn’t a big deal. I would recommend to anyone considering buying it!

First use went great. I used a propane torch to light, took a while to get a flame coming out, as soon as it was flaming, the smoke was less, I put the glass in and it worked awesome. it seems a little tippy being a tripod but so far so good

I am generally pleased with this item. A couple of things to note, getting the fire started required some type of kindling in the little firebox, a couple of squares of prefire starter works fine, but honestly any left over paper from your junk mail pile would probably do the trick also. once lit, it remains lit for a while. The challenger with this guy is estimating how long you want the fire to run as when the pellets run low and the fire is burning down, it's a little difficult to add pellets and keep the fire going. I kept shaking it to try and get the pellets down into the fire, but I think all I was doing was compacting the pellets and reducing airflow. I think it works well as long as you start with the right amount of fuel. Along those lines, I'm going to start overfilling and then if I decide I don't need the fire anymore, I will drain the pellets through the little door and let the remaining ones burn out. The tube gets pretty dirty also, even when I remove it from the pre and post fire smoldering. Oh well. It's easy enough to clean. When it is running, it looks pretty cool and it makes a sound like a small jet engine is running, which is actually a nice sound. A little white noise.

It smoked a lot at start up, but worked great once started. There was a vortex of flame that was quite striking! I added a metal screen at the bottom to catch the burning pellets that fall through (other reviewers have mentioned this issue) Then only remaining trouble is that the pellets just pile to the bottom and you can't modulate the feed rate! That would be a nice feature, but would obviously cost more.

Item is well made and works great. Unfortunately, it does not really produce a lot of heat, but it is a great addition to any patio for visual effect. Would benefit having an available rain proof cover and ash box.