"Mike Hartigan" wrote in message
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My $.02 - If your goal is ambience, go for real wood. This stuff is
going to be butt-ugly in the fireplace. No snapping sound, no
randomness to the flame, and no wood-burning scent. I suspect you'll
tire of it quickly. This would be great for heat if, for whatever
reason, you refuse to use gas or oil. But natural gas, oil, propane,
and electricity are much cheaper.

I don't know about this brand, but don't some add salts to make the colored
flames? If it is indeed compressed or pellatized wood there will be some
odor, but dried to 2% moisture I'm sure some of the aromatics were purged.

I'd want to try a box before buying an entire cord of it.