Please read and understand. This is not advertising ❌ I was curious about the night briquettes and decided to make a video and share my findings. In the video initially I express my disappointment however, later I discovered that they do burn (remain in a state of combustion) for an extended time. No they don't flame for that time but they do produce heat as they burn keeping the stove at least warm. This is an independent review.
The density of wood can vary significantly between species, but the energy content of dry firewood is usually around 5 kWh per kilogram. High-density hardwoods like oak, ash, and beech produce more kWhr than low-density softwoods like pine, spruce, and poplar. Compressed fire logs made from sawdust have a low density and produce fewer kWhr than natural solid wood logs.
Hello, Mike! Thank you for taking the time to review our product and reading the provided instructions (most people don’t, unfortunately). We’ve been iterating on Night Briquettes for almost a decade now in order to ensure the longest possible and most consistent burn. It’s a great pleasure to see the fruits of this labour in a positive customer experience!
Hi Guys, great to hear from you and I'm glad you liked the review. I'd certainly like to see the production process if you ever get time, I think it would make a great video. I approached these with some skepticism :) finding it hard to believe anything that small could burn for that long. Delighted with the results and will be adding them to our wood stock for the future. Regards Mike
Here's a question I doubt you'll answer honestly. What are they made from exactly. Forget the 'it's a secret' nonsense. If These are derived form 'Pine Park' there will be quite a bit of resin in there normally that will tar up a flue/chimney and present a fire hazard. Please set us straight on this. Your buyers (especially gullible city types) should know. In my experience with wood burners (over 35 years I have never had a problem with a fire going through the night with hardwoods. Most newbies have no idea what they're doing.
This review let us know that these breaks do not do as advertised. It says that these bricks provide heat for the room for up to 8 hours. This is not what happened. What happened was that it provided heat for the stove to stay warm but not the room. We wouldn't use them just to have a few burning coals at the bottom in the morning the actual heat that's enough for the machine to put off into the room was burned away hours and hours before the 8-hour mark. So basically you're essentially using it just to make sure you have Kohl's in the morning so you don't have to start the fire from scratch. But the advertisement is that it provides heat for the room for 8 hours which is false
I agree with you that a quid each sounds pretty expensive. Although I suppose that using 2 briquettes means 2 quid for 8 hours of heat, which doesn't seem terrible. And I guess the price drops the more you buy. Your video certainly got me thinking about giving night briquettes a go in my my own stove, so thanks for that.
Thanks. it's worth a try to see how they work for you. We've settled on 5 hours reliable heat, but what they do really well is completely burn everything down so that you get no bits of charcoal and just fine ash.
When I first came across coffee logs I was very keen to try them, as I thought they'd fill the house (or the patio, if a used them in the fire pit) with a lovely ground coffee aroma. I was bittery disappointed... Nice stove you have there.
Very interesting . We had a wood burner /multifuel installed 10yrs ago and think its one of the best things we have done . Only just found your channel , keep up the good work .
Well done for taking the time tonmake this. I have some of these and dont get such a long burn from a camp stove, but will experiment more. Love that stove with the oven on top!
Like you i bought one box £35 with delivery, it lasted 1 hr 20 minutes, i got in touch with as i had followed all their instructions to the book, they then said i may need to put 2 or 3 briquettes on, that would work out more expensive than me putting on the central heating, it costs us 6.5p per hour to have the central heating on, and it heats the whole house for that - these briquettes did not work for us, and when i asked if i could be refunded for the remainder briquettes they refused by saying they do not accept boxes that have been opened - how will you know if they work or not if you do not open the box ?
That was very helpful and informative. Not sure if I will pull the trigger on them as even at £1 a go they are expensive. My local cheap shops and sometimes Aldi sell similar types so much cheaper but not sure how long the burn is. I think I have had them going overnight with similar results, just about able to get the next day's burn going.
Thanks for the sub! yes they are good, smoke a little when locked right down unless well burned through but certainly amazing how long they can burn for
Hi, just come across this video which was very interesting as we are just about to try some compressed wood briquettes. Not sure if anyone has asked this question but was the room noticeably warmer in the morning ?
Hi and many thanks. Yes the cube was installed because the flue is on a north facing wall with loads of down draughts. The cube has made a huge difference!
@MikesMovies great, I got one also, tho mine was installed from the get go, so unaware how actual good it is, although we get no problems with downdrafts and a super good draft
if you want that heat to last the whole night, surround and top the burner with high density concrete briquettes and stone. this thermal mass will soak up excess heat and be still releasing it for several hours after fire has gone out. much better use of the heat than blowing it around with fans
Tried them a few times, to make em last means barely any heat, went back to wood, cheaper,hotter, just put a shovel of coal etc on late at nite and cover it with ash from the grate,thats still red on a morn with a cosy house... seems better than anything
Hi Mike, any advice on the stove fans? I bought one a few years ago, but dropped it upon first use & it tends to be a bit noisy - which is annoying? Might upgrade for the winter! Which ones do you guys have? & any observations / recommendations - as close to silent as possible would be great!
@@theunfinishedarticle hi, thanks. It's well worth investing in a good one, can't recall the brands, one starts with a V. I'll dig mine out and check, they do work so worth having
@@MikesMovies thanks for getting back to me so quickly - looks like you may have a Valiant VANQUISH 250. I didn’t hear a peep from the fans on the video.
@@theunfinishedarticle I'm not that impressed with the two blade fan and yes they run very silent. Always place them at the back of the stove so they can draw in cool air to blow across the hot plate. I'm trying to find the good ones details
I had two fans that failed and I had to get two new chip boards which did the trick. While these were not working I had a small electric fan at the side. Also adding firebricks helps reduce the amount of coal/wood used as mine is two two-door greedy beast.
Why dont you just set your central heating to come on ½ hour before getting up? Damn site cheaper, the whole house gets warm, allowing you to make up your next fire in a warm room. Cost, about 15p vs a quid for one brick. Ive also been advised by the stove maker, the salesman, and every year by my sweep, do not DO NOT smoulder overnight unless i really do want to wreck my flue liner or have a flue fire. Having said all that, your video very well made, but i do think you should've asked letco about the smouldering issue and reported back.
Got to be under £15 per 25 kg or £600 per tonne to be competitive or viable, BTW your fans can be made more efficient by placing a sheet of aluminium cooking foil separating the base from the top, the foil sheet should be roughly 10 x 10 inches. it will gather heat to the base from a larger area .and separate the top from the bottom.. to make the difference between hot and cold..as that's the principle they operate under. they will then turn faster and for longer.
UK prices for briquettes seem very high. I am English but live in Prague, and I just bought 940 kg of night briquettes for the equivalent of £320, which works out about £8.50 per 25kg. Those seem reasonable prices to me. If they were double that price, I might as well just have the gas central heating on instead.
@@magpie1492 good luck, get them going well before locking down, you should get four hours maintained heat then a decreasing heat for another four, after that they keep the stove warm for a remarkable time. No idea how lol
I think my observation is that your eco stove shuts down different to mine... When I close vents on mine it pretty much kills large flames within thirty seconds... Which I think might prolong burn time
I used to use old Railway sleepers cut up into chunks. They had decades of oil, diesel, etc soaked in and would last all night, when they burned, they had the most amazing colours.
@@AnthonyTobyEllenor-pi4jq oh my god, they were soaked in hugely damaging chemicals! Very carsongenic. Even before the move to concrete sleepers the railway had to change the chemicals used
I have just watched 1 video with a 12Kw stove and 1 lekto night briquette 3h burn so it did not work out for him. Then i found this Amazing video Thank you. I have 1 box coming. my fire will only fit 1 briquette in at a time and will be great if i can get 8-15 hours out of it.
Aww you are too kind, thank you. I have exciting news, I've been in discussions with Lekto and I'll soon be reviewing three more of their amazing products and testing to see if the claims stand up. Stay tuned for me soon
@@MikesMovies I am limited to what size logs i can get in my stove as i have the Nomad oven pro. Its a great bit of kit just hope these briquettes fit ok. I can get my fire to run 4-5 hours using oak logs. This will be great if i can get this stove to run 8+ hours.
@@MikesMovies my problem is getting them lit :-D Once their going the going about two hours! Those heat logs might be the answer I'm looking for! How long does it normally take your stove to get up to temperature with kiln dried logs?
@notaphish normal logs it takes around 45 mins, with those heat logs it seemed like maybe 20 mins which is well fast. Fire Logs should light off kindling too
You definitely need 2 mate and they just smoulder. I tried them personally I didn't like them, they gave off tonnes of smoke, didn't think they are good for 8 hours either.
@@MikesMovies I live on a narrow boat, and when I saw the smoke coming out the chimney I was a bit shocked. I use smokeless coal through the night, although if I could find a clean alternative I'd use it. Better for you in a house, obviously coal is dirty stuff. If you like the lekto mate.. All good! 👍
@@ScottMason-ss8ww We lived on a narrowboat for 4 years touring the country. Buy yourself a battery chainsaw and look out for DEAD trees. Cost us next to nothing. If you have a Morso squirrel burner stick and engineering brick each in the bottom. It keeps the furl 'centred and burns more efficiently. Taters cook well placed in foil on the bricks. Damn I miss the boat life!!!....Best wishes buddy,
Thanks, yeah had to open to keep the heat up. However they will burn for 8hrs + if you accept that they kind of smoulder away. In fact it can become a pain as they are still alight the following afternoon when you clear the ash out lol
I bought very very similar ones from Home bargains heated up and burned very quick stove got hot, Log burnt thro very quick room got cold these are pointless dont get sucked in! Use ash or oak logs or smokeless fuel, Do not waste your money, These will not heat your room.
@tonyrobinson362 that's not accurate and you are by your own admission not commenting on what I reviewed. These briquettes can burn for the stated time and do as shown keep the stove warm. I'm not connected to the company and have simply made an honest review.
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Please read and understand. This is not advertising ❌ I was curious about the night briquettes and decided to make a video and share my findings. In the video initially I express my disappointment however, later I discovered that they do burn (remain in a state of combustion) for an extended time. No they don't flame for that time but they do produce heat as they burn keeping the stove at least warm. This is an independent review.
The density of wood can vary significantly between species, but the energy content of dry firewood is usually around 5 kWh per kilogram.
High-density hardwoods like oak, ash, and beech produce more kWhr than low-density softwoods like pine, spruce, and poplar.
Compressed fire logs made from sawdust have a low density and produce fewer kWhr than natural solid wood logs.
Hello, Mike! Thank you for taking the time to review our product and reading the provided instructions (most people don’t, unfortunately). We’ve been iterating on Night Briquettes for almost a decade now in order to ensure the longest possible and most consistent burn. It’s a great pleasure to see the fruits of this labour in a positive customer experience!
Hi Guys, great to hear from you and I'm glad you liked the review. I'd certainly like to see the production process if you ever get time, I think it would make a great video. I approached these with some skepticism :) finding it hard to believe anything that small could burn for that long. Delighted with the results and will be adding them to our wood stock for the future. Regards Mike
Where are you based
Here's a question I doubt you'll answer honestly. What are they made from exactly. Forget the 'it's a secret' nonsense. If These are derived form 'Pine Park' there will be quite a bit of resin in there normally that will tar up a flue/chimney and present a fire hazard. Please set us straight on this. Your buyers (especially gullible city types) should know. In my experience with wood burners (over 35 years I have never had a problem with a fire going through the night with hardwoods. Most newbies have no idea what they're doing.
@@Arfursmallpigeona question I would like to see answered too.
This review let us know that these breaks do not do as advertised. It says that these bricks provide heat for the room for up to 8 hours. This is not what happened. What happened was that it provided heat for the stove to stay warm but not the room. We wouldn't use them just to have a few burning coals at the bottom in the morning the actual heat that's enough for the machine to put off into the room was burned away hours and hours before the 8-hour mark. So basically you're essentially using it just to make sure you have Kohl's in the morning so you don't have to start the fire from scratch. But the advertisement is that it provides heat for the room for 8 hours which is false
Looks like one my wife’s chocolate cakes they’d burn for 12 hours 😂 👌😎☕️
Lol Fred, better not let her see that 😂
hahaha
I agree with you that a quid each sounds pretty expensive. Although I suppose that using 2 briquettes means 2 quid for 8 hours of heat, which doesn't seem terrible. And I guess the price drops the more you buy. Your video certainly got me thinking about giving night briquettes a go in my my own stove, so thanks for that.
Thanks. it's worth a try to see how they work for you. We've settled on 5 hours reliable heat, but what they do really well is completely burn everything down so that you get no bits of charcoal and just fine ash.
Interesting and well executed, thanks 👍
Glad you enjoyed it! 😊
When I first came across coffee logs I was very keen to try them, as I thought they'd fill the house (or the patio, if a used them in the fire pit) with a lovely ground coffee aroma. I was bittery disappointed...
Nice stove you have there.
Thanks very much, oh so they don't smell of coffee then, I thought they would lol
Very interesting . We had a wood burner /multifuel installed 10yrs ago and think its one of the best things we have done . Only just found your channel , keep up the good work .
@@raymondsteele4142 thanks very kindly 😊 Happy Christmas 🎄
Well done for taking the time tonmake this. I have some of these and dont get such a long burn from a camp stove, but will experiment more. Love that stove with the oven on top!
Glad it was helpful! that's a Dean Forge Baker eco 5 stove
Like you i bought one box £35 with delivery, it lasted 1 hr 20 minutes, i got in touch with as i had followed all their instructions to the book, they then said i may need to put 2 or 3 briquettes on, that would work out more expensive than me putting on the central heating, it costs us 6.5p per hour to have the central heating on, and it heats the whole house for that - these briquettes did not work for us, and when i asked if i could be refunded for the remainder briquettes they refused by saying they do not accept boxes that have been opened - how will you know if they work or not if you do not open the box ?
@@kroozer5215 that's sad to hear, we still use them overnight
@MikesMovies yep, I believe they work for some people but not for others, depending on what stove you have I suppose
@kroozer5215 yep probably true, best for small stoves maybe 🤔
That was very helpful and informative. Not sure if I will pull the trigger on them as even at £1 a go they are expensive. My local cheap shops and sometimes Aldi sell similar types so much cheaper but not sure how long the burn is. I think I have had them going overnight with similar results, just about able to get the next day's burn going.
Glad it was helpful!
Going to give them a go was sceptical, but your video made my mind up .cheers mate a good informative video 😊
@@TheLebbs2001 good luck, let me know how you get on
Looks like something that would be very helpful, going to get some cheers. Subscribed.
Thanks for the sub! yes they are good, smoke a little when locked right down unless well burned through but certainly amazing how long they can burn for
Hi, just come across this video which was very interesting as we are just about to try some compressed wood briquettes. Not sure if anyone has asked this question but was the room noticeably warmer in the morning ?
@@chrishamilton-wearing3232 hi, thanks. Yes was warmer, not warm enough lol
Great video Mike! I’ve just bought myself a box these, the same size as yours. I can’t wait to get them on! 🔥 😊
Hope you enjoy it! they are amazing given the size
Burning time is one thing. Heating time is what counts. Total BTU's?
Very true
Noce little vid, had a search as was considering these. Notice you had the flue cube, sid you get that to fix a problem and if so has it worked?
Hi and many thanks. Yes the cube was installed because the flue is on a north facing wall with loads of down draughts. The cube has made a huge difference!
@MikesMovies great, I got one also, tho mine was installed from the get go, so unaware how actual good it is, although we get no problems with downdrafts and a super good draft
@@TrueWren Brilliant to hear
if you want that heat to last the whole night, surround and top the burner with high density concrete briquettes and stone. this thermal mass will soak up excess heat and be still releasing it for several hours after fire has gone out. much better use of the heat than blowing it around with fans
@@harryjones5260 ooo that is a tempting Idea, bit like a storage heater
@@MikesMoviesjust throw ash from the grate over your coal or wood b4 bed, slows it down, still warm in the morn
Tried them a few times, to make em last means barely any heat, went back to wood, cheaper,hotter, just put a shovel of coal etc on late at nite and cover it with ash from the grate,thats still red on a morn with a cosy house... seems better than anything
Great stuff, can't use coal here so these are kind of the best for me
Mike, can you identify the model of stove for me please?
Hi, its a Dean Forge Baker eco 5
@@MikesMovies Thank you!
Hi Mike, any advice on the stove fans? I bought one a few years ago, but dropped it upon first use & it tends to be a bit noisy - which is annoying? Might upgrade for the winter! Which ones do you guys have? & any observations / recommendations - as close to silent as possible would be great!
@@theunfinishedarticle hi, thanks. It's well worth investing in a good one, can't recall the brands, one starts with a V. I'll dig mine out and check, they do work so worth having
@@MikesMovies thanks for getting back to me so quickly - looks like you may have a Valiant VANQUISH 250. I didn’t hear a peep from the fans on the video.
@@theunfinishedarticle I'm not that impressed with the two blade fan and yes they run very silent. Always place them at the back of the stove so they can draw in cool air to blow across the hot plate. I'm trying to find the good ones details
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I had two fans that failed and I had to get two new chip boards which did the trick. While these were not working I had a small electric fan at the side. Also adding firebricks helps reduce the amount of coal/wood used as mine is two two-door greedy beast.
Nice job!
@@rodmeisterful thank you
Great video.
@@waynethebrain1984 thanks, interesting things eh
Why dont you just set your central heating to come on ½ hour before getting up? Damn site cheaper, the whole house gets warm, allowing you to make up your next fire in a warm room. Cost, about 15p vs a quid for one brick. Ive also been advised by the stove maker, the salesman, and every year by my sweep, do not DO NOT smoulder overnight unless i really do want to wreck my flue liner or have a flue fire.
Having said all that, your video very well made, but i do think you should've asked letco about the smouldering issue and reported back.
Reasonable idea, however this video was just to tests the claims
Got to be under £15 per 25 kg or £600 per tonne to be competitive or viable, BTW your fans can be made more efficient by placing a sheet of aluminium cooking foil separating the base from the top, the foil sheet should be roughly 10 x 10 inches. it will gather heat to the base from a larger area .and separate the top from the bottom.. to make the difference between hot and cold..as that's the principle they operate under. they will then turn faster and for longer.
wow thanks for the tip will try that
UK prices for briquettes seem very high. I am English but live in Prague, and I just bought 940 kg of night briquettes for the equivalent of £320, which works out about £8.50 per 25kg. Those seem reasonable prices to me. If they were double that price, I might as well just have the gas central heating on instead.
Just bought a box of 20 night brickettes on offer. I am going to see what I can achieve in my inset log burner.
@@magpie1492 good luck, get them going well before locking down, you should get four hours maintained heat then a decreasing heat for another four, after that they keep the stove warm for a remarkable time. No idea how lol
Being abble to heat a kettle on top of stove is a great bonusas is the oven
@@mikesmart390 certainly is. Happy Christmas ⛄🎁
@MikesMovies u2
I think my observation is that your eco stove shuts down different to mine... When I close vents on mine it pretty much kills large flames within thirty seconds... Which I think might prolong burn time
@@norseman1137 thanks, yes the new regulations mean the air vents can't be fully closed.
@MikesMovies hmmmm that's not so great ... I guess there is always a work around
Smashing vid Mike...thanks mate 16:35
Most kind thanks. Have you tried these?
I used to use old Railway sleepers cut up into chunks. They had decades of oil, diesel, etc soaked in and would last all night, when they burned, they had the most amazing colours.
@@AnthonyTobyEllenor-pi4jq oh my god, they were soaked in hugely damaging chemicals! Very carsongenic. Even before the move to concrete sleepers the railway had to change the chemicals used
Not to mention the years of human excrement embedded
. Lovely jubly🤮
@oddball7483 lol true
I can choke a pine fire down too and wake up with charcoal as well.
Great job
Good video.. think I'll give it a miss personally.
Fair enough, can highly recommend their Fire Logs
Caused my flue to coke up badly.
@@xfire7 really! Ours has been fine, do you have an eco stove
I have just watched 1 video with a 12Kw stove and 1 lekto night briquette 3h burn so it did not work out for him. Then i found this Amazing video Thank you. I have 1 box coming. my fire will only fit 1 briquette in at a time and will be great if i can get 8-15 hours out of it.
Aww you are too kind, thank you. I have exciting news, I've been in discussions with Lekto and I'll soon be reviewing three more of their amazing products and testing to see if the claims stand up. Stay tuned for me soon
@@MikesMovies I am limited to what size logs i can get in my stove as i have the Nomad oven pro. Its a great bit of kit just hope these briquettes fit ok. I can get my fire to run 4-5 hours using oak logs. This will be great if i can get this stove to run 8+ hours.
Enjoyed your set of videos! Like listening to Winnie the Poo talk to me about Letko fuels :-D Im still trying to master the fire logs... :-D
@@notaphish haha lol, how long are you getting out of yours
@@MikesMovies my problem is getting them lit :-D Once their going the going about two hours! Those heat logs might be the answer I'm looking for! How long does it normally take your stove to get up to temperature with kiln dried logs?
@notaphish normal logs it takes around 45 mins, with those heat logs it seemed like maybe 20 mins which is well fast. Fire Logs should light off kindling too
A clock that "gives some idea of the time".....maybe you need a new clock? My clock tells me the exact time, not just "some idea". 😅
glad it helped
You definitely need 2 mate and they just smoulder.
I tried them personally I didn't like them, they gave off tonnes of smoke, didn't think they are good for 8 hours either.
Interesting 🤔 I have continued using them for longer heating periods
@@MikesMovies I live on a narrow boat, and when I saw the smoke coming out the chimney I was a bit shocked.
I use smokeless coal through the night, although if I could find a clean alternative I'd use it. Better for you in a house, obviously coal is dirty stuff.
If you like the lekto mate.. All good! 👍
AND SMOKE EQUALS TAR AND SOOT. Perfect for those unwanted chimney fires lol...
@@ScottMason-ss8ww We lived on a narrowboat for 4 years touring the country. Buy yourself a battery chainsaw and look out for DEAD trees. Cost us next to nothing. If you have a Morso squirrel burner stick and engineering brick each in the bottom. It keeps the furl 'centred and burns more efficiently. Taters cook well placed in foil on the bricks. Damn I miss the boat life!!!....Best wishes buddy,
Odd! mine are still burning completely without smoke they are a great product.
Did you find out if it was a good product or a tar inducing scrap haha
@@RogerSpace-sf5gj good product I'd say
I don't bother over night I'm asleep
Looks like a 9 bar to me...😅🤫
9 bar?
@MikesMovies so innocent...... a hem..
Should not have interfered, opening the vent spoiled the experiment. You should have just left it so we don't know how long it did burn for 😢
Thanks, yeah had to open to keep the heat up. However they will burn for 8hrs + if you accept that they kind of smoulder away. In fact it can become a pain as they are still alight the following afternoon when you clear the ash out lol
I'm not convinced or impressed. A tonne of decent coal is far cheaper than these and if set right at night has a good base left in the morning.
I'm unable to review a ton of coal but stand by my findings here
not such a result on an open fire , soon burnt away , to just ash
Oh yes, these are only for stoves really
Not producing much heat.
Not sure, at first they were almost too hot, but at the end the stove was still warm
I bought very very similar ones from Home bargains heated up and burned very quick stove got hot, Log burnt thro very quick room got cold these are pointless dont get sucked in! Use ash or oak logs or smokeless fuel, Do not waste your money, These will not heat your room.
@tonyrobinson362 that's not accurate and you are by your own admission not commenting on what I reviewed. These briquettes can burn for the stated time and do as shown keep the stove warm. I'm not connected to the company and have simply made an honest review.