CSL Brown Creosote Log for Outdoor Fireplaces - 1 Pack

Blaine: Every winter I use at least three or four of these to keep control of my creosote buildup in my wood burning stove. I don't know what I would do if I didn't have these to control my creosote buildup.

United States on Aug 11, 2023

John: Perfect to use in my fireplace. Easy to light. Use for the first fire every year

United States on Mar 29, 2023

Sabrewings: This log works great. We're barely "weekend" users of our wood stove. When the temperature dips to where the heat pump can't keep up and the expensive auxiliary heaters are one I fire it up for the day. I ran the stove for a whole day then let the last log burn down to glowing embers (as instructed in the documentation) and put it on. It lit itself, the embers were still so warm. It burned for two hours, no issues with smells or anything. It burns quite hot, by the way. I had to close up some of the throttle vents on the stove to keep the temperature reasonable. I have already heard some creosote flaking off and dropping in the chimney. I have a second one I will use later in the season since we haven't done cleaning as often as we should have in the past. After this I will pick up one a year and use it.

United States on Dec 18, 2016

ILoveMyDog: I had burned some green wood, which had clogged up the wood stove's pipe cap. I removed the cap and my updraft was fine again, but there remained a noxious odor. The odor was effecting my sinuses, watering my eyes, and I was being covered by little red itchy bumps. I was going crazy, and the roof is slick and steep so brushing out the inside of the stove's pipe was not an option. I burned one of these and Whoa!!! I can live again in my own house. These logs are kinda expensive, so I will use again, but in dire cases. For regular maintenance, I now burn a couple of aluminum cans every few days. They burn hot, and with well seasoned wood keep the stove pipes clean and the air breathable.

*** Update Sept 2013 ***
Had a guy climb the roof with a stove pipe brush. He took a look down a said the pipe was spotless. He then ran the brush down and only some fine ash settled in the stove for easy cleaning.

Getting cold again, and have had a few fires, and the secret is burn dry wood only. If you see smoke coming out your pipe or chimney, then you need to stoke the fire and put some quality logs on. Split them up so they'll burn quicker and...

United States on Mar 18, 2013

Global Adventur8: Prior to using the log, I had a few patches of the sticky, icky, sooty type of creosote inside the fireplace box. So likely there was some inside the flue too. We had the fireplace swept and repaired early last year - the fireplace had not been used for 5+ years prior - so I knew the small amount was manageable. Even so, I wanted to keep it as clean and safe as possible. The fireplace has become a big enjoyment area for the family/pets during the colder months and I build 4-5 fires/week.

Earlier in this first year of use, we had some trial and error by using a 5-prong fire log grate inefficient for the size/depth of our firebox and unfortunately a poorly seasoned, smokey 1/4 cord from a local supplier. We had quite a bit of backdraft as a result and soot on the walls. Amending these was an easy fix, thank goodness for those soot sponges (don't use water!!), but tackling the creosote build-up/cleaning was not...until now.

Based on the positive Amazon reviews, I decided to try these logs. While there were other creosote removal products, they seemed to be for woodstoves and the reviews were comparable. The CSL logs are like smaller duraflames and...

United States on Jan 15, 2013