Saves me time, money and clean up. No more wadding up paper and stuffing it in the stove, no more box of old newspapers sitting in the living room, no more of having to dump the ashtray monthly (didn't realize how much ash builds up from using newspaper!), and no more smug build up on the glass from burning paper. I lay 2 sticks across each other with dry kindling, light one of these with a wooden match and walk away, give it 5mins and load the stove. We have used about 1/2 (25lb) box through the fall and winter so I.m more than happy with this product. How's it save money? Had to have the stove repaired due to corrosion of some parts, manufacture stated that burning newspaper (especially the slick colored adds and color Sunday comics) was a no-no, the ink in the ash becomes corrosive and over time causes damage. So no more newspaper for me. BTW I never had any trouble lighting any of the sticks with a wooden match.

I have used Fatwood sticks prior to this purchase. I purchased the smaller bags from a Brick and Mortar store. This winter season I decided to bulk up on this product since it worked so well last season.

It really only takes a few sticks to start the fire in our wood burning stove. I love how this company obtains their product, as well as re-planting trees for sustainability.

All it takes is a match, or a long lighter to get these sticks burning. All of my sticks have been dry, so I can't comment on lighting them while they are damp.

Fatwood arrived quickly and I put it to the test right away. I stacked large logs (the kinds that shouldn't just start on fire without a lot of help) in a fairly random order, put two pieces of Fatwood towards the bottom (one standing vertically, one horizontally) and lit one. No other kindling was involved. Within a few minutes the entire stack was burning nicely. I've used other, expensive fire starter logs, soaked chips, saturated card board things, etc. This one is truly impressive and inexpensive in comparison! After one use I'm a fan!

I got a ten pound box of it and just that will last a LONG time because you only use a little to initiate a fire. The pine resin saturated sticks have dried in the wood and aren't sticky, and they reminded me of some type of brownish/reddish plastic actually, with some even allowing light to glow through them. An odd thing, to be fascinated by a piece of wood like that lol. And speaking of plastic, although they smell nice like burning pine should, they actually burn like they were hunks of plastic as the smoke they put off while burning is black and creates a lot of soot. As the flame catches and the wood heats up, the pine sizzles, liquifies and bubbles on the wood, leading to a pretty intence flame once they really get going. As far as getting them lit goes, they're not volatile or anything like that and don't quite catch a flame like a candle wick, so it takes about ten seconds under a match or lighter to get them to catch, and then, there you go.. it starts slow and then really picks up.

My uses are restricted to keeping a stick or two in my camping bag, (the size of a single stick is like a bundle of four pencils) and as an alternative to lighter fluid to get some classic charcoal burning for a BBQ. I'll take a knife to split them down to smaller pencil sized pieces, then spread them out on the charcoal, or you can put a peice or two beneath the coals if there's an open area. Light them up and they'll blaze agressively and long enough to finally start those coals to burn in their own. No more squirting lighter fluid on them twenty times and relighting, or using the "Matchlight", easy-to-light charcoal briquettes that turn to ash and are done glowing in under an hour. Anyway, fat wood is a great application for that, or any other where you need to get a stubborn fire going.
As an added bonus, you'll love that moment when you open the box and the scent of a pine forest hits your nose and puts a smile on your face :)

I love these things. I bought a small box at TS to see how they worked. I have a wood stove that I run straight all winter. I try to keep hot coals but in the morning or if my wife doesn't load it during the day I need to get it going again. Forget the headache of news paper blah blah blah. It burns out too fast. Two or three of these sticks and without question my fire is started. Hop out of the shower close the door and I'm done. No looking for something else to get the fire going. This book will last all season and probably all next. Time is money and these will pay you back. It's cool telling people that they are just wood stumps cut into splinters. They produce a quick hot flame.