The problem for these stoves is that users must depend on fuel being manufactured and it mainly comes from sawdust, a material that the Wall Street Journal recently reported was in high demand because it is used for so many applications such as particle board.
If I had one of these stoves, I would make sure that I had next years supply of pellets secured as early in year as possible, IOW, before summer.
Sawdust is also in low supply due to the mill closures caused by the housing market downturn.
I bought a pellet fireplace insert a few weeks ago, and I went back to the store and bought three tons of pellets. I hope to get delivery next week. I agree—even if they don’t run out, the price will surely go up by next fall.
I hesitated a week before buying the insert, and I almost missed out. I got one of the last ones that our stove store could locate anywhere.
We have a wood burning stove at the other end of the house, but lugging firewood for two stoves just seemed like too much to get into, so I decided on the pellet insert for our second oil saver.