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- The perfect way to recycle waste paper and save money
- Stury aluminium & wood construction
- No need to soak the paper--ready for the fire right away
- Easy and safe to use
Product Specifications
| Part Number : | E-M1030 |
| Batteries Included?: | No |
| Batteries Required?: | No |
| Item Dimensions | |
| Weight: | 700 grams |
| Length: | 40 centimetres |
| Width: | 7 centimetres |
| Height: | 7 centimetres |
Product Description
Manufacturer's Description
The eko-mania Dry Paper Log Maker quickly and easily turns your household and garden waste into free fuel for your open fire or wood burning stove.
Help conserve forests, reduce landfill and save on heating costs by using newspaper, junk mail, shredded paper, cardboard, wood chippings, and wrapping paper as fuel.
Produce compact newspaper logs in minutes and burn them straight away. A great way to help your wallet and the environment.
Product Description
Our custom made environmentally friendly Dry Paper Log Maker recycles your waste paper into logs to burn on an open fire or wood burning stove.
Help conserve forests, reduce landfill and save on heating costs by using newspaper, junk mail, shredded paper, cardboard, wood chippings, and wrapping paper as fuel.
Unlike the E-M1001 and E-M1020 log makers you do not need to wet the contents in order to make logs for the fire, however they do not burn as long.
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128 of 129 people found the following review helpful
First of all, it does work and consequently it gives a relatively easy-to-do use for waste paper. However, there are some things of which you should be aware, so that your expectations do not exceed the actuality:
* If I used it as per instructions and compressed with all my strength, I did not have the strength to push the log out of the tube. The solution I found was not to fill it as much -- four double broadsheets gives about the right fill, so that the force required to eject is about the same as the force of compression.
* Be very careful when ejecting the log and ensure that no part of your hand can get caught between the tube and the plunger -- my second log left me with a 1cm diameter blood-blister! Subsequently OK -- once bitten, etc.
* It says that the logs burn for "up to" 30 mins -- expect about half that unless the fire is damped right down.
* The paper logs produce much more ash than wood or eco-logs.
* We have decided that the best use for these paper logs is as kindling/firelighters -- one log, on top of a scrunched up sheet of newspaper, is sufficient to light our woodburner.
Edit, 22 April 2009: I have found that the best "fill" is paper from the shredder. For some reason it can compress down very tight without jamming.
* If I used it as per instructions and compressed with all my strength, I did not have the strength to push the log out of the tube. The solution I found was not to fill it as much -- four double broadsheets gives about the right fill, so that the force required to eject is about the same as the force of compression.
* Be very careful when ejecting the log and ensure that no part of your hand can get caught between the tube and the plunger -- my second log left me with a 1cm diameter blood-blister! Subsequently OK -- once bitten, etc.
* It says that the logs burn for "up to" 30 mins -- expect about half that unless the fire is damped right down.
* The paper logs produce much more ash than wood or eco-logs.
* We have decided that the best use for these paper logs is as kindling/firelighters -- one log, on top of a scrunched up sheet of newspaper, is sufficient to light our woodburner.
Edit, 22 April 2009: I have found that the best "fill" is paper from the shredder. For some reason it can compress down very tight without jamming.
20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
I love this item. Took me a while to work out best way to use it. I started off getting it stuck every time and I felt very weedy. I soon found out that it is best not to tear up the paper as it gets stuck up the sides, as it were (it will make sense when you get it) it's best to scrunch the paper up in loose balls then use the plunger to pack it down. Fills right to the line and pops out with ease in a beautiful and tidy log shape.
Oh yeah and it burns very well too !
Oh yeah and it burns very well too !
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
This item is very well made and good value for money.
The logs are easy to make using J.Bas's advice and you can use the logs straight away. You could possibly hurt yourself with this if you don't take the basic care with any operation using a device. Some people will manage to hurt themselves with a hammer or screwdriver. This log maker is inherently safe.
I don't see the point of using a 'wet' method of making logs when this piece of equipment is available. Yes, the paper logs from this might not burn for as long as some those made by other methods but no matter how you burn a newspaper it will only have the same calorific value (amount of heat it will give) and always produce the same amount of ash. Why bother with a messy alternative?
The logs are easy to make using J.Bas's advice and you can use the logs straight away. You could possibly hurt yourself with this if you don't take the basic care with any operation using a device. Some people will manage to hurt themselves with a hammer or screwdriver. This log maker is inherently safe.
I don't see the point of using a 'wet' method of making logs when this piece of equipment is available. Yes, the paper logs from this might not burn for as long as some those made by other methods but no matter how you burn a newspaper it will only have the same calorific value (amount of heat it will give) and always produce the same amount of ash. Why bother with a messy alternative?
Most Recent Customer Reviews
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Handy little product with the big advantage that it uses DRY paper - i.e. no need to wet or saturate paper. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Kramer
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I've found that is is easiest to get the log out of the tube by placing a stick or poker upright on the ground, then turn the cylinder upside down and press onto the stick. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Bob
sorry no service or goods in Dec 2011
It is 16 December 2011. I ordered a dry paper log maker from Eko-mania on 1 December. The money has been taken from my cc a/c on 1 Dec. Read more
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When I first saw this product, I thought that I would get rid of all the confidential waste paper that I shredded, on a BBQ or as a fire heater.... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Dean
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Brilliant piece of equipment - already have wet paper block maker for use in summer but this can be used all year round to suplement longer burning 'wet' blocks
Published 16 months ago by john
Good in theory, hopeless in practise!
I was delighted to buy this, thinking I would be both ecofriendly and economical! Be warned that unless you are very strong and able, this device is impossible to use!!!! Read more
Published 17 months ago by Ms. K. Demeter
Practicality of dry logs
Not to happy with dry log process as described in instructions, perhaps other people have had more sucess. Read more
Published on 15 Jan 2010 by Mr. CD Gurney Two Account
Logs
This is a great way of using all the junk mail, envelopes etc we would normally just chuck away. We shred it all and then use it as the filling. Makes excellent kindling.
Published on 29 Dec 2009 by Helen Eatock
DANGEROUS BEWARE
Please beware of this product. I ended up in hospital with a fractured finger after using. I followed the instructions to the letter and this was the result. Read more
Published on 5 Dec 2009 by E. Smith
Good idea in theory
But in practice it isn't as easy to use as the manufacturers make out. I couldn't plunge the paper down far enough, maybe it needs someone stronger than me. Read more
Published on 29 Nov 2009 by Cazza
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