Visit our DIY & Tools store for a fantastic selection of brands and products, all at great prices.- Visit our Garden & Outdoors store for a fantastic selection of brands and products, all at great prices.
Special Offers and Product Promotions
Technical Details
- The perfect way to recycle waste paper and save money
- Sturdy all-steel construction
- New improved design
- Years of reliable service
- Easy and safe to use
Product Specifications
| Part Number : | E-M1001 |
| Colour: | Green |
| Item Package Quantity: | 1 |
| Number Of Pieces: | 250 |
| Batteries Included?: | No |
| Batteries Required?: | No |
| Item Dimensions | |
| Weight: | 3 kilograms |
| Length: | 30 centimetres |
| Width: | 16 centimetres |
| Height: | 12 centimetres |
Product Description
Manufacturer's Description
The average household throws out over 500kg of paper and cardboard each year. The eko-mania heavy duty log maker, with a new improved design for years of reliable service, enables you to recycle your waste paper into fuel, saving you money on your heating bills whilst conserving forests and reducing landfill. When paper is compressed into briquettes it can efficiently burn for hours just as good as store bought briquettes or wood logs.
Box Contains
Product details
|
Look for similar items by category
Frequently Bought Together
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
285 of 286 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
Our Briquette Maker has been in use for about six months now and is standing up to daily wear-and-tear very well. We are building up a huge stack of 'logs' which have cost us virtually NOTHING, which is great news considering how much all fuels now cost.
The Briquette Maker is extremely simple to use and produces neat oblong 'logs' which burn well once they have fully dried out. We use it to get rid of all our junk mail, newspapers, magazines, paperwork, envelopes and so on.
Normally we soak the rubbish for 24hrs; we don't use bleach (cos we're trying to be properly eco!) but leave the bucket in a warm place. Newspaper and white paper goes mushy very fast; glossy magazine paper and brochures take much longer to break down and benefit from 'dobbing' with a big stick. The best logs have a decent proportion of newspaper or similar in them because the more glossy stuff goes in, the harder it is to get them to burn.
We've left our logs for three months in a greenhouse to dry thoroughly: you also need to make sure that in wet weather they don't absorb moisture from the atmosphere!
Another tip: if your material is full of staples (like magazines often are) or plastic windows or glue/gum, then it's best to leave these bits out before you soak the paper. Any woodburner won't like getting lots of metal/plastic fed to it, so we try to weed them out as we go.
It make take a few attempts to get the hang of the maker, so don't be afraid to get a bit mucky (or buy thick rubber gloves), and learn how to use your feet to keep the frame steady as you extract each log!
This is a fab piece of kit; proving to be robust and it's going to save us a fortune in wood and heatlogs this winter.
8/10
The Briquette Maker is extremely simple to use and produces neat oblong 'logs' which burn well once they have fully dried out. We use it to get rid of all our junk mail, newspapers, magazines, paperwork, envelopes and so on.
Normally we soak the rubbish for 24hrs; we don't use bleach (cos we're trying to be properly eco!) but leave the bucket in a warm place. Newspaper and white paper goes mushy very fast; glossy magazine paper and brochures take much longer to break down and benefit from 'dobbing' with a big stick. The best logs have a decent proportion of newspaper or similar in them because the more glossy stuff goes in, the harder it is to get them to burn.
We've left our logs for three months in a greenhouse to dry thoroughly: you also need to make sure that in wet weather they don't absorb moisture from the atmosphere!
Another tip: if your material is full of staples (like magazines often are) or plastic windows or glue/gum, then it's best to leave these bits out before you soak the paper. Any woodburner won't like getting lots of metal/plastic fed to it, so we try to weed them out as we go.
It make take a few attempts to get the hang of the maker, so don't be afraid to get a bit mucky (or buy thick rubber gloves), and learn how to use your feet to keep the frame steady as you extract each log!
This is a fab piece of kit; proving to be robust and it's going to save us a fortune in wood and heatlogs this winter.
8/10
189 of 195 people found the following review helpful
I bought this item just over a month ago and it has been in use ever since!
The briquette maker is very sturdy and even though it has made over a hundred logs so far, it is good as new.
Its great for getting rid of old newspapers and junk mail. I just put it through the shredder, soak it, and make the logs.
Because its made of metal I thought I might take a bit longer to be delivered to me, but it arrived as promised within a few days.
All in all, I'd say this is a good investment and well worth the money.
The briquette maker is very sturdy and even though it has made over a hundred logs so far, it is good as new.
Its great for getting rid of old newspapers and junk mail. I just put it through the shredder, soak it, and make the logs.
Because its made of metal I thought I might take a bit longer to be delivered to me, but it arrived as promised within a few days.
All in all, I'd say this is a good investment and well worth the money.
126 of 130 people found the following review helpful
I've used this gadget to make a few briquettes, and I'm pleased. They are currently drying next to my wood burner, so i can't yet comment on their potential as fuel. A few plus points; (1) decent sized, solid, chunky briquettes from unremarkable amounts of paper - it's not like the paper disappears to nothing and you end up with a rubic's cube's-worth. A newspaper goes a long way! (2) soaking the paper doesn't have to be too arduous, paper was ready for squashing overnight with a bit of bleach to help it along.
On the other hand, if you don't have an industrial sized shredder, be prepared for the fact that ripping the paper up takes a while. I found that soaking the paper first, then ripping, then putting into a bucket with bleach was easier on my wrists. Of course, if you're buying this gadget you are probably braced for a bit of effort in your recycling. It's certainly more fun than filling the council's black bin.
On the other hand, if you don't have an industrial sized shredder, be prepared for the fact that ripping the paper up takes a while. I found that soaking the paper first, then ripping, then putting into a bucket with bleach was easier on my wrists. Of course, if you're buying this gadget you are probably braced for a bit of effort in your recycling. It's certainly more fun than filling the council's black bin.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Great Block Maker
This Eko-Mania log maker is great, It makes perfect paper logs and i allso use it to make Poo bricks out of horse manure which when dry burn perfect with no smell. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Brian
paper recycling
When I lived in England (1980-1990) I used to watch certain TV programmes which sometimes I found extremely interesting/useful. Read more
Published 3 months ago by bookworm
Does exactly what is says on the box
This is really useful if you're trying to save money on your home fire. If you are using these to heat your central heating, you will find them useful in autumn but might want to... Read more
Published 4 months ago by HAL9000
Eco-Mania Paper Log Maker
This is great for making the paper logs, found muscles I didn't know I had. Waiting for my multi fuel stove to be fitted, then I can try out the logs.
Thanks
Thanks
Published 4 months ago by Mrs. J. Mcqueen
Paper log maker.
Very good. Ordered before Christmas and got here on time. Very well built & rigid. it consists of a inner basket like grid with a second smaller grid that fits inside the first. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mr. N. MacLean
Do not trust the construction
I have made about 10 paper briquettes with this machine and already parts of it are showing signs of strain and buckling. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Tosh
Paper Log Maker
The product is sturdy and easy and quick in making the 'logs'
I bought this as a Christmas present which is NOT a good idea as it will take a LONG time for the 'logs' to dry... Read more
I bought this as a Christmas present which is NOT a good idea as it will take a LONG time for the 'logs' to dry... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Atomic Frog
Paper log maker
It may work alright with just newspaper but any glossy paper or cardboard causes the bricks to start seperating as they dry. Read more
Published 5 months ago by David B/
carol
bought for a friend whom is a decorator and has loads of bits of wallpaper left over he loves it as it keeps his son amused whilst giving little bricks for heat
Published 5 months ago by carol
log maker
very useful little machine very eco friendly, I use it for my back up on evenings just drop a log on my wood burner for that extra hour Well made unit strong and durable
Published 6 months ago by cliff
Listmania!
|
|
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
![[Start the discussion]](http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/02/x-locale/communities/discussion_boards/start-new-discussion-sec._V192198663_.gif){kind=small}
Related Items
- Most Popular
- Outdoor Cooking Equipment & Lighting
- Seeds
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
|
