Oct 07, 2021

Hardwood Heat Logs: 7 Astonishing Facts About Lekto's Hottest Product

7 Astonishing Facts About Lekto Heat Logs Written over an image of heat logs

Lekto Hardwood Heat Logs are the stuff of magic. They’re the hottest-burning wood fuel on the market, so they'll keep your home nice and warm even in the bitterest of weather. They are ludicrously energy-dense, which makes them a perfect solution when space is at a premium. They’re designed to be easy to split apart by hand, giving you absolute control over your fuel use, and, consequently, your heating expenses.

And that’s merely scratching the surface! Read on to find out everything you need to know about our flagship eco-friendly heat logs.

Article Contents:

They Contain More Energy Than the Batteries of Many Hybrid Cars
They Are Dried to Ultra-Low Moisture Levels
They Are the Hottest-Burning Wood Fuel on the Market
They Can Be Easily Split by Hand
Their Production Process Eliminates Waste Instead of Adding to It
They Are So Dense They Expand to Twice Their Size When Burned
Our Customers Absolutely Adore Them

Before we get to that, however, here's a short video that shows just how efficient and easy to use these fantastic firewood alternatives are...

They Contain More Energy Than the Batteries of Many Plug-In Hybrids

Read the reviews and you’ll learn that Lekto Hardwood Heat Logs produce an astonishing amount of heat. The amount of energy contained in just one is truly hard to comprehend. So let's bring it into context.

The battery of the latest iPhone 13 is rated at 12.54 watt-hours (Wh). The latest MacBook Air has a battery that contains 49.9 Wh worth of energy. The popular Segway Ninebot E22 electric kick scooter can drive 22 kilometres on a full 184 Wh charge, and the top-rated VanMoof S3 electric bike has an impressive 504 Wh battery.

Moving on from bikes to cars, we see a huge jump. The battery of the 2021 Hyundai Ioniq Plug-in Hybrid sedan has a capacity of 8,900 Wh. So what about Lekto Hardwood Heat Logs?

A single log contains 10,300 Wh worth of energy. That’s right. 1,400 Wh more than the Korean manufacturer’s popular sedan.

Lekto Hardwood Heat Logs Energy Comparison Chart

Here’s how the energy contents of a single Lekto Hardwood Heat Log compare to the amount of energy found in the batteries of popular products. To give you a better picture, we’ll look at everything from smartphones and tablets to electric bikes and scooters to hybrid sports cars and limousines.

Product	Category	Energy Capacity (Wh)
Range Rover P400e PHEV	Hybrid Luxury SUV	13,100
Lekto Hardwood Heat Logs	Wood Briquette	10,300
Renault Captur E-TECH	Plug-In-Hybrid Vehicle	9,800
Toyota Prius PHEV	Plug-In-Hybrid Vehicle	8,800
Mercedes-Benz S500e	Hybrid Luxury Limousine	8,700
BMW i8	Plug-In-Hybrid Sports Car	7,100
Leader Fox OREM 27,5”	Long-Distance Electric Bike	720
VanMoof S3	Premium Electric Bike	504
Xiaomi Mi Electric Scooter 3	Electric Scooter	275
Propella 7-SPEED (V4.0)	Entry-Level Electric Bike	250
Segway Ninebot E22	Electric Scooter	184
iPad 8 (Generation)	Tablet	32.40
Samsung Galaxy S21	Smartphone	15.40
Apple iPhone 13	Smartphone	12.54
Apple iPhone X	Smartphone	10.35

They Are Dried to Ultra-Low Moisture Levels

The amount of energy stored in an object is just a number if there is no way of extracting it efficiently and making it do useful work. Wet firewood has as much energy stored in it as Ready to Burn kiln dried firewood, however, try burning a wet log and you’ll see that numbers aren’t everything. It’d be next to impossible to light and if you do manage to light it, it’ll produce a lot of smoke, soot, and toxic gases. What it won’t produce is a lot of productive heat.

To perform optimally, firewood needs to be kiln-dried to a moisture content of 20% or under. This is incredibly difficult to achieve and requires several days of non-stop industrial kiln-drying, or up to two or three years of air drying, and Lekto Hardwood Heat Logs are dried to a much harsher standard than that!

We only allow for a maximum of 90 grams of moisture per kilogram of dry hardwood mass. This allows our Heat Logs to burn as cleanly and efficiently as possible, making most of that 10,300 Wh energy value. Due to their incredibly low moisture content, we advise you to keep them in their packaging until using them. Being ultra-dry, they can act as a sponge and suck up moisture from the air. And that added moisture can impede their performance.

They Are the Hottest-Burning Wood Fuel on the Market

The recipe is simple. Take a ridiculously energy-dense wood fuel and dry it to incredibly low moisture levels. And what you get as a result is the hottest-burning wood fuel out there.

Our hardwood heat logs will warm rooms up faster than any other type of wood fuel out there. Your rooms will also get warmer than if you were to use any other heating material, so you’ll be able to warm your home to your preferred temperature even in the bitterest of cold.

In fact, being a market-leading wood fuel, Lekto Hardwood Heat Logs contain more heat than most people will ever need outside of extreme survival scenarios. So the most popular way our clients use our fire heat logs is as a cost-efficient booster fuel for when their main wood fuel doesn’t supply enough heat.

For example, one of our clients uses traditional firewood but whenever he feels that he needs a little bit more heat than his wood stove can supply, he adds half of a Hardwood Heat Log to raise the temperature. Saving himself from the need to add any extra firewood.

They Can Be Easily Split by Hand

Adding half (or even a third) of a Heat Log is incredibly simple thanks to their innovative design.

Pick up one of our fire heat logs and you’ll see a set of about 20 grooves. The log can easily be split at any of these grooves either by applying a little bit of pressure with your hands or by tapping the log on a hard surface.

The following video clearly shows the grooves and the abovementioned tapping method:

As you can see, breaking Lekto heat logs apart is incredibly easy and requires very little force.

Many of our clients even let their children do it. And it goes without saying that children absolutely love breaking things apart.

Their Production Process Eliminates Waste

If you’ve been following us for any length of time, then you know that Lekto produces some of the most eco friendly heat logs out there. In fact, the production process of all our briquette products actually eliminates global waste, instead of adding to it.

Made from a special blend of traditionally discarded sawmill byproducts, we source materials from reputable sawmills that have a proven environmental record. In turn, the owners of our partner sawmills only source their wood from responsibly managed forests.

They’re So Dense They Expand to Twice Their Size When Burned

The moment most people realize that our product is different from your run of the mill birch RUF heat logs and even traditional oak heat logs is when they first try burning them. You only have to read the reviews to see how many people are surprised by the incredible heat output generated by them.

We already talked about the astonishing energy density of the logs, but we didn’t touch on how this density is achieved. The answer to that riddle is ultra-high compression.

During the production process, our Hardwood Heat Logs are compressed to an incredibly high density by a specially-made industrial pressing rod. We also use a similar technique in the production of our Pini Kay heat logs, but the energy density of that product is slightly lower as it is made for a completely different use case.

Observe the burning process of our eco friendly heat logs, and you’ll see just how much material is rammed into each one. As they burn, they will usually expand to twice their original size.

What does that mean for you? It means you’re getting twice the amount of briquette heat for the same amount of storage space. This makes our Hardwood Heat Logs the perfect solution for situations when storage space is at a premium.

Our Customers Absolutely Adore Them

Read almost any Hardwood Heat Logs review online and you’ll see nothing but near-universal adoration (and the love is well-deserved).

The product burns much hotter than most people think is even possible for an all-natural product. It lights up easily and burns cleanly. You can break it apart and use only as much as you need. And you need so little of it for a heat boost that a pack can last you a very long time.

3 Lekto Hardwood Heat Log Reviews from Trustpilot

You can view these reviews on Trustpilot in the links below:

One thing we ourselves noticed after reading through hundreds of reviews is that the happiest customers are those who realized that they are best used in combination with our other products.

People have the most success combining the heat output of Lekto Heat Logs with our ultra-long-lasting Night Briquettes, our Premium Kiln-Dried Birch Firewood, and our versatile Sawdust Briquettes.

3 More Reviews for Lekto Hardwood Heat Logs From Trustpilot