Has any one notice these Latvian peat briquettes in competition with Bord na Mona peat briquettes? They have a white band and are shrinkwraped they weigh about 10kg which is less than the BnM bale which is 12.5kg. They are retailing at about €3.75 to €4.00 a bale.
Baltic (Latvian, Estonian) peat briquettes Vs Bord na Mona peat briquettes
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z107
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Re: Latvian peat briquettes competing Bord na Mona briquettes
How much is a bale of Bord Na Mona briquettes?
I generally try to avoid briquettes as I don't like the idea of our peat land being torn up.
I'm sure the government will soon put a stop to that free competition by imposing some import duty or another in the guise of 'carbon tax'.
How much is a bale of Bord Na Mona briquettes?
I generally try to avoid briquettes as I don't like the idea of our peat land being torn up.
I'm sure the government will soon put a stop to that free competition by imposing some import duty or another in the guise of 'carbon tax'.
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Re: Latvian peat briquettes competing Bord na Mona briquettes
I saw briquettes for sale in Galway at the weekend €90 for 30 bales.
I saw briquettes for sale in Galway at the weekend €90 for 30 bales.
Re: Latvian peat briquettes competing Bord na Mona briquettes
I bought these briquettes thinking they were the Bord na Mona ones but they give out no heat compared to the BNM ones. 20kgs lighter so easier for us ladies to carry and are cheaper than BNM but not good value. I bought 10 bales of BNM briquettes for €35 at Donnellys on the docks. The more bales you buy the beter value. Centra seem to have the latvian\polish ones
I bought these briquettes thinking they were the Bord na Mona ones but they give out no heat compared to the BNM ones. 20kgs lighter so easier for us ladies to carry and are cheaper than BNM but not good value. I bought 10 bales of BNM briquettes for €35 at Donnellys on the docks. The more bales you buy the beter value. Centra seem to have the latvian\polish ones
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blackbird69
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Latvian Peat Briquettes
The reason that the latvian bale of briquettes is lighter is they have a 5-7 % moisture content where as the BNM ones have a 18-22% moisture content.
The Latvian briquettes are supposed to be up to 20% more efficent in terms of heat output that the BNM but I do not have any proof of that yet.
The reason that the latvian bale of briquettes is lighter is they have a 5-7 % moisture content where as the BNM ones have a 18-22% moisture content.
The Latvian briquettes are supposed to be up to 20% more efficent in terms of heat output that the BNM but I do not have any proof of that yet.
BnM peat briquettes have a moisture content of 10%. They are manufactured in Co Tipperary and Co Offaly.
Each bale of BnM briquettes weighs 12.5kg where as the Latvian imports weigh 10kg.
Im not sure what the CV or ash content is for either type of briquette.
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blackbird69
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Not sure either - I have been looking at importing different types of fuel products where feasable but that is what I was told, I was told the Latvian ones were more efficent but have no proof of that yet however I hope to have in the coming days.
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teddy106
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Hi blackbird,
Did you manage to find out the energy or efficiency of the born na mona briquettes vs the latvian and estonian ones that are on the market
Did you manage to find out the energy or efficiency of the born na mona briquettes vs the latvian and estonian ones that are on the market
Im not sure about the 10kg Baltic Peat Briquettes but the 12.5kg BnM Peat Briquettes have a cv of 4.8kW/Kg. It is also worth considering the moisture content and the ash content.
Anthracite 25-50mm C.V.: 8.2kW/Kg 14,000 BTUs/lb
House Coal 25-75mm C.V.: 7.2kW/Kg 12,000 BTUs/lb
Timber – Firebox size C.V.: 5.0kW/Kg 8,600 BTUs/lb
Peat Briquettes C.V.: 4.8kW/Kg 8,300 BTUs/lb
Machine Turf C.V.: 3.4kW/Kg 6,000 BTUs/lb
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Anthracite 25-50mm C.V.: 8.2kW/Kg 14,000 BTUs/lb
House Coal 25-75mm C.V.: 7.2kW/Kg 12,000 BTUs/lb
Timber – Firebox size C.V.: 5.0kW/Kg 8,600 BTUs/lb
Peat Briquettes C.V.: 4.8kW/Kg 8,300 BTUs/lb
Machine Turf C.V.: 3.4kW/Kg 6,000 BTUs/lb
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May also be worth considering to other factors.....
air miles, and bnm are cut and manufactured HERE!
buy Irish, support Irish jobs, create revenue thats needed for US!
Whenever you shop around, please always support local where possible
then we may just see businesses start hiring again
air miles, and bnm are cut and manufactured HERE!
buy Irish, support Irish jobs, create revenue thats needed for US!
Whenever you shop around, please always support local where possible
then we may just see businesses start hiring again
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Tried them before. Retailing for €3 a bale in Cork. They seem to burn as hot as the BNM ones but to be honest we dont use briquettes much due the the huge volumes of ash they produce.
BNM are an Irish company though so I'd sooner support my own.
BNM are an Irish company though so I'd sooner support my own.
The Baltic Briquettes are 10kg compared to the BnM bale at 12.5kg.
The Baltic ones appear to be shrink wrapped as against the BnM ones with the green band.
The moisture content of the BnM briquette is about 10% and the mc% of the Latvian ones is [broken link removed] at about 16%.
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The Baltic ones appear to be shrink wrapped as against the BnM ones with the green band.
The moisture content of the BnM briquette is about 10% and the mc% of the Latvian ones is [broken link removed] at about 16%.
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moover
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Important, Please Read before making up ypur own mind
Hi all,
Saw all of the posts in relation to the types of peat briquettes, i must say our Shop/Petrol station sell both types of briquettes on our forecourts in all of our petrol stations. We sell on average in ratio terms of about 4:1 pallets. 4 being the Estonian (Not Latvian) briquettes in comparison to 1 BNM. We can sell them a lot chesper as we are buying at half the cost of what we are buying BNM at
In these times of recession people want value for money and these briquettes provide this for people. Before we bought the Estonian briquettes we were very worried in relation to competing with a BNM briquette that has been established in ireland for decades. But we find that they are out performing on sales, so the only reason for this we can elude to is that people are happy with what they are buying.
Further to this we have the test certificates as we requested these from the factory. There are a lot of noticable differences that fall in favour of the estonian briquette
1. They are shrink wraped, which means they are cleaner for leaving a shop or a super market, or boot of a car
2. They are whole bales, there are no champhers in the bale so they are that bit smaller than the BNM ones
3. They are up to 25% dryer than the BNM bale which means they burn with a higher output than BNM
4. In relation to some briquettes that are on sale at the moment, they have no parrifin oil base. The Estonian briquettes are 100% natural peat
5. Price, value for money there really is no comparison
All i can say really is our customers come back to buy week in week out without fail, as far as i'm concerned they are far superior than the BNM briquette.
In relation to a point that was made earlier in the thread in relation to buying Irish, yeah that is a great idea, but let me point out to you that presently Irish exports are out performing and it is the only sector of the irish econmy keeping everything afloat. So it begs the question, what we export others import, be it French, German, UK, Italain, etc etc import from Ireland. If those countries were only to buy theit own, well where would it leave our exports, you know and i know we would then have no exports. Please open your mind to foreign trade, because if we just kept looking inward we wouldn't have an economy.
As for the Briquettes, i think i will only be stocking the Estonian briquettes from now on, and they are a better package for my customers.
Thanks for listening
Moover
Hi all,
Saw all of the posts in relation to the types of peat briquettes, i must say our Shop/Petrol station sell both types of briquettes on our forecourts in all of our petrol stations. We sell on average in ratio terms of about 4:1 pallets. 4 being the Estonian (Not Latvian) briquettes in comparison to 1 BNM. We can sell them a lot chesper as we are buying at half the cost of what we are buying BNM at
In these times of recession people want value for money and these briquettes provide this for people. Before we bought the Estonian briquettes we were very worried in relation to competing with a BNM briquette that has been established in ireland for decades. But we find that they are out performing on sales, so the only reason for this we can elude to is that people are happy with what they are buying.
Further to this we have the test certificates as we requested these from the factory. There are a lot of noticable differences that fall in favour of the estonian briquette
1. They are shrink wraped, which means they are cleaner for leaving a shop or a super market, or boot of a car
2. They are whole bales, there are no champhers in the bale so they are that bit smaller than the BNM ones
3. They are up to 25% dryer than the BNM bale which means they burn with a higher output than BNM
4. In relation to some briquettes that are on sale at the moment, they have no parrifin oil base. The Estonian briquettes are 100% natural peat
5. Price, value for money there really is no comparison
All i can say really is our customers come back to buy week in week out without fail, as far as i'm concerned they are far superior than the BNM briquette.
In relation to a point that was made earlier in the thread in relation to buying Irish, yeah that is a great idea, but let me point out to you that presently Irish exports are out performing and it is the only sector of the irish econmy keeping everything afloat. So it begs the question, what we export others import, be it French, German, UK, Italain, etc etc import from Ireland. If those countries were only to buy theit own, well where would it leave our exports, you know and i know we would then have no exports. Please open your mind to foreign trade, because if we just kept looking inward we wouldn't have an economy.
As for the Briquettes, i think i will only be stocking the Estonian briquettes from now on, and they are a better package for my customers.
Thanks for listening
Moover
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moover
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How do you mean a publicity stunt bacchus, have i named my businesses in the post i posted? Where is the publicity there? You really need to get your faces correct before you accuse people of misusing the borards in the way you have. If you want to make a point, please have the common sence to back up with accusations with facts. I have presented the facts in the post as facts that can be proved through test certs obtained independently. Where are your facts. Just looking back on your other comments, you seem to talk about or pass comment on everything, but really you have an authority on nothing.
You are on a public forum and being challenged through questions like this one
comes with it.