Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1890 in Home Improvement
• Colour: Black
• Brand: eko-mania
• Model: E-M1020
• Released on: 2009-10-27
• Dimensions: 6.30" h x 4.72" w x 11.81" l, 6.61 pounds

Features

• Sturdy all metal construction
• Free heat from old newspapers
• New Improved Sieve Design for years of reliable service
• Easy and safe to use - just soak the paper, place into the mould and squeeze
• Logs will burn as well as wood for up to an hour at a controlled rate in a fire grate or stove

Manufacturer's Description
The eko-mania newspaper log maker enables you to recycle your waste paper into fuel, saving you money on your heating bills whilst conserving forests and reducing landfill.

The average household throws out over 500kg of paper and cardboard each year. When paper is compressed into briquettes it can efficiently burn for hours just as good as store bought briquettes or wood logs.

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Customer Reviews

briquette maker
very easy to make,if you first fit newspaper in base,bottom and sides,with enough to cover top later,fill with your newspaper,then cover,when you press down and remove,you will have a completely encased brick.

Does what it says on the tin!
Solid piece of kit really - no bending or bulging evident.
Handles havent caused any difficulties as reported but I did use my feet once to help lift out the briquette.
I lined the container with a double sheet of dry newspaper first and this contained the pulp and provided a nice finish, easy to handle.
In future I will just tear up newsprint and only shred the glossy supplements etc. as the newsprint does break down quicker.
So now I just need to wait until they dry.
So it's back to - rip, tear, shred and soak!

Working well: has made hundreds of logs at almost no cost
Our Briquette Maker has been in use for about six months now and is standing up to daily wear-and-tear very well. I admit to standing on it to compress the wet paper, and haven't managed to break it yet. Not bad, considering my general reputation for utter destruction of most mechanical things...
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