We absolutley love the wood packs. They are easy to use and create a wonderful, warm fire very quickly. There are no embers flying around and the flames are beautiful. The only negative would be the wood pack gives you a little less than 30 minutes of heat. The fire does die down at about 20 minutes or so. We use them to start the fire and then if we want to be out longer than 30 minutes we put logs on the fire.