RUF briquettes from oak, ash and mixed wood: 10 kg packs and pallets

A type. RUF is a German manufacturer of hydraulic presses, and briquettes of this shape are made by dozens of producers in Ukraine. Quality depends not on the name but on the raw material and the press: a dense, heavy block with no cracks and no sawdust in the pack is a good RUF briquette, no matter who pressed it.

In a household boiler, 10 kg of briquettes burns for 3-4 hours in active mode and up to 6-8 hours smouldering with the draught partly closed. In a fireplace, 2-3 briquettes give an hour to an hour and a half of steady fire. For comparison, 10 kg of dry firewood burns roughly twice as fast.

For a boiler, take mixed wood: it is cheaper, and the 5-10% difference in calorific value is barely noticeable in a closed firebox. Hardwood is worth it for a fireplace or a tiled stove, or if you want to load less often.

Either the raw material was damp, the pressing was weak or the briquettes got damp in storage. A good RUF briquette is dense and heavy, with smooth faces. We store briquettes in a closed warehouse and pack them in shrink film; there should be no sawdust at the bottom of the pack.

Yes: they burn with an even flame, without sparks, and do not crackle and spit like firewood. For an open fireplace, Pini-Kay are better, as they hold their shape and embers longer. Do not fill the firebox completely: briquettes expand by 20-30% as they burn.

A pallet holds 96 packs of 10 kg, i.e. about 960 kg, and a tonne is 100 packs. Pack price × 100 = price per tonne in packs; by the pallet, the price per tonne is lower than for individual packs. A pack at 130 UAH works out at 13,000 UAH per tonne. The "Bag → price per tonne" converter on this page will recalculate any other seller's offer.

Pick up a briquette: it should be heavy (0.8-1 kg), with smooth faces and no cracks, and should not crumble between your fingers. Knock two briquettes together: the sound should be dull and solid, not loose. At the bottom of the pack there should be a pinch of sawdust at most. A piece of good briquette dropped into water swells slowly rather than falling apart within a minute. And the main test is burning: with the ash door vent partly closed, a pack should hold its embers for several hours. You can check all of this with a trial pack sent by Nova Poshta.

Yes. RUF is the Latin-script name, "руф" is the Ukrainian and Russian transliteration, and "брикеты руф" is the Russian-language search query. They all refer to rectangular briquettes from a hydraulic press. They are sometimes also called "eurowood" or "eco-firewood", although these terms are also used for Pini-Kay and Nestro.

Yes. We send a 10 kg trial pack (hardwood or mixed wood, just say which in the comment) by Nova Poshta to any city, cash on delivery. Burn it in your boiler or fireplace for an evening and order a pallet once you are sure.

No. You pay the driver on delivery or cash on delivery via Nova Poshta, and businesses pay by bank transfer with VAT under a contract. When the pallet arrives, count the packs (there should be 96) and weigh any one of them in front of the driver: a check weighing is part of our delivery terms. If anything is short, we will make up the difference or refund it.