The best fire logs for 2023

A quick-light fire log is an easy way to fill your home with a cozy ambiance and comforting warmth. Unlike regular wood, they light fully in minutes using only a lighter—no kindling required. They’re fabricated out of recycled materials, making them a sustainable alternative to normal firewood, and because they’re synthetic they can be made to burn hotter, longer, and brighter than wood, all while producing fewer emissions than traditional cordwood. For a cleaner way to spread cheer and warmth in your home or backyard, these fire logs are the way to go.

Here’s a list of our favorite fire logs currently available.

The best fire logs: Our picks

Best overall: Duraflame Cowboy Gold Fire Log

These fire logs from Duraflame light fully in less than five minutes and are made from a combination of recycled wood, wax, and plant fibers. The combo is designed to burn brighter and hotter than regular fire logs. Because they’re made from less material overall than regular wood they burn cleaner, too. They last for three hours each, so they’re perfect for keeping your living room toasty all night or for lighting in a fire pit to keep the whole family warm on a cold evening.

Best value: Pine Mountain 6PK 2HR Trad Fire Log

This pack of fire logs from Pine Mountain contains six logs crafted from a blend of recycled hardwood, nutshells, and molasses. With a burn time of two hours per log, you’ll enjoy the benefits of a predictable burn duration plus a greatly reduced level of carbon monoxide emissions. Simply light the paper wrapper and enjoy the toasty flames in your fireplace, campfire, or fire pit.

Best sounds: Duraflame Crackleflame Firelogs

For a fire log with all the auditory ambiance of traditional wood, check out these Crackleflame logs from Duraflame. Each log in this pack of four logs burns for three hours and creates all the fun crackling you’d expect from a fireplace without any of the popping, flying embers you get from real wood.

Most eco-friendly: Pine Mountain Java-Log 2-Hour Firelogs

This pack of logs from Pine Mountain is made predominantly of recycled coffee grounds, making this a truly sustainable and environmentally friendly option. The recycled nature of the log allows it to be up to 80 percent cleaner than traditional wood, both in terms of carbon monoxide emission as well as creosote production, and the coffee grounds tend to burn hotter and brighter than traditional wood too. This one’s a great eco-friendly option for your fireplace.