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Best paper log maker

Updated: 22.10.2026

You want one paper log maker to try, and one listing to leave, from the presses captured on amazon.co.uk on 19 October 2026. Best here means the best fit in that file for a stated job. It is not a lab ranking, and it is not a fuel approval. The [paper briquette press comparison](/hub/fireplaces-and-stoves/paper-briquette-press) holds the scores and the shelf prices from £19.99 to £133. This page names who each captured press is for, and who should skip it. Listings that were not in the capture stay out. Links use the tag pcuk26-21, and a qualifying purchase can earn a commission at no extra cost to you.

You want one paper log maker to try, and one listing to leave, from the presses captured on amazon.co.uk on 19 October 2026. Best here means the best fit in that file for a stated job.

Our top picks

eBuzz eBuzz paper log maker

Best overall

eBuzz eBuzz paper log maker
7.4/10about £19.99
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Relaxdays Relaxdays paper press, black

Best value

Relaxdays Relaxdays paper press, black
7.0/10about £32.90
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VIOLK VIOLK paper press

Alternative

VIOLK VIOLK paper press
2.0/10about £133
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On this page
  1. 1.A first try if you accept the bend risk
  2. 2.Who should skip the cheap presses
  3. 3.What a high star count does not prove
  4. 4.The £133 listing, and what to skip with a stove

A first try if you accept the bend risk

The eBuzz lever press, at £19.99, is the top pick if you have newspapers and can live with a frame that buyers say moves. It shows 4.2 from 95, with 27 UK texts, the largest British comment set here. The bullets name newspaper and magazines and a soak of a couple of hours. UK notes report a bent plate, strut, or basket. The seller says up to 2 hours. One UK review says about 30–40 minutes. A buyer made cardboard logs, which the newspaper or cardboard page takes up. The material field says Paper while the bullets say steel. Skip it if you need a stated thickness, or if a thin press has already folded.

Who should skip the cheap presses

AB Tools part MVL095 at £26.23 is 3.8 from 68, with 15 UK texts. The material field says Paper and the weight is 3.28 kg. UK notes say the frame distorted after about 20–40 bricks. Pay the extra £6.24 over eBuzz only if you want the included instructions and you accept that note. Harewood’s Inglenook press is the same £26.23, at 3.5 from 14 and three UK texts, with a package line of 10 × 10 × 5 cm beside 3.28 kg. A UK note says it bent on first use. The maker-and-holder at £54.13 names alloy steel and 5.36 kg and has no review line. Heavier metal on the label is not proof the plate stayed flat.
eBuzz eBuzz paper log maker

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eBuzz eBuzz paper log maker
7.4/10about £19.99
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What a high star count does not prove

The black Relaxdays press, model 10033819 at £32.90, shows 3.9 from 435. The material field says steel and the weight is 2.88 kg. Only two UK texts sit in the first 50, and a UK note says it bent after about 70 bricks. The title says hydraulic. The bullets say two hand levers. The silver press at £34.90 shows 4.2 from 159, at 2.83 kg, with the same mismatch. lyrlody at £71.79 is 5.0 from one rating and no review text. The Relaxdays pair at £50.90 repeats the silver 159, including a review dated before 8 October 2025.

The £133 listing, and what to skip with a stove

VIOLK at £133 is the only listing that states 1.2 mm sheet, with about 8 kg in the bullets and an item weight of 8.5 kg. There is no customer-review line, and the package line says 1 × 1 × 1 cm against bullets of about 38 × 31 × 18 cm. HETAS says not to burn cardboard or colour print in a wood burner. A homemade brick is not an authorised fuel. If the only fire is a stove in a smoke control area, read the smoke-control rules before you buy. Try eBuzz for plain newspaper on an outdoor fire you are allowed to run. Skip LUCKDANO at £53.50, where handles bent after about 20 bricks.

Common questions

Which captured press has the most UK review text?
eBuzz, at £19.99. The file holds 27 UK texts under 4.2 from 95 amazon.co.uk ratings. AB Tools MVL095 is next, with 15 UK texts under 3.8 from 68. The Relaxdays counts are larger, but the first 50 reviews hold two UK texts on the black press and one on the silver press. VIOLK has no review line.
Who should skip the £19.99 eBuzz press?
Skip it if you need a stated sheet thickness, if you are replacing a press that has already bent, or if your feedstock is cardboard for a wood burner. UK notes include a bent plate, strut, or basket, the material field says Paper, and one review’s burn is about 30–40 minutes against a seller line of up to 2 hours.
Is Relaxdays black a better build because the star count is 435?
Not on the evidence in the file. 3.9 from 435 is the listing total, and only two of the first 50 texts are marked as UK. One says the press bent after about 70 bricks. The title says hydraulic and the bullets say two hand levers, on a 2.88 kg steel body. The best-value mark is about price and a steel field, not 435 British tests.
Is lyrlody the best because it shows 5.0?
No. The line is 5.0 from one rating, and the file has no review text, no item weight, and no dimensions. The price is £71.79. A perfect star on a single tick cannot outrank 95 ratings at £19.99 or 435 ratings at £32.90. The bullets do name iron and an overnight soak, which is a spec, not a durability result. Leave it if you wanted comments from more than one person.
Is VIOLK the best because it states 1.2 mm?
It is the only captured listing that states 1.2 mm, with about 8 kg in the bullets, at £133. It is not the best first buy, because there is no customer-review line and the package size says 1 × 1 × 1 cm. Choose it only when that gauge is the spec you came for and you can send it back.

Related pages

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Sources

Public UK sources used for this comparison. amazon.co.uk prices, stars and review counts were taken from the listings on 19 October 2026.

  1. Smoke control areas: the rules, GOV.UK (retrieved 19 October 2026)
  2. Selling manufactured solid fuels in England, GOV.UK (retrieved 19 October 2026)
  3. Air Quality (Domestic Solid Fuels Standards) (England) Regulations 2020 (retrieved 19 October 2026)
  4. Selling wood for domestic use in England, GOV.UK (retrieved 19 October 2026)
  5. 16 things you should never burn, HETAS (retrieved 19 October 2026)
  6. Correct fuel for optimal burning, HETAS (retrieved 19 October 2026)
  7. Open fires and wood-burning stoves, Defra (retrieved 19 October 2026)
  8. Carbon monoxide alarms for landlords, GOV.UK (retrieved 19 October 2026)