Eco Logs are they really worth buying

A massive market for solid fuel has opened up again over the last few years, which has also seen a large increase in the sales of Eco Logs. They seem to be sold at every corner shop and garage you visit. Now I love fire, and I’m even happy splitting logs for our winter fuel, so buying fake logs does not really interest me. To be fair, they don’t look very nice, but a lot of our customers swear by them.
They are primarily designed for use in Woodburning or Multi Fuel Stoves. It just looks really odd, burning away a perfectly formed mass of compressed wood.
I have tried many different designs over the years and, to be fair, some were excellent and one brand seemed to burn hotter than coal if that’s possible.
I tried quite a few in our Inset Stove last winter, which is wood burning only, but to be fair, I always return to the traditional split log.
Call me old-fashioned. I like to see the fire basket brimming with real wood logs and I also enjoy the crackling and spitting noise when burning a real log.
I understand the green side of burning compressed waste wood, but it’s not for me. I’m afraid I like real logs and that’s what I intend to burn. I would like to hear customers’ reviews of which eco logs they have burnt and what they think of them.