Woodburning Stoves

“anyone on here use a woodburning stove.
If you have one is it a stove you use most of the time or some of the time.

Do you prefer it over alcohol or canister stoves.

There seems to be a few out there like the Bushbuddy, Emberlit, SoloStove and Firefly.”

“I don't use one but have seen them in use. They seem messy and forget about using one in a vestibule.”

“They are a niche in the whole of the camp stove arena...if you like 'em you like 'em if you don't you don't...there are whole websites developed to support them just like the alcohol stoves...

which is lightest?
Which burns the hotest?
how to modify any manufactured stove.
Build your own wood stove.
Science behind Wood Gasification...

personally I'm into the tent stove wood stoves, I want to cook on the stove I use to heat my tent in winter...built one out of an Army Ammo Can...and guess what...there are folks into Ammo Can Stoves that are into

which is lightest?
Which burns the hotest?
how to modify any manufactured stove.
Build your own wood stove.
Science behind Wood Gasification...”

“I was always intriguesby the idea because you don't have to carry fuel. But them I realized you can just take a tiny grill and cook on a small campfire. Obviously not ideal in every situation but .....”

“SuperTroll, I am talking about using one for backpacking not car camping. If I was car camping those ammo can stove would be nice in the winter.

Stratdood, I can see taking a small grill if you are doing an overnight trip...steaks are better than freezer bag cooking
last edited: 4/25/12 4:29:13 PM”

“Taking frozen steaks and cooking them on a "backpacker" grill 1st night use to be a fairly common routine for me.”

“I made a nimblewood nomad, stores flat in a ziplock and throws off much heat. I'm intrigued by the Bushbuddy wood/alcohol stove tho..

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DKiPp2ZvL3h8&v=KiPp2ZvL3h8&gl=US”

“1camper, the link didn't work”

“Try this one:

http://www.bushbuddy.ca/

The link above was from Shug on 3/4/12 if you care to chase it down.”

“This demo stinks. This guy demonstrates that he does not know what he is doing. But he does show how to build an out-of-control fire!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mO3bfGrbso

My first Zip stove was like his. It worked fine, but after about 12 years one of the connections for controling the fan did not work well. So I bought a new one. This one had a line about six feet long to a battery pack with a control deal. The wall of the main container for the fire was so thin that it was quickly crumbled! The pot with a lid, that served as a frying pan, no longer fit for storing the stove. I am now close to getting another replacement. I still use the pot and lid, but the Pot's handle will stand upright any more. It then gets too hot, so I help it with a small wedge. But my cleaning lady throws the cardboard wedges in the trash!

Yes, I have cute, young lady who cleans. Also, she gives me a hug or two, which definitely helps my morale. One of my daughters pays for the cleaning lady.

I do enjoy the unit and recommend it. I recommend the cleaning girl, too.”

“but the Pot's handle will not stand upright any more. It ...”

“They make a pill for that.”

“One thing that I don't like about wood burning stoves is that they are messy. You have to be so careful not to get soot on everything.”

“Before leaving the house, soak a washcloth in oven cleaner and put it in a ziplock, use it to squeeze the cleaner out onto papertowels..use the towels to clean fire sooted pots;the soot will wipe right off. paper towels can be burned or packed out as you see fit.”

“Shug's vid from above: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiPp2ZvL3h8”

“Weight wise there is no advantage to a wood burning bping stove for a weekend trip, as a rule. Exceptions exist, like if you plan on melting snow on a winter trip and you'll have access to dry wood. Otherwise you'll do better with other stoves (like a Pepsi can stove) which will get lighter as the weekend goes on.”

“A small, plastic grocery-bag can hold all the sooty items.

I don't consider a weekend to be long enough for a backpacking trip. Each trip should be at least two weeks to two months or more. And I would prfefer not having to carry the fuel for two months to feed a gas burning monster, including the pepsi can stove.”

“some of the woodburning stoves (that break down and lay flat)come with storage sleeves”

“I ended up buying a used titanium Emberlit-UL woodburning stove for a good price.

http://emberlit.com

I should have it in a few days so I will let you know how it goes”

“Why did the person want to sell the used stove?”

“because he had two of the Emberlit stoves and a Bushbuddy stove..stove addict”

“The really lightweight ones like Clikstand and Vargo are great as a backup stove if you get the titanium version. Clikstand can use the Trangia or Evernew alcohol burner also. I always bring the Clikstand with the alcohol burner just in case as it only adds 10 oz and is insurance for my Svea (though I haven't needed it yet, the day I forget it the Svea will die)”