3 Backpacking Wood Stoves Put to the Test 

I’m an emberlit guy all the way! It’s not finicky. Light a fire, put pot on, cook, eat. Done. I have the stainless steel one for carcamping and the titanium for backpacking. I’ve tried quite a few of them and i like the emberlit. It’s also American made and the founder of the company is really cool! The customer service is top notch. Great comparison vid👍🏼

Lixada hands down because of price, packability, weight and ease of use. Not only can it run off twigs but it can also run off an alcohol stove or esbit fuel tabs. I use this stove all the time, doesn’t cause hotspots unless using thin gauge material like titanium.

Hello Taylor. There is a simple solution for the 'pot is too small for the top' problem. All you need is to get your hands on stainless steel thick mesh. Cut a piece to be about 3/8th inch wider than the top of the stove when assembled, and place the mesh atop the stove after assembly. If you desire compactness, take the mesh and cut it into 4 equal squares and roll one edge for each piece. Now, you can add a pair of 'pins' to allow you to push a pin linking two mesh sections. Two of these should span the top of the stove easily, but you should allow for the rolled edge where the pin will insert, ,and thus your 'squares' will start out as rectangles before you roll the extra mesh along one edge to make the pin connection slot. Yes, make sure your pins are good steel as well, since they will be spanning the center of the stove. Another way that is a bit more finicky is to do a similar thing, but with triangular pieces of mesh that are rolled along two edges. The resulting pinned together mesh will have an 'X' of pins through the center, and the pin ends will rest on the upraised edges of the stove. OR, you can go with the simplest solution... use a 'bag' from a larger folding stove to carry your chosen stove, and a large enough piece of the mesh that will easily overhang all edges of the stove after assembly. Just a few thoughts, speaking, Frank-ly

Carry 3-5 charcoal bricketts, in a seal-type freezer bag, and use them as fuel.

Thanks for putting in the work! BTW, the Ohuhu stove fits perfectly inside an MSR 775ml stowaway (wide) pot, so it takes up no extra space in your pack. Also, it's a TLUD (top-lit updraft) stove. Pack it full of twigs like a can full of upright pencils and top it off with a little tinder and a Vaseline cotton ball. Light it, come back in 5 minutes to a roaring flame. Boil your water in ten minutes and you still have 10-15 minutes of simmering left. No fire maintenance or feeding needed once lit. It's still heavy but once you dial in a setup like the above, it's low hassle. Also, I've used a computer fan grill to hold small pots on it. The grill easily fits inside the stove.

BEST STOVE REVIEW I'VE SEEN!! I have watched so many review video's and this one is so direct, simple, on subject, clearly spoken, fast ( not a bunch of side tracked bs ) Good quality video/audio and close up examples of how each goes together works and breaks down. Excellent job. Plus, I Love the fact that you edited the parts that wastes my time, like lighting the fires, collecting wood etc. You sold me on the small Lixada stove, it's the one I've been looking at. A+

On my Ohuhu stove I can flip the ears in to handle a small pot

I just searched for a wood burning stove and I was like....wait I know this guy LOL...hey Mr. EDC

I liked quick stove. Its looks more stable because of smaller height and has surface to place pots rather than just edges.

its a simple thing to either buy, make some cross members, or get a computer fan grill to sit on top. if someone doesn't have problem solving skills, maybe someone shouldn't be out in the wild, lol ! i have the lixada, and its a great stove, especially for the price.

For the Lixada, find a large computer fan grill and fold the arms over each side. I used one over a modified coffee can for quite a while.

I just got a similar stove for $8 that came with 10 burners from my local army navy surplus

surprising they didn't think to add a grill to those. I really wonder what going in those engineers heads sometimes when I see their stuff.

Am I missing something? The three pot holders on the Ohuhu fold in for small pots / cups. And out for pans (like you had them).

You can get a small round rack/tray from the thrift store that will probably sit on any of those little stoves to hold up your pot. Very light weight and about 5 to 6" dia.

I realize that this is an older video, I have a couple of the lixada stick stoves and I have included a piece of that metal with the diamond holes in it to put on top and it stays flat and packable.

30 years ago we used a tin can with holes cut in to it. And it came with free food. And all sizes.

The ohuhu will pack smaller if yoy flip the top piece upside down

Good review. You would be amazed how many people are reviewing these types of stoves badly because they are clueless at using them.

I have a couple versions of the lixada. I like them but since I got my firebox stove, I like it better. I have a gasification stove like your ohuhu but mine has a better top. It can fit a small pot and has a decent opening to feed the fire, which is why I got it off amazon or eBay. But it holds a long fire if you use pellets. I use it for home or car camping. My fav is my firebox nano for backpacking cuz it is a powerhouse.

On the round stove, don't the fins on top fold IN for smaller pots? Mine does.

On the round wood gasifier stove you can flip the pot supports to the centre and it then it balances a much smaller pot really well. I also find that filling it and then lighting it from the top is more efficient. I have also just got a Titanium version of the Emberlit from AliExpress and looking forward to trying that out.

The Ouhu packs with the top pot stand part upside down. Even more compact like that.

You missed the best one and I normally do not say something is the best but in this case it is. The Solo Stove Lite is the ideal wood burning bio mass stove. There are a lot of reasons it's better then the others but my favorite reason is this. It's also an alcohol stove in two different ways.... 1st way , you can use a little alcohol stove in it like the Trangia in place of burning wood. You can ( this and the Bush Buddy are the only two ( Backpacking ) wood burning stoves that can do this ) The stove by itself as a alcohol stove. The ash pan in the bottom of the stove can be filled with alcohol ( about 3/4 oz works really good ). It's a great way to heat some water in a hurry for a hot beverage. Or to reconstitute a dehydrated meal when you can not locate any wood or dry wood. By the way the reason I say the Solo Stove is the best and better then the Bush Buddy is because it costs the lease between the two of them.

Thank you!! I’m shopping now and your video was the most thorough & informative👌🏽

I will add you can't use the Quikstove upside down with an alcohol burner. It can and will melt it. Mine still has a huge black scorch mark and indent from melting.

I have the lixada stove but just a tiny bit smaller, only weighs 120 gr and fits all my little pots perfectly! Only paid 8 bucks on aliexpress.

solostove ... same thing. gassification stoves need more fuel because they burn hotter. the stanley is also just a small pot.

I always keep a piece of 1/4” grid hardware cloth with each of my stoves. Just set it on top of the stove and it will safely support smaller pots and cups. It's flat, so no worries about bulk. Nice video!

No offense intended, but RU-vid is FULL of people trying to teach what they have not yet learned. 1: You packed the last piece (flame concentrator/pot support) into the bag upside down. No biggy, unless you put it in your rucksack and punched holes in things with the folding supports or just bent/smashed them. 2: The Ohuhu (paid $14.00 delivered for mine) is a Top Lit Up Draft wood gassifier. And you lit it exactly the wrong way, from the Bottom. No, you DO NOT have to be careful about blocking the bottom air vents, or fuss with feeding the fire IF YOU LOAD AND LIGHT THE STOVE CORRECTLY- As they are delivered, the bottom air vents have about TWENTY TIMES TOO MUCH SURFACE AREA!!! See my posts here and pictures of what that stove acts like when used correctly, especially with the addition of a tin can lid with much smaller holes placed in the bottom of the fuel chamber to greatly reduce the primary (through the bottom vents) air flow. See here: classiccampstoves.com/threads/chinese-wood-gassifier-stove.37401/page-8 3: Try this: Fill the stove to just below the top ring of vents with small sticks, twigs, pine cones or whatever. Then toss in a handful or two of the compressed sawdust wood pellets used for pellet stoves, or even the compressed sawdust pellets used for animal bedding. Just enough so when you shake and tap the stove, they settle down into the airspace between the twig/stick fuel. Then, light a bit of the fuel in the top center, I use a tiny bit of a wax/fiber fire starter cube, or about 1/4 of a tiny birthday cake candle. Then watch the stove burn for about 30 to 40 minutes with no fussing around or refueling, and darn near NO smoke, leaving very little soot on your pan too. Bert at hollywoodpyrotechnics (a round mark) com

Alcohol takes little space & weight, cheap and clean, cooks fast & controllable. No black soot on the pot or in your lungs, or smoke in your shirt and you don't risk igniting the forest.

Have you tried the Canway Stove? It's similar to the Ohuhu but a bit better IMO. I love mine! 👍🏼

Iv never understood the need for a stove like this. I have just never had a problem finding a few rocks.

Dollar stores carry Cheapo wire grills for a dollar. You can cut the corner off of one of them to fit those tripod supports that face up. I would leave enough on for a handle to lift up if you need to pick it up to add more wood while it's hot. It would work on all three of the stoves and any size cup would fit on that Grill it would raise it up less than 1/16 of an inch. So it should do you a better job

You can get a 120 mm computer fan grill for less than a dollar which sits nicely on this style of wood gas stove, and also fits in the assembly when the stove is packed down. $7.99 for a 10-pack on Ebay.

9:30 put tent (or any metal stick) through those holes at the top to make a grill to rest cups on.

A Solo Stove is worth the Price. Enjoyed your video. I wish you would compare the Solo Stove. Thanks, Brent in Ut

I usually use alcohol stoves, but i have the round wood gasifier, that i got cheaply from china, and itś great. I´d choose that anyday. I have the lixada aswell, and itˋs useless, a tripod over a normal fire is just as good.

where can I buy

tent stakes through the holes on the folding and you could set the pot on top

Hope you guys had a great New Year! I'm just getting back into the swing of things here. Let's crush 2018. TO 100K AND BEYOND!

For the Lexada a stanley pot will fit if you turn the Lexada upside down ;)

FIREBOX, get with the program.

For the Ohuhu, simply fold the legs of the potstand inwards like you do when packing it. Alternatively, you can use a small stainless steel trivet as a pot stand. Atb, The Solo Hiker....

Great comparison video, I bought the Lixada from Amazon and found that it finally came with cross sections very similar to the Emberlit, which made it very stable for canteens/cups, and at only about 14 pounds. Thanks for sharing.

Bonjour So which one is the best ?

The Lixada abd the Quick Stove both have holes on the sides that one could place steel rods through to make for using a smaller bottomed pot. Just saying. Great video, now deciding between the Lixada or the Quick Stove. Be Blessed.

8:13 - Bro, i don't own this stove, but I'm pretty sure you can collapse these "feet" inwards like on my Gas Stove. 4:00 - See? like this :)

Many thanks!

I love these types of stoves but hate having to wash the soot and tar off the pot when done. It's just a pain to clean off the soot.

it really helped me and i cant wait to us what im going to get

It's strikes me as quite odd that you chose not to demonstrate what is "by far" the most widely used and popularly accepted "stick stove" option. That being your standard size collapsible version with the x brace at the top. They provide a stable base for a wide range of cooking utensils and they're easy to feed, reliable, durable and inexpensive.

I have the round Gasification stove & I find it doesnt like to be re fed,... They are a Top Down burning Gasification stove so they really work best fill & burned once.

That Okuhu stove is a knockoff of the Silverfire Scout. But it is missing the ash pan, has rickety brackets that won't support a cup. Spend the extra $9 and get the Silverfire Scout Economy model.

The best way to use the ohuhu is to fill it worh wood pellets and start the fire from the top. It will burn for the better part of a hour this way.

The folding lixada was rhe first wood stove I had and frankly, the worst. You can see the problem a bit in your video, but it gets much worse with bigger pots. The pot puts the fire down and after a minute or so, you have only smoke. I threw it away. The gasifier like the one you have works much better. I dont care about feesing, bevause it easily burns clean for 15-20 minutes without refilling. And consumes like 1/3 of the wood.

Thanks! I was apprehensive about getting a Lixada but it seems to perform well in your video. I'm getting the one with the crossmembers like the Emberlit or the Bushbox.

Thanks for sharing your experience, I have ohuhu and really love to make food on it😋👍

When using a smaller pot on the Ohuhu you could fold in the pot supports for better stability. I don't think it would harm the stove by doing this.

some of the items have sharp edges, which may cut you in a hurry or in the dark, or when installing/ packing.

Enjoyed the video keep up the good work be blessed

You are not using the Ohuhu stove properly. You have to use the upside down method for the wood loading for long lasting burn. You would put the large piece of wood on the bottom, then add small sticks on the top, this way the flame will gas up real fast but the large pieces hasn't burn yet, and it will continue to burn for 15 minutes straight easily with just one load. Also for smaller pot, put the sides in. When you flip it open it is more for bigger pots.

I have the Lixada one and it's pretty awesome so far. Mine has a cross piece for the top so you can sit anything on the top. Great video

Maaan those all looks terrible. Don't waste your moneys on that crap. You could get a friggin used sausage can and make holes in it and would work better than that crap. Do yourself a favor.. Just get a small Trangia 27 for like 40~50$. That way you'll have saucepans and a pan and a burner.

6 yrs late but you can cut and add some coat hanger stabelizer hooks to the top of the lixada. this also helps against the expansion from the fire and your pot falling into the fire. Also with the ohoho, I would use a grill or grate cut to size and then you can use any size pot or cup.

Very good review!

THE best and lightest wood burning stove is the TRAIL DESIGNS TRI-TI or the smaller SIDEWINDER. Both use an INFERNO inverted cone insert to create a true gassifier stove that burns the gasses given off in initial combustion that would otherwise be wasted. Plus this stove rolls up into a small Tyvek sleeve. As well I c=comes with an alcohol burner and ESBIT fuel tablet burner. I use ESBIT for 3 season camping and wood for melting snow.

You should try firebox

Never understood the point of these little stoves when all you really need is a two logs and a steel grate.

the lixada one you showed , you fucking have the cross section for it... USE IT.... WOW....

Is this the small lixada?

The bigger Emberlit stove is $60 now. I was sold at the price in the video, not sold at $60.

You can push those legs in on the ohuhu to get those pots to fit. Pretty simple. Or use the grill grate that comes with it.

To use smaller pots on the ohuhu just put the included grill rack on top of the pot rests, great video, love the channel

After doing research I found this model UPC: 605757168425 on Lixada website. It is like the round model you tested except now has the cut out for the twigs, etc. Have you seen this model yet? I am considering this type because it seems like if it is windy outside the wind could easily work against you on the two foldable stoves.

I'll probably go with lixada

I was really wishing you would show how to assemble and use the alcohol portion of the Hammock Gear titanium stove, because this danged thing came with no instructions at all. I contacted Hammock Gear, and after 4 frigging emails trying to explain to the very unhelpful employee, that I did not receive ANY instructions, he sent me a video on how to use a Wood Stove....the bigger one. That company is no help at all. They suck.

Nice job! I've made a couple of stoves myself, a fancy feast and blue collar stove called The Wal'e Stove on my channel. I just bought the Emberlit Ti Stove and tak ring in out this weekend...

Needs to design a dakota titainum rocket fire pit. Thick titanium foil you can roll up. With metal wire rings that can hold the parts together. A large piece of titanium foil with two hole close to the bottom one hole for the air intake duct and the other has a fuel hopper to feed fuel into the burn chamber with a lid you can top the rolled titanium to keep the air intake sucking in air from the intake duct on one side of the titainum thick foil with another hole close to the top where heated air is drafted and sent up and out of an exuast flute made out of rolled titanium foil held together with wire rings. Dig a trench then place air intake duct you place outside your shelter that draws in air from outside your shelter that feeds the fire pit. A titainum dish that slips over the top of the titainum thick foil to form a level and steady cook surface that will glow red hot from the rock stove type drafting within the dakota fire pit. Design the main cylinder to stick up out of the ground at least a foot so rocks could be placed around it to absorb heat because of how titanium radiates heat really well but does not hold onto the heat like other metals. A light weight stove that sucks in air from outside of a shelter heats the air inside the shelter and vents spent air and fumes up and out of the shelter. A titainum dome could be designed to slip over the top that drafted super heated air through it that csused the dome to glow like a heating element on a space heater with rocks stacked atound it for a really cool effect has you provide heat to a shelter. Some crazy ideas for you. 😊

Did you know on the gasifier stove, you flip the pot supports “in” if you want to use a smaller pot or cup like the Stanley?….i do that and it works perfectly…..

I love little pack stoves, out of those three I don't have the solid fuel one. I have two gasification stoves, one is a stainless steel one similar to this one and the other is a smaller boundless voyage titanium one, the larger SS one I've got close to an hour of useful heat on a single fill no adding fuel after lit and the smaller Ti one between 30-40 min. With the gasification if filled right and lit from the top you get the best burn with little difficulty, I do prefer my smaller Ti one. I have various hinged (lixada on the way) or slotted put together stoves, for both types I love how little space they take up and with the hinged how easy they flop open to assemble. Great video,

Very good review. Thank you

bought a stainless folding one. for 18euro, came in a bag, with alot of extra's. the same item is now 44euro..... wtf

Thanks for your good tutorial videos Please enable Persian subtitles for your good channel videos so that Persian languages ​​can also use your good channel Thanks a lot

The Lixada has a top you can add for smaller vessels like the Stanley cook set. It's nine bucks, or you can easily make one.

Really great comparison video on some great wood burning stoves ! Thanks !👍

And yet one more video review of a wood gasifier stove from someone who doesn't know how to load or light it. Granted, this particular one has a bad pot stand. Choose one with better supports that will hold large or small pots.

If I dont care about that little extra weight which one is best ? .. steel vs titanium which one is strongest and durable and come prolong life ??

WHERE CAN I FIND THAT EXACT LIXADIA??!!?!!!?!? PLEASE HELP ME, TOO MANY FAKES ON AMAZON!!

I like that hat!!! Branded Bills???

I have a billy pot 14 cent so the huhu works for me and I like that it isn’t flat sheets of metal like the foldable one and all I use it for is boiling water and I don’t really care if I have to take it off for a couple seconds to feed the fire

Great video & great test comparison. Thanks!

Shame the Quickstove isn't in the UK, looks like it might have been usable as a portable BBQ.

Great video. Worth the sub! I like that you used the word "finagle". I actually used it in a video I did yesterday.

I carry a little piece of hardware cloth for backup. Stack small, flat stones, leaving a hole in the base to feed fuel. Works well, little to carry, fits all pots & pans. Thanks for your vid.

Thanks for an excellent video! Fine demonstration/comparison of the different stoves, but... Have you tried either of the two Firebox stoves? I like them so much that I have three of them currently (1 Gen2, and 2 Nano's...all S/S vice titanium). All have various wood, alcohol and charcoal/pellet configurations and built like tanks, plus store down into an easy to carry flat w/an easy/quick assembly. Noooo, I'm not paid/sponsored by Firebox, I just love them! Try'em, you'll also love them also!!! Again, Thanks for the video and hope to see you make a comparison w/the Firebox units, either or both S/S or titanium versions!

I like the Ohuhu.. can use smaller cups if you do not fold out the supports... and the thing I like best is you can cook on top of a picnic table. The fire is up off the surface. With Alcohol, it is a backup inside the camper. I just have little twigs to feed in the sides and do not have to remove the pan. In any case.. I like it. Thanks for thew review.

I love the whole re-branding of this channel, and the direction its heading 👍 Keep up the good work MOD

The Ohuhu/ Lixada Wood Gas stove can be adapted to hold a smaller pot simply by turning the pot stands inwards. There is no problem fuelling as it will burn for a long time on a 300 gram load of Wood Pellet/Cat Litter.

This video was awesome. Please make more great videos like this.