First Time using a Wood Stove | Vegan Outdoor Cooking | Testing Firemaple Gear | Campfire ASMR 

Mission accomplished - Well done Elli. I often wonder what goes through Otto's head as you talk to yourself. Castle very impressive. Lovely area. Cheers !

Super impressive. You're right, it's as a mini campfire for 1 or 2 nights, it's ideal

Simply gorgeous ambient, shots and composition are phenomenal!

Another fun video, Elli! "...a short hike of 10 miles"? You put me to shame! That stove worked REALLY well - lots of heat. Tschüß from Colorado, USA!

An entertaining video Elli. Castle, waterfall and Winter landscape spectacular. I would recommend some burn gel for your first aid, something I learnt the hard way cooking outdoors 😂 🔥 To start a fire, I’ve used lint from a tumble dryer or fat wood 🪵 (made from pine trees that contain a high concentration of natural resin - sap is concentrated to create an all-natural, 100% organic, chemical-free fire starter. You can often find it in lower dead Pine branches). You can also buy Fat Wood in sticks. Lightweight and burn hot, very useful on cold damp days. The fun is trying new things (mal was Neues probieren 🤔) Otto was very patience whilst you cooked 👍🏻 Take care.

I only recently found your channel but i love watching your videos. Beautiful hike and i'm really impressed Otto can walk so far with his little legs 😀

Thanks for giving us a glimpse of these German landscapes, Elli. The stream cascade was beautiful. Scary cliffs, tho. That was one of the quickest fire lights I've seen - you were right up there with the pros. You've now got a lot to live up to next time! 😂 Firemaple have a good reputation - I love the idea of a wood stove.

Hello Elli and Otto More beautiful views and the castle looked amazing. Well done on lighting the fire 🔥 you did a great job 👍 Take care 😋✌️

1) yay no bears! 2) nice flannel. Never thought about fashion in these types of videos.

Very cool! I have been using esbit for the last 30 years I have their triangular stove the fits together like this stove. If I want long heat or just a nice little fire it works nicely. The esbit tablets burn in any weather And great if you just to tired to have a fire just light and go. Also is ultralight and a bit more environmental than a canister. 93 grams folds flat. You cook great meals!! Awesome job with the fire! Thanks for sharing. Trail on!🐕🥾

Great job! You made it look easy. I see a second channel coming....Elli Bushcrafts 😊

Wonderful way to spend your and Otto’s day Ms Elli😃 Always enjoy how you take the time to give some info about the area and sites your in Those old castle ruins fascinate me, every time you show one I try to envision life as it was when they were occupied🤔 Pretty neat lil stove, been seeing a lot of that type around now The cost of fuel is going thru the roof and with a tad bit of gathering the wood, free fuel Barring no burn conditions tho Dinner looked scrumptious 😋 Was that a fire tower lookout up above you? I kept thinking that would be an incredible cabin❤️ Thank you again Ms Elli Till next time, take care and keep safe👍🏻🙏🏻😃☺️

Wood stoves are great and birch bark is the ultimate fire starter. I was impressed by your skill, but Otto looked distinctly unimpressed at the moment the flame appeared. I have several different woodstoves, my favourite being a little gassifier that is my regular car camping stove. Not much heavier than a gas cannister, but a bit big and bulky for bike or rucksack. I recently acquired a smaller version of the design you are using, it is a cheap, no name Chinese titanium one that is much lighter than yours and works really well when tested at home, though I have yet to try it in the wild. The main downside is that assembling and taking it apart is fiddly and and very dirty - handling the ash and soot really dries my skin, too. Water for washing is almost always rationed while camping and needing to carry extra hand cream adds ounces. I would love a Firebox Nano that assembles itself with a quick shake, but they are really expensive, especially the titanium version. I don't use gas, preferring alchohol, either in my Trangia or an ultralight homemade pop can stove. As you said, the type of trip decides the stove. I like to have a backup plan, so small titanium wood stove that can hold an alchohol stove is a big winner in my opinion.

Hello , lovely woodland .I'm so happy to see you and Otto. Thank you for sharing ❤

very enjoyable video 😊

What a lovelly walk in the woods.🌲🌳🌲The Castle was very impressive on top of the rock with that beautiful view over the valley. You and Otto are very good in making a cosy campsite. Here in Norway we got very strict rules about open fires during parts of the year but this clever little stove I suppose is rather safe to use. Always a joy to follow your many adventures. Otto must have the best of times. Take care🌷

Hi Ellie and Otto. We enjoyed the video as always, so thanks. We were intruiged by your comments about using the stove for longer hikes and the person you met who used his on his LEJOG. Surely in both cases, there's a lot of wild camping involved and a wood fire = smoke = smells which cannt be helpful for wild/stealth camping...... Any comments??

Lovely to see you Elli and Otto out and about in such a beautiful interesting area around the area you both live . Such a fan of hiking in Germany so many places and adventures there. Great info over your new stove really enjoyed this video and the castle. Take care both 🌷

I don't fancy the wood stove - too much faff! Also I found cooking over wood left a lot of soot on the pot. But I use a Firemaple 1L cooking pot with built-in heat-exchanger and it is great. A good value brand.

Beautiful Hike! Love watching you and Otto going for hikes. Surprised to find out that you live in my area. I will definitely try this hike with my doggy next weekend :]

The newer generation stoves are much lighter!!! Otto is so well behaved. I wonder if you are editing out his misdeeds?? I tried one of those twig stoves probably 10 years ago. I believe it was an MSR. It was made of stainless steel and almost two pounds for the whole kit, I sold it to bushcraft friend who just loved it. I live in California and these types of stoves (alcohol too) are banned most of the year or in some places all year. Forest fires are a thing here. Love your videos ❤️

Lovely video. You looked like a professional fire lighter lol. I did chuckle thinking about using it in Australia with bush fires and it getting out of hand. I like the concept and keeping warm, but too much work for me. I do like how it goes flat so could include it as well. My favourite, has to be the non stick frying pan as mine (Trangia) is not. Keep up the good work. x PS. Where's Otto's piece of sausage? Lol

Lovely area to walk in, Elli! Hills, rivers, castles, woodland - what more could anyone want? I was especially interested in this video as I have been thinking about getting a wood stove for some time. Not only for camping trips but also for using at home if we have a power cut. I don't know if it was the stove itself or the lovely meal you cooked on it (I'm sure I could smell it) that made me decide but anyway I've ordered one. Thank you for the discount code, it did work. Can't wait to to try it - hasn't arrived yet - but maybe I'll use it at home first to get used to it. Regarding weight, so long as you are fairly sure you will be able to pick up dry wood for it on the trail, I would think that the wood stove itself is lighter than a gas burner and gas cylinder together? Depending on the size of cylinder of course, though. Per gram of fuel, the gas will contain more energy than wood, but then, on a short trip anyway, you will probably be carrying a lot more gas than you are likely to use, so that is "wasted weight". Unless you take a nearly empty cylinder and risk running out. Thank you for a lovely video and for providing me with the impetus to decide to get a wood stove. And for the demonstration of how to use a firestick. I've got one but I don't trust it enough not to take some matches as well. I'll give it another go now!