Thanks for the review. I plan on getting this for a much smaller tent. But for my big boy tent the best stove is Four Dog Stoves made now by Ametalwerks.
Dude, you are like the father I never had. I've learned so much watching your videos. My wife and I have been wanting to be in the wilderness more often for longer. Thank you for Mansplaining
That's possibly the best compliment I've ever received! Thank you! I'm so happy to help inspire you and your wife to get outdoors more often and longer. Maybe even try some things you never thought you'd do! I've got some of that of my own planned and you'll see that in the future!
Nice review. Thanks! I think the gap in the fiberglass stove jack is a good thing. In my wall tent I've seen the roof flop up and down quite forcefully in high winds. When this happens you want the roof to be able to move around without disturbing the chimney; it is very comforting to see this when it happens. If the stove jack was tight to the chimney, such movement could lift the chimney out of the stove, which would not be good. Any raindrops that drip through the gap tend to fall on or beside your stove. As you say this rarely causes a problem with getting gear wet.
That's a fantastic point! I've noticed the roof moving as well in winds. Didn't even think about it pulling chimney out of stove, that would be a way bigger problem! Thank you!
Just a word of advice: I spoke with the guys over a Kni-Co and they told me that if when I get home from a trip if I will spray a thin coat of WD-40 on the outside of the stove it will not rust. The only problem with this is then when you use it the next time there will be some smoke for the first few minutes as the WD-40 burns off. You can easily avoid this by spraying on some 409 or other cleanser and wiping it down with a rag before heading out on your trip. Just FYI.
Please, what is the blanket you have the stove on? I wouldn’t want to keep that zipper open either where you would place the stove in the dirt. I’d rather have it sealed up like how you have it
Are you able to post links to both the wood stove and tent? Also that’d be nice to have in the descriptions to allow people easier access to go and price out things and or buy the same things.
Great suggestion! I've added the link for the wood stove. Unfortunately the tent has been pulled from Cabela's website because of "Quality Control issues". But as soon as it's back on their site I'll post that too. Thank you!
I have the trekkers and I regret it, too small for what I need. I should have got the jr, and I hate this spark arrestor, always gummed up even with good wood. I will get the false bottom soon to see if it help with uneven burning also I just realise that the esker product are made in canada so yup...I know what to get next time
I'm glad I'm not the only one that has spark arrestor problems some times! The stove is a balancing act for me because I have to trek it in for a couple miles. So I don't want too heavy and I don't want to feed wood every hour, but need to heat a fairly large tent. The Alaskan Jr. works pretty well for me. (NOT A PAID ENDORSEMENT)
Did you find that the stove really eats up the wood? I am just getting to test this and last night found every half hour and the wood was pretty burnt up. I didnt stack this thing full so guess that'll be next test.
In my experience, I find about every 3 hours I have to feed it again. But that certainly will depend on how hot you're burning it. Have to find the line between comfort (heat) and effort (cutting/feeding wood).
1st thing ya need is a good pr of xxl leather gloves something you can play with fire with throw in a wire brush to clean spark arrestor especially if you're burning pine Keep the rain defector straight up & blocking wind ( unless it's raining of course) p.s I want to go
Dennis F have a nice set of thermal gloves I used last year. Worked really well. Great suggestion on wire brush cause we had a clog last year had to clean pipe by end of week. Thanks for the tip about the spark arrestor flap!
Машины и грохот с улицы не дают снимать! Надо в лес, тайгу ехать! Почему так темно, включи свет! Сначала щепки и веточки, мы знаем как печка топится и затапливается! Мы в северной стране находимся 🇨🇦🇷🇺🇺🇲
I use a surplus E-Tool since we already have it to dig “cat hole”. Shovel ash into about half gallon metal pot. Obviously depends on how much you burn. We don’t burn a lot during the day as we’re out hunting but about every other day I shovel some out. Making sure to leave some hot coals in to get fire stoked again. Hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions!
