Solo Stove Campfire. Initial field use review! 

He died???

Yeah.. he passed of a heart attack in January.

He can't read this if he's dead

@@ryanwilson8047 Wow, are you autistic? People talk to people who have passed away as a way of processing their grief and sorrow. They know he's not going to read it, they understand the concept of death.

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Haha! I can totally relate. One of my friends took a picture of me sleeping on a backpack trip. I had a big knife in one hand and a pistol in the other. The small critters at night seem to move in spurts, so they sound like individual steps of a much larger animal. Also, when I hear something and turn on my flashlight, it hits the first bush and just bounces back--I can't see past the bush, like I could if it were daylight. I got into hammock sleeping (fully enclosed), and that's a REALLY vulnerable feeling. Ultimately, you have to just "give it to God," right? The fun is worth the fear.

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Thank for the positive and like that channel name of yours so subscribed your channel. :)

This is a great stove. In that video I used it as a camp fire which was started bottom up however as a wood gas stove you can start it from the top down as seen near the end if this video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gx6Q59m-T7I.html which is often preferred for people using it on a single burn unlike what I did which was run it all night. You can also start top down and add wood to keep it going. The larger firebox allows for that. Thanks for watching!

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Yes I found the same thing to be true with the smaller wood gas stoves aka the 20 dollar Ebay ones. They burn better if ignited from the top down. Given the ignition method and size of this stove worked it like a traditional fire. Ran great like that. Thanks for the positive comment and your impressions of the Solo original and Titian!

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@@MegaWoodswalker You're welcome. Greetings from Tunisia.

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It is a really nice stove. I like and use it a bunch! Thanks for watching!

Anytime! I subscribed, your videos are a lot of fun! And, well, you just cost me a little under a hundred bucks...haha. Have a good one!

Thanks for watching. It's a really nice stove.

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Yes it lived up to the campfire name. Thanks for watching!

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Working on a solo hot tenting video right now for the channel. Also plan on using that stove more as it's really nice. Thanks. I really appreciate it!

I read about that. Looks cool!

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One of the best for pine needle (conifer) tea. Thanks for watching!

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Welcome to the channel and I appreciate the positive comment!

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Might get a small in the future as well. Thanks for watching brother!

I got some nice boots, gaiters etc etc but thought the Merrell hikers would cut it. But I was careless during a stream crossing. LOL! Thanks for watching!

Worked great and thanks for the thumbs up. I appreciate it!

I hope Santa is generous to you. I am getting a lump of coal! Just know it. Thanks for watching.

And I'm sure you will happily test that lump of coal to see how it will work as part of a campfire in the woods, how difficult it is to get going and so on. :)

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Thanks brother. Yea, wild flint and steel can get iffy. Glad it worked! My back up plan was to spin a coal cuz had both the hawk and necker. Or just admit defeat and crack out the PSK stuff. failed before on the channel and will do so again. LOL! Just between us I nicked my finger with the blade. Hands so cold I didn't even feel it till they warmed up. I was happy with the stove and thanks for the positive comments!

That sounds really hot. I do camp in Florida and once made the mistake during bug season in summer. The Big Cypress wasn't kind. LOL Thanks for watching.

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You need something to absorb or re direct the heat

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Yes it is big. Thanks for watching!

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Me too..hate he's gone

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I have two full 34 oz canteens of water on me. Also that time of the year the ground and everything on it is basically soaked and or frozen. The ranger looks really nice though don't own it.

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IMHO that depends. I was running it as a campfire (the basis of my video) most of the night. The top burn thing goes out the window once it gets stoked over and over again. How would I light it from the top over and over aka continuous campfire burn for many hours? Remember for this skills test all I had was a bit of charcloth and a knife so the ignition source was iffy and finite. In any case it seemed to boil and burn great. What did I get? A 4ish minute boil, cooking and hours of burning. Used what I knew would work with the methods employed. Thanks for watching.

I made a HBO stove from an old TV-set

@@whynottalklikeapirat In australia we'd call that a bonfire :)

@@urastus9202 I call it domestic terrorism with snacks :D

It puts off enough heat to take the chill off IMHO. Thanks for watching.

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I really did great. Only downside being it's a tad bulky for longer range stuff. Thanks for watching.

So long as it was designed open fire aka actual ventilation. Thanks for watching!

I would recommend against unvented flames in a Tipi unless made for such a thing.They do make some which are ground fire compatible however I never used one. Thanks for watching!

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No it doesn't have that kinda burn time per stoke. Inside my MSS Gortex bivy was a sleeping bag. A good ground pad and bag is very important IMHO. Thanks for watching.

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I was using traditional flint and steel with natural materials foraged on site with an improvised striker aka sharp knife so didn't see instructions for that from the maker. I needed to blow the tinder bundle into flames then added natural foraged hydrocarbon rich tinder aka the Birch bark to grow the fire. At the same time as having freezing hands. An iffy thing at best so did it the way I knew the firecraft part would work. Remember I am actually out in the cold woods. Not my back yard or driveway as is common on RU-vid. So I wasn't going to risk anything. Only enough cedar bark for one shot (but did have stuff in the PSK. I had some effort invested in the firecraft practice). Also I knew this type of stove would still work no matter what. And guess what? It did work just fine. Thanks for watching.

I actually just used it for a video which will be uploaded in a few days. It's in the 20's F but was cool enough to move in 20 to 30 minutes. Maybe sooner. Lots of surface area to radiate the heat away fast. Thanks for watching!

I was looking at the smaller once but held off. Now I might bite! Thanks for watching!

@@UnitedStates. I think the Titian is listed for that many however don't own it. Probably good as very happy with my campfire but it's too big for longer range hiking. www.solostove.com/solo-stove-titan

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Here is the frying pan. Very UL and is a good deal. www.toaksoutdoor.com/products/pan?variant=32749165382 Yes I do hot tenting. Here is my last outing. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4PdpU9pe27I.html

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I remember the blueberry pancake debacle. A certain expert was found out staying at a B&B which had the best blueberry pancakes around or so they claimed. This when he was supposed to be in the woods. LOL! Tell you one thing. I am cracking out the tipi for the rest of the winter cuz it is cold! Thanks for looking!

A Kifaru EMR in Multi Cam. Thanks for watching!

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Yes and thanks for watching! Forgot to add I camped with a USGI bivy sack, sleeping bag, therma rest pad, short downmat, GSI SS kettle and armytek wizard XHP-50 headlamp.

My intention was to use the stove as a campfire to test to see if the name would actually hold up in field conditions so I foraged enough wood to burn the stove for hours and hours just like a campfire. I maybe used 1/2 the foraged wood at most for the entire outing. I think a small amount of wood goes a long way and oak is fairly good. These stoves are very efficient. If using one to just cook I would pack the stove with wood first just below the top jets then ignite. So maybe a 1/2 gallon would be enough to cook an entire meal as it boils so fast. I never really qualified the amount as have nearly unlimited amounts. On a side note I bet it would burn wood pellets very good. I have done that would other wood gas stoves but not this one. Thanks for watching!

Great advice, Thanks from both of us :)

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Where you can find it?

This one is much larger so it burns better. That said the 20 dollar stove is a nice bargain. Thanks for looking!

The Solo Stove Lite ( Backpacking stove ) can be used on a wood table and will not burn the table while the $20.00 knock off will burn the table. Same thing when on the ground , it will burn a circle while the Solo Stove will not. Plus with the Solo Stove I can put some alcohol in the ash pan in the bottom of it and use the stove as a alcohol stove. Using alcohol as a fuel source in place of wood in the same stove , nothing additional is needed. It's the old adage , you get what you pay for. I have several wood burning backpacking stoves and the Solo Stove in my opinion is hands down the better and more versatile stove.

The Hemlock the Conifer tree is just fine however Hemlock toxic killer weed will as the description implies kill. Both plants are totally unrelated. Thanks for watching!

That's a great idea though I think this stove is too large for a direct comparison. But a twig stove comparison video sounds like a fine idea.