The FireTower by Arnaud 

Thank you for this Video...very helpful... It looks very sturdy!?!

Thanks for the review Mark! I have been looking at rocket stoves but didn't buy any cause they are bulky or heavy. This one by Arnaud really meets my expectation in terms of packability and weight. Ordered one on the very day this video debut and received in a week. Will be using it soon 😍

Really exciting to get introduced to new products I haven't seen yet. I have the lixada rocket stove and I like it, but it's slightly bulky even though it is light. I have been looking at the Vire stove and I really like the flat packing aspect, but it's so heavy at 1.3 kg and the smaller version I'm told doesn't work as well. The FireTower of course also flat packs and at 500 grams it saves you 800 grams in your backpack. Thank you for showcasing this product, awesome!

Great video, thanks Mark.

As always another great review! Thanks for sharing.

Love This Design, Great Test, Thanks Mark ! ATB T God Bless

Thanks Mark, nice review, I like this stove a lot!

500g for a flat packing rocket stove, that's excellent. Price is fair. Setup is simple and quick. They could make it out of titanium for a backpacking version as you said, which I agree would be a good choice. Ashpan could be replaced with a much thinner lighter piece of steel for a good weight reduction. The tappered chimney helps with airflow due to Bernoulli's principle. Engineering put to good use :)

Very impressive! Thanks very much for sharing.

Great overview of this stove - neat design

Arnaud sounds like a great guy and somewhat of a genius... this is a great design and I definitely am going to watch for further development on this!

That's a nice looking stove.....I always enjoy your pyro videos, thank you!

Good review Mark , thanks for sharing , God bless !

Thanks. I just bought one for my travels.

Always look forward to a new video from you. 👌

Great video and stove. Yes to a titanium model. I’ll hold out for that.

I love these little rocket stoves, and agree a titanium model would be the answer to backpackers. Thanks Mark for a thorough review!

I like it 🎉

Some impressive engineering on that stove. Do you feel that the feed "ramp" offers an advantage over just a plain open square that many other stove designs use? If the ramp facilitated automatic gravity induced self feeding for fuel, I could see a tremendous advantage. However it seems as though it still requires manual fuel feed maintenance. In my mind, I'm comparing it to the Firebox stove that has two small feed ports located 90 degrees from each other. The firebox fuel feed system works very well for me personally.

Great review. I've never been a fan of rocket stoves, no particular reason, they just never appealed to me. This demo has changed my mind completely. I'm very impressed. Thanks for posting.

G'day Mark, with the tall tapered walls, or frustum, (I had to google that, ...... a long while since high school, lol), anyway, its pretty much like a miniature fireplace/chimney, so I'm not surprised it draws so well. Personally I'd be wanting to light it with a ferro rod with the chute off, which means you'd have to be quick installing the chute, before the main body heats up too much, since it appears to be a two handed operation, i.e you need to hold onto the main body while you do so. Other than those tweaks you mentioned, I'm think'n some clearance between the ash tray and the ground wouldn't hurt, say => 15 mm. Ultimately, between the draw, the feed in feature, fold down and storage, a lot to like. Cheers Duke.

just found and subscribed to you. I was looking for info on making my own wood gas camp stove, and found your videos entertaining and useful. I tried my hand at it a few years back, and was disappointed, but I think the idea has promise. I used a stainless steel double walled tall coffee mug. I thought, being tall, it would have good draft. The 2 walls being close together would make for good heat transfer. I see now that my air holes were too small and few, and the pot rest was too close and hampered the flame. It's a little unstable, but there are some easy solutions. Every thrift store has 3 or 4 of these mugs, missing their lids, for a couple bucks.I'd love to see how you'd do with with this, having your extensive experience, before I try it again. Thanks for the channel.

That is a well designed stove for sure. So many aspects of it that I like, and with a couple of tweeks you suggested, even better. If the slot the feed tray pins slide into were "L" shaped instead of just straight in, that tray would be far less able to slip out of place, and add a bend to ends of the tray wire nubs so they won't slip inside the feed tube...

Good review, nice stove. I just wish I didn't live in a place under forest fire restrictions for most of the year.

I dig it. It's the right size for a portable tower/rocket stove. Some ti "rocket stoves" are just too small and a pain to get running. I may try to pick up the 2nd generation if the small tweaks are sorted out. I could see this being quite useful for cooking for 2-4 people, and even car camping it would be a nice tabletop stove.

This is a VERY interesting stove Mark. I wish the stove had an option for a fire grate with small round holes so you could use wood pellets. It seems that the air flow this stove has would lend to a great burn with pellets. Maybe a diy modification with a separate grate on top? Thank you for sharing. God Bless.

Rocket stoves take advantage of the thermodynamic law that heat rises and draws in cooler air from beneath. The increasing heat accelerates the volume of air drawn in from underneath, increasing the heat even more through efficient carburation (mixing of oxygen with combustible gases). This is what also makes the Kelly Kettle a fantastic water boiler, especially because the flame is completely shielded by the double walled design which forms the water jacket. Unfortunately, the Kelly is bulky and somewhat heavy for my habit of taking very long walks in the mountains. I might buy the titanium Arnaud stove when it becomes available. Thanks, Mark!

Yay, a new wood stove review from Mark! How do you find this one compared to the Vire?

Nice 👍

NOW you show me a lighter stove. I bought a thicker version of a tower stove for the capacity to handle heavier pots. I kinda like that version better. The marsh kettle survivalist stove. Because of the Coronavirus didn’t know if society would shut down for a second. Need a way to boil large pots of water. It’s a sectional stove. And ways about the same as the red camp stoves collapsing. But for just hiking (when allowed). Would like use that version when there’s no burn order in play. Gotta love ya man. Always a great job. SEMPER FI

I like it. It looked like you could have fried some eggs and bacon with the heat from the initial burn, without having to add wood into the side port. ✌️🇺🇸🇨🇦✌️

It's a bummer that Arnaud wasn't able to raise enough support through his Kickstarter to get the titanium version funded as he'd hoped to. It's still a great design, and I am glad that I was able to support his efforts, though. You ought to try out the Firekorf he designed. It's also not a backpacking option, but it's a great firepit. It lights easily and burns nice and hot, so it's a bit of a challenge to cook with, but it's great for a contained campfire, at least until the fire bans start again, which seems like it will be very soon now.

Seems to be a better stove than Kombuis 1.0

You can never have too many stoves!

Morning Mark! I have to say, I almost didn’t watch cuz I don’t like rocket stoves. Too much heat in too small an area means they’re pretty much only good for boiling, and they’re too tall for the width for stability, plus they’re mostly too big and bulky, but I kinda like this one. I really do. I can see this as a great thing to pack along to boil up some tea quickly on a day hike, or for a night or two. It just lacks the ability to double as an alcohol stove on rainy days, but a wire stand and a piece of aluminum tray wind screen would fit in the case. And for about $100 Canadian. I may actually get one. Except I’m buying a new shotgun today, so it’ll have to wait a little. Thanks Mark! And no, I still prefer my firebox. 😂😂

I bet if the internal fire grate was embossed to give it more Ridgely would help? Overall, I really like this concept! Thanks for the video

Great review! Looks like an awesome rocket stove! Don't pronounce the d, "Arno" like "Arnie" (as in the governator) but "Arno". I "may" be wrong but "aud" usually = "oh"

Nice video. Would like to see a comparison of all your rocket stoves.

Looks like a great stove. An excellent reviewing job as usual too. If I was tweaking this to fix the feed ramp problem, I would try extending the slot where the pins go, not continuing straight toward the stove, but taking a 90° bend. This would make it so when you put the ramp in place, the pins on either side would go in as they currently do, but then drop down into the newly designed slots. Theoretically this would sort of lock the pins in and prevent the ramp from being pulled outward and falling out of place. I cannot tell if the width of the ramp within the stove is enough to prevent the side to side motion which would cause a pin to drop out of place allowing the ramp to fall out as well, but this would also need addressing. (Perhaps I missed this in the video?). Either make a wider ramp, or as you said extend the pins. What do think? Take care.

Interesting! 'Kombuis' is the Afrikaans word for 'kitchen'. This is the most convincing small rocket stove that I have seen. It also looks quite controlable?

Kombui basically means a place to cook, or there abouts...I think he's using the term to also emphasize the combination of a wood gas/rocket stove...

I have both the tower and the kombius only done a few burns in each both work well takes a while for delivery from Europe gonna experiment with some mods for pellets see if mark modifeys it first

If you compare this stove to the Lixada Tower, which one performs best? (ease of use, heat, etc) A compasion video would great 🙂

General question... What stops the sticks from burning back up the feed pipe ? This is definitely the most practical looking rocket stove I've seen to date...thanks ! All the best 👍

Would you recommend the FireTower over the Kombuis? I‘ve seen both your reviews on them but I can‘t quite decide which one I should get. I do plan on using the Stove on hikes but the weight of the Kombuis wouldn‘t bother me too much, at least not if you say it‘s clearly better and worth the extra 20 or so Euros.

Very interesting, Mark, thank you! Btw, that woolen jacket you are wearing is nice, what is it? Greetings from Sweden!😀

That wool shirt you are wearing looks handy. Who makes it?

Is the arnaud kombious 2.0 rocket cylinder by Arnaud any good?

It is a version of Rocket stove 😁

It does work surprisingly well. I have a cheap rocket stove I got on Amazon and it doesn't work well at all.

How much soot does it leave on pots?

I also agree the fire grate holes need to be smaller with longer pins and recessed notches. I wonder How long before the next run?

Good review but seems very fussy

Thanks for the preview. Heads up, Arnaud doesn’t pronounce the D at the end.