TWIG STOVES: Practical or Novelty? 

These stoves work much better with a pretty tight initial load and a top down ignition. Doing it that way you should have enough fuel to boil two cups without having to constantly feed it.

these will always be used. I am 78 years old and I used stoves made from cans when I was cub scout and still make my own

I don't have a spare 25 mins to wait for an answer I already have. Twig stoves are completely practical. I've been using them for about 5 years now, and love them. A bunch of my friends, having seen me use them on rafting, camping, and hunting trips, have also bought them. Not only are they great for cooking food in pots and on pans, but if you can find or make a little grill to slap on top of them, you can grill thin slices of meat like carne asada. Unless you're going to the desert or some other place where you can't gather twigs, definitely get one (or two); you won't be sorry.

Once you learn how to use it correctly it will be far better. Load it. Light it from the top. And DON'T have the fuel above the top holes as you did. This way it will gasify almost immediately. As so produce twice the burn heat.

I'm personally not a fan of the JetBoil system or any other stove that requires the 1 use, disposable fuel canisters for a number of reasons. 1. Extra weight and pack space needed to carry canisters, (you'll need multiple for extended hikes/camps); 2. After depleting the fuel, you now have to pack the empty canisters back out again and dispose of them properly, (which again, takes up space in your pack, albeit you CAN crush them down to take up less room but that runs the risk of a puncture, potentially causing a spill of residual fuel), and; 3. IMO, they just create unnecessary waste. As far as I know they can't be refilled or recycled, (someone please correct me if I'm wrong), which I think most of us would agree, is just not a desirable outcome. They are, no doubt, extremely convenient but like most things made for convenience, that doesn't necessarily mean it's better. Again, just my opinion.

1) 19:22 Gee, so I guess my Boy Scout training was correct. Clear a three foot circle around your camp fire before building it. Fire causes forest fires. 2) Too bad you didn't do a bit of research on how to use the gasifier stove. This is not a hobo stove, it should not be loaded and lit like a hobo stove. You load the burn chamber vertically, packed fairly full, nothing higher than a half inch below the gasification jets. Then you put your tinder on top, and top-light it, so it burns from the top down. Properly loaded and fired, you should not need to tend the fire, as with a hobo stove. And properly loaded and lighted, the gasification takes place sooner, giving a completely smokeless fire after about the first two minutes.

The one thing that is never addressed in these comparison tests is waste, The propane stove canisters are either as trash on the way or end up in a landfill. I will admit that they are far more efficient and convenient. A wood stove leaves nothing but ash,which do you think is the more eco-friendly?

I always tell my son to think about the “what if’s”, that’s where this stove has another advantage, if on a trip and something happens that keeps you in the bush longer than expected you won’t run out of fuel

boiled in 7 minutes, good thing it wan't 8 because that would ruin my 3 day camping trip.

Also as an almost free fire starter, I use dryer lint or cotton balls saturated with Vaseline. Waterproof if saturated, lights instantly, and a cotton ball lasts about 3 min.

You have no idea how to use a wood gassifier stove. Pack it with wood first, don't cover the gas holes with fuel, put tinder on top and then light it. Also, no soot if you wait for gasses to start burning before cooking. No smoke will be your clue that it's working right. Poorly done comparison, friend.

Most burn bans refer to open fires (campfires). Twig stove use is a contained fire which is usually permitted during burn bans, at least here in Pennsylvania. Twig stoves do not scar up the landscape like campfires. Most people do not "leave no trace" when it comes to campfires. And most importantly, Twig stove are supposed to be packed tight with twigs vertically, (below the air vent holes) and then lit from the top with a piece of tinder (birch bark, fatwood, etc.). You will find it is most efficient when burned this way.

Always a good idea to carry solid fuel tablets to mitigate situations where wood is too wet or if there is a fire ban

But you would have never ending fuel, compared to fuel burners which would have to be refueled after a few days.

Thank you for your unbiased review. Not to nitpick, but a small correction. You are actually using Common Witch's Hair Lichen (Alectoria sarmentosa) and not a Moss as a fire starter. I also live in the PNW and have been a Forester for the past 50 years, and have used local natural products in the bush for many campfires. Mosses have a higher water content than Lichens, and the Common Witch's Hair Lichen also known as Old Man's Beard dries out as it hangs from mostly conifer trees. Good review overall.

You can use this with an alcohol stove. Here's what I do: If there's no wood then use the alcohol stove. If wood is wet then prefil the stove and dry it off by placing the alcohol stove on the bottom with just a little fuel. Then just light it from the top with a some kindling as usual. If it's just damp, not wet (light rain) i can usually light it as usual by lighting it from the top with smaller twigs, or split sticks. I've gotten 40 minutes burn out of these nifty little stoves. It packs down nicely ad if you choose your pots well it can nestle inside. While it's cooling down I place some kindling and smaller twigs inside so it gets extremely dry and easy to light next time round.

It really comes down to most a personal desire, so that being said, You never know what kind of emergency situation may come up when you least expect it. Not a favorite thing to think about, but any good hiker or backpacker would always prepare for the worst, but aim for the best is my way of thinking. Once fuel runs out you will still have to survive by eating what ever you can find. This is where there becomes no doubt that the twig stove would be the best way to go. Even If you stored some twigs in a freezer bag to keep them dry in an emergency situation you are packing in and out a much lighter load. I like to think out of the box to be safe.

You first load the stove with twigs and bark in the upright position, Once the stove is fully loaded, you light it from the top.

I use a hand sanitizer to light the wood. I dab some on a twig light it off and place it in the middle just bellow the top of the twig bundle. Works and no scorched fingers. Wood stoves tend to be seasonal and what is ironic is that the time when they would work best is usually when the fire bans start popping up. It may be a good idea to bring an alcohol stove or ans Esbit in case a fire ban pops up unexpectedly or wet weather happens. Enjoyed.

I have to agree that gas stoves are more practical, but twig stoves have ONE advantage that gas can't rival with, extreme cold. Most gas canisters can't function at -10 celsius, and even the best and most expensive ones that are meant to work in the cold can't handle more than -30 at the absolute best, while twigs will burn at any temeprature so long that it's dry enough that you can find decent wood, even wind is not really and issue since they're usually closed so the fire isn't blown out (well unless you're in the middle of a storm but if you're actually trying to light anything in the middle of a tornado instead of seeking shelkter then I think it's a you issue rather than the stove's fault).

YET another 'misunderstanding' of what another RU-vidr 'thinks' he knows. These are NOT 'twig stoves' like a hobo stove or 'fire box' is. These are SUPPOSED to be filled with fuel then lit from the TOP and burn DOWN. Twig stoves are lit on the bottom and fed twigs through out the entire burn. INCORRECT videos like this (there are SOOO many on YT like this one) have actually caused manufacturers to 'concede' to these reviews and change the way the 'pot stand' is designed JUST to keep these ppl 'happy' (giving them a means to feed fuel into the top without removing the pot). This actually UNDERMINES one of the functions of the pot stand's original design: to direct the secondary burn to the center, focusing the heat. Way to go 'reviewers', ignorance wins again.

Folding twig stoves make for an excellent back up to your gas stoves, and they're light weight too!

Stoves like this are quite handy portable less than a pound to lug around in your backpack and you virtually have an unlimited supply of fuel as far as your eyes can when you look around. I'm a huge fan of stoves like this preferably the ones that's convertible to multi-fuel use like the Firebox series of woodstoves that also doubles as a alcohol and canister gas fuelled stove.

Before reviewing a stove at least learn to use it. These stoves are meant for a top-down burn, if done correctly you can boil a liter of water in 5-7 minutes from ignition (about 3-4 minutes from the time you put the pot on). Soot is only an issue if the fire isn't gasifying correctly. That said, the ash from this model is an issue, but easily corrected or prevented by several means.

I think a copper sleeve that fits over your cooking pot would eliminate the soot problem. An identical pot made of pure copper would also bring the heat up the sides of the cooking container. Then when cooked you just slide out the clean pot and use it as your clean eating plate /pot /pan

Consider the Bushbuddy vs the Solo Stove vs Ohuhu & other knock-offs Solo Stove vs Ohuhu - www.sky-liners.com/solo-stove-vs-ohuhu/ Bushbuddy Stove vs Solo Stove - www.sky-liners.com/bushbuddy-vs-solo-stove/ The Bushbuddy stove has additional heat shielding on the bottom of the stove. This additional layer between the heat box and the ground helps to prevent scorching on wooden table surfaces.

I would suggest campers bring both twig and gas stoves.

I’ve got a lixada twig stove. It’s not expensive, but it works for me. With my Stanley cook pot I can make noodles, bake bannock, and make hot chocolate. With a tiny grill grate that straps to my haversack I can lay it on top of the stove and grill small steaks and some veggies. I don’t think it’s really “practical” since I only take it out when I’m specifically hiking out to have a nice breakfast or lunch in the woods. On overnighters and multi-day trips I don’t take any stoves, just cold foods that don’t need cooking. That is what seems “practical” to me. I think having a stove while in the woods is almost always a novelty moreso than a practicality.

As you seemed to be discovering towards the end, it works a better if you keep your twigs shorter.

i am not sure about that particular configuration but others similar allow you to nest a small Alcohol stove in the body so you have a dual fuel stove. Some of them also come with a alcohol cup so you dont even need a penny stove.

well the first thing to note is you did not load the stick stove correctly. try standing all the sticks up on end and make sure they dont cover the top holes then light it from the top you will be amazed how well it burns and how quick it boils water, these burn from the top down not bottom up. I run mine on wood pellets they are amazing. as for worrying about the forest floor you can either pre wet the soil or find a none combustable surface. they dont run out of fuel like white gas stoves they dont make tons of empty gas cans that can not be refilled etc, I have the ohuhu version and its always in my pack fits nicely inside my cooking pots like a glove and weighs next to nothing. The oxygen for the fire comes from the top, the holes along the bottom allow air in and up the sides for the gasification process . used correctly these things are amazing . There is a time and place for each kind of stove but hyou would be hard pressed to get me to switch from the Ohuhu. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YEiBLOnGF_8.html

I always carry a Trangia alcohol burner packed inside my Tomshoo wood gas stove and a bottle of meths/alcohol. Then, if dry wood is hard/impossibe to find, the Trangia burner works exceptionally well inside the wood gas stove's burn chamber with the wood fuel basket inverted to raise the height of the Trangia inside the stove. I have a 40 year old Primus backpacking gas burner which is efficient and fairly controllable, but to be honest I prefer the wood stove these days. Teamed with a Trangia burner for use when wood is very wet and hard to light makes my ideal stoves combination. (you can also burn solid fuel tabs in the Tomshoo and just about every other portable wood gas stove.)

They are designed to burn from the top down. You will get better results by vertically stacking thicker wood up to the point of the secondary holes working from the outside of the combustion chamber to the middle. Leave enough room to make a nest of kindling in the middle and you will have great results. My stove - is almost exactly the same as yours - and It takes care of all my cooking needs when in the field since it fits in my pack with little trouble, it is efficient, light (under a pound), and extremely convenient. I mostly heat water but also have a two-piece titanium pot and frying pan set that are just the right size to put the stove in along with a few spices when I strike camp. Fire safety is the same as traditional fire. Yes there are holes in the ash box, yes there are cinders that can fall through... that is a reality if one chooses to use these types of fireboxes. If you don't want to burn your deck down, dont build a fire on it.

Have used this stove in extreme conditions aka snow storm with mixed results. The foil on the bottom allows the stove to produce more heat and keeps incoming air slightly drier that can drastically effect overall stove performance. Also required is a windscreen as these type of stoves don’t produce the higher heat of the gas or propane stoves making boiling difficult or impossible under cold snowing and windy conditions without one. As mentioned in your video under snow storm conditions it is difficult to obtain dry fuel which also can effect performance. There is little control of how much heat either on or off with little ability to simmer. Lastly these stove no matter how clean the burn will dirty the bottom of your pot and the stove itsellf which makes a mess in your pack when hiking to next place. Like the ability to boil unlimited amounts of water as long as fuel is available but might be inclined to just make a small campfire instead if under cold conditions for heat and morale purposes. Fun to use but with its limitations. Good video.

Rocket stoves really work

ugh, why's your audio in the left channel only? I'm quitting 3 minutes into a 25 minute video because the audio is so bad.

I think the mistake made with these is this need to start cutting down standing dead wood and the processing of that wood with a an axe etc. when all you need is to pick up a bunch of twigs on your travels. There is many videos of people processing logs for a twig stove when they’re sat in amongst twigs and shrubs.

Carry stick stoves full of sticks and ready to go by prepacking them with dry wood.

So you said twig stove weighs 500 for u limited days, the bottle burner about 150% for 2 or 3 days, the jetboil weighs 120% for about 4 days. I think I like unlimited use at lower weight over conscience of not feeding fire. Lol

For cook kit fanboys or peeps looking for options I have a similar cheap gasifier stove nests perfectly in a tomshoo 1600ml (@1300ml w/o frypan just lid) and you can fit a fancy feast stove and 2-3 oz of alcohol as a back up in it. An absolute complete cook set for less than the jetboil or the msr and could be four season like the msr...fits better than my solo.

I have one similar to this. In rainy weather I use it as alcohol stove with a small bowl inside to hold the alcohol. I also sometimes use the alcohol to light it by propping it up on rocks and putting alcohol bowl under it.

If you’re always is such a hurry that 2-4 minutes matter that much to you, you’re probably better off staying in the city and using the microwave.

Once you get used to using this gasifier stove, loaded with some hardwood sticks, and started from the top as designed, it will be way more efficient. Plus, choosing a small wood fire over a gas one is the better choice for out door camping. It doesn't start fires on the ground, just set it on a rock or foil. Great stove; love it.

Most states on fire bans include your other stoves.

They are practical, and also good to put a alcohol stove in or use charcoal instead of twigs

Take some fatwood with you and it will burn hot enough to dry out wet wood to get it burning

When you did the weight-in of all 3 types of stoves, you were comparing apple and orange, the Jetboil already has a container you can cook and boil food in whereas with the alcohol and twig stoves, you've to bring other paraphernalia such as frying or sauce pans. By the way, I paid my twig gasifier stove for $11 and I've been using it for over 3 years, never regretted it. For me, it's the best cooking stove in the wild.

Ive used both and often use both. Late Spring - Summer - Fall I usually just bring canister propane pocket rocket knock off that Ive had for years. Late Fall - Winter - Early Spring- I usually bring a fold down steel stove and a small canister propane with the pocket rocket knock off thing. Nothing beats the warmth you can get out of those dinky little wood burning stoves right outside your tent or in your floorless tent or tarp shelter... Its more or less a comfort item at that point but well worth the weight imo.

Don't forget you can get a folding twig stove that pretty much packed down to the side of a birthday card, so there's a lot of space saving there.

One idea is to cut a round shape from a dollar store frying pan spatter shield to fit inside the twig stove fire pot. Keeps ashes and embers in the pot and allows air in for combustion. Might weigh 10 grams or less. .

A load of wood pellets last at least an hour

What about solid fuel or alcohol fuel as a backup?

Barely more than a minute into the video and you've already said at least three times what you're going to do. Well, I've lost interest due to my psychological deficiency. Thanks anyway.

Check out joe Robinet stranded RU-vid playlist and then tell me if you could replace your gas stove option. When you run out of propane you’ll be extremely happy with the twig stove.

Lot of People dont know how to use wood gas stove

I use an alcohol stove and use a twig burners at the pot stand. Best of both worlds

You can pack a zip lock bag of wood pellets for wet conditions. I'm uncertain if you could use pellets in a open fire ban area as it is similar to a bbq grill but I'd confirm with the park service. There aren't any embers to float away, but embers will fall thru the ash pan. Regardless I always put some heavy duty foil underneath it, or as shown in video, I have made a small stainless steel disc that fits inside the bottom and sits 3/8" off the ground held up by 2 tiny aluminum rods made from an old gun cleaning rod that slips in thru the vent holes at the bottom.

likes to hear himself talk and hasn't a clue about the principle of the top lit stove , but he sure loves the sound of his own voice. hope no one pays too much attention to this video

You have your fuel weight at zero on the comparison chart for the wood stove. The other 2 stoves have their fuel weights shown. If you remove their weights (734 and 200g) from the equation, the wood stove clearly wins since the other 2 stoves cannot be used at all with fuel. On the other hand if you were able to carry fuel for all three stoves it would not be practical to carry enough wood to run a fair fuel consumption test with the other 2. It is horses for courses. On the face of it the wood stove wins BUT is it practica? Not for a quick stop in a picnic spot for a brew. For me my Svea 123 wins every time. Try a comparison to include that one. Pros: Lightweight, Coleman fuel carried in the stove, easy to use (no pump involved), Longevity (mine is 30 years old), very efficient (especially at altitude). Cons: Some maintenance required (at home on a cold wet winters evening)...........I'm off to play with my new Tomshoo stove. Yes I bought one. I love the old school concept.

I to cold weather camping all the time. I carry a few esbit tablets and fatwood pieces. Then wet wood is no issue. Fill the stove with small twigs on the bottom up to inch diameter at the top, put the esbit tablet or fatwood under the stove & light it. It will dry out the twigs plenty quick & the rest will go. You can find plenty of fatwood in any pihe forest. Or after cooking, you can dry more twigs for your next camp, and pack the dry tinder with you.

The Speed & Time Can Come Close to the Speed of a JET Boil with Dry Twigs / Wood shavings. The SECRET of a GOOD Fire is :- Feed it Often & Regularly with Small Dry Wood or Twigs. Don't Over Feed it, Don't UNDER Feed it. With a Fire, Most people OVER FILL it with Wood / Logs , Then Wait until it's Almost Out before adding more Wood / Logs / Fuel. This Gives HOT & COLD Peaks & Troughs in Temperature. For Room Heating or Cooking Uses of Natural Flame. When it's Smoking & not Burning , Low Heat & Too much Wood. Red & Black Hot Embers = VAST LACK OF Wood. / Almost too late to RE-Fuel. Fires are a MAGICAL SIENCE . Understand Fires & You Stay Warm & Survive.

18 Dollars = Fifteen UK Pounds , BARGAIN for an Emergency Cooking Facility. Well worth $18 US Dollars. Sell for $118.00 Cash in an Emergency Power Outage / Storm Situation. Buy a Dozen ready to Sell to Family & Friends in an Emergency situation. A VERY WISE & Very SMALL INVESTMENT in Staying Alive in an Emergency. / The Very Near Future .

Any Wind or Breeze, ?I would find some way of Placing a Shield around the Fire / Twig Stove. Camping , :- behind a tree or Low Point behind a Rock etc. At home , Protect from the wind with a Garden Wall ( Stone Wall ) or other Fire Proof & Windproof Situation. Be Wise, Be CAREFUL, Don't Cause a Forrest Fire. Never Use Fire Indoors Unless you are FULLY AWARE of BURNING the House Down. Never Leave any Fire or Flame UN ATTENDED. KEEP WARM & STAY SAFE.

I'm a fan of twig stoves, but to be fair to the jetboils weight, is that it includes a large pot/cup to cook/boil in. 👍

Practical? Wouldn’t leave home without one! Most of my twig stoves will also hold an alcohol burner (Trangia) quite well. Here’s a tip. If you want your gasifier type stove to gasify, never over fill it.

One of the best stove designs ever - no need to carry any fuel. The secondary burn does not only give a cleaner burn, it saves a lot of fuel too. In my experience you just need around half the amount of wood. To my knowledge, a fire-ban prohibits the use of all stoves, that provide an open flame, so no advantage with white spirit or propane burners either. Most of your twigs are way too big for this stove - to work properly, the top air vents have to be above the fuel. The proper way to operate these stoves is to fill them tightly to the top air vents and fire them up from above - should have read the manual first or watched some of the hundreds of YT-videos that are out there. If everything is wet, a spoonful of wood pellets put on top before igniting would help - that's the smart thing about upside-down fires, the actual flame dries out the next top layer of wood by its radiant heat, but doesn't produce enough steam to effect the burn. You can always cut some bigger dead limbs and split them in quarts, the dry inside will readily catch, just need a bit more kindling than usual (not, if you're using fatwood for kindling). Why do you bother with the boil time, what do you achieve in those 3-5 minutes you can save with one of the other stoves? And why do you bother about cooling time? If you are in such a hurry, toss it in a creek or pond to cool instantly (try that with one of the other stoves and see what happens). Notice: if a wood gasifier stove produces gray or black smoke after 30 seconds in, you didn't operate it the way it should be ! IMHO not a fair comparison.

I always carry a lightweight cammed bypass pruner with me. Fiskars powegear 2. Makes cutting the tinder much easier.

YAK, YAK, YAK...SPEAKING FROM ZERO EXPERIENCE AND NOW WILL GO OUT TO BACK COUNTRY TO "VALIDATE" WHAT HE'S BEEN TELLING US........ MATE , GET THE KNOWLEDGE FIRST BEFORE YOU TELL THE SEASONED WHAT YOU ARE NOT SEASONED WITH....

This video was helpful to me without being too anal. I've read through the comments, and realize some people thought somewhat the opposite. My thinking is it's fine to be right on top of how to use something and benefit from that understanding. But, there's also the truth that not everybody does this and you got it to work anyway. That to me makes the stove more useful because it shows at least with dry wood, it is not that finicky. Good job on the video and keep going. I may subscribe also.

If you’re away for a month or more it can be a good way to stretch your ration of alcohol, spirits or whatever for a fuel burner, without having to make needlessly big fires and wasting time and energy on them all time. I just dont use twigs I try to get something a little more substantial going like a small swedish torch type of deal inside it. You still have to tend it but there’s usually a good 20-30 minutes of cooking in a fill or two depending on all the usual factors …

I prefer the first model twig stove over this model with the extended pot stand. There is really no need to add fuel within the first 35 minutes of burn time if you start by packing your burn chamber with wood no larger than 3/4” diameter x 3”long stood on end vertically. Top down burn only extends the burn time. If after 35 minutes you need to add fuel, just lift the pot or frying pan and add more wood. In my opinion the extended pot stand isn’t at all necessary.

Is use the dead limbs on the trees. As well as die standing wood it will work

You are the only person calling these "twig stoves." Please learn the correct terms for the parts of a wood gas stove. You refer to "cups" that are otherwise chambers of the stove. The yellow flames indicate the wood is not burning efficiently, And is producing soot. You want a blue blame, like you get with a Bunsen burner you used in high school Chemistry class, but that is not possible with a simple wood gas stove. Because of the soot from the burning wood, you should apply a coating of soap mixture to the bottom of the pot or pan to aid in cleaning afterward. You do not "shoot" video. Video is digital, and is thus recorded. I suppose you "shoot" digital audio recordings?

Baton some wood into mini sweedish candles to fit inside.Lasts a lot longer than twigs alone.

Been using the heck out if mine. I don't care that it takes a bit longer to boil water. By the time I'm doing that I'm either done for the day or packing up for the morning.

You are starting the gasifier wrong. Sorry. Stack the twigs vertically and pack them in. Start the fire from the top because this gasifier burns from the top down .

I have a couple twig stoves, a couple rocket engine cannister stoves, and a couple alcohol burners. I twig stoves are the most fun, alcohol stoves are a little better if I'm gonna be in a more populated area or trail and want the more stealthy approach. Then the mini rocket engines, I guess they're useful for doing what they are supposed to do, just noisy and no fun.

From a sustainability standpoint, you will always have fuel available, even if you have to keep it from getting wet by setting some aside ahead of time. Guessing the unit should last for years. But man, it seams like every wood burner out there soots up your pots. Suppose if you keep 'em separated, it won't get your other things dirty.

I can see these being useful on longer trips as a secondary/backup stove. When I wake up I want a coffee. Fast. Nothing will do that better than propane or white gas.

Could you have put the water on earliier, so as not to waste the inirial burn, and you raelly did seem to be constantly taking the pot off of the stove, and unnecessarily tinkering. I have one and have achieved boil in 4 minutes. Maybe practicing first would lead to a better review?

My problem is that after 5min. Or so, And everything seems to be going well, I add more twigs and the fire goes out and it just starts smoking like crazy and very difficult to get the flame up an running. I'm thinking if I create my own " fat wood" which is finger sized wood pieces soaked in melted wax, I will always have a flame. This will ensure that my new added twigs will have a chance to light, the gas will always be lit, no smoke, less carbon on my pans, as well as a more consistent heat for cooking. I'm even going to try to start with 1 piece of charcoal on the top and get that to light along with the twigs to keep the combustion temp high. I'm determined to get this down to estimate what to do for a pot of water or cook a pot of soup.

Very Practical. Compact, easy to use, and Fuel is everywhere.. I bought one as a survival tool for the Back country. I never thought it may actually come in Handy for an Economic depression.

Should do some home work before uploading video with bad illustration

My stove works fine in 5 min. I so sick of people using these stoves wrong and doing vids like they know what they are doing. Over filling them like its a bon fire ring. Get it together. A good camper can find dried wood in the rain all day long. If you know where to look.

Woah. U got a bunch of smoke because u built ur fire upside down. That thing is a top lit updraft gasifier. You fill it with fuel then a bit of tinder on top and then either u can fan the tinder flame or u can add a bit of accelerant and just light it. U always light the top, not the bottom.

I love cooking with my twig stove. I always keep a small baggie of twigs and some lighter gel or fluid.

don't over feed the stove they can burn for awhile my rule of thumb is one cup tin cup of pettetts if just making a cuppa and two if cooking

Most all of these style stoves appear to me to have too much primary air(too many holes in the bottom of the burn chamber). They also burn better when you load some wood in first then start your fire on top of that…

We can see you don't know how to use this! Pack the wood in there before starting it. You can also put a little alcohol burner that has a lid to turn it off in it and use it without wood if there is a fire ban. Apparently even those are banned some places though.

Try wood pellets they work 👍

You can use these in wet weather, but you probably won't use twigs from the ground. Instead, you'll find a dry branch or tree dead standing and split it lenght wise, then saw off short pieces to get something similar to pellets. Also these kinds of stoves work best when fired top-down, because that gets the chimney effect going faster. Of course, since this burns wood gas, it's not as important that the wood is entirely dry to begin with since incomplete burn will be completed with the oxygen injection at the top.

That's not moss. That's lichen. Please don't burn lichen, it grows very slow.

Setup takes 1 minute 🤣? What are you talking about. I setup , find twigs and start a fire in 2 minutes 😁

Wood gas stove is super ofcourse when you know how to use it😅, wood pellets is the perfect fuel for this stove 👍

Good review, but an unfair test as you kept taking the pot off the stove. In order to properly time it you need to leave the pot on the stove.

you should put more wood at first then light it then your fire would not go out and you had to stick more twigs in but not enough at one time. it like lighting your jet stove then turn it off let it to cool down then re light it then you would have the same results by letting the wood gas stove run out of wood then later put some wood back in it but good video yes jet stove is faster because it instant on and wood stove have to wait for wood to catch on fire then start gasifier effect but it works good and cheap

Where in the world are you buying your white gas? $13 a quart is outrageous; Walmart has Coleman fuel for $13 a GALLON, and Crown brand for $8.

Sometimes u can use it during a fire ban, with BBQ briquettes, and use ubiquitous hand sanitizer to start 😅

I bought it in The Netherlands for a whopping €66,95...

Fire ban my butt. If I can have a gas fire, then I can have a twig fire. I'd use it anyway, even with a "fire ban". It's not a bonfire, it's a very well contained and controlled flame for cooking. Hardly more than a candle, so give me a break. If I can use a gas stove, then I can use this. Seriously. I've watched lots of videos on this stove and everyone talks about fire bans. This thing isn't even detectable. If I'm out on a trail, and this is what i have for cooking, guess what I'm going to do.