Flat Pack Mini Rocket Stove Portable Camping Stove Lightweight Wood Burning Survival Stove for Camping Hiking Emergency Prepper Gear Outdoor Cooking

nice stove if you are looking for a small, space-saving cook stove. it will last a lifetime. useful for camping, bugout, power out. it will run on twigs, small branches, cardboard, etc. easy to light, load it up with twigs and it will go hot for around 5 minutes or so. you have to keep feeding it to last long as you like. boils water fast. easy to assemble and take down. heavy steel plates that won't crush or dent in your pack. I bought this for camping on the beach, it is quick, contained, and pretty much windproof. do you really need it, no, but it makes life a little easier if you don't need, want, or an open fire is not allowed? it will hold cups, cooking pans, cast iron and you can still put a hotdog or marshmallow on a stick cook that way. the best thing about it is you don't have to go off looking for fallen trees, drag them back to your camp, saw/ chop them up into useable size logs, dig a pit, or build a rock wall before you start a fire. with this grab a few hands full of twigs, fire it up, cook, and you're done in less time than dragging the first tree back to camp. it is what I consider expensive, but, two things I always say, 1: when you buy the best, you're always happy with it. 2: the experience is remembered long after the price is forgotten. hope this helps you guys.

Start with tinder and fine twigs - end with tinder and fine twigs. Starts easy! Loaded feeder box with mostly fine, and a few pencil sized twigs, and loaded chimney with a couple of handfuls of loose tinder like dry grass, yellow dried pine needles, and dry milkweed stalk fibers. My tinder was even a little damp, and it still caught well, and maintained a flame. This is because the rocket stove is designed well, with an air intake under the feeder box, which encourages a steady flow of air up the chimney, as soon as the fire is started. Thereafter, fuel should be sticks pencil to drumstick size in diameter. Load feeder box with fuel in an "X-like" pattern, crossing sticks, to avoid smothering the flames. The sides of the rocket stove throw a nice heat. Fire will need fairly constant addition of fuel, and stoking, so have an appropriate pile of fuel ready nearby, before starting to cook. Three, three foot sticks, broken down into 6 or 8 inch pieces, will keep a fire going for 10 - 15 minutes. Ashes build up under the fire quickly, so it's nice to keep a long, green stick as a poker on hand, to push the ashes toward the back, and air can still be drawn into the air intake, and up the chimney, by the fire. Set on top of a sturdy grill, over the firepit, or placed on top of two bricks in the fire pit, with space between them, you can partially slide out the bottom ash plate of the rocket stove, and allow most of the ashes and coals to fall right into the pit, while the fire still burns, and then close the ash plate, while you continue cooking your food. End your fire with several more bunches of fine twigs and tinder loaded into the chimney, to completely burn fuel wood underneath to white ash. Otherwise, you will be left with bits of charred wood, since the coal bed isn't very substantial. Nearly smokeless, while flames are going. Briefly smokes once the flames are extinguished. It is possible to restart the fire from coals, by loading tinder into the chimney, waiting 30 seconds, and blowing steadily, once or twice into the fuel box/air intake. Nice, thick, durable metal. Quality materials, and simple, well thought out design. Can be moved after assembly, as long as you grasp it near the bottom. A little weighty, at around 5 pounds. Likely better for emergency use, car camping, and kayak camping. Hikers may prefer a lighter, less rugged, stove. Keep one in your car, or boat, and never worry about buying propane, or other chemical fuels, again.

I’ve seen some other reviews showing pictures of really rough cut edges and was pleasantly surprised to see the stove I ordered cut clean. The instructions were a little vague so I ended up having to figure it out myself which wasn’t hard if you use some common sense. The metal seems untreated so I’m sure rust will be a problem in the future. I gave it 4 stars for the instructions being so vague.

out of the box i placed the pieces in the slots and used the alignment guide and with a little jiggling everything fell into place. i put in some dry grass and some sticks and had a fire going very quickly. i used it to heat some water and found it very good and easy to use. due to its weight i wouldn't recommend it for backpacking but for general camping it is a very good alternative to a gas stove. i wish i had one of these decades ago when i did a lot of camping out of my truck.

I received this and put it together without issue. After I got it together, I found the assembly tool...not needed by me. All of the parts are marked so they get in the right position. The only issue I had was not putting it on a flat surface the first time. It does NOT lock together and can flex on an unstable surface. I also had a hard time keeping the fire going on the first try. On the second attempt a week later, I started the fire bigger and let it burn down before adding more fuel and it worked great. I guess it needs the embers and heat to keep it going. When you get finished with it, let it cool down and rub it down with oil or bacon grease as you put it away in a large ziplock bag...the burlap bag it comes in will make the first fire easier to start, but will be a big mess if you put the used stove in your backpack or kit bag. It is a bit heavy for ultralight backpacking, but I bought it more for trailer camping and survival / prepper supplies. Next time I am going to try a can of sterno in it and see if it gets hot enough.

Clever design & pack-out concept. However, made from low-grade steel, too small & at the same time too heavy for intended purpose. Costs far more than any value it may provide. Returned my purchase these reasons.

Like the flat pack capibility. Light weight. Just doesn't really cook things. Warming might be a better label instead of stove.

Assembles easily with manly dexterity. Metal cut well (unlike another review). Assembly tool can cover wood intake to concentrate fire. We are cooking with fire dude!