Agreed 100 that this is best value titanium stove I have seen. I have two other titanium stovees, one very lightweight from seekoutside (medium sized), one from Alibaba and then this from Temu. I think this Temu stove will be my go to stove for backpacking due to window and size of wood you can use.
Thanks for the tip Mark! That appears to be similar in size(and layout/assembly) to the no longer made Kifaru small stove size, but probably lighter. The Temu stove is larger than the Kifaru para stove(no longer made) and looks like a nice option instead of the Kifaru medium and larger stoves currently made.
I found a video that showed me how to change the chimney from short roll to long roll without unrolling it. Works for me every time. Gloves are still mandatory! For your western viewers who don't have the advantage of hardwood forests, the first time I used a hot tent, the chimney ended up with a 1/2" thick coating of creosote by morning. Try to find alder or some other non-resinous wood, especially if you will be using a chimney damper. That wrap may help with that, too, by keeping the chimney a bit hotter to slow down the condensation of smoke.
Right on. I knew there had to be easier ways of doing it. I agree about airflow on this stove, especially when burning softwoods. Thanks for commenting
I read recently that white smoke indicates too much oxygen and black smoke means too much fuel. That's helped me regulate my fires burn since then. On this stove: if you added an inch or whatever space to the door lip full of sand, or found dirt at location, to the bottom it would insulate it and minimize the warping. For backpacking carry a bag full of old wood ash to do the same at no real added weight to cary. Great review as always
Yes, good advice. I also made the mistake during first burn of using a good size chunk of fatwood to get the fire going. Smoke was so thick and black till it burned off. Thanks for commenting
Soomloom makes a similar stove with folding legs. I have a larger Seek Outside stove for my Smokehouse Hammock hot tent. There's no window, however, but the TH-cam channel "It's Good in the Woods" has a video where its creator, Justin, shares a link to a business that replicated the original door in heat resistant glass for him. Note: you can purchase stainless steel nuts that can be jammed against any of the nuts, wing or hex, to set the dimensions to the height of the stove box, minimizing the fiddle factor.
Hi Lonnie. I have to uses in mind for this stove. Because of its lightweight I will be able to carry it in a backpack to use in the woods on its own. Of course the other use will be hot tent camping. My challenge is finding a location (I am in a city) where I can set up my new hot tent. Thanks for commenting
Nice little stove! I have a couple tips that may help. A shop-vac filter bag rubber band will hold the stove together when assembling. A nice little rake tool can be made from an 8mm knitting needle. They are 14" long and have a lovely gold ionized finish that would be hard to lose in the woods. I cut 1/2 of the tip off and cut a thin kerf 2" down the tip end, inserted a bent piece of sheet metal shaped like a small rake, and secure with a couple of pop rivets. I cut some small hooks on the inside edge of the rake part to hook and move wood around inside the burning stove. The needle itself only weighs 15 grams. I use it to rake ash and coals out the front into a pan. You can make a fireproof mat for the bottom and up the back side of the stove from a piece of welder mat. You must seal it to prevent fiberglass slivers by spraying a thin coat of acrylic paint on both sides (brushing won't work because it soaks up too much paint). After stabilizing the mat, you can cut it to size, sew an edging around it, and loops to hang it from the tent behind the stove. Sorry about going on for so long! But one other thing may help to get longer burns if you have some larger chunks of hardwood is to make a simple gasket for the door. Slightly crumple up 3 sheets of aluminum foil, flatten them out some, and fold down the edges so it is just a bit larger than the door. Before you go to sleep, insert and close the door on the foil "gasket". I push one pencil hole through the vent in the door through the foil for a small air intake. If the stove has enough leaky areas, you may not need to do that.
@@MarkYoungBushcraft Thanks, Mark. Another thing that may be helpful to folks is that the best way to clean sooty glass in woodstoves is with wetted wood ash and a dampened rag or paper towel. Hands down better than the chemical stuff they want to sell you. I have been working on a vent system that directs about half the incoming air toward the inside of the glass, thereby diverting the smoke away from the glass. I think some stove companies have already done this, but these are larger household stoves. It's just something to think about.
Fan is a very good idea. Fiberglass wrap around stove pipe is a very bad idea. Friend gave me some of that fiberglass wrap and upon examining it I was unable to hike for 3 months after that afterwards due to the item shedding fiberglass particles which got into my lungs (note: I didn't actually use it, just examined it). Better to have an outer wider diameter pipe section which will go on the outside of the actual stove pipe to prevent people or tent parts from contacting stove pipe and melting.
Thanks for the information on the fiberglass wrap. The ends are not finished so I can see fibers getting loose. The metal overtube idea is much safer for sure. Thanks for commenting
I have bought a couple of items from TEMU, including a clone of Trangia's 25 series cook set listed as a Storm Cooker. Other then there being no label on it I could not find any difference I also picked up a similar unit from Fire Maple which included a gas burner.
@@MarkYoungBushcraft If possible, I would try to get something that will attach to a magnet. Small rare earth magnets are cheap and incredibly strong - you'd have to really try to knock something off one, and it would keep your small parts all together - much easier to find if you did drop them!
Yes .. lost pieces. A little nicky-nacky-noo bag to prevent the loose bits from wandering off somewhere would help. Good ideas too .. having spare fittings and the magnets 👍.
I remember the first time I put the pipe together for the titanium stove I purchased (not a temu) I used a can of chunky soup to help shape it.. Nice looking affordable stove though.
I have watched tent heaters on the TH-cam channel ' Simon a bloke in the woods' and the stoves needed to be filled a number of times a night which he just used a sleeping bag rated for the cold that was expected. I asked him in a comment if charcoal could be used and if it would last longer and not make bad gases. he has such a large following that he did not answer me. maybe you can.
I have not tried charcoal yet but I don't see it lasting much longer than wood. Coal may be better. I am testing out compressed sawdust blocks and so far they are working well. In all cases, you have to take them with you when you go camping. Thanks for commenting
Have not used it overnight yet but even damped down it will likely only last 4 hours or less with large pieces of hardwood. Because it is not airtight I would be reluctant to close off too much airflow. Thanks for commenting
Hi Mark, I know you're not adverse to getting your hands dirty when it comes to experimenting with making Hobo/DIY stoves. I've been trying to find videos about combining a rocket stove and a gasifier stove, basically a gasifier with a side feed only (not air) tube/door of some description. Reason, with a gasifier (as far as I've seen) they needs feeding from the top and that means having to remove the pot/kettle/pan etc from the top but, also what I've found with my own Ikea/coffee tin Hobo gasifier is that the wood has to practically be completely turned to ash before reloading or it projects above the top, thus not being able to replace the pot/kettle/pan etc. with some sort of side feeding hole/tube this may overcome the issue. What do you think? Over to you.
Great question. Something I have considered often. To begin, I am not an expert, just someone who likes to play with stoves and has built up a bit of experience. Both wood gas stoves and rocket stoves try to achieve holy grail of stove design. The each use different pyrophisics (I just made that name up) to achieve a high efficiency, namely the most BTUs per gram of fuel and burn without smoke, often seen as a sign of inefficiency. My experience is that both have their pros and cons. You have named most of the cons for the wood gas stove. I have also found it is possible to overpack a wood gas stove as well as they need very dry wood to burn efficiently. Wood gas stoves and rocket stoves both try to introduce additional oxygen to a burn to increase efficiency but using different principles. I could ramble on about this for a while longer (maybe a video?). My thinking about adding a closeable feed port to a wood gas stove may be doable but you will lose some of the wood gas effect each time to port is opened. I think I will refer this question to a stove expert friend and see if it is something I can experiment with. BTW, I have a video on a stove called the Pyrolino that combines wood gas with rocket stove design. Thanks for commenting
@ Hi Mark, Thanks for your more than basic reply. I shall look up your video to see if I can gleam any design ideas. I have since my last comment thought that if the rocket stove is built from round tubes then the following design idea may work. 1. Build a round tube rocket stove. (Flat bar projecting forward base for stability). 2. Drill the top and bottom vent holes in the rocket stove as per a gasifier. 3. Put gasifier jacket with bottom vent holes over and cut a slot for the rocket stove feed tube to fit so jacket sits as low as possible - close to the floor. 4. Add a door to the area under the rocket stove feed tube to close of the space. Note: I would try it without the door and without the jacket bottom holes first as there might be enough venting from the slot on its own. I hope that is easy to follow. I have a sketch.
@@AlanAlanAlanDave I can almost imagine what this looks like but a sketch would be helpful. My email is on my channel page if you want to send it to me
The crackling sound of the wood is heavenly to my ears! :)
I know what you mean! Thanks for commenting
That's a cool looking little stove! Loving the functionality of it. Thanks for sharing, Mark!
Most welcome. Thanks for commenting
Agreed 100 that this is best value titanium stove I have seen. I have two other titanium stovees, one very lightweight from seekoutside (medium sized), one from Alibaba and then this from Temu. I think this Temu stove will be my go to stove for backpacking due to window and size of wood you can use.
Right on. Thanks for commenting
Just bought same stove on Aliexpress yesterday) Will see how it will perform in real camping tests. Thanks for the video!
Most welcome. Thanks for commenting
At 21:29 to 21:40... when that smoke comes down from the humidity and wind current == BAD ASS looking!!
I liked it but wife was not happy with me. Went in the open windows of the house😳 Thanks for commenting
Thanks for the tip Mark! That appears to be similar in size(and layout/assembly) to the no longer made Kifaru small stove size, but probably lighter.
The Temu stove is larger than the Kifaru para stove(no longer made) and looks like a nice option instead of the Kifaru medium and larger stoves currently made.
It appears this stove is based on a few others. It is so light. Thanks for commenting
I found a video that showed me how to change the chimney from short roll to long roll without unrolling it. Works for me every time. Gloves are still mandatory!
For your western viewers who don't have the advantage of hardwood forests, the first time I used a hot tent, the chimney ended up with a 1/2" thick coating of creosote by morning. Try to find alder or some other non-resinous wood, especially if you will be using a chimney damper. That wrap may help with that, too, by keeping the chimney a bit hotter to slow down the condensation of smoke.
Right on. I knew there had to be easier ways of doing it. I agree about airflow on this stove, especially when burning softwoods. Thanks for commenting
I read recently that white smoke indicates too much oxygen and black smoke means too much fuel. That's helped me regulate my fires burn since then.
On this stove: if you added an inch or whatever space to the door lip full of sand, or found dirt at location, to the bottom it would insulate it and minimize the warping. For backpacking carry a bag full of old wood ash to do the same at no real added weight to cary.
Great review as always
Yes, good advice. I also made the mistake during first burn of using a good size chunk of fatwood to get the fire going. Smoke was so thick and black till it burned off. Thanks for commenting
Soomloom makes a similar stove with folding legs. I have a larger Seek Outside stove for my Smokehouse Hammock hot tent. There's no window, however, but the TH-cam channel "It's Good in the Woods" has a video where its creator, Justin, shares a link to a business that replicated the original door in heat resistant glass for him.
Note: you can purchase stainless steel nuts that can be jammed against any of the nuts, wing or hex, to set the dimensions to the height of the stove box, minimizing the fiddle factor.
Justin has a great channel. Thanks for commenting
I bought a welding blanket to us under my twig stove , the size of your mat is nice
Perfect. Thanks for commenting
Looks like a great little tent stove. Will be looking forward to seeing how you will use it in future videos.
Hi Lonnie. I have to uses in mind for this stove. Because of its lightweight I will be able to carry it in a backpack to use in the woods on its own. Of course the other use will be hot tent camping. My challenge is finding a location (I am in a city) where I can set up my new hot tent. Thanks for commenting
Nice little stove!
I have a couple tips that may help.
A shop-vac filter bag rubber band will hold the stove together when assembling. A nice little rake tool can be made from an 8mm knitting needle. They are 14" long and have a lovely gold ionized finish that would be hard to lose in the woods. I cut 1/2 of the tip off and cut a thin kerf 2" down the tip end, inserted a bent piece of sheet metal shaped like a small rake, and secure with a couple of pop rivets. I cut some small hooks on the inside edge of the rake part to hook and move wood around inside the burning stove. The needle itself only weighs 15 grams. I use it to rake ash and coals out the front into a pan. You can make a fireproof mat for the bottom and up the back side of the stove from a piece of welder mat. You must seal it to prevent fiberglass slivers by spraying a thin coat of acrylic paint on both sides (brushing won't work because it soaks up too much paint). After stabilizing the mat, you can cut it to size, sew an edging around it, and loops to hang it from the tent behind the stove. Sorry about going on for so long! But one other thing may help to get longer burns if you have some larger chunks of hardwood is to make a simple gasket for the door. Slightly crumple up 3 sheets of aluminum foil, flatten them out some, and fold down the edges so it is just a bit larger than the door. Before you go to sleep, insert and close the door on the foil "gasket". I push one pencil hole through the vent in the door through the foil for a small air intake. If the stove has enough leaky areas, you may not need to do that.
All good suggestions. I will consider how I can use them. Thanks for commenting
@@MarkYoungBushcraft Thanks, Mark.
Another thing that may be helpful to folks is that the best way to clean sooty glass in woodstoves is with wetted wood ash and a dampened rag or paper towel.
Hands down better than the chemical stuff they want to sell you.
I have been working on a vent system that directs about half the incoming air toward the inside of the glass, thereby diverting the smoke away from the glass. I think some stove companies have already done this, but these are larger household stoves. It's just something to think about.
another nice video THANKS
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for commenting
Fan is a very good idea. Fiberglass wrap around stove pipe is a very bad idea. Friend gave me some of that fiberglass wrap and upon examining it I was unable to hike for 3 months after that afterwards due to the item shedding fiberglass particles which got into my lungs (note: I didn't actually use it, just examined it). Better to have an outer wider diameter pipe section which will go on the outside of the actual stove pipe to prevent people or tent parts from contacting stove pipe and melting.
Thanks for the information on the fiberglass wrap. The ends are not finished so I can see fibers getting loose. The metal overtube idea is much safer for sure. Thanks for commenting
Good review Mark, thanks for sharing, YAH bless !
Most welcome. Thanks for commenting Michael
I have bought a couple of items from TEMU, including a clone of Trangia's 25 series cook set listed as a Storm Cooker. Other then there being no label on it I could not find any difference I also picked up a similar unit from Fire Maple which included a gas burner.
I have a review of the Fire Maple version coming soon. Thanks for commenting
Interesting stove but man if you lose one of those stoves fasteners in the snow or thick pine duff.. Thanks for posting my friend take care.
I agree Jon. Would need to be so careful. I am going to see if I can find a couple of nuts with same threading as backups. Thanks for commenting
@@MarkYoungBushcraft If possible, I would try to get something that will attach to a magnet. Small rare earth magnets are cheap and incredibly strong - you'd have to really try to knock something off one, and it would keep your small parts all together - much easier to find if you did drop them!
Yes .. lost pieces. A little nicky-nacky-noo bag to prevent the loose bits from wandering off somewhere would help.
Good ideas too .. having spare fittings and the magnets 👍.
The weight and the price of this stove are definitely appealing!
Some of the other features (fasteners / feet) could be improved
It is a bit of a compromise to get the weight as light as it is. Thanks for commenting Alex
I would be interested in seeing some cooking on the stove. Overall, I think it looks like a decent stove. ✌️🇺🇸🇨🇦✌️
I have do that with it in the woods. Thanks for commenting
I remember the first time I put the pipe together for the titanium stove I purchased (not a temu) I used a can of chunky soup to help shape it..
Nice looking affordable stove though.
I started thinking about using a shape half way through trying to role the pipe. Wish I stopped and got something. Thanks for commenting
Thanks Mark.
Most welcome. Thanks for commenting
I have watched tent heaters on the TH-cam channel ' Simon a bloke in the woods' and the stoves needed to be filled a number of times a night which he just used a sleeping bag rated for the cold that was expected. I asked him in a comment if charcoal could be used and if it would last longer and not make bad gases. he has such a large following that he did not answer me. maybe you can.
I have not tried charcoal yet but I don't see it lasting much longer than wood. Coal may be better. I am testing out compressed sawdust blocks and so far they are working well. In all cases, you have to take them with you when you go camping. Thanks for commenting
How long a burn did you get off a full wood load, when it's damped down for overnight?
Have not used it overnight yet but even damped down it will likely only last 4 hours or less with large pieces of hardwood. Because it is not airtight I would be reluctant to close off too much airflow. Thanks for commenting
Id like to know as well
Heads up, link for the coupon doesn’t work
I will check it out. Thanks for commenting
Hi Mark, I know you're not adverse to getting your hands dirty when it comes to experimenting with making Hobo/DIY stoves. I've been trying to find videos about combining a rocket stove and a gasifier stove, basically a gasifier with a side feed only (not air) tube/door of some description. Reason, with a gasifier (as far as I've seen) they needs feeding from the top and that means having to remove the pot/kettle/pan etc from the top but, also what I've found with my own Ikea/coffee tin Hobo gasifier is that the wood has to practically be completely turned to ash before reloading or it projects above the top, thus not being able to replace the pot/kettle/pan etc. with some sort of side feeding hole/tube this may overcome the issue. What do you think? Over to you.
Great question. Something I have considered often. To begin, I am not an expert, just someone who likes to play with stoves and has built up a bit of experience. Both wood gas stoves and rocket stoves try to achieve holy grail of stove design. The each use different pyrophisics (I just made that name up) to achieve a high efficiency, namely the most BTUs per gram of fuel and burn without smoke, often seen as a sign of inefficiency. My experience is that both have their pros and cons. You have named most of the cons for the wood gas stove. I have also found it is possible to overpack a wood gas stove as well as they need very dry wood to burn efficiently. Wood gas stoves and rocket stoves both try to introduce additional oxygen to a burn to increase efficiency but using different principles. I could ramble on about this for a while longer (maybe a video?). My thinking about adding a closeable feed port to a wood gas stove may be doable but you will lose some of the wood gas effect each time to port is opened. I think I will refer this question to a stove expert friend and see if it is something I can experiment with. BTW, I have a video on a stove called the Pyrolino that combines wood gas with rocket stove design. Thanks for commenting
@ Hi Mark,
Thanks for your more than basic reply. I shall look up your video to see if I can gleam any design ideas.
I have since my last comment thought that if the rocket stove is built from round tubes then the following design idea may work.
1. Build a round tube rocket stove. (Flat bar projecting forward base for stability).
2. Drill the top and bottom vent holes in the rocket stove as per a gasifier.
3. Put gasifier jacket with bottom vent holes over and cut a slot for the rocket stove feed tube to fit so jacket sits as low as possible - close to the floor.
4. Add a door to the area under the rocket stove feed tube to close of the space.
Note: I would try it without the door and without the jacket bottom holes first as there might be enough venting from the slot on its own.
I hope that is easy to follow. I have a sketch.
@@AlanAlanAlanDave I can almost imagine what this looks like but a sketch would be helpful. My email is on my channel page if you want to send it to me
I'd expect it to be a bit fiddley on assembly/disassembly.....
It is fiddly but I am getting better at it and have not lost anything yet. Thanks for commenting
Nothin like cheap chinese chit that just works 😂
True enough. Of course pretty much all cheap stuff is made in China unfortunately. Thanks for commenting
Thanks, Mark, I want to see it used in a tent, to know just how much smoke you get.
works for two entire trips... not so much after that, lol. Good luck!
The link for roling Stove pipes.... Have fun ;-)
... th-cam.com/video/7r_fAPH0zco/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for commenting
Highly unlikely to be titanium
The only other metal of this volume with this weight would be aluminum