I love my Bush Buddy mini. You can light from the bottom or top. 4oz. No fuel shortage anxiety. It can be a great wind screen for a alcohol stove or burner like a Toaks or home made version for just an ounce more. A couple ounces of fuel and still much lighter than even a BRS + iso can. Not fast like gas but who cares if it takes 2.5 minutes or 5 minutes to boil. Collect some sticks while you walk and have a hot lunch or dinner and can have as much coffee or hot tea as you want and never ever worry about running out of fuel. Worth the price and months to get. Also not jet engine loud like a gas stove.
Well again, I'm buyin one of those sweet little babies. I hope someone's paying you for all this good info. it has value, a lot of this stuff I wouldn't have bought if you didn't give us the scoop. Thank you very much :)
I am now a proud owner of a BushBuddy stove. My stove has the bottom and I can pick it up while fire is burning inside. I love it. I even got Jeff to autograph it with electric pen. It is made in America and the quality is amazing. I recommend the Pocket Bellows to get the fire started in stove.
Thank you for lighting from the bottom!😄 it cracks me up how everyone will say you’re “doing it wrong” it’s a TLUD stove. If your water boils, you’re doing it right. With such a small burn chamber you usually have to add wood anyway, so TLUD is a silly point.
I've had my Bush Buddy for a decade now, got it in the transition between Fristz retiring and before his protégé at Nomadic Stove taking over the Bush Buddy brand. Watching your tests, this guy needs the same thing as the big brother and that is a wind screen. Hell of a piece of kit
I light my Firebox titanium mini from the bottom and it can burn long sticks. The problem with all the wood stoves that I have bought and made is that the heat is not constant. As the fire burns down, you lose your boil. At times this can be an advantage, especially when you want to simmer or merely keep food/drinks warm. On a thruhike or long section hike, at the end of the day you will find that you may not be up to fiddling with a wood stove, especially if someone else has already started a campfire. Wood stoves are not as effective at drying damp firewood, either. During my month long section hike on the Appalachian Trail this spring, I used my alcohol stove almost every day. I used my Firebox Nano maybe 6 times due to weather and late arrivals into camp. I put it in my car at the end of the GSMNP, and used only my alcohol stove until the end of my hike. I will definitely take a wood stove on shorter hikes in the future, especially if I leave my guitar at home 😁. P.S. I might buy a Bush Buddy mini anyhow. Just because. 🙄
Have you ever tried to do a comparison between a regular stick stove, like a firebox or something similar, to a gasifier? Like does it make any SIGNIFICANT difference in the volume of wood used, and or amount of heat produced? Like once I have my firebox going, there’s almost no smoke at all, because it’s so darn hot. Can you really beat that, and does a couple more or less sticks really matter?
I've ordered the original model and am hoping to hear my new stove is on it's way soon ... should be around mid-August (2021). Thanks for the reviews! Enjoy! God Bless :)
Forgive me if I offended you in anyway...I love your videos, and hearing your going to stop making them for a while...or maybe for ever breaks my heart...I learn something new from every video you post...blessing ....to you. -Friar Rodney Burnap
This looks great with benefits around size and weight, I do though prefer the closed bottom of the original for reduced fire risk and it means it can be moved in use and used in more situations. I have a Solo Stove (before I knew Bush Buddy was original) and it works great and quality is right up there. I was going to buy a Bush Buddy to do a direct comparison review but 14 week lead time on both products put me off and suggests to me that Bush Buddy are not looking to supply a mass market (which is fine - many Companies prefer this handmade limited production approach). The mass production approach from Solo Stove brings with it a consistent high quality product so not a 'cheap' copy by any means but a copy it seems none-the-less. Great review as always 👍
Big thumbs up from deepest Dorset England 👍 another great video! I think the empty bottom (!) is a bit of a two edged sword. Whereas I fully understand the thinking behind being able to light it from underneath or on top, the down side are surely the fire scars and the real possibility of underground fires, something you don’t have to worry about with the original or it’s countless knock-offs. My knockoff nestles inside a Tibetan 1100 and is a favourite when fires are permitted. Once again many many thanks, Clive from deepest Dorset.
I don't like the open bottom as allows the ashes and possible small coals to be on the ground, so you will need to be careful with where you place it, so that residue doesn't damage what is under it.
Exacly i commented that way. This stoves like the oryginal bushbuddy that i have was design to be used by the methid TLUD - top lid, up draft. You can see clearly how the botom method of lighting was terible
@@Radoslaw731it’s nice to have the versatility of a bottom light. Lump charcoal works great, but should be lit from the bottom. Also without the ash pan, it’s smaller and lighter. Nests inside a titan pot.
As always, great review! I really enjoy your reviews every time. Regarding the Bushbuddy Mini: it looks like a very nice and versatile stove. My main concern would be the flames coming from the holes at the bottom. While the Solo Stove lacks this option to be lit from the bottom, it seems way more safer and it is also possible to move while it is burning. An optional bottom tray like the Littlbug has would be very useful for the Bushbuddy Mini.
The chimney effect prevents this. Even with the big version you will once in a while in a gust of wind have flame shoot out the little holes but that's basically like passing your hand through candle flame meaning too brief to do anything.
Hey Ernie thanks for the review. Just received my Solo Mini. Do you or anyone reading this have a hack or idea on cutting down on the smoky mess on the bottom of the pot. Did a test last week and came away with black hands and filthy gear.
Yyyup... and I am one of those who was asking for a video of this sort of stove that I consider the "REAL McCoy" for cooking outdoors. Thanks Ernie great video once again...
@@waynehead7271 directly from the bushbuddy web site: The story of the Bushbuddy Stove began in Canada in 1999 with Fritz Handel. He had come across a fan-operated wood stove that ran on batteries. At the time, it was a good design although it was not very practical to be reliant on batteries when journeying out in the wilderness. The first Bushbuddy prototype was a simple conical stove based on an old Gypsy design used by wandering tinsmiths to heat their soldering iron. bushbuddystove.com/pages/about-us
@@waynehead7271 yet i still have to order from america and that's costs about as much as the stove itself almost...would be nice to have a proper Canadian retailer here IMO
@@alal792 IMO, you're right. Either that, or there should be an exception carved out for products of Canadian design/origin. Wish I could help, but I think that throwing it across the boarder to you would probably get us both in trouble.
I really like the price on the Bush Buddy mini , that's nice. I like the ash tray in the Solo Stove stove and Original Bush Buddy's. My Solo Stove can become a alcohol stove by putting some alcohol in the ash tray. ( I'm sure that is not recommended by either manufacture ). The ash tray also keeps the stove from burning anything it's placed on ( wooden table ). There is a Double wall Titanium stove like the Bush Buddy & Solo Stove , the double wall titanium stove is The UNA by Suluk 46. The last few years my choice for wood burning stoves has been the Titanium Firebox Nano Gen 2. It's lighter , packs smaller and can burn short or long sticks.
Why not both. I absolutely love my ti nano! I'm thinking about picking up a bushbuddy mini to add to the collection of small twig stoves. Get the nano and use it in the meantime while you wait a few months for the bushbuddy lol.
If you had to choose one, go with the Nano. More versatility and being able to fit a Trangia in it is great. Also, you can put long sticks in the Nano from the bottom. These Bush Buddy and Solo stoves require constant feeding of small pieces of wood. Did I say constant?
Aren’t you supposed to light these stoves from the top? It’s a TLUD style stove. I think you would have less smoke lighting it from the top. Nice little stove. Thanks for your videos.
@@Radoslaw731it’s so small that you probably have to refill while using it. So TLUD is a mute point. You don’t HAVE to light from the top. I find it far less smoky to put your tinder in then slowly build your fire while the wood catches. Once it’s really going it will light bigger pieces without much smoke.
Its really nice but I like my original Bushbuddy better. It doesn't scar the ground. At a full burn I can even hold it in the palm of my hand. This stove looks nice though.
I have the original stove but the open bottom would probably make this new design much easier to light. I gotta say though...I’m pretty spoiled by the firebox stoves and will turn to those when wanting a wood burning stove. Nice review. Lol...I’ve got to stop buying stoves! Have you ever used the MKettle? It’s similar to the backcountry boiler which went out of business. It’s super fun to take on hikes when you just want to boil water for coffee, tea, or dehydrated meal. It’s a chimney kettle and super efficient wether using an alcohol burner or wood for fuel.
Just bought the Goshawk, Multifuel burner, but I've seen this review, feel like I want to buy this one as well!! lol... Kindest regards, Ant... PS. Great review, as always!
*sigh* I love small wood burning stoves and own several, but here in the southwest fire bans seem to be the norm. Unfortunately, these stoves count as open fires.
I have the Original BushBuddy since 2006. It is one of my favorite stoves.
Some say, that the right way to light is from top
I love my Bush Buddy mini. You can light from the bottom or top. 4oz. No fuel shortage anxiety. It can be a great wind screen for a alcohol stove or burner like a Toaks or home made version for just an ounce more. A couple ounces of fuel and still much lighter than even a BRS + iso can. Not fast like gas but who cares if it takes 2.5 minutes or 5 minutes to boil. Collect some sticks while you walk and have a hot lunch or dinner and can have as much coffee or hot tea as you want and never ever worry about running out of fuel. Worth the price and months to get. Also not jet engine loud like a gas stove.
Yeah! Here comes our most knowledgeable STOVE GUY on TH-cam !
Well again, I'm buyin one of those sweet little babies. I hope someone's paying you for all this good info. it has value, a lot of this stuff I wouldn't have bought if you didn't give us the scoop. Thank you very much :)
I am now a proud owner of a BushBuddy stove. My stove has the bottom and I can pick it up while fire is burning inside. I love it. I even got Jeff to autograph it with electric pen. It is made in America and the quality is amazing. I recommend the Pocket Bellows to get the fire started in stove.
Thank you for lighting from the bottom!😄 it cracks me up how everyone will say you’re “doing it wrong” it’s a TLUD stove. If your water boils, you’re doing it right. With such a small burn chamber you usually have to add wood anyway, so TLUD is a silly point.
Good for stock pot, lobster, fried chicken or small turkey, chili and stir fry. I see lots of uses for car camping.
I've had my Bush Buddy for a decade now, got it in the transition between Fristz retiring and before his protégé at Nomadic Stove taking over the Bush Buddy brand. Watching your tests, this guy needs the same thing as the big brother and that is a wind screen. Hell of a piece of kit
I light my Firebox titanium mini from the bottom and it can burn long sticks.
The problem with all the wood stoves that I have bought and made is that the heat is not constant. As the fire burns down, you lose your boil. At times this can be an advantage, especially when you want to simmer or merely keep food/drinks warm. On a thruhike or long section hike, at the end of the day you will find that you may not be up to fiddling with a wood stove, especially if someone else has already started a campfire. Wood stoves are not as effective at drying damp firewood, either. During my month long section hike on the Appalachian Trail this spring, I used my alcohol stove almost every day. I used my Firebox Nano maybe 6 times due to weather and late arrivals into camp. I put it in my car at the end of the GSMNP, and used only my alcohol stove until the end of my hike.
I will definitely take a wood stove on shorter hikes in the future, especially if I leave my guitar at home 😁.
P.S. I might buy a Bush Buddy mini anyhow.
Just because. 🙄
You just made up my mind. Thanks
Yesss! This is the one stove I've been waiting for a review on!
So what (trangia)? alcohol stove fit inside and what would be the clearance on a Trangia??
I bought a Solo stove first too, but I wish I would have known about Bushbuddy or I would have got that instead!!!
I have one of the originals - a great stove and a great company.
He should rename his channel to "Dr. Stove" :-D
100% indeed, i thought it was about survival, camping, hiking. Unsub! Xx doc
Yes, or Dr. McHotty! 🙂
Love the mini Ernie, I keep it in the Pathfinder 1100 Ti bush pot with a Trangia alcohol stove and a Bic.
Nice little stove I think I'll probably get one. Thanks for sharing
Have you ever tried to do a comparison between a regular stick stove, like a firebox or something similar, to a gasifier? Like does it make any SIGNIFICANT difference in the volume of wood used, and or amount of heat produced?
Like once I have my firebox going, there’s almost no smoke at all, because it’s so darn hot. Can you really beat that, and does a couple more or less sticks really matter?
I've ordered the original model and am hoping to hear my new stove is on it's way soon ... should be around mid-August (2021). Thanks for the reviews! Enjoy! God Bless :)
Great video as usual !! Thanks for posting !! Take care and stay safe my friend !!!!
I ordered mine back in April. Can’t wait to get it! Thanks for the review
Got mine this week, very nice.
Forgive me if I offended you in anyway...I love your videos, and hearing your going to stop making them for a while...or maybe for ever breaks my heart...I learn something new from every video you post...blessing ....to you.
-Friar Rodney Burnap
What did you use as a firestarter? The red roll that you cut?
Procamptek Fast Fire Stick
Great reviews!
Just wondering- with the guiding principle of- buy once cry once - if you could only have one stove, which one would it be?
Thanks!
This looks great with benefits around size and weight, I do though prefer the closed bottom of the original for reduced fire risk and it means it can be moved in use and used in more situations. I have a Solo Stove (before I knew Bush Buddy was original) and it works great and quality is right up there. I was going to buy a Bush Buddy to do a direct comparison review but 14 week lead time on both products put me off and suggests to me that Bush Buddy are not looking to supply a mass market (which is fine - many Companies prefer this handmade limited production approach). The mass production approach from Solo Stove brings with it a consistent high quality product so not a 'cheap' copy by any means but a copy it seems none-the-less. Great review as always 👍
It is can be use with wood pallet? Mostly National Park are they won't let you use the wood form park.
How do you feel about the bush buddy Mini vs solo stove lite
Pretty neat. Seems like a good stove
COOL LOOKING SHIRT DOC.
Do you have a video on the Bison roll up grill?
Big thumbs up from deepest Dorset England 👍 another great video! I think the empty bottom (!) is a bit of a two edged sword. Whereas I fully understand the thinking behind being able to light it from underneath or on top, the down side are surely the fire scars and the real possibility of underground fires, something you don’t have to worry about with the original or it’s countless knock-offs. My knockoff nestles inside a Tibetan 1100 and is a favourite when fires are permitted. Once again many many thanks, Clive from deepest Dorset.
I don't like the open bottom as allows the ashes and possible small coals to be on the ground, so you will need to be careful with where you place it, so that residue doesn't damage what is under it.
Exacly i commented that way. This stoves like the oryginal bushbuddy that i have was design to be used by the methid TLUD - top lid, up draft. You can see clearly how the botom method of lighting was terible
@@Radoslaw731it’s nice to have the versatility of a bottom light. Lump charcoal works great, but should be lit from the bottom. Also without the ash pan, it’s smaller and lighter. Nests inside a titan pot.
Where is it made?
Hope you start up your channel soon. Miss your input on new cool stoves etc!
Can you also use it with an alcohol burner?
As always, great review! I really enjoy your reviews every time. Regarding the Bushbuddy Mini: it looks like a very nice and versatile stove. My main concern would be the flames coming from the holes at the bottom. While the Solo Stove lacks this option to be lit from the bottom, it seems way more safer and it is also possible to move while it is burning. An optional bottom tray like the Littlbug has would be very useful for the Bushbuddy Mini.
You can sit it on a little titanium plate (like Snow Peak) and even move the entire thing if need be. Also stabilize the surface.
The chimney effect prevents this. Even with the big version you will once in a while in a gust of wind have flame shoot out the little holes but that's basically like passing your hand through candle flame meaning too brief to do anything.
Nice review, how does the Bush Buddy Mini compare with the Firebox Nano in terms of both wood and alcohol performance? Thanks.
try it with wood pellets. It appears to me that the grid holes are too large, but it remains to be seen...
Hey Ernie thanks for the review. Just received my Solo Mini. Do you or anyone reading this have a hack or idea on cutting down on the smoky mess on the bottom of the pot. Did a test last week and came away with black hands and filthy gear.
Soap. Apply bar or liquid soap to your pots before burning. Then it will wash off.
That is a great shirt!
Yyyup... and I am one of those who was asking for a video of this sort of stove that I consider the "REAL McCoy" for cooking outdoors. Thanks Ernie great video once again...
Have you tried the 4 Dog Stove titanium Bushcooker? When would you take this versus the Firebox Nano you said you like?
Close, the stove was created and designed by Mr. Fritz Handel of British Columbia, Canada.
Damnit.
Even though I'm inclined to believe you ... I'm still gonna have to look it up.
Not really surprising though.
@@waynehead7271 directly from the bushbuddy web site: The story of the Bushbuddy Stove began in Canada in 1999 with Fritz Handel. He had come across a fan-operated wood stove that ran on batteries. At the time, it was a good design although it was not very practical to be reliant on batteries when journeying out in the wilderness. The first Bushbuddy prototype was a simple conical stove based on an old Gypsy design used by wandering tinsmiths to heat their soldering iron. bushbuddystove.com/pages/about-us
@@mrwes100 I have to thank you very much for the info. I appreciate your help. Very cool, indeed!
@@waynehead7271 yet i still have to order from america and that's costs about as much as the stove itself almost...would be nice to have a proper Canadian retailer here IMO
@@alal792 IMO, you're right. Either that, or there should be an exception carved out for products of Canadian design/origin.
Wish I could help, but I think that throwing it across the boarder to you would probably get us both in trouble.
Great work on video mate greetings from spain 👍👍👍
It fit in Snowpeak No. 1 kettle perfectly too.
I think the lack of an integrated ash pan is a minus, not a plus .
I really like the price on the Bush Buddy mini , that's nice. I like the ash tray in the Solo Stove stove and Original Bush Buddy's. My Solo Stove can become a alcohol stove by putting some alcohol in the ash tray. ( I'm sure that is not recommended by either manufacture ). The ash tray also keeps the stove from burning anything it's placed on ( wooden table ). There is a Double wall Titanium stove like the Bush Buddy & Solo Stove , the double wall titanium stove is The UNA by Suluk 46.
The last few years my choice for wood burning stoves has been the Titanium Firebox Nano Gen 2. It's lighter , packs smaller and can burn short or long sticks.
Ernie have done review on the Esbit cs585h 3 peice cook set ?
That's a ton of starter material just for a cup of coffee.
I was thinking same. Could have boiled his water with just the starter material
Awesome for sure
I had no idea bush buddy came out with this. I was about to pick up a firebox nano. I have to rethink this, now. Awesome vid, as usual
Why not both. I absolutely love my ti nano! I'm thinking about picking up a bushbuddy mini to add to the collection of small twig stoves. Get the nano and use it in the meantime while you wait a few months for the bushbuddy lol.
If you had to choose one, go with the Nano. More versatility and being able to fit a Trangia in it is great. Also, you can put long sticks in the Nano from the bottom. These Bush Buddy and Solo stoves require constant feeding of small pieces of wood. Did I say constant?
Hand made where?
Alaska
Excited to see this stove. Looks like a great adaptation of the original design. Will definitely be picking one up.
Aren’t you supposed to light these stoves from the top? It’s a TLUD style stove. I think you would have less smoke lighting it from the top. Nice little stove. Thanks for your videos.
I sayed the same thing. It was duing the wrong way like most People on TH-cam
@@Radoslaw731it’s so small that you probably have to refill while using it. So TLUD is a mute point. You don’t HAVE to light from the top. I find it far less smoky to put your tinder in then slowly build your fire while the wood catches. Once it’s really going it will light bigger pieces without much smoke.
Please make some videos about the Kelty Tioga and the Kelty Trekker backpacks...please.
Its really nice but I like my original Bushbuddy better. It doesn't scar the ground. At a full burn I can even hold it in the palm of my hand. This stove looks nice though.
I have the original stove but the open bottom would probably make this new design much easier to light.
I gotta say though...I’m pretty spoiled by the firebox stoves and will turn to those when wanting a wood burning stove. Nice review. Lol...I’ve got to stop buying stoves!
Have you ever used the MKettle? It’s similar to the backcountry boiler which went out of business. It’s super fun to take on hikes when you just want to boil water for coffee, tea, or dehydrated meal. It’s a chimney kettle and super efficient wether using an alcohol burner or wood for fuel.
Nice
Nice packable stove. Do they make a bigger size? Great review, enjoyed as always.
I wish it wasn't open on the bottom. I want my fire contained. It seems like stoves open at the bottom aren't as efficient at burning the wood.
Just bought the Goshawk, Multifuel burner, but I've seen this review, feel like I want to buy this one as well!! lol...
Kindest regards,
Ant...
PS. Great review, as always!
Try the emberlit fireant. It is as good
Omg I want one!
You did not say the price of the bushbuddy mini
$85
*sigh* I love small wood burning stoves and own several, but here in the southwest fire bans seem to be the norm. Unfortunately, these stoves count as open fires.
The pot comes in mesh. If you order the stove without the pot, you don’t get a mesh bag.
Procamptek Fast Fire Stick
Does anyone have a Bushbuddy for sale??
The Solo Stove is a knock off of the bushbuddy stove....
Stolen. I have the Bushbuddy Ultra. It’s a great design and I’m supposed to receive the Mini tomorrow! Can’t wait.
it burns much longer if you light it from the top........................................
These stoves are designed to work in TLUD method! Top lit up draft, not from underneath. You burn the wood to quickly, the burn time is compromised
What about you is “paleo“ ? Seems like “hiking MD” is more suitable , although I don’t recall any videos that are focused on you being a Dr.
Much the same as any other gasifier wood stove
The better the options , the better, nice ,