Camp Tent Stove, Portable Wood Burning Stove - High Efficiency Secondary Burn Stove for Tent, Shelter, Camping Heating and Cooking, Double-Wall Hot Tent Stove Include Stainless Chimney Pipes

I'm writing this review as the initial burn is going on. Do this outside.For an inexpensive tent stove - I'm very pleased with this purchase. Prior to ordering, I did a ridiculous amount of research, since I was torn between this Fltom stove and a lighter similar size stove. The other stove was slightly less expensive, lighter, single walled, had a window and an exhaust baffle (which the Fltom does not have). But looking at reviewers pictures and video of the Fltom, the Fltom appeared to be a better quality construction and more efficient burn design. I had high hopes, but realized this is a very inexpensive stove - so told myself to be real and not expect too much. Fortunately, it appears to be even better than I had hoped it could be. For me the Fltom is definitely a keeper.Going into the purchase I expected the stove would have minor issues, based on other reviews. Some of the complaints seemed common for most stoves, even considerably more expensive stoves:- So I expected it to have minor damage from shipping. In my case, the latch for the door was bent about a half inch - it was very easy to straighten out by hand. One pipe section required a slight amount of hand bending at the open edge, again it just required a gentle amount of hand pressure to correct. Keep in mind this metal is pliable with little effort. All in all, the stove was packaged nicely for shipping. Everything was protected by bubble wrap.- I didn't expect the stove to be air tight, and it definitely is not. Based on the initial burn, after a fire has been established, the stove draws well - essentially sucking the smoke to the top of the exhaust piping. Prior to this drawing action, smoke will went from every small opening, and there are a lot of small openings. See later in the review for some solutions.- I expected the rectangular exhaust insert (connects pipe to stove) to be loose. Well it is and probably more than expected. As is, I wouldn't rely on it to stay connected if jarred. It will require tweaking. Initially, I'll try some minor bending. If that doesn't fix it, then I might try some exhaust tape or stove putty.- Also I expected it to have some rough edges. The only rough edge it arrived with, was in the deep interior of the stove on one edge. I could file it, but think it will burn smooth on its own.- I expected the paint to be cheap and lose a lot during the initial burn. That is not the case, the paint held up great during the initial burn. Had it not, or once it does wear off, then I'l spray it with BBQ paint. This is a maintenance issue to be expected with wood stoves and BBQ pits.Up til now, you're probably wondering why I gave this stove 5 stars, or why I even bothered to order it - knowing it would require so much tweaking, or why I didn't go for the cheaper stove that came with a window and baffle. Well, this isn't my first stove, and when I saw the design, it looked like it might tap into a secondary burn of exhaust gases, which is a huge deal in a stove this small and inexpensive.During the initial burn, I believe it did tap into the secondary burn. The stove is doubled walled - it is basically a box inside of a box. The outer box has a crazy amount of air openings along the bottom outer edges, The inner box has a lot of small openings along the top of the walls, plus there is some upper shelving prior to gases escaping into the exhaust pipe . To me this looked like a potential set-up for good things to happen, like a secondary burn of exhaust gases, not to mention the outer box doubles as a heat shield, so exterior clearances don't need to be as large as a single walled camp stove would be.Also it came with some nice stainless pipe, a sturdy ash tray, and a substantial door with a sliding intake opening adjustment.Speaking of the sliding intake adjustment on the door. The door was well made and designed, but the intake adjustment (which is not the problem) is almost useless considering all the permanent secondary intake holes along the bottom of the outer box. In order for the sliding intake gate to take charge of snuffing the fire, we need to have a method to temporarily block off all the secondary intake holes on the outer box. I plan to use magnetic tape. I tested this out during the initial burn using 1/2" wide tape, which is too narrow, but it stuck fine; was easily removed or added back. The magnetic tape did not melt, since the holes are covered at he bottom where the stove is not as hot. [Since the initial burn, I tried 1-1/2" magnetic tape. It fit great.] With the secondary intake holes covered, the door shut, and the main intake gate closed - I anticipate more control over this awesome little stove.Final notes:- Prior to delivery, I wasn't too sure about the dimensions of the outer stove box. The dimensions of the outer box walls (not counting legs, pipe, rectangular pipe insert, door, or warming racks) is 8" x 9" x 11" (W x H x L). The inner walls are spaced about a half inch from the outer walls.- The warming racks are slightly different sizes, so one can nest into the other. Cool little subtle feature.- After completion of the initial burn, I re-stuffed the stove completely with wood, let it really get roaring again, then closed the door and intake slide. Stove top temperatures appeared hottest right above the circular range cap cover. The highest temp I recorded was bout 850 degrees Fahrenheit, which settled down around 500 after the door was closed for a little while. With the door & intake gate shut and the fire left alone, it burned for 2.5 hours basically unattended (ambient temperature outside was in the upper 30's, very little wind). Hardly any wood charcoal was left, and very little ash. All this indicates to me an efficient burn, almost everything was incinerated. Smoke became clear within 10-15 minutes of loading new wood.- I also plan to insert a baffle into the smallest stove pipe section and position it as the first exhaust pipe out of the stove box.- Initially, I had planned to install a small window in the door. After unboxing, it appears this might be more difficult than anticipated, since this is a fairly substantial little door.Can't believe how nice this little stove is compared to the price. What a bargain.

Looks well made. Haven't got to use it yet

Picked up one of these Fltom camping stoves and put it in my living room. I have a big oak tree down in my yard and all the free fire wood I can dream of and I hate high electric bills so why not. I bought extra pipe and a couple elbows and piped it out a window that had an airconditioner in it. Dont forget the carbon monoxide detector. Mine never went off but I slept better knowing it was there and worked.I live in the south and the coldest we got was 19 a couple nights and 30's in the day. Living room stayed around 65 with a double piezo heater pushing the heat around. With what I spent for fire ext, fire mat, pipe, detector and all it just about paid for itself the first month.Down side is the maintenance. I take the pipes down weekly to knock the carbon out of them or smoke gets in the house and at times smoke gets in anyways. Not often but you do have to open the door to add wood. This one is better than another one I have with a glass window on the door. Way this one is designed not often will smoke backup into the house when your adding wood.

First of all, I don't think this is safe in it's currently configuration. The fitment leaves so many gaps for gases to escape that I think you will wake up with a headache if you try to sleep over night with it in a tent. I have no idea what the round plate/hole is for on the top of the stove. It leaks and has a literal hole in the middle of the con cave plate. Maybe it's to place a pot or wok in a spot where you would have direct flame contact? I'm probably going to weld it in place. When I fired it up for the first time to burn off any unvolatized paint I fanned the fire and all the smoke blew out of the bottom through the vented ash box. Why is this vented? It basically makes the dampener on the front useless and allows for tons of gas leakage. The next weird part is a rectangular stovepipe junction that also leaks like crazy because it is removeable, I will probably weld this too. Finanlly the fire box will only fit 10 in. pieces of wood and probably only 5 10"x2" pieces at that. It is so small. You could for sure cook on it, I'm not sure about how fast given the internal smoke baffle above the firebox but it should be fine for that. I think I'm going to be up all night winter camping just trying to feed the fire to stay warm. I love winter camping, but in northern Minnesota, I typically need a fire box I can put a larger piece of hardwood in to slowly burn for at least a few hours before I need to stoke it again.I will update if my experience changes, this is just an initial review.-M