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5.0 out of 5 starsReady for emergency water boil.
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2015
Just got ours about 2 hours ago and have been happily burning since. Tried boiling water in a tall coffee pot but height was the disadvantage for getting a quick boil. The stove worked amazingly and it started pouring here. Next, tried mom's old 6qt aluminum pressure cooker as a pot and it took about 15 minutes to heat about 3 quarts and another 10 to heat the water from the coffee pot added for a total of 6qts. Again the pot was the culprit in quicker heating as was the rain, but we held up an umbrella over the works. We are using this at home and are not sure what is the best pot to use, seems silly to purchase expensive pots just because they store the cooker well for us.
We started it with twigs picked wet off the ground yesterday and dried on our oil filled electric radiator. They seemed to crack easily so we assumed they were ready for use. To start them going we used some corn husks and newspaper with vaseline. Bam! Easiest fire we ever started. Puts our expensive Grover Rocket Stove to shame, though this unit seems kind of pricey for what you actually get. But the dependable fire is worth a lot in an emergency and for that we give it high ratings. We cooked on a flat surface, table with a cookie sheet under it. It went through a good serving tray of miscellaneous pieces of wood, mostly oak/pine chips twigs chunks and when that got low, we added some pretty damp wood chips to it and it still kept going. A small bellow from Tractor Supply, (on sale now for about 9 $) helped if the flame burned low. We have not cleaned it yet, still outside in the rain cooling off. Everything does blacken so use the film of detergent on your pots...but watch the fumes.
I think its so cool that so many of us bought this stove at the same time. Obviously we are all happy with this new toy. Enjoy!
Do be careful, with wind the flame licks out of the entry port for wood and the can is very hot where the Rocket Stove had a large handle and stayed cool to the touch. Hopefully this device last a good long time.
