Guide Gear Outdoor Wood Burning Stove, Portable with Chimney Pipe for Cooking, Camping, Tent, Hiking, Fishing, Backpacking

I’ve had several wood-burning stoves and this one is absolutely the best! (I bought the smaller version.) I use it on my back deck instead of a metal fire pit. This thing is heavy metal. It was extremely easy to assemble, and I had absolutely no issue at all with the door handle. I know some people have, but I simply installed it with one nut and when you close the door, you just gently push in on the spring loaded handle and turn the handle clockwise. It’s an ancient, simple, and totally reliable wood burning stove handle design. Around the inside of the door, there is a fiberglass gasket in four sections to seal the door. A number of people, who actually really loved the stove, have said that this gasket will fall off. And the one on my stove fell off also. My feeling (guess) is whoever applies the gasket is not pressing it on hard enough. By the way, you don’t really need the gasket at all. But nevertheless I bought a replacement roll of 1/8 inch thick press-on gasket material from Amazon for a few dollars and applied it in four sections around the inside of the door, and made sure I pressed it on hard! - and it’s working perfectly. A few people have said that the front door may not look totally level when closed, but this is normal. It’s a heavy steel door with heavy hinges to make it easy to open and close and therefore there is some play in a reliable hing design like that. So, I would say, don’t worry about it if you noticed that and realize its a good design for a rugged, wood-burning stove, that gets very hot!. The main reason I like this woodstove so much is it can handle longer pieces of firewood. Most firewood that you order or pick up a bundle at a gas station or grocery store is usually around 17 inches long. That size won’t fit in many small, wood-burning, camp stoves, But this size and a little longer easily fits in this stove. So, I can be pretty sure wherever I get firewood it’s going to fit. Also, the price of this stove is incredibly low for such a nice reliable design. The last stove I bought was made out of titanium and would actually fold up making it easy to carry but that stove was over $350 and the flimsy chimney mount broke and one of the legs kinked when I put a frying pan on top of the stove, but worse it would only handle wood about 15 inches long. I know that stove was made for a different purpose but if you don’t need to carry a wood stove around on your back, this steel stove is perfect. My only other comment is that I did get the accessory kit which I recommend. There’s a small shovel which I really did not need, there’s two steel side trays that attach to the left and right side of the stove and the right tray has some books on it for utensils - which are actually pretty handy. But the main reason I got the accessory kit was to get the grate. The grate helps elevate the wood you put in the stove from the bottom of the stove. Therefore, you get better air flow and combustion, which means a cleaner burn and therefore much easier to clean out the ashes. Even though I live in Virginia, I grew up in Michigan and know something about wood-burning stove‘s :-)

Purchased this stove in 2016 and it has stood the test of time. While it is a bit more expensive now, it has been through winter camp trips, back yard hangs, and festival weekends. This stove has been carted through it all! Quality product, would buy again... in fact, I might buy a second one just in case! Definitely not "packable" to hike with, but it is one of the best combo's of partable and quality I have found. Great for hunting camp or off grid cabin use. Works awesome for car camping when "open fires" are not an option! In Colorado it qualifies as a "sheep herders stove" which means it's good to use even in level 2 fire restricted areas. Great buy!

I have a few things to say about this killer wood stove, please read;Instructions were vague and the photos made it look like a piece gets bolted to the top but it wasn’t sturdy so, as someone who had assembled tons of things with no problems, and no pride, I reached out to customer service, only to be condescended to by a Kim, about reading the instructions…Later on, I happened to glance at the photos herein, above^^^, top^ and literally, the instructions were WRONG. The piece goes inside and is bolted from the top outside.Seriously though, KIM is not good customer service. Kim could have given more detail or help… so for the condescending BS I’m docking them. Wish I didn’t have to…THE STOVE ITSELF IS INCREDIBLE!!!I’ve been using wood stoves my entire life and this little sucker performs!! I’m so happy with the purchase, been wanting it a long time…The issues ppl complain about didn’t apply to mine, flu stays open, door stays closed… I expected the weird little door seals to fall off because they’re only on there with like… two way tape?? I don’t need them.I know how to work a wood stove and I’m not having issues with back draft or anything. The trick is, and you should know this, open all the dampers, SLOWLY open the door to allow the draft to continue the correct direction, load more wood as far back as possible, close the door, LEAVE THE DAMPERS OPEN until the wood is fully ignited or else you will get smoked out/back draft. Once the wood is good and caught on fire, close the dampers down to your preferred —I don’t like to close the flu all the way, just mostly. It’s not hard, it’s technique.Another reviewer suggested a flu pipe thermometer, and that was a fantastic addition which will help me prolong the life of this heavy duty little stove!They also suggested a carbon monoxide detector, I would also recommend a smoke detector, get the battery operated kind, trust me… you need to stop expecting and trusting and relying on electricity to be there for you…and I ALWAYS keep a fire extinguisher with me, even when camping. Hell, I even kept a small handheld fire extinguisher around for dabs! I don’t mess around, I love the woods, I don’t wanna be that guy who burned them down. INVEST IN THE APPROPRIATE GEAR DAMN YOU!!!We also put a “fire proof” mat down for tent floor protection……and this thing is so much better up on cinder blocks, because more thermal distance from the floor and to save my neck and back, it was too small and low to see into properly before, and seeing in helps.We bought all the accessories with this, and extra pipe (and still got condescended to by Kim) so it extended past the tent stove Jack properly, we tied the stove pipe down in 3 directions because at that height it became top heavy and would have tipped over without.You will need stove pipe insulation to protect your tent, we missed that detail and ours began to singe… we were going to get some the very next morning, because we don’t slack, but honestly, most of these canvas tents are over-glorified and dangerous… after just 1.5 nights, ours tore thru at the pole at 3am!!! and partially collapsed under just an inch of snow despite performance advertising and reviews saying otherwise…OUR WOOD STOVE WAS STILL HOT, and we had to scramble to remove our belongings, all while shaking snow off the entire time, to prevent total collapse…what’s worse is, we lost money, sleep and missed work over that fiasco… and KingCamp (tent brand) has been playing games and attempting to keep our money even though the tent is rendered useless, burried under snow/frozen into the ground and we could have actually died, suffocated, started a wildfire, etc…we’re just thankful that we’re okay, and that we were both present at the time, one person could not have safely handled all of that, it was so stupid. Could have lit the whole woods and all of our neighbors on fire!! KingCamp needs to do right by us, it’s the freaking holidays ffs, this was a serious liability on their part. We did everything right and their product failed us. Buyer BEWARE.(I will say, we really love the folding bamboo table we got from them, but the disappointment of the tent overwhelms.)Please REALLY REALLY think your tent shape and structure through. A center pole is a bad idea!!! I don’t even know how that one slipped past me, I KNOW that’s not structurally sound… I guess everyone’s reviews and videos got me. -_-I’ve been told since then that SpringBar makes very good durable tents but honestly, after all of that, I’ve lost faith in a mere canvas tent as a year round shelter like they claim they can be… what about hail storms that mess up cars??? That could pelt us to death in our sleep too… I’m over it personally, I’ll just bushcraft a little hut or something and this wood stove will still perform perfectly! I just need to buy some proper insulation for the pipe Jack spot to make it extra safe.I think I’ve covered everything about the woodstove, just use common sense and safety measures like the ones I’ve suggested. Don’t expect any help from Kim.I love this stove and would absolutely buy again, tho I imagine this will hold up for quite some time.Oh! The off gassing… well, I cured it, for two days… maybe 16hrs total? but in our tent whenever we got it in the “too hot” range on the flu thermometer, we could still smell a chemical smell… so… I suggest you really give this thing more time… like DAYS of outdoor burning it as hot as you possibly can, AFTER you cure according to instructions… just keep cooking the thing, HOT, I imagine that would do the trick. I’ll be using mine outside for a while longer anyway since I have no tent.Okay I think that’s all, thanks for reading.Remember Smokey The Bear. Only YOU Can prevent wildfires. Gear up right.