I recently took my WoodGas camp stove to a soccer game with my daughter. I loaded it with fuel pellets and let it burn on a camera tripod. The weather was cold, rainy and windy. Soon, most of the parents were gathered around warming their hands at my portable warming station. I was the most popular parent in the place!
On the low setting, the pellets burned a nice flame for one hour. I then kept it burning with a few pellets every 5 minutes or so. Don't go to a cold soccer game without one.
Jim, Bonney Lake, WA
Feb 15, 2007
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I love to take my motorcycle on camping trips in the Black Hills of South Dakota. I have taken your stove on many extended trips. It fits great on my 2000 Ural 2WD motorcycle, which is pretty loaded down when I'm out for several days. My dad didn't really think it would work, until he tried it, and now he's a believer. He threw away his WWII German cook stove, and now uses nothing but the WoodGas camp stove.
Anyone with questions can contact me at: justindorrance-at-hotmail-dot-com
Junstin D, Customer SD
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Using a few wood pellets and some saw dust, I was able to get the stove running well in a minute or two. Then I put on my lunch. Soup with meat balls! With the stove on high, the soup was boiling in short order. Then I put the stove on low, and it made a nice cooking fire for about 30 minutes. Then I dumped out the ashes and it was cool about 15 minutes later.
I'm pleased with your stove, and will enjoy taking it on my next camp out.
John H, Prescott AZ
Oct 4, 2006
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I use this stove practically every day. It always performs no matter what fuel I try - and I've tried many: pellets, plum seeds, split wood, pine cones and grasses.
About a year ago, the stove saved my life. I was on a kayak on a North Idaho river early in spring. After capsizing in the river, soaking all my clothes and sleeping bag, and developing hypothermia, I spent a subfreezing night huddled over 10,000BTU of WoodGas heat. It was one of the worst nights of my life - and I've seen a few. But the stove gave me the heat to survive until morning.
Thanks for a great stove!
Chris S, Northern Idaho
Aug 28, 2006
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Great stove... water boiled in under 7 minutes with pine chips and the like from the forest floor. I easily started the stove with my own recipe for a fire starter. Here is the recipe for those of you who would like to make your own:
1 - clump of dryer lint
1 - coffee filter
1 - string
1 - small pot of melted wax.
Put clump of dryer lint in coffee filter - not too tight. Tie with the string and dunk in hot wax. Cheap, easy and fun!
Bob G
Hi Adventure Trek Planning and Leave No Trace Master
Circle Ten Council of Boy Scouts
Dallas, TX
June 29, 2006
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I liked the stove so much, I wanted to use it around the house for barbeque. I cut a hole in the bottom of a grill, filled it with wood pellets, and it ran for over an hour on low power. Perfect heat and perfect time for BBQ. No more charcoal to purchase!
Ribs and corn in Korean Sauce - Mmmmm!
Shivayam E, Denver CO
June 8, 2006
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Tonight I fired up the new WoodGas Campstove for the first time since receiving it a couple months ago. For fuel I used some cedar split from 1 x 6 drops from a fence project. Using a little starting gel the wood immediately lit and after a few seconds using the low fan setting it was producing a great cooking source. In several minutes I had brought some leftover chili to a good edible temperature.
I plan to use this stove mainly for expeditions by motorcycle. With this stove, the problem of transporting flammable fuel will be eliminated.
Karl W, Portland OR
May 22, 2006
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Just thought I let you know I tried out the woodgas campstove today. I loved it! I cooked 4 hambergers on it in about 20 minutes.
One thing that amazed me, was how fast the heat came up, less than 2 minutes after we lit it, we had the frying pan on it, and it cooked away wonderfully. It burned up all the fuel in about 15 minutes and just to see how it worked, I reloaded the unit with wood chips. It smoked for a minute or so, so we dropped another lighted match in the top, and everything came up a nice flame and it worked nicely for another 15 minutes with nice clean burning, little or no smoke.
When it was done, I dumped out the remaining ash and let the unit cool. Start to finish, everything took less than 45 minutes.
Amazing.
Collin C, Saskatchewan CA
May 2, 2006
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I love this bullet-proof little stove. I had a huge smile on my face the whole time I was playing with it. By the way, "playing" is a misnomer - this is serious equipment. It's well worth the $50 bucks or so to have this as an emergency stove or heat source in your survival kit (though you need to treat this like any open fire and watch out for carbon monoxide, especially indoors). Comes with a one-year limited warranty too.
Read his entire review here
Don B, California
March 15, 2006
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The stove burned the fuel evenly and made a great flame for cooking. We easily cooked two pans of hamburgers on one stove-full of fuel. I also quickly boiled water for coffee.
As I walked around the park, all I could think of was how much fuel there was for the stove. And to think that one medium branch was enough to cook dinner.
Congratulations on making a great, fuel efficIent stove.
Phil R, Long Beach, CA
March 10, 2006
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The XL stove arrived in the post this morning, thanks, and is very nice. I tried it out just with some Scots pine cones I'd picked up recently, and it burns very nicely. I think it will be less work to use than the LE, which I
have been enjoying very much since last Sept, because of easier wood
preparation as well as longer burn times of course, and I'm drying some
larger chunks to try in it. I would be interested to know if you have a
recommendation for optimum chunk size for the two stoves, but I'm aware of
how flexible they are with a range of fuel.
I couldn't help noticeing that it is so much deeper than the LE which
prompts me to wonder if the new stainless LE's are also deeper now?
If the weather picks up we may go camping in a week's time, and it will be
nice to try them both out with whatever N. Wales can provide us
with in early April!
Best wishes,
Neil Taylor
