Lightweight Wood Stove

Anybody know anything about them?

I’ve been on a backcountry hunting/fishing kick lately and I’m a good, backpacking wood stove away from a pretty legit set up. This type of stove is anywhere from 3 to 7 or so lbs and packs down to something that can easily be fit into a backpack. It’ll pair with a lightweight 6 man tipi and will be used in search of very early or late season walleyes in the BWCA and late, rifle season elk and muley tags out west. I’ve got a decent list of stoves I’ve found on the internet and looking for opinions, not necessarily on these stoves individually but tips that might point me in the way of making a decision.

I consider weight, ease of set up, and length of burn time to be the most important. I dont know hardly anything about these things, never actually seen one in person. Some have great reviews but appear terribly flimsy. Others appear bomb proof but dont seem to burn as long and are heavier (and spendier). Generally recommend box or cylinder stoves?

Top options I’ve found:
LiteOutdoors XL Titanium Stove (cylinder)
Kifaru Stainless Steel Box Stove
3W Tent Wood Stove
Seek Outside Wood Stove

This has been a topic of recent interest for me too. Mostly for winter/shoulder season BWCA trips. The Winter Camping and Activities forum over there is helpful. Also, this thread in particular has some good information.

I’ve heard good things about the Kni-Co Trekker but don’t have personal experience.

Swing by REI if you want to see any in person.

Sorry can’t be of much help otherwise.

T this guy does all kinds of camping gear reviews. Seems to be a pretty legit guy. I don’t know if has done anything with stoves but would think he has.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpmbA7yNOl7aTj_ffkaWWag

Look up Four Dog stoves. Well revered and a bonus of a MN company. Not cheap but really light and quality appears to be top notch. Haven’t used one personally but have been researching as well.

Four Dog is in St. Francis, you could drive up and look once all the smoke clears. It is nice to see before you buy.

Appreciate all the responses! I had never heard of Four Dog stoves, and you’re right, not cheap!! They look bomb proof but also triple the cost and triple the weight as others.

Unfortunately REI doesnt stock wood stoves like these, at least not in this region of the country.

Lots of interesting home made ones online.

http://www.seekoutside.com

I have their large titanium box stove and that thing is a furnace. Super light weight too. They have multiple sizes to fit your needs and customizable stove pipe length.

They are thin, but super strong. Once assembled the box stove is super solid. When you take it apart it is flimsy as is the stove pipe, however, the titanium is rated to something like 2300 degrees? I have one in my tipi (seek outside cimarrron). It got so damn hot in that thing at 20 degrees I had to get out and let it burn down.

Any of these smaller/lighter stoves will not burn long, so do not expect anything crazy. You’ll need to feed it every 20-30 minutes as they just lose so much heat and don’t have the dampering system a larger/heavier stove has. They are not meant to stoke and forget it…I have a very nice down sleeping bag that I use for true warmth. The stove is more for drying things out and getting dressed in comfort. Also, it gives you something to do if the weather turns crappy…

Thank you Browndog, these are the stoves I’ve been looking at. Even listed seek outside as one of the stoves I’m considering if you look at the OP again. All the stoves I’ve considered are 900 cubic inches (yours) and larger. Biggest is the Lite Outdoors XL at 1560.

You feel the Large is plenty big for your cimarron? I’ve purchased a Lux Octopeak (6 person) tipi. The weight and price are all very comparable, just trying to figure out the difference between box and cylinder. Are you able to cook on your stove? Heard its okay but not reliable. You say its flimsy when its apart in pieces but once put together its quite sturdy? I figure thats the same with all lightweight titanium stoves like this, whether box or cylinder.

tbro16 wrote:

You feel the Large is plenty big for your cimarron? I’ve purchased a Lux Octopeak (6 person) tipi.

@tbro16 After you use that tipi a few times can you post a review? In endless internet travels Lux keeps looking really good to me. Not quite ready to pull the trigger yet

patk wrote:

After you use that tipi a few times can you post a review? In endless internet travels Lux keeps looking really good to me. Not quite ready to pull the trigger yet

Will do! Just got it in the mail today. Goal is to get its first use out of it for the WI opener.

Yes I feel the large is plenty for the cimarron. I think the large is actually rated up to the 8 man if I remember correctly. Once put together it is very solid and yes you could cook on it no problem. I actually put a small pot on it to see if it would boil and it did within a few minutes.

I would never have a cylinder stove after using the box. Cook in a pinch and the firebox is larger. Once you let the fire burn down a little it was tolerable in there for 20-30 minutes before it started getting chilly. After that you have a nice bed of coals and you can keep it at your desired comfort level. It had to be well over 100 degrees in there when I did the initial burn in and the stove was glowing red. I kid you not I about passed out in there.