This is what a Redcamp Wood Burning Folding Camp Stove with 4 years of very heavy use looks like when compared to a brand new one. The old one still works, I just use it so much I wanted a “backup”.
First use of the new grill.
They come with carrying cases. New one on the left, old one on the right. Both work fine:
Nice unit. I’m a long user in the wilds of burning wood in open over a legged grate. Welcome in winter time (place a round bar-b-que pit cover over the center to re-direct heat to the sides.). But a kit like that you have would be nice to have where you have to transport your unit where ever you camp. The one described above is at a fixed camp location.
Hot dogs eaten in the wild are awesome !
do you take wood with you or cut up dead fall from the woods?
It depends on where I am and how much wood I need. Campfires for atmosphere and heat use a lot of wood. If I’m dispersed camping I cut dead wood. I often try to leave some wood behind for the next person that comes along to use the site too. Some State and National Parks have limits on collecting wood and usually it’s consumed by the many users anyway. So I usually won’t gather much for a campfire; and if I have to I can go without the campfire. Those locations often limit bringing in wood, ostensibly to prevent spread on invasive species. In those cases I chop up pallets at home and bring in a garbage can full of nail free, kiln dried wood; which is compliant. If it’s just for cooking a bratwurst or pot of coffee on my little folding stove I just grab a few handfuls of whatever is nearby. The folding stove is so efficient I can usually scrounge up enough to get by in any environment short of a sand dune. In the future I’m planning motorcycle camping in a State Park. I can’t carry extra pallet wood so I’ll buy wood from the park at $7-$9 a bundle. I’m a cheapskate and tend to act like it’s driving me bankrupt but a ten spot won’t kill me.
i read pallet wood was treated with insecticide. then again, there are several pallet makers near me and i don’t see any treatment chambers or anything. riverrider
I’ll risk it. I’ve seen all sorts of wood in pallets. Some is treated, some appears to be just plain wood, and some is unusable composite materials. If I have any doubt, I chuck that piece.
I have a similar (generic imported) stove. Last February, my buddy and I went for a week of beach camping in the Caribbean, and I threw the wood-burning stove in as a back-up for our ‘proper’ gas stove. I figured that I needed a back-up after hearing horror stories about airlines confiscating stoves from checked luggage. Long story short, the airline wasn’t the problem — I was when I forgot to pack the pressure pump for the gas stove.
The little wood stove worked like a charm, and our trip went on as if everything had been planned that way. I think you’ve got the right idea — simple is super!
Steve O
I once flew with a JetBoil but not the butane canister. I was sure I could just buy butane at my destination. I think I’d have been better off trying to find uranium! That’s when I got into “twig stoves”.