This is maybe the best, most thorough review I've ever watched!

Looks like a winner, Mark! A square frying pan with tight-fitting lid would make a good case to keep the sharp points from poking the contents of the backpack. A good canvas envelope could keep the inside of the pan clean. I have no idea where to procure such a pan, but it's something worth exploring.

The stove is excellent as is the video. I have had one for more than a year and have used it many times. Best sleeve to store this stove in, in addition to 2 steel tent pegs and the 5" x 5" grate is a cargo pocket salvaged from a pair of worn out cargo pants. Thanks for the great video and keep up the good work Mark.

I like the simplicity of the design.

Hi Mark, greetings from sunny and slowly emerging from lockdown Malaysia 🇲🇾. Great and comprehensive review of this neat little stove. Not sure that we have any stockists for this one in our part of the world but certainly going to check it out. Stay safe 😷

Mark, Great review. I have the cross member bars that I purchased about 12 years ago. Just ordered the Gen 3. Your costing me another $ investment for camping. I will be making a leather cover for the Seige Stove. Thank you, Tom C

Thank you very much for your well done and very informative video. I have had one for over a year but have not yet used it. I'm glad I watched your video because your ideas and suggestions have given me motivation to get mine out and use it, and to make a set of metal stakes as you did. I hadn't thought of alternative fuels but your video has inspired me to do so. Not just pellets, or chunk charcoal or alcohol; I do have a good supply of chunk hickory and other woods for my smoker and I'm thinking that some hickory and a nice cut of moose steak might be a great first meal on the stove. Thank you sir ...

I've had the original for years and can't rate it highly enough. The addition of the stove instead of using a can (or ikea utensil holder) looks great. Might be time to make another purchase. I also want to point out just how great the customer service was from seige. My original purchase came with a set of stands that didn't quite go together properly (I think he was still hand making them at that stage) I got in contact and he sent out a new set free of charge including postage and I'm in Australia so I can tell you that wouldn't have been cheap. I have an original emberlit stove too but the seige has been my favourite for years.

You are a Great Sales man! Now this stove is on my list to buy. Thanks Mark for the info about this Cool stove. Have a Great Day Brother.

Passed Your Test With Great Success, Thanks For Sharing This, Mark ! ATB T God Bless

Hello, Mark. I like it. I like it a lot. This is a kind of stove I love to have with me on the trail. Light weight, folds down flat, good air flow and sturdy, versatile and skeletonised bottom and top cross bars to boot. What is not to like. I think I am going to get 2 for me and my son with 2 more sets of cross bars. Yes, I am keeping my firebox stove and all my chinese copies of famous stoves, too. I have a set of 12 long (14 inches) stainless steel tent pegs for wet seasons. I would use them to move the stove if I have to by putting through the holes of bottom cross bars. Appreciate the great info and presentation, Mark.

Thank you Mark for such a superb and thorough review. As you observed, the visual simplicity of the design conceals years of real-world testing and refinement. This was done while maintaining a focus on keeping the design as clean and simple as possible and at the same time optimizing for a variety of capabilities. I am reminded of the many historic figures who have apologized for writing long letters, explaining that it would have taken too much time to write a short letter. The Siege Stove is the equivalent of that short letter - high-performance, functionality and durability, uncluttered by anything unnecessary or finicky, or which might compromise the stove. From the get-go we were committed to making the stoves in the USA on philosophical grounds (which also helps ensure material purity and fabrication consistency). We also keep prices competitive by applying very low margins and only selling direct. Whereas most retail products have 4x and higher mark-ups on the production costs (the manufacturer wholesales it for double their cost, and the retailer doubles it again), the end-user price for our titanium Cross-Members, for example, is closer to just 1.5 x our core production costs (material & laser fabrication) - quite a lot lower than what manufacturers generally even charge as a wholesale price. To give further context to how reasonable our prices are, without mentioning any specific stoves, our US-made 100% titanium Flat-Pack Stove (made from US-produced aerospace-grade Ti) is priced significantly lower than the similar-fuel capacity $160 Chinese-made and $220 German-made titanium hinged stoves listed on Amazon, while also being a lighter and more compact carry. Hinges provide some convenience but at the price of weight and size, and we have seen reports of hinges warping over time (as well as the floor plates), rendering hinged stoves unable to be folded up or out (some hinge components may also not be titanium, and in the case of the $220 stove, the floor plate is stainless steel (to mitigate the potential warpage lock-up), so stoves that are billed as titanium are not always all titanium). We designed our stoves to last generations, with nothing to break down (a little warping of the walls is normal and will have no impact on stove function). With a little practice the Siege Stove can be assembled in 25-40 seconds and disassembled in under 10 seconds. Identical walls and the ability to interconnect components in almost any order (walls or cross-members first) also means that one never has to worry about assembling parts out of sequence and having to back-track. Thanks again! Siege Stoves

It looks like a great portable fireplace. I would use 2” X 4” long splits vertically with smaller slivers once coals are established. Crowding the fuel would make it last longer.

Bientôt, on pourra se lancer dans la production. Je suis aussi en recherche d'amélioration de tout ces produits. Pour protéger la nature, forêt, et ne plus être en survie en nature. Au contraire, rendre la vie sûre, en forêt et autres lieux. Un grand merci encore et encore. Magnifique vidéo ! Pouvoir se parler comprendre sans parler le même langage. Will low.

Great stove Mark. Impressive size to weight ratio. Nice burn too 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥!

Thanks for the review. Your purchase of the stove speaks volumes about the quality of the stove. You mention that these grates will work with other types of stoves. I also watched your video with the grates and colander as a wood stove. My question is when you might use the colander and grates rather than the Siege stove itself. Take care.

That's a nice stove, Mark.

Amélioration, inverser, section plus large vers le bas. Essayer avec forme rectangulaire pour faciliter un ajout de recharge carburant, bois, trappe visite et bois sur la longueur et combustion toujours sur partie basse, 1ère combustion, important. Puis rajouter une parois pour effet pyrolyse. Préfère, ce modèle au rond car tiens moins de place et meilleur apport de petit bois avec pyrolyse, plus économique. Merci, Will

Welcome back, Matt. I had been wondering about your health… looking good.

My go-to stove review guy No1...

I recently got the folding SS backpacking stove from Winnerwell. I got the optional raised stand for it too. It is larger than this one and it’s heavier but it pops into ready, very quickly. Both the stove and the riser fit into the box the riser came in and…without actually going to measure it, I’d guess the box is about 7”x7”x1 1/4”. I have the stove you’re discussing too, in SS. I like it great for backpacking but I mostly car camp and the Winnerwell is a better option for that IMO. Always great info from you. 👍👍

Nice stove! You're costing me a fortune Mark! :D

Huh. Cool stove. I’ve never even heard of it before. I just received the KIHD stove, but I haven’t had time to test it yet. I really like the looks of that Siege stove, though.

Neat, looking forward to seeing more of this one.

If you want to Mark you can drill a can sized hole in the middle of the stove so it can mimic a rocket stove and gasifier at once. It may be easier to put sticks in. :)

Great review Mark. My biggest 'turn off' of these stoves, is the fact that you have to put them together. Not a big deal in 3 seasons, but come winter time when its freezing rain or snow my fingers lose a lot of their dexterity and my patience is usually running low. Thats the main reason i went with the Firebox, and SimpleTheory stoves; No assembly required. I'd love your input or maybe an update once the temps drop and the snow starts falling. Love your videos and value your insite !

Another nice review. It looks like a neat stove, however, as others have mentioned these "puzzle" stoves are not for me when the weather is cold and miserable. I'm sure you will thoroughly enjoy yours when it arrives. I will be interested in seeing the bag/envelope yo make for it.

Like with the Trangia, I would try laying the pot stands flat for the wood pellets, unless it restricts the airflow. Great review.👏👏👏👏

It's a good stove, and I have several variants I tested out and showcased personally. Titanium - made in USA, almost an unheard of thing. I recommend Siege Stove products myself.

Herzlichen Dank für dieses sehr gute Review. Da bekomme ich Lust, den guten Siege Stove zu kaufen. Beste Grüße aus Deutschland

As of July 2022 approx $201 Cdn for Ti Flat Pack, Ti cross members, 2 stainless side toasters, large pouch and shipping. Would prefer to spend less than $200.

Hello Mark, I would like to tell you about using a 16oz can to hold a wood pellet fire rather than making alterations to your many stoves. Drill 1/4" holes in the bottom of the can, 2 rows of holes around the outside near the bottom and 1 row 1" below the top. It will work almost as a gasifier stove but it is only a burner to be used in other stoves. 2 handfuls of pellets will work almost for 30 minutes. Very little smoke, nothing but a little ash left, and it only takes a can from the trash and 5 minutes to make. Fairly wind friendly.

Maybe if the bottom cross members were on perpendicularly instead of diagonally they'd be less 'tippy' with the stick method of moving the stove. Seem like the weight would be balanced better and more even.

Love the review Mark but I’ll stick with the Firebox stove. I’ll probably give my stainless to one of my kids and get the titanium model. Thanks for sharing.

Good review as always Mark, but too expensive for what it is. Stick with my Ti Bush box, super happy with it.

Nice video, Mark. I want one in Titanium. It seems a little fiddly, though, and those trade-mark cross pieces would be much nicer if they weren't as high and designed just for this stove. Have you checked out the Picogrill 85 Stove? I think it is also a winner.

I think that charcoal burns at a much higher temperature than wood. Seems to me that might shorten the life of the stove? Courtesy of Half Vast Flying

If one end of your skewers was bent into a hook would it be possible to hook them into the base member which has the notches and lift the complete stove? The hook would have to be quite a tight fit on the thickness of the cross member to give you some control while lifting but the square cut out looks large enough for this to work. It looks like a nice wee stove, it all comes down to price. ATB.

Stove looks good. I never thought of moving a stove once lit. I still don’t. Courtesy of Half Vast Flying

Great Stove

I watched the video where you use charcoal in this unit. Impressive ! Does charcoal make the food taste ? Mostly hardwood around me.

Can you add a propane or butane burner into this stove? Just curious.

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As allways. simple is better.

Other than not being made in China, I have to say I’m not too impressed. Maybe I’m just grumpy today, but I feel like it had little effort into designing it and the advantages are just something you found by looking for it. Unless it’s really cheap to buy, because most stuck stoves, as we all know, are unreasonably expensive

Gen2 vs Gen3, 2 water cups? Gen 3 is inverted Gen3?

Gen 3 is inverted Gen 2?