Never had a problem with mine. Try a top down burn, correct technique is everything 🔥

Better to use wood cat pellets and an esbit block on top or a Manchester United scalf 😉👍

Hi It is small but once you get the fire going so long as you have prepped some wood you can feed it through the side hole with thicker wood. It could also be used with meths burner or hexi blocks. Keep the vid's coming

Man for a overnighter or for SURE a day trip . The Fancy feast stove at 24 Grams, and with 28 grams of alcohol you can EASILY heat water for a cup !!! EASY !! Make one or $20 U.S if you buy it . Watch Shug Emory's videos , he has been using one for YEARS !! And YES , you can use it for Multi day trips , just take enough fuel . Zelph's Stoves makes / sells them .

Got the lixada stove Works great for brews,food or even as a small camp fire by putting wood vertical I love it

Thanks. Just saved me some money.

can save it for a mini chimeny good video

I’ve been thinking of getting one of those. So glad to watch your review, I’ll leave that in the shop. Thanks, your honest approach in the videos is appreciated.

I bought bush box xl Titanium love it

I know what you mean. I have an MKettle with probably a smaller combustion chamber. There is a knack to using it. Generally, when the wood starts taking hold, you need to add more. Don't wait until the flames start to die because it gets too cool to get the new wood to burn easily. If I don't want to mess with twigs, I use a Trangia alcohol burner. A larger fire is certainly easier to control, just need perseverance to get better with the small fires. 👍

I've been following you for about 2 years I think and I totally agree about the bush box that's why I went with the firebox Gen 2 and love it with no regrets.

Twigs stoves are fantastic, Been using them for years. Feed the stove through the front. I now use a gasification twig stove which burns a lot longer. If you get the chance get the Solo Stove or one of the Chinese knock-offs. Thanks for the reviews. Cheers from Australia 👍

Get you one of the trangia alcohol stove works perfect fits right in the bush box stove

iv'e been put off using one of them for the same reason. i bought the lixada stove that you put the pieces together. always a job keeping a constant flame though. easier to light a fire, or take a pocket rocket i think. The bigger ones are better so i'm told, but you need to spend big on the titanium ones or they're just to heavy.

Totally agree with you bud ,I've got one and it does my head in putting it together and it falling to bit's all the time, or been watching you for about 2 years now, do more stealth camps that would be good

I agree, too small for fire, I use mine to fit trangia burner in and rest cup on top. I have the XL for cooking 👍🏼

Firebox makes an awesome stove, weighs a ton but worth every ounce.

Does look like hard work for a stove. I use a jetboil but most of my cooking outdoors is about speed, on expedition we'll typically only stop 10 minutes or so or if I'm training I spend most of my time trying to teach noobs why you can't boil baked beans out of the packet!

I agree 100%, it's ideal for using with a Trangia but with wood it's too much of a faff. In comparison, my small Ikea hobo stove fully equipped with pot stand and pegs comes in at under 250g, it works with the Trangia and is much easier to use as a wood burner. Price wise there is no comparison. All the best

Hi Paul my friend, I am one of your early subscribers, this is a spin off from the Nano stove, which the man that sells it was in business with the man from Nano, but they went their own ways, anyway the point is the Nano is better I think because it is all hinged together and opens up on its own more or less, you can feed wood in at the top, but I only use it with a Trangia stove, ideal if you go stealth camping, that is my opinion of this little stove, the bigger stove that Nano do is just ideal for your needs.

As I commented on you Facebook I now use a xl wood stove but I have a Lixada small fire box about the size of a mug and it’s ok for boiling a cup of water. It can’t really cook on it

yep,size is everything when it comes to wood stoves,i was trying a diy wood gas stove,and had the same problem it was a greedy b/stard,your right a bigger stove or a fire is the way to go,great vid mate

Your right that's it's too small for cooking on plus it is very fiddly to put together. I have the next size up and its alot better as it just falls into place and all you have to add is the top supports for cops and pans. A really honest video and congratulations on achieving 200 extra subscribers...

Great video thumbs up

I have one. I use it for heating water for my coffee. For that purpose it is nice. I have it with me when I would mind the bulk and weight of the larger one. You pointed out the limitations well. For serious cooking I carry an alcohol stove or a canister stove. I contemplate getting a bigger bushbox though.

I found the same thing. It's too damn small. But use it as a pot stand/wind shield for an alcohol burner it's perfect

Been here since you started 👍

I am currently making a burn box out of a few bits I've pick up mostly a industrial size tin and a few other bits. If it works I am going to make a bigger one from a chip shop metal oil tin .

i bought a cheaper version off Amz, looks to be same size and did a trial run in my garden with shop bought kindling and birch logs kindled up. ok it boiled a pot of water, but took 20 mins and too much fuel to make it worth it... So i have to agree with you that its not worth buying the small bush box.... i ended up buying a wood gas stove instead.

I have a stove about the same size , the Firebox titanium Nano gen 2. I do not have to put the pieces together to assemble the stove , just open it and flip down the fire pan. Or leave the pan up if I want a good hours worth of wood in it at one time Swedish Fire torch style. If I don't want the wood in it that way I can feed long sticks in the two sides of it to have a continues flame. Or I can do it the same way as the Bush Box , drop it in from the top. I can also use a Trangia alcohol burner or one of the Trangia gas burner's or even the little fuel tablets.

Very good thanks

I use the Lixada stove off Amazon with a spare Trangia burner,and with my Trangia 27 kit, great for a second stove so we can cook bacon in one pan and eggs on the other rather than have to wait

Kirk & Magic Mike have clouted the nail ont ead. You gotta split a log into quarters and twigs int gaps. Or ram a load of wood pellets int to top. Light top down 👍🏻 Then re review it. Cheers bud.

that is a bit too small, but then your cooking oil drum was a bit too big...what have you got in the half way stage...lol just nice to see you out again pall. peace.

These boxes are excellent small stealth of ground units I love mine . Little effort getting twigs to feed. Ideal for quick sessions.

I have had one for a long time and it is great. But it could be a little bit bigger

Im one of the 300 ! Oh thats a movie , i wish ! 😂, no im one of the 200 who came accross you doing a bivi camp 👍🙂

I've got a few fire boxes and I like them but they're heavy and when I don't want to be seen they can give away my position too easy. I use my home made alcohol stove now and it weighs next to nothing.

I used to have the same stove I was the same as you it's too small and constantly needed feeding to even get a boil. I gave it away in the end, they are well made a bit fiddly to put together but well made. Atb, Garry.

I got a small Lixada fraction of the price. It's best to use these small ones with a alcohol stove which you can make or buy to fit inside. Then you can still use it with sticks for boiling some water for a brew. I like it as a backup as it's tiny and packs down well and works well with a alcohol stove made out of a beer can. If you want the fire to last longer (as already mentioned) you can cut a round off a much bigger branch to fit inside and then split it vertically so its Swedish fire stove style - best light from the top then too. Also best way with the gasification stoves.

Put the sticks through the feed hole not from top

Interesting video very informative thanks for sharing.

I carry the bushbox micro stove, I use it with an alcohol stove pot stand, wood pellets...

I have the small Micro EDC bushbox pocket stove 75g from bushcraftlab it works OK

l got that a lot stove great to make coffee etc it heats the tent with spirit methylated in the winter

It is small, I use my Trangia burner inside, fits perfectly, if I have a fire I normally put it on the edge of it on top of hot embers and it works really well, but yes you are right in that you have to constantly feed wood into it to make a brew.

I bought the bush box lx titanium and the trangia 25 for cooking. I can put the xl Together in seconds an the trangia 25 in abt 30 sec

Hi it is probably ok if you wood pellets but who is going to carry them with all the twigs all around. Other named ones almost twice the size are far more usable. Keep up the good work.

:-) I agree-it's a bit too wee

If you work with sheet metal have you considered designing and making your own slightly bigger one just a thought it is a cool design nice one fella!!

Its like putting lego together 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 brilliant 👍👍👍👍👍

Glad to see you back bud, I bought the big stainless Steel fold down one off eBay for £14 and its very good and can take larger bits of wood. I've used wood pellets too and charcoal. Did you do the review on the hammock and tarp you were given? Well done on the extra subscriptions pal, you deserve the recognition. Regards Charlie

I can actually see this being a right pain with the smaller one

I done the same pal dont evan use it now. All i use is a oex mini stove perfect size and power

I have to agree with your coments they are fiddley to put together but it is horses for courses I love mine because I don't mind sitting and feeding small sticks I use mine mostly for just a quick brew when I am out and about and have the time to spare as I can keep it with a small brew kit in my cargo pocket and sometimes small twigs are all that's about but for cooking I would use a bigger stove so it is good and bad if you get my drift

I was thinking about getting one of these but chose not to because you would have to sit and babysit it constantly

I found the same problem, its to small...atb..jeff.

Its probably better for making a brew if you use fuel tablets

I just use fuel tabs. As you say its a pain keep putting small bits on.

I think it’s easier to just burn the wood on the ground or a hole in the ground with 3 pegs to put the pot on

Dan what's your opinion on the BushBox LF titanium? I thought it would be big enough for one person so I've bought that one? Cheers

I've got one of those weeny stoves. Yep. Its toooooo tiny.

When it comes to fires - can you have them too big? :-) there is a time and place right.... I use mine to put a Trangia burner in rather than for a fire - its a light weight pot stand. - ATB

You deserve success for your channel. I was one of your early subscribers. Nice vid as usual. Tom x

I can remember your first subs lol. Those stoves are better for Meths or solid fuel. Drink the Meths and use the solid fuel to cook supper 😋

Do yourself a favour. Take a grill with you and build a fire. No thinking or assembly required. And remember. Left foot then right foot, left foot then right foot. Good luck.

From the start

There is a smaller 1 the bushbox EDC micro 😁

I agree with you. I bought one seven or eight years ago, and it *is* very difficult to get enough heat mass going to keep it lit. I ended up using it with my Trangia all the time. I too, ended up getting the XL, and even then, I used to carry a couple of handfuls of charcoal briquettes with me so I could sustain it enough long enough to cook on it. Also, it's *too* heavy to be hiking with. Most of my hiking and camping is on Dartmoor, where there is A) Little to no wood, and B) No fires allowed, because most of the moor is peat. Which burns *very* well. C) Private plantations, with a fire ban permanently in place. So, it just doesn't fit the circumstances. These days, I can't be arsed with all that most of the time, and I just carry The MSR Pocket Rocket and a small gas cannister. For a quick coffee stop, it's perfect. A minute to put it together, a couple of minutes of Cape Canaveral sound effects and, boom. Done. I carry the Bushbox XL in my Emergency Car Kit most of the time, particularly in winter. Living in Devon, near Dartmoor, snow can often appear very quickly. Add a bag of kindling from the Petrol Station and one of those 3 hr Fire Logs from Asda, broken in two, and there's your quick fire in an emergency. I loved the idea of the Bushbox, but in practice it's a real ball-ache. Shame really.

Brought 1 on a whim and it's useless imo even for making a brew takes ages and constantly putting wood in it

Brilliant upload thank you very much. If you decide to sell it. Please dropped me a message. Ill take it off your hands.

Fat wood will work best for this small stove

And if wood a bit wet (wales me) not got enuff volume-heat to keep going , no ues nor orniment , gon to a new home !

It’s small What did u exspect

Why don't you use the side feeding port? That's why it's there...

Sooo... I'm not sure what you're saying... Did you like it or was it too small??? 😆

Bro I’m from the us and I can’t get a stove here for some reason send me one

I saw dozens of videos here showing the bushbox. They all do the same mistake which often leads to damaging this tool: they overload it. There is no need to heat the metal construction. The purpose of the stove is to heat a pot or a pan. As long as the wood is higher than the upper edge you can not heat anything except the surrounding of the stove. Many users are too lazy to break the wood into small pieces to fill the box up to the lower edge of the front opening and instead wait until their huge pieces have burnt down.

It’s too wee!

Sees u cheapens out