I've had mine for about 5 years I've redid the door and installed a gasket around it. Love the stove. I use mine in a guide tent. I like the exhaust pipe ideas thanks

Great little stove. If you add a 2.5 inch-3 inch muffler adapter and go with inexpensive 3 inch heat duct for stove pipe you can increase the draw and not have any smoke problems. I see you are propping the doors open. Add a rack and get the wood off the bottom of the stove. That will increase the burn by quite a bit. Find a free grate or make one or buy a cheap one at Home Depot/Lowes and cut it to fit. If you aren't getting enough air flow you can cut a sliding slot below the spinner damper or open up the holes by 25%. It's all about air flow, so the more air you let in the hotter more efficient the burn. Take a wire brush and sand off the stock paint and spray high heat paint ASAP. The stock paint will eventually burn off and rust out if you aren't careful. With a little DIY, this is an awesome little wood burning stove. PS, your pipe is installed backwards and will bleed out creosote, so only burn super dry wood. That's another problem with this stove that needs attention. Do the 2.5-3 inch mod and you won't have that issue.

If you want the stove to last longer fill the bottom with sand. This will keep the bottom from rusting out as quickly.

I cut a piece of steel grating and put it in the bottom of mine. Solves 2 potential issues. Allows for better and more efficient burning as air can get underneath the wood and as well, it will give the belly of the stove a longer life.

Here's a cheap idea. In the spring people set their old propane grills out to the curb for the trash man to haul away. I found one with a side burner. I threw out the bbq grill burners and capped off the gas port to the grill at the regulator. I put another layer of metal in the bottom of the grill. They are usually rusted through. That way I can cook on charcoal or wood on the grill side or use the propane burner on the side of the stove. It makes a good backup cooking appliance if a storm knocks out the power. A 20 pound propane tank will last a month or so for most people. I could conserve gas by setting a paint can hobo stove in the grill side and doing most of my cooking on that using twigs for fuel. Thanks for the video.

I have one of these, it was one of the originals, I could never get much heat out of it. Also the opening on the back allows air to get to the fire and then smoke comes out of the front. So here are the fixes I put into mine, I added a 7 inch piece of stainless steal at the top about 14 inches long. I cut out the two inch pipe, it would not draw well so I put in a 4 inch pipe with a damper. I also added a second air pipe which I ran under the grate which super heats the air and shoots it into the smoke at the top of the stove. I had to use a hole punch to put this in it extends about 3 inches below the stove in the back. It is now a drive you out of the tent stove, and it has a very clean burn. One last thing the opening on the back just allows your wood to burn more quickly than you want try to keep it closed. Oh and don't forget to add some stove gasket to the door and the bottom where the clean out trap is. Helps control the burn.

Good video, SouthernPrepper1. It looks like the outdoor patio will have more usage during the cold months. .... Quite a few people will have an outdoor stove, they use to keep warm, while smoking tobacco outside.

Thanks so much for actually in depth testing the products you show us, I'm so tired of many you-tubers saying "hay look I just got this and and it's great oh and you can buy it using my link so I can get a few dollars"

I was lucky and snagged a 55 gl stainless steel barrel. Key thing here is its Stainless Steel! Very thick walled. In fact, I burned trough 5 Cobalt, aircraft grade drill bits just cutting the holes for the stove kit. Since I'm not a machinist it took some GI ingenuity to figure out how to cut out the door and stack openings but was successful. I haven't cranked it up yet but I'm very sure its going to be super heat and cook stove. One thing I added was metal tape on the stack seams to close up any potential air leaks.

I bought a different one from sportsmans guide a few years back, its the more square one that costs about $140, it probably weighs twice as much as these, so its less portable. The steel is very thick and the pipe is a larger diameter. It doesn't come with as many accessories but the quality is makes it worth it for me. and the box is large enough that I was able to line the bottom and I built a little grate to keep the logs up. Great vid as always!

These wood stoves could easily be put inside in an emergency situation and the exhaust could go out the window I think. You would just need a foam / metal plate for the window.

love 💕 it you are so clever and resourceful your boots on the ground is something I look forward to daily 👩🏻‍🦰

I have a similar version of this stove...tubes are a bit bigger and door is a bit different. I love it!

bought one of these for 43.00 free shipping online used it in my old 1969 travel trailer up deer hunting. had to turn all the pipe over so the creasote from burning wood would stay inside the pipe and not run outside and smoke up the trailer picked up a metal roof vent and run it up through the vent worked great once I got the pipe turned right. I plan on putting screws in the pipe to hold them together next time I use it

So good to have you back making videos! Thanks for another great video :). Hope you and your wife are having a good Christmas season.

Yes I have the one with the bigger potato cookers and stacks it also has a hot water boiler that came with it they are great stoves

I use sg all the time.I loaded up on 7.62 when the Russian sanctions where put on and all came In quickly and cheap and not one issue on anything since from anyone I know.Great company in my opinion.Thank you for sharing to others

Good looking stove! i have been thinking a lot about buying one of these, but just wasn't sure about them. This is a big help! Thanks for sharing!

Love the fire extinguisher; my Dad would be impressed...

I have one that's made outta a propane bottle, works like a charm.for boiling water and cooking. Its got a expanded grate top on it and side removable shelves. One of my favorite pieces of equipment :)

SP1,I used a stove almost identical to these in minus 30 celcius in a military arctic tent, I found it heated the tent nicely. Downside was the grill on top didn't get hot enough to cook bacon, (minus 30 might of been the issue), I am mod'ing mine to have a flat top. I also found that the pieces of chimney stuck together on tear down the creosote created a tar like glue making it VERY difficult to take apart. I plan on changing the direction of the way the chimney fit so the creosote cannot run down and stick pipe together. I also am gonna add a chimney flue. we shall see.keep up the great videos!!Jay out

thanks for doing this vid man i have wondered about those stoves. i have my mr buddy backup heat but we all know 2 is 1 and 1 is none ...SO ya kinda sold me on them as the secondary back up ...thanks again

I bought one from Ebay. The first time I burned it the paint peeled in sections. So I sanded it off, bought some high temp stove paint and made it look nice. Mine is only 10 inches in diameter. I was hoping to use it to heat a teepee but it won't hold a fire for more than two hours so a guy would have to be waking up frequently. The bad thing about camping in WI is everything feels damp in the morning, but that's everything is green too. Even a small fire keeps the humidity out. If they would make this in a 12 inch diameter and make it longer, it might be able to hold a fire all night.

This is awesome you make great videos

Great video. My Brother-in-Law has something quite similar. Quite affordable, and seeing as he's on 22 acres, of which probably 7/8 is wooded, it's perfect. He also takes it tent camping/hunting, and does a decent job keeping the tent warm as well. Anyone with access to a decent source of wood, would do well to purchase one.

I have been looking at these! Thank you for the video.

Man I wish I could back back to the day I watched this video 😢

I love mine. Although I use solar for heating water, its still good to have a way to heat water on cloudy days. They also heat the space theyre in fairly well. I put in a damper lever at the base of the chimney stack, which allows for a little more control. But yeah, I love mine.

just a quick suggestion you can heat a lot of water via solar, there's several solar "shower" bags out there that don't cost much and you don't have to use it just for showers a 55 gal barrel painted black will get the water pretty hot certainly enough to wash clothes, kids, dishes etc

I use one of these indoors for a small cabin and it works great

VHT spray can paint will actually stay on there. (Heat resistant) Also good for sprayin brake calipers. Thanks for thhe referal of those stoves. You got a deal on the two you caught on sale! 😎👍🙏🇺🇸❤

I got my TMS two years ago. Yeah the paint burned off and there was no gasket to seal the door, easy fixes. Very nice to have for emergency use or occasional use, not long term as they aren't meant to last. Nice little stoves for the money.

Again. Thank you for looking out for the rest of us.

I have one , I got rid of the 2" flu pipe and cut a 4" hole , put the crimped end of a 4" stove pipe in the hole , and it works great now, also I put a damper in the first section.

Glad to see you're uploading again! I don't know if/how the metal roof flange you installed is supported. If not already, I'd be attaching it directly to the stake(s) so it doesn't pull down your stack(s) in high wind. A nice little stove. I have something similar. When it comes to cooking and heating, you can't beat wood.

Prob do what you want them to do but way to light for say if someone want to hook up a pipe and heat a bit down stairs in their home... Propane tank fire place conversions are amazing!! Thanks 4 sharing.

Came across your video. Looking into buying one of these for my greenhouse, which is basically a tent with a clear cover. I just want to try keeping plants from freezing in Jan & Feb. Thank you for the information.

Oh.. thank you again for your great videos...

Cool I have always wanted one of these but because I didnt know how they actually stacked up I hadnt gotten one yet .. THANKS for showin it ,.. Im a fellow Guide member too !! Hard to be the guide when they have free shipping !!

Thanks for the vid! I've been thinking about picking one of these up.

(from Brazil) i apologize my english full fail ... CONGRATULATIONS! it was beautiful, practical and also very elegant ... I loved the solutions you created ... with your permission, I will copy the model and make one for myself here in Brazil. God bless you !!

I needed this when it was on sale!

I would use it for winter hot tent camping, making sure my tent is modified safely for the stack with a spark arrestor... Nice.

Check out the water kettle for that stove. It attaches to the stove pipe and has a long spout that hangs over the edge for filling your mug or whatever else you need hot water for, very nice Amazon sells them. I have read reviews about these stoves warping, have you noticed that with yours?

Excellent recommendation… I’m looking at similar products that are more than double the price… regarding a shelter warming method… my roomate had been homeless for a while and lived in an old mail truck … he used a small candle, tea lites work… with a could block and a sheet of metal of some kind … the candle heats up the metal which gives off radiant heat. I can’t recall how he had it set up… there’s vids about it… I live in the desert and I’ve put off experimenting with this, but I need to get on that… thanks for the reminder

Very thorough explaining. Thank you very much. :)

Good timing on this... I just ordered a 4 Dog Night stove, their "2 dog night" model. They are a bit on the expensive side, but I plan on doing some cold weather camping too so it's not just going to sit and wait for an emergency situation. This one is made in the USA and I can see it lasting a lifetime by the reviews I've read. It's also apparently very efficient because of the design of a baffle inside the firebox. Idk, just thought I'd share, mine should be delivered this Friday,,, can't wait to try it out. Maybe I'll post a review of it here.

put some screen wire roun the top cap openin to keep out birds who might try nesting in there. Happened to my stove in the greenhouse. Thanks for your help Dave

Nice. Thanks for the upload. Definitely buying one.

I am a fan of the Vogelzang barrel stove kits. Heating my shop for over 6 years now in the upper Midwest.

I have this stove, adapted it to 5" stove pipe with a stov jack in a tent, keeps me toasty in the cold weather.

I bought a heavy duty park type grill,just in case it cooks great, good idea SP.

They make a water tank for them that attaches to the bottom of the chimney on eBay. God bless buddy

Sweet!!!

Paint , BBQ spray , so not a issue in the field, To me its a luxury And a bivy ( shelter ) with tarp ideal and for 60 bucks, Thats not a lunch meal and a few beers for you and yours. A home made grate so you dont burn out the bottom and very good to go , if it lasts 2 years , i think it will Ha its gold, its light to carry , i rap food in tinfoil and carry it with a harness made from a shopping trolley that i tow attached to my belt . ( shopping trolley type your wife or girl has . works well ,). So thanks for putting me on to this item, I bought after seeing this vid, 10 months in still going strong , So very much apprecado and mucho gratis Southern. O saw your Vid on folding saws, I am now the proud owner of a Silky Katanaboy 15 inch , wow does that cut , 6 inch dia log Piece of cake, really guys stays razor sharp and unbelievable cutting power.Again thanks for info or i would not have thought of Silky ,

They are ok stoves, but and this is only a little but, they are cheap and made to a price! I have a Frontier Stove made along the same design but is a little bit better made and it cooks great. In both stove's you can or could get a wrap around boiler for the flue pipe to heat water, or wrap a flexi copper pipe around the flue and create a thermosyphon system. Thanks for the vid.T

good stuff. buying this to review and use at deer camp

I have one of those Korean War tent stoves, new in the box. I have thought of adding another stove to my home for backup so I'll look into it.

Nice practical and portable

I like the pattern in the concrete retaining wall.

Solid video! Appreciated.

I have found these on Ebay for $30 and all the way up to $80. Same stove, some are trying to get rich quick. The round part is only 10 inches. I wish someone would make one in 18 inch diameter or even 24. This can heat a tent but it can't hold a fire all night. You have to wake up at least two times in the night to feed it.

Because you have the second elevation of your retaining wall, you might find that you could have a second cooking location using the heat that is coming out of the top of the smoke stacks. Either make a support structure for a big pot to sit a few inches above the chimney top and cook soup all day heat water or have it blast against a piece of plate steel and use that as a cooking surface. additionally with very little extra work, you could run your water heating thermal siphon pipe inside your upper chimney...

i would use stove black, not paint. it's formulated for indoor use too. so fumes coming off it wile cooking in, would mean alot even outside.

great video

Thanks for the video. I have wondered about their quality and the long-term usability. If they are too cheaply made the welding points may not handle a fire that got too hot.

Repeated painting won't help. Cure the metal instead using rendered fat from the meat you are cooking on the grill. Same principle as curing cast iron skillets, or woks. Over the years we've tried every type of high temp paint, even some that required us kiln heating the pit, applying the paint, then baking the paint into an enamel and it all flakes off rather quickly with repeated use. Keeping the metal treated with a food grade oil, such as rendered fat will prevent rust and make your investment last much longer.

thanks for sharing - I'm looking for one at the moment

sometimes a big woodstove can be intimidating especially if your new to the whole thing, these are small and reasonable enough to be a good starting point.... also a good way to involve the bigger kids in setting a fire too.... edited because I can't spell...lol

Good info, thanks for sharing.

Great tips!

E bay has some in the $ 30.00 to $ 40.00 range like those with a carrying bag and the side tubes are bigger. They are good stoves.

Got one for my travel trailer with a conversion kit to put in the trailer for my bug out back up.

nice stove im getting one!!!

southern prepper 1 I love the sunken patio.. very defensive even when cooking..

Good price for sure,nice little stove.

If I may, I've noticed people doing their own stoves or at least stove pipe chimney installations are putting the pipe stacks on upside down. Point is that if you burn wet or green wood, the moisture that will run down the inside of the stack chimney pipe runs into the stove and not down the outside. One may think that the chimney won't seal, but soot build up does it. Think of feeding that moisture back into the pipe. otherwise at each pipe crimped connection leaks resulting in a dangerous combustable creosote type buildup.

Getting me one today.

I have a small stove similar to that one and would use it to heat a room in the house in the winter if I had to.

Cool video, nice reviews, I like the custom setup very well done sir. Sub'ed too!

very cool------------think its a good idea

10 thousand subscribers away from 100 thousand subscribers. Wow !!!!

I bought one from home Depot online and I paid a Hundred dollars. I live in the woods doing security night watch for a logging company in Oregon.

Surviving skills 👌🏾

This seems like a good little start for my needs. But I really need some help with what to do first in my planning. I'm 61 with some chronic, but not deadly, issues. I have been prepping for about 5 years. BUT, first I prepped in an apt. Now I have a condo like inlaw. So I have a lot more room and storage. My issue is there seems to be SO MUCH TO DO and my mind gets boggled with everything I really need to have on hand. One issue is it is really just me doing all of this. My daughter and her husband basically think I'm nuts. SO I'm not able to do it with my whole family. SO now I'm just trying to save enough of everything for myself and my younger daughter first, and then my older daughter and her family second. I could really use some counsel on what to focus on living in the suburbs without an option to go find something hidden in the woods.

Very nice. If you cannot reach high enough to put that #10 can on the elbow stove; perhaps you could drill a small hole _(1/8")_ in the bottom of the outside elbow, for water to seep out?

consider putting a piece of metal in the bottom of the stove which is replaceable if it gets melted. some fire brick or maybe even dirt. more expensive stoves may be made with thicker metal all around which would make them stronger, more durable but heavier.

I'm getting ready to put one in my 8x16 cabin soon

Very cool.

I was watching a lot of rocket stove videos and i like how efficient they burn and cook fast your food with direct jet of heat/flame. I am wondering how does this stove compare????? I see that the big benefit probably to your stove is that you are not getting any residue ash or sparks into your pots or food?

Good intel TY

Got one of those you can put them in wall tent's.

I'm going to build one soon

I would be careful not to get the stove too close to your stucco wall, the heat will cause it to chip!

Dude I paid 25.00 on Amazon almost two years ago. You know how Amazon is prices change all the time. The tubes can be used for potatoes that you can wrap in foil and put them inside. Also I like your idea of making a list of items you need. A couple of things I thought of was a hand plow and a sweeper that has two rolls of brushes and picks up dirt and then you dump the pan. No electricity needed. I've been buying binoculars and tactical flashlight and solar motion detector lights. Would like to see you do recommendation on binoculars if you haven't already. I'll look Thanks

Those are neat. For $60, I would had picked one up. I have a nice cast iron wood strove with a cook top, but that thing weights like 80lb, ha. Not something I can move around easily.

I would have some back up chimney pipe so you can change them out clean them and change them back ... chimney fires are a real problem if build up catches fire. but otherwise looking forward to the comparison to the more money versions

Those tubes could be closed at the front with a metal tap & the rear closed with an open & flared top so you can fill it with water, let steam out so it doesn't swell & burst and you will be able to temp the water or see when it's boiling :)

I was building rocket stove this weekend. Maybe this stove too

be interesting to see how the metal on that stove holds up with regular use .. like and subscribed nice vid :)