I live in Arizona and also enjoy camping without fires. We have a Lil Red Campfire that has served us well. It also doesn't use as much propane as these. We only carry two 5lb tanks, one for the stove & one for the campfire. We have never run out with our normal use after 10 days. It provides heat but we have also cooked sausages & smores with it. I do have a pop-up-pit for when we can have a fire but while it is nice I enjoy not dealing with carrying wood.

FACTS!! Dont worry about cheap things, worry about getting that job to afford better things.

I just saw a hot dog trailer on fb market place. Whole kitchen with an umbrella for $1350. Just needs bigger wheels :)

@@raymondclark1785 Now that seems like a better deal! dont pass that up lol

I was going to suggest E-track as well as there are a large variety of attachments for it and it is sturdy. I had a lot of it in my step van RV (I sure miss that rig)

I agree but 200$ for a titanium bottle is a little ridiculous

Sorry I missed you! I'm going to be a little more organized with some specific times/places at future Expos.

I didn't know who she was, I just went over to look at the Defender. She happened to be there so we filmed a quick little segment, it'll be in an upcoming video.

Yeah I'm actually thinking of fabbing a tiny little grill for my tiny little ammo can fire pit. I could maybe cook one decent bratwurst on it, heh, but as long as I'm burning the propane, might as well use it. 😄

@@softroadingthewest Yeah. This could be the intro of the Smallwood Industries new "No-wood 2000". Designed for the "senior" outdoorsman who doesn't bother with wood anymore. 🤣

@@sagebrushbob2321 LOL 😂

I agree. Even if it never fails I couldn't use it ... the anxiety just worrying about it would be to much

It depends on the level of fire restrictions in place. Usually propane fire pits are allowed but if there is extrfeme risk of fires compounded with firefighters already thinly dispersed fighting fires there will be a total ban that includes propane fire pits.

Yes, the Gambler 500 is a long-running tradition around here. I believe the original idea was you had to come with a sub-$500 car, preferably NOT a car designed for offroad use, though I don't think they enforce the $500 rule anymore. Everyone is supposed to pick up trash along the way. Sort of a fun silly & creative public lands cleanup...the cars are often over-the-top ridiculous. 😄

@@softroadingthewest cool...lol when the 1st pack of them went by I was thinking these guys are up to something no good...then another pack rambled by....and another...then someone stopped and told me it was the Gambler. One of them camped next to us last night.

mine doesn't have holes. I compared it to the ignik. ignik needs to allow more flow. doesn't heat up enough.

I was unfamiliar with her or her channel. That Defender just caught my eye and I went for a closer look...she was there so we filmed a little segment. Cool rig for sure. That'll be coming up in a video soon.

Doesn't work for campfire restricted areas. Need to be able to turn the fire off with a valve.

@@om617yota8 If I camp in campfire restricted areas, I'll probably just turn on my diesel heater

@@notjohnwick007 Yeah, as @om617yota8 said, the idea is to be able to have a legal fire of sorts when wood fires are prohibited. When real fires (eg solo stove) are permitted, I just build an actual fire either in the campsite fire ring if one is there, or in my little Snowpeak fire pit. I got this propane pit more for ambiance and a bit of outdoor evening heat at high elevation during summer months. 🙂

@@softroadingthewest the reasons I like about the Solo Stove Mesa/Mesa XL, because it can be put on top of the table or anything can levitated the Solo Stove Mesa from the ground, and of course the smokeless burning

They do sell grills for their larger models. I've already thought about fabbing one for mine, though it would be about enough room for maybe one bratwurst 😄

I'll have to see how it goes. I don't envision myself running it for hours on end. I've seen people run their propane fire all evening, but for me this would just be to be able to sit next to a fire for a little while after cooking dinner. My 5-lb bottle seems to last forever just cooking off of it, I figure if I use the fire pit an hour a night, plus cooking, I should be able to go 3 nights, but I'll just have to see what happens. I believe I could fit a larger 11-lb bottle into the spot where I carry my current small bottle, which I suspect would get me through a week of cooking and using the fire pit a little bit each night. I have a 20-lb bottle at home which I could throw in the truck if I knew I was going to go and set up camp in one spot for multiple days, but I usually move camp every day and generally try to keep the setup nimble and without extra stuff floating around in the back. I'll just have to see how it all goes. :-)

I cut out the part of my footage where he said something like "I'm not gonna drink this because I've been drinking water all day and really need to use the bathroom." Felt a little TMI for the video but now you know. :-)

@@softroadingthewest Still suspicious to me that someone claiming to have a product that can filter dirty water 98% doesn’t put his mouth were our money is regardless his bladder situation. Haha. Especially for someone with the amount of subs u have ON camera. Lol But I’ll take your word for it. 😄👍

Indeed, I have collected many DIY ideas from browsing Expos!

Ignik sells a small propane tank that I have filled once so far and I use it for the Fire Can as well as my camp stove. Highly Recommend

@@Rfunn that one can last for how long ?

Most of us carry propane bottles already, for our stoves, heaters, etc. It's not uncommon to transport a propane bottle. I have mine mounted on my bumper.

@@softroadingthewest ya normally the small camping ones seems common and easy but I was more so asking about the big 20ib ones you see for a grill

@@echols2010 its very common to carry 1 (or 2) 20lb propane tanks for longer adventures while camping in midsized rigs all the way up to RVs. they are pretty standard and can be refilled or swapped out at most gas stations, local hardware stores, or even walmart in the USA.

Glad you found something that works for you!

I would say he may have been successful a decade ago before the EcoFlows/Anker etc existed but it no longer makes sense to DIY it unless you’re doing big power for a van/house. Did that guy do any research? Cool DIY project, I’ve made several myself, but you can’t compete with a factory engineered solution.

The shortcoming with the EF Delta 1300 is, it's lithium ion - after 800 cycles it drops to 80% power. That's EcoFlow's numbers. Lithium iron phosphate is an advancement over lithium ion in battery technology. Safer, longer lifespan, less susceptible to temperature changes - has a wider operating range. I have a EF Delta 1300 and really like it. I knew I'd be unlikely to build my own battery bank no matter how many Will Prowse videos I watched. I wanted something self contained. I also liked the idea that you could fully charged it from a wall outlet in about an hour.

@@donwyates if you want to update you can currently get the new LFP delta 2 and extra battery for $1050 at Home Depot. 2 kWh of LFP power.

It's perfect for the disabled person who has trouble with the normal awnings.

Propane doesn't throw sparks, they're very safe. Fire bans usually include alcohol stoves because they can get knocked over and spread flame quickly. Canister stoves are generally excluded from the bans.

It's fire sparks that start forest fires mostly .

Depends on which state there are different stages of bans, full or partial. Partial fire bans like In park approved fire rings only or no open flames that can't be turned off like wood fires, charcoal, briquette, wood pellet, candles, torches. So like portable liquid fuel or propane may be permitted during a partial fire ban. Full bans is no fires period.

Poor guy is there all day long demonstrating the thing and drinking water out of it. I cut out the bit where he told me "I've been drinking water all day and reeeeally need to go to the bathroom, so I'm not gonna drink this." Felt a little TMI for my video, but now you know. 😆

@@softroadingthewest damn yeah didn’t think about that😅. I Can only imagine how many times he’s repeated his spiel.

I tried this in Vegas I still tasted the chlorine I bought mine from Overland Bound

Sometimes I think about boxing Chuck 🤛😂

@@softroadingthewest Is that a Boxing Helena reference? That's one F'd up movie.

@@pala4833 No, I haven't seen that movie. It was more of a subtle, Slartibartfastesque threat. Slartibartfast : Come. Come now or you will be late. Arthur : Late? What for? Slartibartfast : What is your name, human? Arthur : Dent. Arthur Dent. Slartibartfast : Late as in the late Dentarthurdent. It's a sort of threat, you see. I've never been terribly good at them myself but I'm told they can be terribly effective. One of my favorite passages. 😆

@@softroadingthewest I always loved that name.

My rv has an electric awning and it hate it, loose connection s, corroded fuse and wiring. Give me a manual room up

He told me he had been demo-ing drinking from this thing all day and really needed to pee, so he didn't want to drink yet more...fair enough. I cut that bit from the video but I guess I should have left it in. Thing is, that water fountain he scooped from was clean enough that I would've drank it without even filtering, so it's not even like there was anything to fear. At a subsequent Expo, I filmed a number of camping toilet products. Fortunately, none of those people used their product in front of me either, LOL

Overlanding with a class A complete with slide outs coming soon

Certainly an unnecessary extravagance for many, and not something I'd be inclined to put on my rig. But camping is a spectrum...some people camp in RVs that are literally nicer than my house, and some people camp by bushcrafting their own shelter and killing their dinner. Most of us fall somewhere in between, and everyone should be free to set themselves up however makes sense to them to get out and enjoy themselves. Who cares if some people glamp? It doesn't impact MY experience outdoors at all. Here's another take on the electric awning. At the following Expo event in Colorado a couple months later, I had a subscriber come talk to me. He too likes to take his truck out camping, but he's a paraplegic in a wheelchair. He was super excited about the electric awning, because there's no way he can set up a conventional awning.

Ha ha so TRUE!!!! Coolers are OUT OF CONTROL!!!

Some don't have talent or are disabled to DYI it.

It's not for me either, but I hesitate to get too judge-y. Whatever way YOU camp, I guarantee you, there's someone who will say "that is NOT camping!" (believe me, I've heard it many times LOL) Some people feel that if you're not carrying everything you need into the wilderness on your back, it's not camping. Some feel that if you carry more than a knife and aren't building your own shelter out of branches and killing your dinner, it's not camping. Camping is a spectrum, from those who sleep on the dirt covered by leaves to those who drive into the woods in a massive RV that's better equipped than my house. All of us share the same desire, to spend time out there in the outdoors. I was at Expo Mountain West this past weekend, and I spent some time talking with a subscriber who gets out on solo adventures like me...and he's paraplegic, gets around in a wheelchair. An electric awning like this would be extremely useful for him.

I don't see wildfire prevention as authoritarian. We've lost so much forest already over the past three years. I 100% support fire restrictions.

@@softroadingthewest it's authoritarian when you make rules to punish when it's their fault the lands are so mismanaged to begin with.

My house nearly got taken by wildfire a couple years back, and there's a bugout bag near the door for me, the girlfriend, and the pets right now as I type this. I watch wildfires pop up in Pulsepoint, and thankfully get put out quickly, all the time. Plenty of rules aren't oppressive, they're just reinforcing what should be ordinary good sense - don't light fires when the entire state is a tinderbox.

@om617yota8 I also had to evacuate my home from a fire that was 1/2 a mile from my home. I improved the odds of my homes survival now by replacing the roof with a metal one and took out dead brush from around my home. Don't finger wag at me.

@@offcourseoverland Then you should thoroughly understand why the restrictions?