you sure got a perrrrdy boil Wade LOL.... and yes i don't know how to make dehydrated food so that would real interesting. Good field test and as you say all those stoves were winners in their own right :-) 👍 😀 ..... regards Matt

Gasifying stoves don’t gasify if the fuel is above the gas holes.

Super nice comparison video. No hype, no bs... just real world testing and observations. Really nice!

I have to say that this is the most informative video I’ve seen yet on these type of stoves. Not teaching how to build them, but a side by side view of how they perform, maintain and ultimately achive da da da da boiling water to purify drinking water. Actually you using them simultaneously and it works, gives me hope. Appreciate the time ,,,,,,,,,,Thanx, Fluffy

Hi Wade, great review of these three stoves! I often struggle to keep two twig stoves going at once! Well done, Gary

Thanks for comparing the different camping wood stoves. Most people just show one. It's nice to have a comparison video.

Love to see some more recipes. Your lunch looked awesome. Good video. Take care.

Just bought a solo stove today! Great comparison. Keep up the good work.

Thanks for the great video. I have the solo and the firebox nano titanium. I love my nano. I bring my evernew alcohol stove and find that it works great with a windscreen. I hardly know it is in my pack. Love the Solos I own, but only use them car camping- they are heavy and cumbersome.

Thanks for this! Helped me decide between the Toaks and Solo

Nice stove comparisons Wade! Always been a bit curious about the other models. I have the Solo lite and am a fan for sure. And yes please to some dehydrated food recipes! I just bought a used dehydrator and am excited to give it a try soon! 😃👍

Great video Wade! Stove comparison videos are fun to do and you did a great job. "Mmmmm, that's a purdy boil!"

I know I’m late to the show because I’ve only just found your site, but I’m enjoying catching up with your videos. The Nano firebox caught my attention because I used mine years ago when I was on a camping trip and ended up on a beach in Tenerife and wasn’t able to withdraw money ( bank problems) eventually I ran out of money altogether and ran out of gas. There was very little wood in the area because there were a lot of people making fires as well and the Nano firebox kept me going because it would run on twigs and I was able to cook rice, soups and coffee. Hard times but good times. I’d forgotten about the Nano, because that was in 2016 and I’d not used it since and your video reminded me of it in a surprisingly sentimental fashion! But it served me well as long as I kept it stocked up with fuel. I’ve just watched a video of yours where you talk about the new X box version, which I like the looks of. I’ve subscribed now because I very much enjoy your videos because you use everything a lot and give detailed feedback on everything after using it for a while. Thanks very much for what you do. You’re a pleasure to watch especially because you obviously have fun being out. All the best, Ian, from East Anglia 👍 Although the solo outperformed the Nano, I still like it and will take it with me again, because it’s so small and lightweight and it can fit in the breast pocket of my shirt and like I said, it can be a lifesaver! I’m going to dig it out of my box of gear now.

I'd love to see some videos of you making the food, dehydrating it, and also the recipes. I can never turn down food videos lol. Great comparison of the stoves. Stay safe and enjoy the woods

LOL .... "thats a pertty boil" humorous words from "Shug" Emery. Great Video. Thank You for your time and effort Sir and Happy Holidays!!

I like lil stoves, so much fun. Thanks for the good classic bushcraft video .

Great video. Glad you did more than just water. I want to start using more wood stoves. I am a pro at gas stoves, but sometimes you forget the fuel, or run out of it, and I have been looking for a good backup. Going to go with a nest able *TOAKS*

One thing I like about the Solo is the combustion chamber contains all the ash. The stove does not drop embers on the ground. Valuable video; well-done. Liked and Subscribed.

Nice video. My favorite is definitely the Solo Stove. Have fun in nature. Many greetings from Germany

My cook kits are constantly evolving. Very interesting comparison. If I had to choose ONE of those, it would probably be the Solo, but like you said each one has a niche. Nice video!

Yes. I would like to see your recipes and dehydration process. Great video!

Thanks for sharing. For me the "Solo Stove"is the most useful one. The main reason: it's really stable and not as wiggly as the "Toaks". Beside that it could be handled while burning, and the bottom is closed, what makes it safer than the other two contestants. The "Nano Box" could be a good backup, when out with a "Trangia" and running out of fuel. Usually I use a Trangia-Set with 2 pots and windshield. But there's alwazs a firebox as backup in the pack. Subscribed already and continue watching. Have fun in the woods.

Nice review. Side by side comparison. Most of us probably use gas or butane. Nice to see wood fired! Good job!!!

Great comparison between the stoves. I bought a cheap Chinese stove and it's really a lot of work because of is size. Love the solo stove set up and that it keeps working when it's down to coals. Thanks for sharing this! Atb Sean

Solo stove is my favorite design, I love how efficiently it burns the wood. For convenience the firebox designs can't be beat though! Packs down really small and hardly weighs a thing.

Nice job, thanks for the comparison. I'm biased having recently acquired the Solo Titan. The pot with bail is what I really like about the package. Because I live in an arid environment, with huge, active wild fire all around last summer, I was driven to the 'cool' base of the Solo also. No ash escapes. None. During your demo I saw LOTS of ash beneath the Nano. For where I live, that's an absolute no go!!! Nice presentation.

GREAT VIDEO Wade!! I have the Ember Lit titanium burn box and love it!

Thanks for the review mate, good to see these compared. Looks like the larger the burn chamber, the hotter and faster it will cook.

I love this video. Definitely going with the solo now that I've seen this. When you said "that's a PURDYYY boil" it made me laugh out loud and reminded me of home. So thanks for that :)

The Firebox stoves Nano & Full size are my favorite ones ! I find them excellent

really liked seeing the comparison of 3 different styles of stoves. I suspected the solo stove/gasifier would be the most efficient. with the Nano, you should try stocking it swedish fire torch style (all the sticks vertical, fairly tightly packed, but room for air). it's a much more efficient burn that way, needs WAAAAAAY less baby sitting as well. but it takes more time to process the wood for it (has to be right length, etc)

Another very very brillant content with straight forward info you should be the ultimate Grand master of all Bushcrafters

I own the solo stove with the solo 900 pot. It is my main cook kit for solo outings. When I'm out with others I either bring a bigger pot (14cm zebra can) or a second cook kit ( Stanley adventure kit with a toaks alcohol stove and stand inside). I liked your side by side comparison very much. The firebox looks interesting, but also too unsafe/unstable.

I like the solo because it seems to have a wider base, and therefore more stability. The other two do not look stable. I also like a system where the half-burned wood is not falling back out of the base, as one of them did, as that is a fire hazard and could go unnoticed if it fell into some leaves or something. Even though small, these fires are a hazard in situations that could start a forest fire unintentionally. I don't hike, but am looking for something for emergencies if the electric goes out. Very good demo. Thank you.

That was useful. Great video by the way. Thanks a lot!!

Love my Solo Lite. It nests nicely in my Pathfinder titanium pot and the two work well together. It will also nest an alcohol stove with it as well as a backup. I was thinking about buying the Toaks, but I'm not so sure about it anymore. It just seems too unstable. Great comparison video!

Great video and review. Those are both great stoves. ✌️

Thanks for testing! Solo Stove seems to be the winner, for me. But the price! On the other hand: I think it's worth it.

Nice job. Count me as a new subscriber. I dearly love my solo stove lite with the little 900 pot. It's all I need. If I'm out humping gear on the trail, I never plan on doing anything more complicated than boiling water -- for re-hydrated meals and coffee. I researched and agonized for months before choosing solo -- came SO close to going with Toaks (really love the 750 pot and titanium construction) but didn't like the tall top-heavy profile. The solo stove has never let me down. I carry a trangia burner with denatured alcohol in case I can't gather enough dry fuel. See you around. Cheers!

The Solo had less volume of water to boil than the Toaks. The volume was displaced by the solids. Enjoyed the video.

Good comparison. Reinforces my choice of the Solo. (with a 900 pot) The Toaks was too tippy for real-world backcountry use and the Nano didn't contain material well enough.

Thanks for this. Helpful

I currently have the TOAKS wood stove and love it. Like other people have said, you over loaded the Toaks. If you fill the bottom with thumb sized sticks (below the inner intake holes) it works much better/Burns hottter then both stoves by a mile. Ive noticed alot of videos of YT of the Toaks, the person always overfills it incorrectly.

Awesome video, thank you so much!

I have been using a pair of long handled pruning shears instead of the axe. It's so efficient and easy to cut the thumb size piece of wood needed in small stoves You just collect a bunch of long branches and while you're cooking and fiddling with the fire burning you can make a big pile of micro logs. Less dangerous than swinging an axe

Super helpful, thanks!

what a good comparison! great video!!!!

I would love to see your dehydration process and recipes. I would also like to see you compare the solo stove Vs. a sure fire scout or equivalent. You use to have some surefire equivalents in your inventory (cira. 2016)

You overloaded the hell out of the toaks. Have to load the bottom chamber full to the bottom of the holes so it can get a good up draft going which concentrates the heat. You basically boiled water on a choked fire

Good job! Good video 👏👏👏

Pretty good comparison, thanks for sharing.

Very informative - thank you.

Great video! Working on building a DIY version of the solo stove using some paint and soup cans. Depending on how that works out I might decide to just buy the real thing though. I wonder if the Firebox Nano didn't compete as well since it is a more open system causing for more heat loss, unlike the Solo and Toaks? Just a thought, all look like neat stoves though

I love my solo as well. It’s my power house. Have a lixada style stove that works well. Just got the nano and curious to see how it compares but I have a strong feeling that my solo will remain the favorite for camping and maybe the Nano for hiking

I don't know if i have found the holy grail of stoves yet either lol !, At some point i am considering the bushcraft essentials LF, a little smaller and lighter than the firebox but with the same advantages of the ease of assembly. Thanks for your thoughts and sharing !!

I bought the Toaks small titanium just because I figured it would pack well inside my pot. I had a firebox nano titanium. Loved it even though it was a tad small and the flat pack was hard to fit along with the pots. I'm not sold on the Toaks. It IS wiggly and it throws flames all around the place - seering the sides of the pots and melting plastic handles. Im thinking the top side vents are too big and it could use some support legs both on the lower part as well as on top to hold a kettle more steady.

Nice video, I think solo stove is better as it is a closed system, and it packs anywhere, I'm packing the solo campfire, just load the inside with food or gear.

Ref: The Firebox slow boil. Perhaps with that style lid it allowed more heat to escape. The other two lids were more closed and helped to raise temperatures faster.

Really like the Firebox stove !

Gotta agree WW, if I'm strictly burning wood, there's nothing else that cranks out the BTUs as efficiently as the Solo Stove. But if I'm backpacking something that will be more versatile (Trangia, Esbit, etc.), my go to is a Bushbox LF.

So yesterday I did a test of my Nano and my Bushbuddy which is the same as the Solo. I brought 12 oz of water to boil using same wood and pot. The Bushbuddy brought the water to boil at least two minutes faster than the Nano. I was a little surprised and I attribute it to the flames being directed through the holes inside the stove. The Nano on the other hand allows the flames to be more random.

Wade nice comparison thanks.

Thank you for the nice stove comparison video. And definitely yes on the Recipe(s) 👍🏻😊

I know the Solo is pretty expensive for what it is, but I like that it holds all the ash/embers which is great for safety so I'll eventually get one for that reason. Plus I've heard that they are pretty efficient.

Nice vid. thank you.... I remember used to make wood gas stoves outta old cans... didn't last too long but cheap. I would up getting a biolite.. liked the charging capability... guess its just an engineer thing... haha. Thanks again

Use the Swedish Torch method on the Firebox Nano and you get get a good burn for a solid 45+ minutes without touching it. I've used this method on the large and nano Firebox and it works great.

i really want a solo stove bad...lol I already have a firebox 5'' and an emberlit titanium fireant....which is a beast! it was my faithful companion for 4 months out in the Colorado backcountry.....but I really would like to have a nano too.....loved the vid! take care!

I’d love to see homemade dehydrated foods. The beef one you mentioned sounds good.

Going to make a large oven out of a brand new $25 3 pot stainless steamer set . Won’t have the gasification ports however plenty of holes for airflow. Thanks for the comparison

Nice comparison. I have not used my gasifier all that much but it does work well. I think I just prefer to make a fire I guess.

Good field test. Solo stove wins in terms of versatility, especially in fire risk / fire ban areas as cool base & no burning wood or hot ash escapes like FBNano.

I only have the Nano of these 3 stoves & I also have the Pathfinder Canteen Stove Kit. It works pretty decently for what it is & gets the job done, but I'm betting your Solo Stove would beat it out too. Thanks!

I made up a kit to keep in the vehicle for day walks or just fixing a meal when checking out a new area and the backpack is at home. Using a Condor H20 pouch. Starting at the bottom of the of the pouch there is a Oilcamp Stainless Steel Space Saver Cup. Then the Stanley Adventure Cook Camp System which fits ( sits ) inside the cup. The tapered sides of the Stanley Camp Cook kit fits inside the cup like it was made for it. Along the outside of the Stanley is a long handled Titanium spoon. Inside the Stanley is the Gen2 Folding Firebox Nano Ultralight Backpacking 3" Stove. On top of the Stanley is a Trangia Alcohol burner so I can cook with either alcohol or wood. The outside pocket of the Condor has a plastic ( Flask shaped ) 8 oz bottle which has the Denatured Alcohol for the Trangia. Next to it is a fero rod for lighting the burner or starting a fire. Folded next to the fero rod is a bandana which can be used if the handles of either pot gets to hot for a bare hand to touch. A few months later I added two canteen pouches one on each side of the Condor H20 pouch. One pouch has a Nalgene canteen in it and the other pouch has a couple dehydrated meals. Thanks to using a wood fire the Stanley has a nice blacken bottom and sides which I think helps it to heat up quicker. Out of the three stoves you demonstrated only the Solo Stove can be used on a wood picnic table and the base of it will not burn a circle on the table. Also I have put some alcohol ( 1/2 oz ) in the Solo Stoves ( Lite ) ash pan , lite it and used it as a alcohol stove.

You overloaded the Gasification stoves to far above the gas holes to even perform as designed. It becomes just a tin can hobo stove. Im sorry to inform you of this error in fuel loading and burning. Correctly loaded with small peices of wood well packed will burn and heat your food or water for up to 40 minutes without babysitting it. Hope this helps you.

Thank you indeed for a very informative video

Yes that lunch looks great.

Great review brother!

thanks for the comparison, i will check out your channel

I own the Nano which is able to use the the alcohol stove with it. It performs well.

Very good. Thank you very much

How did you make the Chipotle Chicken and Rice dehydrated meal, Sir ? Would love the recipe, and process. Thank you in advance. Keep up the great work !!!

Super impressed you didn't knock over and of them. Solo looks the best. I wouldn't use the middle one as it looks super sketchy.

Nice video. Well presented. My experience is that as long as you have dry wood a gasifier will beat a regular (I have the full size Firebox) but if your wood is a bit damp you will never get good gas burn but will be able to cook on the Box. What has been your experience with that? Also:Firebox are dangerous. Once you shell out for one, you want the whole range! ;-)

Still like my Toaks small version, because that's the one I bought and use, dammit)). It's not as low to the ground or as wide as the Solo, but it is lighter weight. If you fill it correctly at the start and don't pack above the lower half (furnace), the upper half (chimney) works as it should. I also like that it has a feeder slot in the chimney for wood so you don't have to take off the pot like you do with the Solo.

I realize I'm a year late to the party, I love the side by side comparisons. The Firebox Nano is king IMO, especially in titanium. Especially since you can use wood, Trangia alcohol stove, Trangia type gas burner, solid fuel tabs and the damn thing can fit in your pocket. So versatile.

Love seeing this gear side by side, doing a typical task. Really helpful. I ran the Solo Lite for a few years, but recently upgraded to the Solo Titan. Packs about the same, but is more stable and boils water faster. The Lite is a great stove, but when it is cold and windy, and maybe the sun is going down, the wider base of the Titan is a better choice for me. Are any of the Woodswalkers cooking/heating water with the big backyard "fire pit" Solos? I cook on/in my woodstove during the winter, but am thinking about upgrading my "outside kitchen" during the months when it is too warm to run a woodstove. Who cooks with wood in the backyard? #rollingblackouts

Nice one thanks

sometimes I have enough grief keeping one twig stove going let alone three of them, all in the prep, if youre lazy its going to be a struggle haha

Great video!

Will these also work with pellets you can keep on hand for emergencies like very wet weather or no available wood.?

Brilliant video could watch these all day, but then I'd never get outside......

Great video! What did you do to the Toaks mug that makes the soot so shiny? Looks like it doesn't come off onto your hands either.

Please do a video on your Chipotle Chicken and Rice recipe, and dehydration process, PLEASE !!!!!

Interesting test. I just ordered a Nano last night. Other differences aside, I think you may have prejudiced your test a bit by adding the food to the water in the Solo LIte. I'm not a scientist, but as the food absorbed water, wouldn't it create less 'apparent' volume, and cause it to boil faster?

I'd like to see your recipe and technique for dehydrated meals, especially that chipotle chicken with rice.

thank youu super nice video 😌😌✨

I can't believe I never commented on this...well a year and 9 mos later I'll just say...I find it funny how people judged/critiqued your techniques of lighting, feeding a particular stove without taking into consideration you started and maintained 3 stoves simultaneously...lol. Outstanding job sir!

I don’t mean to insult but these stoves can be loaded differently and wield quicker boil times. For all three take a 3” long section of hardwood, split into 4 quarters and pack into the stove. Ignite this this with small tinder as you would a top down fire lay. Packing the stoves with as much hardwood from the outset yields hottest coals and highest output. The gasifiers, mainly the Toaks, need the top chambers cleared. They will put out more heat with less wood if filled correctly and often don’t even need to be refilled!

Thanks for the demonstration. Currently I have a tatonka alcohol burner but as alcohol is quite pricey I am thinking of buying a small Toaks wood stove. I see that you loaded the toaks up to the top. Isn’t it too much? I mean I thought that if you want good gasified fire you have to keep the fuel level under the inner holes so the returning hot air can help the burning better.

Thank you for sharing.