Warning. Went out in the hot tent and bought the blocks from Tractor Supply. These blocks really soot up your pipe and they don't burn as hot as wood. During the night, it was getting cold, so I tried adding some wood to the stove after having these blocks in the stove. They don't break down as quickly as you think. It actually caused a blockage in my stove as some of the blocks didn't burn all the way. Its not a good thing when its below freezing and you can't put any more wood in the fire. Ended up having to use small shovel and pull the unburned portions of the blocks out of the stove so I could put wood into it. Once wood was used, the stove started heating up the tent much more warmer than the fuel blocks. Also when I tore down the stove when packing up, the stove pipe was really coated heavily with soot. The spark arrestor was starting to get clogged pretty good. I did try the blocks thinking it would be a great idea, but my one night in the woods with these changed my mind to go back to regular wood. I hope anyone else who tries these will have better luck than I did. Don't know if I just got a bad batch of fuel blocks or what, but make sure you have a little backup plan if something similar happens to you like it did me. This isn't a knock at your video! I loved the outside the box thinking! It would have been really nice if it worked out with me. The idea of not having to put more wood in the stove for 4 hours during the night was a fantastic idea! Keep up the testing and outside the box thinking!
@BarkEater Жыл бұрын
Wow I truly am shocked and sorry that happened, definitely not a positive experience. I did not have any issue with my test runs or i certainly would of posted different results. What did you have chimney damper and airflow vent in door set at? How cold was it outside? Do you think lower temperatures could be part of culprit? I know I have had a lot more soot build up on colder nights than slightly warmer nights. Afterall creosote forms by hot smoke cooling rapidly on cold pipe, this is why homes are recommended double or even triple wall insulated pipes. I agree the blocks do smolder for long time, but really seen this as a good thing holding heat inside longer. I hope you don't mind, I am going to note your comment in description for others to take warning and test for themselves beforehand. Thank you for replying, I will be testing this more in colder weather and do a update.
@ashleyhoward89262 ай бұрын
I'm not shocked at your findings at all, you are absolutely correct. Some of the world's best stoves are Scandinavian & the manufacturer's warn against all night burning. Loading a stove & turning it right down is the most inefficient & potentially dangerous practice. You could easily have succumbed to CO poisoning. Be sure to have a CO detector in your tent at all times.
@BarkEater2 ай бұрын
Always have both a C0 and smoke detector wherever you are using a wood stove. As for night burning, while growing up nearly everyone who lived in my area used wood stoves as main source of heat and if you didn't fill and damper down, your pipes would freeze. Its not a uncommon practice even today.
@stiltneroutdoors87 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely game changer, Throw that thing in right before lights out and you’ll be good. Fishing and hunting camp will be nice now! Gonna go check tractor supply tomorrow
@BarkEater Жыл бұрын
Exactly what I thought when I bought them today, had to put to the test. I think they would burn even longer in a tent fully dampered down. I larger tent stove that could hold 1 ½ or 2 wow you'll be cooking on it in morning. Thanks for watching 👍
@tamarap387 Жыл бұрын
@@BarkEater What is the brand again? I'm up in Canada and have seen similar blocks, but none this large. Thank you!
@BarkEater Жыл бұрын
@@tamarap387 This brand is labeled Eco-Energy Fuel Blocks but I've seen similar in other names before. Smaller ones would be ok stacked up i would assume. Good luck and thanks for watching 👍
@elbryn14 ай бұрын
Recently tried this technique and it was a total success, did it over multiple nights and the longest time i had so far using various methods was start time 830pm and still had 2 charcoal sized pieces smouldering at 1030 am!!
@BarkEater4 ай бұрын
Thats great to hear. I think the key is dialing in the airflow just right to your stove and conditions. Once that's figured out these blocks definitely can help keep warmth longer. Appreciate you stopping by to report results. 👍
@elbryn14 ай бұрын
@BarkEater it got so hot the fire didn't need much oxygen at all to burn, I have one of the cheapest stoves you can get on Amazon, and I had the damper in front close all the way, it was pulling in air from the smallest of gaps on the door and that was enough to sustain it. I had to blow off the ash twice but it have a pocket bellows and it wasn't difficult. I used 2 fuel blocks right next to eachother and I built and upside down fire on top of them to get it started and banked it with hardwoods.
@BarkEater4 ай бұрын
Thats great. Ohhh ill have to try the upside down method 👍
@normedwards53056 ай бұрын
Great idea! Always lookin for an excuse to go to Tractor Supply. 😅
@BarkEater6 ай бұрын
Haha thanks, chick days are soon 👍 use caution i had mixed results since filming this. I've found 50/50 with hardwood burns cleaner. Thanks for watching 👍
@aviatordave110 ай бұрын
That’a a game changer! Thanks for running this test and sharing!
@BarkEater10 ай бұрын
Absolutely.. take note i had mixed results since filming this. Had some soot buildup on very cold night burns. Next time out im going to try half a block half hardwood mix.
@DaxWoodsWanderer Жыл бұрын
That really is a game changer, I saw a video of someone doing this years ago and when I looked into the blocks they were crazy expensive, for 4.99 though, that is worth trying out.
@BarkEater Жыл бұрын
Absolutely. Tractor supply has them. Thanks for stopping by 👍
@aviatordave110 ай бұрын
Good to know. Thanks for the feedback! I know of a few folks, myself included, who would be interested in the results of the mix of the two. Maybe another video? ;-)
@BarkEater10 ай бұрын
Absolutely. I hope to do a hot tent trip by early November, I'll be sure to film the outcome 👍
@treywilly4317 ай бұрын
Thanks for doing the research for us, definitely gonna pick up a few of those for my car camping trips.
@BarkEater7 ай бұрын
Some others and myself had mixed results since filming this. I think ½ a block over a base layer of hardwood burns cleaner. You need to keep dampers flowing air so the block dont smolder too much or it gets soot buildup in pipe when very cold. Experiment with what works for you and have fun. Thanks for watching
@JayhooOutdoors7 ай бұрын
I’ll have to try that. If you get 6hrs your sleep system will from hot only need to keep you warm for 2hrs for a full night sleep should not be a problem if you have an appropriate sleeping system
@BarkEater7 ай бұрын
Exactly the point I made. Sleep system is all you should rely on. Thanks for watching 👍
@aviatordave110 ай бұрын
That’d be great. You could have the video do double duty to catch the actual temp of the stove out of the outdoor, windy environment. I liked that you pointed out, in this video, that part of the solution is having the right sleeping system. It sure won’t need to be 80-100 degrees in the tent if you’ve got a good pad with a suitable bag.
@BarkEater10 ай бұрын
Exactly 💯. Thats where a lot of people are misinformed with small hot tent stoves, they aren't designed or large enough to continuously heat a thin fabric tent for long term. I highly recommend the US military cold weather bag combined with the lighter patrol bag on extreme cold trips or something similar. I'll touch base on that setup in the next vid as well. Appreciate your input, you've given me some good ideas to run with.
@apar1560 Жыл бұрын
Nicely done... great demo ! 👍 ...Alan in 🇨🇱
@BarkEater Жыл бұрын
Appreciate it. Thank you for watching 👍
@mikeham5465 Жыл бұрын
Couldn’t agree more absolute fame changer
@BarkEater Жыл бұрын
👍 100% .. thanks for watching
@gp1971 Жыл бұрын
That’s awesome man. I’m getting me a few packs. Take care.
@BarkEater Жыл бұрын
👍 thanks for watching. Absolutely, give it a try. Just make sure its pure sawdust no glues or waxes.
@matrixlockdown29757 ай бұрын
will test this and update, liking the possibilities here.
@BarkEater7 ай бұрын
I've had mixed results since filming this. I think key for my stove is plenty of air flow, and ½ log at a time on solid bed of coals and layer of wood. Too dampered they smolder to much causing dirty burn Definitely let me know what you discovered and thanks for coming by.
@matrixlockdown29757 ай бұрын
@@BarkEater that's good to know to get started. I will definitely update here in a month or so. We always have the problem of needing to load the stove again once or twice pre-dawn depending when we sleep so a longer burning alternative is of great interest to me for overnight. The rest of the day we don't mind feeding it periodically. Thanks for the information and suggestion. I will let you know my findings.
@BarkEater7 ай бұрын
Awesome, appreciate it. Have fun out there 👍
@gcruishank966311 ай бұрын
That's really interesting, have to check these out. I love winter camping and even with a stove I usually bring a small Mr. Buddy and propane to keep the tent warm all night, but this might mean not having to bring those. You just get up after 5 hours and pop another one in!
@BarkEater11 ай бұрын
They worked great first couple times i used them, I had one time that did create some pipe deposit . Going to test out using ½ block with wood this fall for a cleaner burn. My advice is test in your stove and no matter what always carry a smoke / co detector on overnights. Thanks for watching.
@gcruishank966310 ай бұрын
Yep, just did a test in my tent in the backyard (camping out with the kids) in my small Luxe 3W and although these bricks burn for quite a long time (stove was still a little warm in the morning) with your baffles around 20% open, they create a LOT of soot! Pretty much everything on the stove had a layer of shiny, thick black soot which took me quite a while to clean out. I would only use these on an outdoor fire in something that's easy to clean. @@BarkEater
@BarkEater10 ай бұрын
I ran vents at closer to 50%. Like I mentioned i had mixed results at different times. Not sure why it sooted some and not others. I really need to do a 50/50 wood and block test but hasn't been cold enough. Thanks for reporting back. Ill be sure to update when I test more.
@bobbyhale45997 ай бұрын
I’d bet you could get easy 7-8 hours considering the wind was blowing on that the whole time and wouldn’t be in a tent. Great video!
@BarkEater7 ай бұрын
Definitely burns hotter in tent. I found ½ block with hardwood base burns cleaner. Thanks for watching 👍
@ML-uk6lu6 ай бұрын
Thank you.
@BarkEater6 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching 👍
@AlexRodriguez-gw8xt10 ай бұрын
Great idea will try it out this deer season in northern Minnesota. Thanks for sharing..
@BarkEater10 ай бұрын
Awesome. Test out ½ block with hardwood im finding it burns cleaner on very cold nights. Thanks for watching.
@MrMann703 Жыл бұрын
Interesting, my stove arrives tomorrow, may have to try that. Was looking up ways to prolong burn times a method I'll try also was getting a good bed of coals made then pull them up to the front and stuffing as much wood in as possible behind the coals. Lol i love all things fire related
@MrMann703 Жыл бұрын
Great video, I was wondering what those pressed longs would be like.
@BarkEater Жыл бұрын
I've had mixed results since making this video. Sometimes they burn clean and long other times they smoldered and made lots of nasty goo in pipe. I think it needs to be dialed in just right with good airflow to keep them burning clean. I think this winter I will be trying just ½ of one with hardwood chunk mix and see if that is any better. Thanks for watching 👍
@MrOldclunker Жыл бұрын
I know someone that used lump charcoal in theirs. They just loaded it up and dampered it off.
@BarkEater Жыл бұрын
I toyed with that idea, figured it would burn way to hot. Might have to experiment on burn time someday. Thanks for watching 👍
@cschruthable3 ай бұрын
Wish I had a tractor supply near me. I spend 17 for 6 envirologs each give me a 5+ hour burn time.
@Craigsoutdooradventures Жыл бұрын
I need to find some of these in the UK that was impressive and with the dampers closed down I reckon 7 hours
@BarkEater Жыл бұрын
Absolutely impressive. Look for pure hardwood sawdust blocks. Wish you luck finding some near you. Let me know if you do incase others over the pond are looking. Thanks for watching and the support 👍
@Craigsoutdooradventures Жыл бұрын
@@BarkEater will do buddy just subbed you 👍
@alexjones2847 ай бұрын
I use your idea 👍
@BarkEater7 ай бұрын
👍 thanks
@winstonsmith9357 ай бұрын
Check out the TNT videos , Murray has a Video Using a Vevor Tent stove indoors using 2 Methonol Burners instead of Wood. You can also see on his channel how to make a vegetable Oil burner s, which would last a long time, they burn clean with no soot and I’ve plenty of heat.
@BarkEater7 ай бұрын
Wow thank you, I'm interested in seeing this and will definitely have a look. Thanks for the info and stopping by 👍
@moosehand872110 ай бұрын
If you didnt already have a bed of coals in there i would put two little sprig rails of fat wood on the bottom of the stove and strike them to flame and slide that block right on top of them. It wouldnt have any choice but to light up. I got a pkg of that fatwood from atwoods farm & ranch. (It rhymes i know) that stuff is flammable like old railroad tie chips.
@BarkEater10 ай бұрын
Solid idea. Fatwood would definitely get these blocks blazing in no time. I use fatwood I harvest as well as store bought all year. One of my favorite fire starting methods. 👍
@AdventureswithSpackmann Жыл бұрын
Very cool! 5 bucks to boot. Nice.
@BarkEater Жыл бұрын
Only downfall I see is obviously weight, your not hiking a bunch in but in a jetsled or near vehicle 👍 definitely want to keep in sealed bag I imagine they would swell to a huge mess if they became wet. Thanks for watching 👍
@AdventureswithSpackmann Жыл бұрын
@@BarkEater lol yeah getting them wet would suck.
@ahilbilyredneksopinion10 ай бұрын
I found this little fit n hot propane burn pit,buildin an insert with a stovepipe ta vent the fumes,gunna have a propane camp stove in a bit....
@BarkEater10 ай бұрын
Ohh wow that sounds like it could be a solid idea. Lmk how that works out. Propane is nice if you can vent and the condensation isn't too bad
@ahilbilyredneksopinion10 ай бұрын
@@BarkEater I will let ya know...I do believe with the correct "stovepipe" vent tube whut ever ya call it at that point there should be nuthin but heat output....caused by the stove anyways.....
@BarkEater10 ай бұрын
@@ahilbilyredneksopinion nice. That would be awesome
@ahilbilyredneksopinion10 ай бұрын
@@BarkEateralso,just ta spred the news fer hammock hot tenters, and hot tenters alike,Onetigris just made a new one called the Cozshack. Food fer thought... .
@rudygeorgiamulesandcountry1594 Жыл бұрын
200° to 250° isn't really acceptable as a stove top temperature. Flue stacks normally run around 350°
@BarkEater Жыл бұрын
I agree however keep in mind stove was outside on a cold and very windy day, laser thermometer is cheapest one can buy so probably isn't super accurate. Since this video I winter camped with this stove and used these blocks to hold over in the night and everything went smoothly for me. Thanks for stopping by
@williampennjr.4448 Жыл бұрын
$5? geeze. They're like $40 on amazon. can you provide a link where you got them? thanks.
@BarkEater Жыл бұрын
Somebody's gotta pay that free shipping 😆 if you have a tractor supply or store that sells wood pellets check there. Thanks for watching 👍
@alansmith1368 Жыл бұрын
I know you said the stove was a Danchel. What mode is it? Would you recommend it?
@BarkEater Жыл бұрын
It is model S6 danchel Outdoors. I would recommend it but with minor modifications that I notice a lot of stoves need. Damper on pipe is just a straight shaft with steel ring if you forget what way ring is you don't know where damper is. I added a little pice of metal as indicator. Top cap I added about 18" steel fishing leader so cordage tie off for pipe isn't near heat of pipe. I can explain and show pics in my Instagram if you find me there. Here's link to the danchal stove noticed a 30.00 off coupon there not sure how long its on sale. Thanks for watching 👍 amzn.to/3IEiT8N
@OzarkGuy Жыл бұрын
The stove is generic, I actually have no idea what the brand is...
@BarkEater Жыл бұрын
@@OzarkGuy i actually answered his question above. Its not generic its a Danchel Outdoors stove. Inexpensive yet decent little stoves. 👍
@hamradio3656 ай бұрын
Does this stove hold up to heavy use
@BarkEater6 ай бұрын
Its been used for around 8 times so far, most being all night burns and other than normal discoloration from heat its pretty much like new. Definitely worth the money in my mind for small tent stove.
@BarkEater6 ай бұрын
Its been used for around 8 times so far, most being all night burns and other than normal discoloration from heat its pretty much like new. Definitely worth the money in my mind for small tent stove.
@campdoggs2959 Жыл бұрын
Cool subbed 😎
@BarkEater Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the support 👍
@campdoggs2959 Жыл бұрын
@@BarkEater your welcome
@OzarkGuy Жыл бұрын
Ooops... Was trying to comment on my own video, sorry
@BarkEater Жыл бұрын
Its all good 👍
@jeffparryncc17012 ай бұрын
Does anyone use heat beads?🤔 No, just me 😁
@BarkEater2 ай бұрын
Not sure what those are, wood pellets?
@tankcraft3994 Жыл бұрын
What is the name of the wood
@BarkEater Жыл бұрын
Fuel blocks, they come branded under several names. Hardwood pure sawdust no glues or waxes.
@brianalsum770610 ай бұрын
Your inferred thermometer won’t read stainless correctly.
@BarkEater10 ай бұрын
Because of the reflection?
@brianalsum770610 ай бұрын
@@BarkEater in simplest terms yes. Think of the surface like a mirror for inferred. It’s doesn’t so much see the surface as water ever it’s reflecting. A contact temperature probe or find a hitting a dark spot on the surface will get you the best results. Glass, copper… anything shiny, reflective or polished will give you inaccurate results
@BarkEater10 ай бұрын
Makes sense and most likely why temp was reading all over the place when using on Shiney compared to duller areas. Thank you.
@WhstlblwrBlastingEpsteinsILK10 ай бұрын
Great video. Thanks for sharing. I am living outside in Vermont winters as a whistleblower federal investigator blasting Epsteins partners-in-crime in both major parties. Caspar & Miro Weinberger are pi$$Ed AF. 😂
@BarkEater10 ай бұрын
Take caution in using, I and some others have had mixed results on how clean burn is. Read other comments and experiment with wood mix and proper air flow settings that work best in your stove. Ohh my you are doing the Lords work, be safe out there and bring them all to justice ⚖ 🙏