Think Small, Miniature Firewood and Tiny Solo Mesa Stove. Is this worth doing?

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Жыл бұрын

First attempt at making miniature firewood and finding the best fuel for the Solo Mesa mini Stove #solostove #firewood
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@robmatthews7972 Жыл бұрын

Just thought to take some time to come back and say why I haven`t been watching and will not watch any more of your videos as you made come discerning political comments I do not agree with a few weeks ago. I was enjoying the development of the WV property but I don`t care anymore. I am a genetic product from Lancaster Co. Pa. but was reared as a southerner and a Floridian.

@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans Жыл бұрын

Thanks for letting me know Rob, I have been worried sick day and night wondering why Rob Matthews hasn't been watching. If I were to offer prizes for strangest comment of the week I would send you two!

@chrisbarr1359 Жыл бұрын

@@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans Mike made "discerning" comments? How could you? Next time make idiotic, stupid & ignorant comments, which Rob prefers!

@Z-Bart Жыл бұрын

@@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans Just when I thought I had seen it all. Ba-bye Rob.

@iandownie9848 Жыл бұрын

Hey man, live and let live. I don't recall what Mike comments were about but his or yours are of equal value even if you don't agree. Political comment will always generate differing opinions. Being an outsider, I have no dog in this fight. Just accept that we are all entitled to our own opinion even when it may not be the popular view.

@ryan71100 Жыл бұрын

Bye Rob 👋🏻

@OcalaBrew 7 ай бұрын

I have the first model Solo stove that I have kept for hurricane emergency cooking. It is smaller than the Mesa. I have used it once in 10:years, to cook hot dogs! Now we have a travel trailer and it’s going camping! I can cook a lot in a small iron skillet or other small cookware. I can make coffee, tea, warm soup, cook eggs, a burger, all sorts of things. I will use twigs and scrap wood I can pick up at Lowe’s for free. No one needs a fire in the mini to last 45 minutes.

@ChickenLips412 Жыл бұрын

14:44 New OWTM tee-shirt slogan: “We Don’t Burn Pellets. We Burn Real Wood. “

@madsciencegary3830 Жыл бұрын

You are SO smooth spreading rock from that bucket. I'm always impressed.

@EuroYardService Жыл бұрын

Thought the same. What looks so easy and effortless actually requires a lot of hours to practice besides having raw talent 😊

@JustAFlyover Жыл бұрын

It is amazing. Those buckets are extensions of his hands. I've never seen anyone so smooth.

@thekiltedsawyer Жыл бұрын

Glad you got Nathan Elliott his bag!

@roy40oz 26 күн бұрын

I like the East Oak table top fire 🔥 They're all pretty fun

@leonlaffoon9989 Жыл бұрын

Now that's too much like playing around, but you do you. That's what keeps a lot of us coming back. HNY to you all.😁

@jhamric95161 Жыл бұрын

I don't think I have ever seen anyone as smooth as you, Mike...putting that rock down!

@jacobsmeltzer2306 Жыл бұрын

I love to see and hear hunter walk around when you guys do the videos. I miss hunter in the videos.

@templar1694 Жыл бұрын

Solo stoves are great companion during chilly days.

@TODinWY Жыл бұрын

Really nice background music in the first 1:55.

@andrewdalzell99 Жыл бұрын

✨Happy New Year✨🍾🥂

@johnthorpe1071 Жыл бұрын

Chimney charcoal starter is +/- $15.00 should work good

@PS-rr2jt Жыл бұрын

Watching you spreading that stone was really satisfying.

@NewtonWashinton Жыл бұрын

Great Idea Mike 1" x 1" cut to a 4" length, Nice little stove good for Hot Dogs, Hamburgers, S'mores, and Marshmallows. and of course a bag of fire starter.... 👍👍

@DBlank72 Жыл бұрын

Good to see Hunter, I hope he is doing well.

@arjanvogel6444 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your vid 😇💟💟💟 Love you all guys, there are also very small wood burners they use them to heat up vans or boat's or little spaces and there you also need this little woods.

@rondastump8930 Жыл бұрын

Luv ur videos and watching ur family etc. Thank u so much!! God's blessings!

@tonandmarc Жыл бұрын

I bet that fire smells amazing !

@barrywinters1142 Жыл бұрын

I love the variety of your music setections

@lcee6592 Жыл бұрын

If one could grow a miniature forest, make a miniature chainsaw and miniature log splitter.... Cool little stove!

@nickpetrancosta7812 Жыл бұрын

Your awesome

@robschwartzenburg8933 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful old international at the start of the video

@bhaskarparam9711 Жыл бұрын

Me and my husband had a great Christmas I received a lot of gifts from him

@EYALAVRAHAMI Жыл бұрын

Happy new year beautiful family! May god bless you all this upcoming year 🙏

@jamesroward4130 Жыл бұрын

Yinns Love your FireStarter. Great job!

@1944chevytruck Жыл бұрын

LOL!.... HAPPY NEW YEAR!

@aprildelia4244 Жыл бұрын

JENGA " WOOD " BE PERFECT FOR THE MINI FIRE PIT ! LOL !

@williamconnelly5143 Жыл бұрын

Welcome Back Morgan family. Happy New Year!!!

@BG-vq9fd Жыл бұрын

Happy New Year all

@retiredsockmonkey7257 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your videos. Love them

@judithfairchild8620 Жыл бұрын

Have a Blessed Great New Year

@danbrophy3785 Жыл бұрын

You are my fire sole mate. I love fires, anywhere anytime. I can watch it all day long. And I’ll burn just about anything.

@NSResponder Жыл бұрын

Mike Morgan brings you today's lesson in economies of scale.

@jimconnor8274 Жыл бұрын

Happy New Year Folks out there in Morgan World!

@ledbyonme2064 Жыл бұрын

Okay so I think I forgot to say this happy New Year to all the Morgan's far and near,!!!

@halfwayfarmsandoutdoors3550 Жыл бұрын

I clean my stove glass by using a damp paper towel dipped in the wood ashes. Works wonders. After I get all the suet scrubbed, I take another damp paper towel to clean it off and then a dry one to dry the glass off. Ashes are free.

@robertdunaway9872 Жыл бұрын

You can take a damp rag and put it in your old ashes and clean the glass on your wood stove. It works pretty well. I did it for years.

@richfabian6534 Жыл бұрын

Happy New Year Morgan Family

@victorflores9790 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful table

@garyfox8170 Жыл бұрын

Best way to clean glass on stove is wet paper towel dipped in fire ashes wipe glass and dry with clean paper towel . Recommend method of Pacific Energy wood stoves.

@Z-Bart Жыл бұрын

I could see having one of those when I'm out ice fishing. Right now I have a taconite pellet sample can that I put charcoal into before I head out.

@johnsandell4501 Жыл бұрын

Continued successes this coming year.

@fthwheeler1 Жыл бұрын

Happy New Year !

@paulfrew6291 Жыл бұрын

Happy new guys hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and new year

@OldIndyRacer Жыл бұрын

When I go out hunting or fishing or overnight in the woods, I use what is available for my stoves. I have a kelly kettle and a bush buddy. It is just so convient when I am on the move or it is just me. BUT when we go overnight camping in parks, you can't go scavaging in someone else's campsite or go deep in the trees to get the fuel. ( and sometimes you can't cut anything in a park ) So yes, I am a woodworker, so I cut long strips of some of my scrap maple or oak and chop saw them short and bring them with me. I usually grab a couple handfuls of planer shavings. So in that venue, I think there is a market. Add your fire starter and you have the whole package. 👍 I cut my pieces 1/2 to 3/4 x 3 inches.. And a few largers pieces. I don't use it for any recreational times. I fully cook on these. At a camp ground I cook everything with them.

@donflack3778 Жыл бұрын

That is good stuff! Works very good. 😉

@raymondparker1110 Жыл бұрын

Oak and hickory chunk wood, sold for use in smokers by Lowe's, Home Depot, and other stores, burn phenomenally in this stove. I've split down some of the largest pieces that come in the bag, but for the most part just throw them in the way they come. After getting a good coal bed going, the larger chunks really extend burn time without having to continually add extra in. This is my go to fuel, along with pellets, which are finickier but burn great as well. Lots of options with this Mesa, gotta love it !

@rickw.5267 Жыл бұрын

Hello Mike & Melissa, and Morgan family. Happy New Year! Looking forward to all the things you will be doing in 2023. Blessings from Rick in N.H.

@Tom_Klein Жыл бұрын

I’ve got a new Solo Mesa, but haven’t “fired” it up yet, but gotta git on it now! Wishing you guys a Healthy & Happy New Year!

@jq2911 Жыл бұрын

This stove started as a Bush Buddy by the hiking community. It's a wood stove for cooking your food or boiling water for dehydrated food. It was made to use natural wood fuel found on the trail instead of carrying alcohol bottles or canister fuel. It's also good to use when there is a burn ban during dry conditions on the trail.

@rachele.childs8424 Жыл бұрын

💯✅✌️🌠

@JustAFlyover Жыл бұрын

That makes sense!

@rachele.childs8424 Жыл бұрын

🤣😂

@jimwright5529 Жыл бұрын

Used the same thing in the canoe tripping community. Worked well while out with small amounts of wood and did our cooking on one.

@darrellstrait309 Жыл бұрын

What I burn in my Solo Stove is more like what comes out of a wood chipper.

@firstfreonwarrior Жыл бұрын

Hunter down the stairs to the rescue! LOL!

@markorcutt7544 9 ай бұрын

They make nice portable fire pits

@njb7209 Жыл бұрын

Just thinking about you! 🎆

@jamessanders4310 Жыл бұрын

We missed your videos. Hope you both enjoyed a little break…

@alittleofthisandalittleofthat Жыл бұрын

Mini solo… got one for Christmas. Yes mini wood is needed. Lol

@jbbrown7907 Жыл бұрын

I fired the ceramic kilns in college. I made a little ceramic kiln that took one by one by 4 inch sticks. I got that little kiln up to cone #9

@keithbeynon3878 Жыл бұрын

My parents used to have a international scout like you videoed at the start of your video. It was a nice vehicle.

@michaelfreehling1914 Жыл бұрын

Happy New Year to the Morgans. Solar stove, camp coffee pot, rich brew of coffee, smelling good tasting even better

@charlessabinjr7661 Жыл бұрын

I agree that the sawn method would be safer than the split wood. As I watched you spread the rock on the driveway, l thought that watching a man do what he likes to do, with the skills to do it well, combined with a beautiful morning, is a stress free way to start a day. Happy New Year, 2023! PRAYing! ... for all the family, friends and associates ... Health, Safety, and Success in the coming year.

@307j.o.a.t9 Жыл бұрын

Hey Mike... for cleaning the glass on youre stove, try wetting your rag with a little water then dipping it in the ashes in the stove and wipe the glass with that. Dry off with a dry spot of the rag. Cleans perfectly.

@jonmcgovern5266 Жыл бұрын

I must admit I very rarely read comments on videos on KZfaq so this may have been mentioned before. Up here in Alberta many rural people burn wood as their main home heating method. They use an accessory called a thermo-electic fan to circulate warm air from their air tight stoves. The device uses heat from the stove to convert to electricity which drives a fan motor to push warm air from the stove. A magnet hold the fan in place anywhere on the top of the stove. This a very effective way to fit a a movement systen to any stove with a flat surface. It warms a room up pretty quick. Up here prices range from $80.00 and up depending on the size of the unit. Just a thought.

@jackcox5337 Жыл бұрын

That was nice old Scout that went in front of you.

@floydferguson5366 Жыл бұрын

Great video!

@kearnsey64 Жыл бұрын

You could heat up hotdogs and sausage on a skewer over that too! I like Melissa's idea of the Jenga game lol!

@erikowren7894 Жыл бұрын

I feel like you would need to make a mini fire wood cutting jig for a box blade type cutter maybe…. Great fun to try. Thank you for sharing..

@davidingram353 Жыл бұрын

My son-in-law uses small wood in his smoker and a small pizza oven. I get him a couple rounds twice a year and he loves it.

@terrancesnyder9323 Жыл бұрын

GOOD MORNING, GOD BLESS YOU & HAPPY NEW YEAR

@NehemiahRodgers Жыл бұрын

Happy New year!

@camplin2 Жыл бұрын

always innovating and experimenting Mike…love that about you…$35/box….really. wow

@scottbaldwin515 Жыл бұрын

Hey Mike, not sure if you’ll see this or even if someone has already commented on it… there’s already 130+ comments. A way that I found to clean the stove glass for free and in my case better than ANY product that I’ve ever bought is by simply taking ash from the stove and mixing into a small bowl with a little water. Mix it to a paste and(doesn’t take much at all). Then just wipe the paste on the glass with a rag or even some paper towels, very little elbow grease is needed, then simply wipe off with a clean rag. Just a tip that I learned years ago and again, works just as good if not better than any products you can buy… and a lot cheaper 😁 Happy New Year! Thanks for the vids. Scott

@danielbowser130 Жыл бұрын

The glass cleans up really good with a wet paper towel and ashes from the stove. Or a hot fire will also clean it.

@jimmyg4057 Жыл бұрын

Hot Diggity Dawg, I gots me some fire starter y'all... I'm so pumped! Thanks Morgan family, you're the BEST!!!

@geraldsundberg3610 Жыл бұрын

I n Europe they make a lot of small wood with some very interesting machines.

@cyndikarp3368 Жыл бұрын

Happy New Year.

@looneylenny87 Жыл бұрын

Happy New Year Morgan's, Boscawen, NH

@victorflores9790 Жыл бұрын

Very nice! I like it.

@virgilviereckjr.6881 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing guys, Happy New Years to all of you guys. Take care, all the best, and God bless. ✝️❤️🙏🇺🇸🗽🌩🌬️🌊⛴⚓️

@OntarioFirewoodResource Жыл бұрын

Happy new year!

@peterkoster5053 Жыл бұрын

Using some of the firewood ash in your cloth as an abrasive helps clean the glass easy and at no cost.

@michaeljheinz3336 Жыл бұрын

Happy New Year Guys.

@fxdpntc Жыл бұрын

Happy New Year Mike and all the Morgans. 🎉

@jeffhartmann2469 Жыл бұрын

Nice to see you Axel….have a fun and healthy new year!

@bhaskarparam9711 Жыл бұрын

That's good for tent camping stove

@raypatterson8781 Жыл бұрын

i have used this to clean my stove glass take a newspaper and dampen.then dip it in the wood ash.then clean the glass.good luck

@smokinbutts2 Жыл бұрын

Happy New Year! Hopefully 2023 is a great year! Tell Hunter Hello!!

@rodbagley1686 Жыл бұрын

Happy new year to the Morgan's. I bought a cheap Chinese knock off sorta like that little stove you bought. Mine was about 20 bucks. Only about 5 inches tall and 6 inches around when in the box. Put it together about twice as tall. Twig stove. Great for motorcycle camping. Free fuel most places. Doesn't make much smoke and makes a hot fire for cooking. Fun to play with in the evenings when there is not much to do after dark. I cut a bunch of dead ash rounds about 4 or 5 inches long. Split with a axe. Fast and easy for what I am doing.

@BAMFWOODS Жыл бұрын

Mike. Let’s do the cubes

@Norseman220 Жыл бұрын

Happy new year to you and your family from Norway. I don't comment very often, but I follow your channel regularly. I have tried several products for cleaning the stove glass and found that if you put water on a curled up newspaper page (Or some other sturdy paper) and dip it in the ashes that has burned out it cleans the glass better than most store bought products. Just a new years tip for you plus it saves money.

@matthewward631 Жыл бұрын

Happy New Year! A few years back, I took one off those charcoal starter things, added 3 L brackets to the bottom, add 4 L brackets to the top. I took a small piece of expanded metal (with a hole cut in the middle for loading) and bolted it to the top. When I’m in the woods cutting, I just toss some small wood and twigs in it give it a quick light and put the coffee pot on top. Makes great cowboy coffee!

@dougfrye7775 Жыл бұрын

Great video! Not sure who was cuter between Melissa and Axel. Well, I really do know, but I didn't want to hurt Axel's young feelings! Happy 2023 to all the Morgan's.

@firehawkct4304 Жыл бұрын

Picked up my 2 5lb bags of firestarter today! Thanks for the email alert.

@johnquinn3899 Жыл бұрын

Lots of info here. HAPPY NEW YEAR to All. John

@TheChief3102 Жыл бұрын

Happy New Year Morgan family! I hope you’re new year is full of prosperity and good health!

@mikelane1713 Жыл бұрын

Your ‘common sense 10,000-foot view’ perspective is greatly appreciated. My wife and I are retired and living on our rural property in beautiful Central Wisconsin. We have a decent portfolio from years of careful investments and living below our means. Over the years we have have tried to model sound budgeting practices to our children, including the important financial concept of ‘deferred gratification.’ That simply means that we generally work and save ahead for our purchases, rather than buying on credit. After your video, it occurs to me that the cost of waiting and saving ahead needs to keep pace with the rising cost of what you’re saving for (inflation). Sounds a bit like padding my kayak upstream against the current. 😢

@Westenberg007 Жыл бұрын

Nice!👍

@waterhammer5807 Жыл бұрын

Use the white ash and wet paper towel to scub your stove glass clean. Finish it with another wet towel and dry with a clean one.

@chrisbarr1359 Жыл бұрын

I think that split wood ignites faster than wood cut on a saw because of the texture. If people use this on the trail for a 'short duration fire' to heat water or cook some food using just Fire Starter would be the best option for them. Market that!!