Hellfire Rocket Stove

[Justin]

I picked up one of these back around Christmas as a present to myself:

https://www.amazon.com/HellFire-Heav.../dp/B0822ZPKB3

I've been able to use it twice so far, and have been very pleased with it. It's reasonably easy to assemble, and once you get it going, it gets quite hot; I've used it to grill burgers on my cast iron pans twice now, and have been very pleased.

Only complaint I have is that after some time (maybe 40 minutes or so) it doesn't necessarily want to stay as hot; I think it may be because it accumulates pieces of charcoal that are too large to fall through the grate at the bottom or it could just be user error.

[TheGrey]

Good to know! I have no experience with these, and there are so many of them that it's hard to know which are worth it and which are not.

[Circuits]

I've had one of the Solo Stove campfire models for about five years now. Starts up in no time, gives cookable high heat with just twigs and scree, and burns its fuel down to fine ash. Perfect for three or four people, though you'll still want a good old campfire for ambient heat and light.

[hurley842002]

I was just thinking about getting a similar setup, although the specs say 11lbs, so possibly something smaller to fit in a backpack.

My Father in law and I were talking during his visit last week, and he gave some pretty good insight on some SHTF scenarios. He's been with the Red Cross for many years, starting out at the bottom handing out meals, now in a regional logistics position, and having been through Katrina, and most of the other disasters over the last 20 years or so, I appreciated his stories.

Long story short, a small stove would have really really been a good thing to have in many of his scenarios.

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[Justin]

I was just thinking about getting a similar setup, although the specs say 11lbs, so possibly something smaller to fit in a backpack.

My Father in law and I were talking during his visit last week, and he gave some pretty good insight on some SHTF scenarios. He's been with the Red Cross for many years, starting out at the bottom handing out meals, now in a regional logistics position, and having been through Katrina, and most of the other disasters over the last 20 years or so, I appreciated his stories.

Long story short, a small stove would have really really been a good thing to have in many of his scenarios.

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Yeah, it is heavy, but it breaks down to a bunch of flat pieces. It's probably not something you'd take if you're into ultralight camping gear and backpacking deep into the woods, but for car camping, short excursions, or a hunting trip where you set up a base camp, I think it will work well.

[hurley842002]

Yeah, it is heavy, but it breaks down to a bunch of flat pieces. It's probably not something you'd take if you're into ultralight camping gear and backpacking deep into the woods, but for car camping, short excursions, or a hunting trip where you set up a base camp, I think it will work well.

I may have to pick one up for the car, and then one of the light ones for my bag. Im not a backpacker (mainly day hikes), but I do have a small day pack that goes with me pretty much everywhere, even if it's just left in the car, and it would be nice to keep a small stove in it.

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[CS1983]

Yeah, it is heavy, but it breaks down to a bunch of flat pieces. It's probably not something you'd take if you're into ultralight camping gear and backpacking deep into the woods, but for car camping, short excursions, or a hunting trip where you set up a base camp, I think it will work well.

Indeed. If I'm living out of a ruck only, stuff got real enough that I'd probably be dead already anyway (or wouldn't care if I'm eating cold food). Otherwise, I'll probably be near my vehicle.

However, now that Hurley is in AZ, and has a sweet bike to do moto camping, 11lbs of stove is not a good use of his equipment weight budget.

[CS1983]

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Hurley - this one is 3 pounds: https://www.virestove.com/product-page

Personally, I think having both wouldn't be bad. The lifetime savings on gas canisters would be good. Only bad thing is having to wait for the entire thing to cool down vs a typical backpacking gas stove where very little of it actually gets hot.

[XJ]

On the much smaller and lightweight end of things, there is this https://emberlit.com/collections/stoves Packs flat, made in Utah, backpacking size.


I have one in titanium that I have never gotten around to firing up, and a red-flag day probably isn't the right time to try it out in the yard

[CS1983]

On the much smaller and lightweight end of things, there is this https://emberlit.com/collections/stoves Packs flat, made in Utah, backpacking size.


I have one in titanium that I have never gotten around to firing up, and a red-flag day probably isn't the right time to try it out in the yard

Nice.

I went ahead and ordered a hellfire stove on Amazon and some bushcraft grills from eBay. Will be nice to NOT be beholden to liquid/gas fuel.

I'll probably grab one of those emberlit ones soon too.