wood-burning tent stove recommendations?

[popcan]

Our wood burning stove packed it in this year... it was our 2nd stove of this type, and it served very well in keeping us warm over the years. I don't even remember what brand it is, but it is just a cheapo sheet metal wood burner.

(Actually this particular one was retrieved from the local dump and we got 3 years out of it .... not that we're cheap or anything )

.....anyhow, we are looking for a new stove for next year. We could go with the same type/style (if we can find one), but are willing to see what else is out there.

Needs to be lightweight and portable, obviously.
What are you using? Pros and cons? Pics?


Here's a glimpse of what we had:

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[H4831]

For many years that was the most common stove in the Canadian north. Every hardware store in every rural area carried them. They came in various sizes, measured in inches lengthwise from front to back. 20 inches was the smallest I ever saw and they went up 2 inches at a time. Not sure what the largest were, probably a bit over 30 inches.
There official name was "Airtight," but users tacked on various nick names, a popular one being, "Whizbang," because of the great draft they had in getting a fire going fast.
Over the years there were minor changes. The early ones had a solid metal, screw in affair to open and close the round draft in the front. That got so hot it couldn't be handled and at least half of the burns rural folk got at various times, was from touching that shiny iron handle on the screw, not realizing it got so hot.

 

[popcan]

...... at least half of the burns rural folk got at various times, was from touching that shiny iron handle on the screw, not realizing it got so hot.

haha! so true!

I'd say you've spent an hour or two in front of one of those.

There isn't a dam thing on that stove that you can touch with bare fingers!
We always have a piece of kindling, or leather man pliers handy on the belt.

The draft adjustment is still on the front, a circular wheel.

 

[effinggoof]

You could find that particular style of stove at Deakin dot com.

 

[guido]

Peavey mart $185 or so.

 

[TakDriver]

Kni-co Stoves.

Bullet proof and last forever. I just bought the Packer Standard. The piping is tapered and everything fits inside the stove. Very light too! You may want to look at the larger Alaskan model. Check it out..

ht tp://www.kni-co.com/comparestoves.shtml

 

[H4831]

haha! so true!

I'd say you've spent an hour or two in front of one of those.

There isn't a dam thing on that stove that you can touch with bare fingers!
We always have a piece of kindling, or leather man pliers handy on the belt.

The draft adjustment is still on the front, a circular wheel.

You are so true about everything being hot on them. Yes, I have spent a few hours by them, also packed a lot of wood in for them. They had such good draft that they wood burn almost any type of wood.
The type of opening on the draft I referred to, was used prior to WW2. At that time they also had a tapered spring-like coil out the top of the lid, for moving the lid, and wow, did that get hot! In WW2 virtually everything civilian was stopped being manufactured, cars, guns, stoves, you name it, it was not made.
When they were made again after the war, they had quite a few changes. They came with the hinged lid, that stayed on the stove and the draft opening was changed. The adjustment I referred to, the original, was a centre screw with very course threads. There was a cup shaped, quite heavy metal cover, that went in and out with the threaded screw. The round wheel with the pie shaped openings was what came after the war.

 

[fogducker]

google barrel stove kit.........get a kit and add it to barrel size of your choice..
you would probably get a few years out of a barrel..when it looks ready to rust through...
just remove kit and add it to a new barrel..

just add a few inches of sand on barrel bottom,then add a grate of some kind

 

[popcan]

just add a few inches of sand on barrel bottom,then add a grate of some kind

Aha! There's one who knows the tricks. We always add some dirt or sand to the bottom - otherwise they don't last very long!

Barrel stove kit - would be good but you can't put anything ON the stove to heat up, unless you get a flat-top made. Getting too complicated.

Maybe the best thing is to go with the same old same old.

 

[popcan]

..... They came with the hinged lid, that stayed on the stove ..... .

Seems like that hinge was one of the first things to go..... hence the need for pliers!