But what if I like seeing that little candle flame poke up thru the deflector? 🕯️

All that charcoal wasted!!

I have the Yukon and my wife just got mesa xl. We used hardwood pellets filled up to burn holes in mesa and it burned for about an hour, flame went out so we kept adding pellets but it kept going out. I think tinder is the way to go. The pellets turn into a big pile of charcoal lol you’d have to dump out and start all over. Cool review and great idea for morning coffee 👍

I bought the bonfire it arrives tuesday. Can someone explain to me why the heat deflector costs 200€ ???

I like to feel the burn

"I call it blue." lol

Nice. I just made one using hairpin legs and a pizza pan. Cost me 25 bucks 😂

I just use heat resistant gloves, simple

$173? WTF? Are you nuts?

Did you just drill a hole in it

REI has them on sale for $89 Then went to Costco for Christmas shopping, and they have a 2 pack for $110 Purchased it, one for my father-in-law, one for me. 😊

What did you use to clean off the finger prints? I just got my deflector and Mesa XL but haven’t put it together yet. Nice review!

Thanks for the calm explanation. Looking forward to using my new Mesa XL.

I'm sure Solo will now sell that as a separate upgrade for only $29.95.....Plus shipping. 😂

Wondering if the bonfire heat deflector would work over a mesa XL. On a table, for example? Perhaps the legs propped on a brick or two?

Although I never mastered it, I would see bricklayers “accordion” 15-20 bricks to carry/unload trucks; defied physics!

"they call it water, i call it blue" My Man!!! i was just looking at these on amazon and laughed out loud when i saw it was called water, its a small but terrible choice, someone got paid to make that decision, whoever that is, i want that job. its blue, nahhh its ..... water.

You’re starting it with too much wood it looks like 🤔

thanks, grabbed one after watching this, same color too!

Can you cook on the bitch

What is the best/safest way to EXTINGUISH the FIRE ?????

@DonoTrap did you share your hack for make the wood pieces just right?

I totally agree with you that they should have had a removable ash tray. I just opened mine today and was baffled trying to figure out how to empty it. I came to your site hoping that you were gonna show how. Well I guess I’m just gonna have to turn it over I just don’t know how they come out of those small hole?🤷‍♀️ Other then that nice job showing us yours.

you exolained nothing

In my opinion that black smoke is coming from the wood you use. It looks you are burning some type of pine or even fat wood. Switch to a hard wood and you won’t have that black smoke or soot.

Thanks for the review. Im waiting for my mesa to get delivered 😊

Awesome 👏🏼

It's the wood... Pine has an oil in it, pine oil, which makes the smoke.. so, I wouldn't use pine at all, in any fire pit.

Ordered one today. Stainless. Had the Mesa since it was released. Enjoyed it though it’s just too small. May be suitable for an apartment patio, otherwise it’s the size of a large candle. Almost too difficult to find wood for it and it suffocates too quickly with pellets.

Does the ceramic coating change color (patina) with use?

That’s a Mesa on the link not a Mesa XL.

Fancy fire cover buddy 👍🏼

Excellent!!

Need to loop the sound on spotify 😮

Perfect and cost effective solution thanks !!

Nice review cant wait to get mine 👍🏼👍🏼

7” short, 10” long.

I love it!! Now it's Ready for a cold night!

Need to add the link to that knee pad son 👍🏼👍🏼

Bruno the supervisor lol

Looking good! I love that solo stove!!

Roast them marshmallows bro! You're SoloStove rocks. 🤘

Hell yes! Looks nice and cozy! 🔥🔥

Do you make fires normally?

I need this for all my kitchen knives!! ❤️❤️