FireHiking Titanium Wood Stove - Specs, Set Up, Stove Pipe Roll, First Burn, Disassembly

[@JesseKromer]

Hey Chtistina, Great job on this video!!! Looking into hot tenting and you made rolling out that pipe lookso easy!!! Thanks again.

[@CamperChristina]

Thank you. Haha ! It’s a lot of fast forward. It took me a while to get the hang of it but I’m glad it helped you. I have a winter camping course in line that covers all the things if your looking to learn and are newer to hot tenting. You can find the link on my website if you’re interested.

[@Hatch61]

Looks like a great little stove, mine only has glass in the door. Thanks for sharing, especially the disassembly, I really wanted to see that stovepipe, ingenious. Be well my friend.

[@CamperChristina]

Its quite clever. We’ll see how it goes. Thanks hatch ! 😊

[@chickaboom]

I bought one of these this week after seeing your review. I've always been scared of rolling the chimney, versus just sliding together the pipes on my Kni-co. It didn't hurt that these were pretty reasonably priced during Black Friday sales. I followed your advice on rolling the pipe and it worked like a treat! Twisting backwards to get things straightened up was the key. Thanks Christina! The stove is currently outside getting its first burn in.

[@CamperChristina]

Woohoo. That’s so cool. I hope you love it. I just did my trial run with it and the new hot tent last weekend on a hot tent canoe trip. So far so good. Hopefully it’s a great addition to my gear lineup as well as yours. Thanks so much for letting me know and taking the time to comment. If you want to send me an email or a DM on Facebook or Instagram I’ll send you a private link for the trip videos from last weekend.. as soon as I finish them so you can see how it went, etc. if not, it will be out at the end of December. I’m running about 6 weeks behind right now. Cheers!

[@DriftlessWarrior]

I'm a total newbie to hot tent camping. My tent (FireHiking 2-4 person teepee) and my stove (exactly like yours) just arrived, and I plan to play around with setup of both plus first burn tomorrow. Found your channel by accident just now while looking for instructional videos. I feel SO much more confident about the stove after watching you do all the stuff! Subscribed and looking forward to seeing more from you. Thanks so much!

[@CamperChristina]

Awesome. Congrats. I’ve been winter camping for about 8 years now in homemade hot tents. I also have a winter camping course online that is called winter camping for beginners and you can find the link on my website if you’d like to check it out. I have used this new setup a few times this season. If you go to my channel and click videos it should show you the most recent to the last recent, and if you scroll down you will see 3 or 4 trips I did so far using this tent and stove. Let me know if I can assist further. Best of luck with your new setup. Cheers !

[@DriftlessWarrior]

@@CamperChristina Sounds awesome! I'll check it all out when I get more time. Today it's rainy and cold here in Iowa, and I need to focus on organizing my gear room because it looks like a sporting goods store got hit by a tornado! I can't use what I can't find LOL. Got the tent set up and taken down yesterday, didn't get to do first burn on the stove due to not quite getting the hang of rolling that doggone pipe. Will give it another try tomorrow. I can see myself still getting some good use out of a hot tent this spring. Ever seen those memes about "that one friend who is *always* cold"? That would be me! BTW it sure is nice to see another female explain this stuff. There are many really good explainers out there who are male, but I've found that there's just this sort of a "connection" between most outdoorswomen. Thanks again for contributing your knowledge and experiences to everyone. 😊

[@CamperChristina]

I am always cold as well. That is why I built my own homemade hot tents. Now I can camp and be warm in between exploring, snowshoeing, etc. Feel free to message me anytime at [e-mail], if you have any questions or I can assist you in any way. Happy to help. Cheers!!

[@sharonmccue5969]

Such an informative and thorough demonstration of your new stove. Well done👍I am looking forward to seeing it in action!

[@CamperChristina]

Thank you so much Sharon. I appreciate you taking the time to comment and checking out my video. I am looking forward to seeing it in action, as well. I’m hoping to get it out on a test run very soon. Cheers!

[@pamelaellott8044]

So well out over. Looking forward to some winter camping videos.

[@CamperChristina]

Thank you !!!

[@RAYxBONES]

The spark arrester is to prevent any hot embers from escaping and floating away and starting a fire. Or hot embers from landing back on your tent and burning holes in the material…

[@CamperChristina]

Yes I’m aware. But if you’re not using dry wood the creosote will clog the spark arrestor and it will cause the smoke to back up inside your tent and can cause carbon monoxide poisoning. Thanks for commenting.

[@WiredCamp]

Thank you for this video! I was going nuts with my new Pomoly titianium stove pipe roll.😅The old stainless steel stove had proper pipes but imagine my surprise when I got yesterday my new titanium stove delivered and inside just this foil with rings instead of proper pipes🤣I was going crazy! 🤪 Very helpful video! 🙏

[@CamperChristina]

I’m so glad the video helped you. Hope you enjoy your new stove. Cheers!

[@littleredcanoe]

Loving the windows on that stove!

[@CamperChristina]

Me too! Thank you. Cheers

[@sherrierifenberg2199]

All set for the first winter night!

[@CamperChristina]

I just got back from testing it out. Sadly the video won’t be up for about a month. Too many trips to publish beforehand. But so far, so good. 😊

[@suezaple4950]

Look's like a nice little wood burner for your new tent love the glass door's, I was curiouse about rolling that pipe and unrolling it , Noisy yes lol . will be interested in how well it will warm up the tent awesome demonstration Christina well done !.

[@CamperChristina]

Me too. Thanks sue

[@surrebua]

That was a smart stove Christina! 👍😃 I have a barrel type of stove where you put the wood in on the top and the pipe ( 8 pices) fits into the stove when not in use. It works fine, but it,s heavy......i think around 6kg! 😉😃

[@CamperChristina]

Yes I used to use something similar with my very first homemade tipi hot tent. It cost around $99 from princess auto about 8 years ago. It’s taken me a while to get a pretty stove with windows and weighs 4 lbs. this is my 4th hot tent and 3rd stove. I feel I’ve earned it. 😊😊😊 I’m sitting beside it right now inside the hot tent. It’s lovely. 😊

[@tuckerandi]

If I had seen this video before I purchased my stove last winter I may have went with one with those chimneys LOL. They definitely scared me and I watched a couple of videos of people having nightmares trying to set them up, and no one showed that once you did do it once it retained the memory, so doing it like you did in a controlled environment first then in the woods. I could see myself ruining it with kinks in the first attempt then I'd have a stove with no chimney LOL. Looks like you have it set great now and you're ready to go , enjoy I'll be watching for the videos when you use it.

[@CamperChristina]

Thank you so much for the great comment. I just used the stove for the first time on an overnight trip and the pipe went right back into place. There are definitely some small dents in it but who cares? None of them are major and the stove worked great, and I had no issues setting it up. The video from the trial run this weekend, should be up at the end of December. Cheers!

[@tuckerandi]

Few knics and dents only gives it character , glad it went well will look forward to the video

[@CamperChristina]

Thank you !

[@johnbrantley4695]

Hi Christina, that was a very informative presentation; wish I'd seen it a few months ago! Brief backstory: a friend helped me roll my new pipe in the backyard. We were sloppy anout it...got lots of dings and dents. Got it installed on the stove for first burn- in. Somewhat breezy and pipe not quite verticle. After about 15 minutes, pipe "crumpled" and tipped off. Glanced off my friend's down jacket on the way down, burning a hole in it! No injuries; I replaced it. My stupidity...but here is a consideration. If I had installed the spark arrester and tied it off, i don't think it would have gone over, even tho it was kinda a sad-looking pipe😢. Fastforward: Well, I saved up and bought another pipe but a major change was in order. I got to thinking, do I really need a 9 foot pipe for my small hot tent (about 5 ft high)? After watching an popular and experienced "hot tent" utuber ( Lone Wolf), it seemed in some of his vids, he got along fine with a shorter pipe . Long story short, after laying my new pipe out flat, I measured a 6 ft length and using some EMT sissors, cut off 3 feet, being very careful to make the cut even so there would be no problem with fitting. Next, on rug at home, I very carefully rolled the pipe as you did. MUCH EASIER with a shorter pipe. Happy to say it works just fine! Of course with the top being closer to my tent, there is maybe more possibility of sparks hitting the roof but I am living ok with this...I can always put a piece of tape on any pinholes. I also do use my spark arrester, not so much for sparks ( might be legally required during summer weather in some Forests), but to secure and stabilize the pipe during windy weathey. Anyway, long-winded saga but thot it might help others. Those pipes are expensive to be sure; I wouldn't necessarily recommend cutting without maybe first giving it a go with original length, especially if you have a bigger tent. This just works for me. ( I do have a G-Stove and full length sectioned pipe for my bigger hot tent but that's not for back packing!)

[@CamperChristina]

Thanks for all the information John. Sorry you had so many troubles and I posted my video later than you needed. Lol. Once the stove pipe is through the stove jack in the tent it is quite stable and I can’t imagine there being any issues with the pipe blowing over or falling over. The pipe is the length that it is, so that it is far away from the tent, to avoid the embers from falling onto it and burning a hole in your tent. If an ember lands on it, your entire tent could catch on fire. So worst case scenario actually isn’t a pinhole, but could result in death if you’re sleeping in the tent when it bursts into flames. There is a reason that the pipe is so long. Lol. That’s it. This is my fourth hot tent, the first three I made from scratch by myself, and my third woodstove. I also have a course online to teach people how to winter camp, which has all kinds of information about this kind of stuff in it. If there’s anything I can help you with, or any videos that might assist you, please let me know? I have quite a few of them on my winter camping playlist on my KZbin channel. Next week, the video that is publishing is the trial run with the new hot tent, and the woodstove. There’s quite a bit of information on that one as well. Hope you have a wonderful holiday and thanks so much for taking the time to comment and share your information with everyone here. Hopefully it helps someone. Ps I had freezing rain/hail/snow on the trial run trip and did end up using the spark arrestor. I might continue to use it for shorter trips. Cheers !

[@johnbrantley4695]

Hi again Christina and thank you for responding to my comment. Thought I'd clarify a few things: undoubtedly the tent jack lends support to the pipe but my burn-in was done with just the stove alone, thus the pipe had no support. I have had a number of years of hot tent camping ( am 79 and still camping), but my stoves all had sectioned pipes which were sturdy enough to stand alone when I did initial burn ins. I was just assuming the titanium pipe would also "stand alone". In hindsight, i am embarrassed that I did not pay more attention to the "flimsyness" of titanium. It was pretty careless of me. Regarding sparks catching the tent on fire... that sounds very plausible to be sure. However, over the years the few sparks that contacted my canvas tent just died out, especially during wet weather. A bit different with my nylon type tents but rather than a fire, sparks have tended to melt wee holes. But there's always a first time for everything! I am extremely vigilant with tent stove use, never burn it during the night, and last thing before hitting the sack is a careful outside examination of the tent and pipe. I like your thoughtful presentations and experience and will definitely check out your past vids!

[@MichelLamoureux]

Mine is on the way! Thank you for this video, will do exactly like you did!

[@CamperChristina]

Awesome. I hope you get a lot of use out of it and love it as much as I love mine. Cheers !

[@KUEHLKUEST]

That's a cool little stove!! J & C

[@CamperChristina]

Thanks! Just C.. lol

[@Suzannejrobinson]

Wow, amazing stove, I'm sure you will love it . Great demo.

[@CamperChristina]

Thanks Suzanne.

[@jizzstain4458]

Awesome video, keep ot up, love watching you feel accomplish with yourself

[@CamperChristina]

Thank you. Lol

[@tylerbonnett6455]

Thanks for the video ! I have been having a hard time trying to decide what wood stove to get and this video was very helpful and informative. I will check out your other videos as I will be needing a good reasonably priced hot tent to go with it. New subscriber from Alberta Canada :)

[@CamperChristina]

Thank you

[@ModernMonksNunsPriest]

It looks like it would be good to burn both ends of the stove pipe. It looked like the end connected to stove was maintaining shape very well and a great color as well

[@CamperChristina]

I am really not sure what the point of that would be, but thanks for sharing your opinion. 😊 I hope you enjoyed the video. Cheers!

[@ModernMonksNunsPriest]

@@CamperChristina I seen the end that changed color connected to the stove maintained shape better and it seems that using the other end of the stove pipe to connect to the stove will change the color more and help maintain the shape better on the both ends to help roll

[@CamperChristina]

@@ModernMonksNunsPriest the colour change only indicates that the pipe has gotten to a certain temperature and the toxins have burned off of the pipe. That is the reason for the first burn. I have not found that either end has any issue holding its shape after the first burn, at all. If you look through my videos after this one, I use the stove, I show rolling it and unrolling it several times, and there’s no issues with the pipe on either the burnt end or the unburned end. I definitely don’t see any point in spending another four hours to burn the other end of the stove pipe when there would be no benefit. Possibly it just looked that way because I had the ring at the base of the pipe where the stove attaches and at the top of the pipe the ring is further down. That’s the only thing I can think of that you may have seen that might indicate there’s a difference, but there is none at all with the pipe holding its shape after the burn. On either end. Cheers !

[@jayburne6825]

Thats very cool im curious how it will hold up .....great video....

[@CamperChristina]

Me too! Thanks for commenting. Cheers

[@gregcrowe8885]

Thank You

[@CamperChristina]

You’re welcome !

[@gregcrowe8885]

Your site best ❤

[@alexs3447]

Should work well.

[@CamperChristina]

😊

[@gregcrowe8885]

I haven't tried rolling stove pipe I check other site they said good to have 2 people help 3 people to do it. I like to camp alone sometimes

[@gregcrowe8885]

I have 7 rings one smaller

[@CamperChristina]

It’s just the initial roll that’s the hardest. But as you see here I did it myself and if you watch my next trip video I show how it goes back into shape right away easy peasy. Just take your time. Cheers

[@denisesarazin6753]

Great-looking stove and a very thorough video. Do you need to clean off the soot periodically to prevent creosote buildup?

[@CamperChristina]

I didn’t see any on the pipe but I will going forward if there is some. I haven’t use the stove yet, so I’ll let you know. Cheers

[@brianlindsay8690]

awesome!

[@CamperChristina]

😊😊😊

[@maggievenables9472]

Did I hear u correctly, possiblya new tent "as soon as I get my tent"😮

[@CamperChristina]

Yes! Lol. I already have the new tent. I have put posts up on Instagram and Facebook about it with pictures. I will be using the Isola 4 from Lite Outdoors. Is that cool? Lol. I wasn’t sure what your comment mantis actually? If it was a good thing or a bad thing? Hopefully good? lol it just surprised. Lol. Cheers ! 😊

[@burkhardkurfiss3015]

Hi Christina, how much are we looking at price wise for that stove?

[@CamperChristina]

It’s around $430cad ? $350 us. Link is in the description below the video for more info. Cheers! 😊😊😊

[@burkhardkurfiss3015]

@@CamperChristina thanks

[@CamperChristina]

Not a problem. Happy to help. I believe you can get it on Amazon too, so if you have prime, you get free shipping as well. 😊 cheers

[@ebarcoutdoors]

Can you use a different chimney so you don’t have to deal with rolling that nightmare lol.

[@CamperChristina]

It’s not a nightmare at all. It’s a great stovepipe. I don’t have any issues with it. I’ve been using it this fall and all last winter. Why do you think it’s a nightmare? This is just the first burn where it gets set. If you see the next video where I actually take it on a trip and use it you will see it rolls out almost exactly into the perfect pipe shape fairly quickly and easily. Let me know if you have any questions. Cheers!

[@CamperChristina]

Check the 17 minute mark. Nylon Solo Hot Tent & TITANIUM WOOD Stove Trial Run - Part 1 - Herb Lake HHWT - FULL SET UPS kzbin.info/www/bejne/goDOo36Nmpx8l5Y

[@ebarcoutdoors]

Ah I see. I just ordered the sectioned stove pipe so I didn’t have to deal with the roll up one. Just want it to be an easier process is all. Thanks for the video.

[@CamperChristina]

It definitely depends on what type of camping you’re doing. I can take this stove and tent on a backpacking trip. It’s made for lightweight easy travelling . My kni-co Alaskan junior stove is heavier and has the telescopic nesting pipes that fit into the stove and are assembled together on site, but that stove weighs 18lbs. It’s used more for car camping and backcountry trips where I use a pulk to bring in my gear. This titanium stove weighs 4lbs. Big difference. So yes the pipe has to be rolled but it’s much lighter and less bulky and made for different types of trips. The telescopic pipe pieces are not without issue. They can get clogged more easily with creosote and get blocked depending on the diameter of the pipe and type of wood you burn. They can also get stuck together. They have to be cleaned out on a regular basis and require more maintenance . Each type of pipe has its benefits and issues. Let me know if I can help further? Good luck with your new stove and pipe. Cheers.

[@ebarcoutdoors]

@@CamperChristina thanks for the insight :)

[@gregcrowe8885]

How to clean stove pipes

[@CamperChristina]

You just shake this one out and roll it up. Check some of the newer videos using the stove like herb lake video. Cheers.

[@jizzstain4458]

Should have it me up we could do it together 😉

[@CamperChristina]

All good but I’m a soloist ! lol. Cheers

[@jizzstain4458]

@@CamperChristina really didn't you go on a trip with your buddy's before ?? Lol keep it up stay healthy 👍

[@CamperChristina]

I have quite a few close friends who ask me to go on trips with them, and I do get out on some trips with them but not all. They are usually winter glamping trips and simpler summer trips. I would estimate 95% of my trips are Solo and with filming and what I do, it’s my preference. Cheers!

[@victorziebenhaus3229]

Soooo small tho ur gonna be up every 42 minutes to stoke it lol looks cool tho eh !

[@CamperChristina]

We will see. Good to hear from you ! 😊😊😊 I think it looks cool too! Hopefully it keeps me warm. 😊

[@AllenMuff]

Thank you.

[@CamperChristina]

You're welcome!