Motorcycle Camping Stoves - Review

[@andytopley314]

Great vid & very informative. A tip for the survival stove - put clean sand in to stabilise and act as a wick so giving a more even burn{less plumes at the sides}

[@equensooorcha]

Never thought I could be entertained for 30+ mins by a video on camping stoves, but this is both comical and informative. Loved it!

[@BikerBits]

G'day mate, LOL... thanks! :-) Cheers... Mark

[@theamazingfreak]

G'day Mark. I came to this video from your new (Dec 2022) camping videos. Strewth I am surprised you didn't burn the bloody shed down. Great video. Thanks.

[@mark.e.p]

ah mate well funny and actually informative, funniest video on camping stoves on the tube.

[@steveh100]

Not sure why this came up on my thingy.... didnt realise Biker Bits has been going so long... nice one Mark....I'm not even after a cooker but still entertaining 😂

[@Nerb1]

After you set up the "magic rubbish" properly, did it have enough energy to actually boil the water?

[@BikerBits]

G'day mate, I ended up giving up on it and blowing it out. I will go out now and see how long it takes, then post back the time! :-) Cheers... Mark

[@BikerBits]

OK so I tested it the same as I did in the video and after 52 mins I gave up. I then retried using the metal cross bars and it worked better but are 20 mins of just simmering I put a lid on it and it then boiled 1 min later. I did the whole thing again using the cross bars and a lid and it boiled in 10 mins. Cheers... Mark

[@Nerb1]

Biker Bits Thanks Mark! Very comprehensive of you, although Im sure you wanted to know anyway. Not the best "camping stove", maybe not "magic" but did the job eventually.

[@CarlosBermudezMarturet]

Would you consider taking MREs (Self heating millitary rations) on long trips instead of cooking equipment plus all the food? They are only around $10 each.

[@shoomapador5043]

It's Tim the toolman Taylor. Red Green show. BOOM MATE! That'd been jolly good! A blue flame will always be hotter than a yellow flame but the firebox looks like the most fun. The advantage of the 🔥 box is charcoal and a good ole 🇺🇸 cheeseburger. 😃 You didn't say put some shrimp on the barby or a dingo ate my 👶. Great job!

[@senditadv007]

Bloody classic video! Great to see all of the different types, still love my jetboil though.

[@clumbo1567]

This was extremely entertaining to watch, especially with the tripping up near the end lol

[@paulgrierson7529]

Great review, BTW the Australian Army use the hexi stoves, they are the business. Grab a can of beans (or whatever) put a dent in the side, place on the stove. When the can pops back into shape its heated & ready to open.

[@quinnadamarczuk8006]

Hi there Mark, Quinn (The Canadian Eskimo) here I thought this was going to be a little boring video...Not the case, this was great as educational ,& of course funny as shit at the same time! Love all your videos so far ! Thanks again Mark.

[@BikerBits]

G'day Quinn, LOL... thanks heaps mate! :-) Cheers... Mark

[@regulardan]

Nice comparison. Haha you look like a bit of a mad scientist at 25:00 . Also noticed a pretty spiffy new sticker up on the wall there.

[@BikerBits]

G'day Dan, thanks mate and yeah have your sticker in 2 places in the Man Cave :-) Cheers... Mark

[@regulardan]

Biker Bits nice. I didn't see the second one. Haha I will have to re watch

[@BikerBits]

Not sure if you see the second one, it's at the top right hand corner of the big Australia map

[@regulardan]

Biker Bits nice! just found it at 31:22. Haha it's like playing a motion version of Where's Wally

[@chrishardy865]

You are now in my official list of hero's! You conduct tests the same way I use the buggers while on the bike! Well done ma mate!

[@sukiscouttout4036]

"I love the smell of burn Laminex in the morning" lol... great video Mark, Nat Geo Wild just don't know what they are missing!!! Word of WARNING.. regarding the little stove (your favourite).. Had a bit of an incident at a lookout, due to the gas container not being fully connected. If it wasn't for a meditating hippy who just "happened" to have a fire blanket...well, we would have been on the news.. Double check the connection!! Thanks for the laugh at the end of a hot work day :-)

[@BikerBits]

G'day Jules, LOL... thanks heaps! :-) thanks for the heads up too! Cheers... Mark

[@mountainbloke40]

Whats the wood stove manufacturer?? I like that.... web link please...

[@alburns7278]

have you tried the jet boil stoves with the pot attachments?

[@phillippayne8170]

I have 8oooooo stoves but I always use the JETBOIL for convenience I also have the trangia WHICH is brilliant BUT with the jetfoil you get 12boils out of a gas canister GREAT VID I REALLY ENJOYED IT KIND REGARDS PHIL

[@BikerBits]

Good Onya mate and thanks! :-)

[@carlostucho]

Bloody excellent video! 👍 Super informative, and very funny 😂... Big bloody hug from Argentina!

[@TJRohyans]

A thoroughly entertaining, as well as educational video Mate. So I've got a request. Now that we've seen all of these gadgets for heating water/food, how about sharing some recipes and/or tips on how and what to carry as far as nourishment is concerned, besides a cup o' Joe.

[@BikerBits]

G'day TJ, thanks heaps :-) Recipes/nourishment would be a really hard one to do I think. But maybe I could give it ago! Leave it with me... no promises though :-) Cheers... Mark

[@TJRohyans]

I'm just thinking, surely you don't pack a burner just for coffee, but maybe you do. If not, show us what your cooking, how your packing it, etc.

[@BikerBits]

G'day TJ, as seen in other trip videos... no not just for making coffee :-) As I said leave it with me and I'll see what I can get done. Cheers... Mark

[@AlexTonnerKingDugong]

Like you say, you get what you pay for. I've got a Trangia mini. I sold my MSR Universal because it irritated me. It reminded me of all the stuff I was trying to get away from. But I also just have a small Eagle kettle I can hang from a stick over a fire. That's the best way, build a fire.

[@alanjones7525]

the hexmine burner we had in the ration packs in the brit army back in the 70s 80s

[@rex4x4]

36.5 minutes of awesome entertainment ... Thanks

[@BikerBits]

G'day Rex, thanks heaps mate! :-) Cheers... Mark

[@BikerBits]

Hey Guys, thought I'd do a review of 7 types of motorcycle camping stoves and put them to the test! It got a little bit hectic there for a minute or too :-) WARNING!! If you have kids watching this make sure they fully understand that the survival stove I made and used in this video is Highly Dangerous! WARNING!! If your a kid watching this and your parents don't know. Petrol is a very dangerous thing to play with and can go from a little fire in a can to burning you alive in a matter of seconds if handled wrong. Hope you enjoy! Cheers... Mark

[@frankfranky613]

Whats the name of the camping stores in australia i don't remember that much whats the best store in your opinion?

[@waynesewell8355]

Great video. Very informative with a good dose of unintentional humor. Good time to sell some first aid products for burns. Ha!

[@ruatrainman2]

Lol I haven't laughed in a while , great video Mark. I wonder how much the Hexamine tablets cost ,would it be efficient to drop 1 or 2 into the wood burning stove once in a while during use , to me running out of fuel might be a deal breaker, since I can stay a week or two in the wilderness,and with an abundance of wood free laying ,the wood stove might be my choice .Awesome vid bud stay safe .

[@BikerBits]

G'day mate, thanks heaps! :-) Cheers... Mark

[@tomosan1967]

I was waiting for the trip to the emergency burns section. Great video!!

[@BikerBits]

G'day mate, LOL... I was bloody lucky :-) Cheers... Mark

[@daytripp02]

Great video Mark . I look forward to videos for you every week or so !

[@BikerBits]

G'day mate, thanks mate... great to hear you're enjoying them! Cheers... Mark

[@gazed945]

You read my mind mate. I have been trying to find a better stove than the little orange box one, it a great little stove,the other little gas canister one, is great to but as you said dam expensive gas canister so I will stick to the the orange one :) great video mate

[@BikerBits]

G'day Gaz, yeah for me it's pretty hard to beat too. Cheers... Mark

[@stuartfillingham7011]

hi, I enjoy your vids! I was wondering have you considered the dual fuel petrol stoves, such as the coleman or msr? ive used gas stoves in the past but have just bought a coleman, very impressed with it.

[@owenjklan]

Hey Mark, been toying with the idea of getting a postie bike for some long distance adventures when I came across your vids. Love em, well produced mate. In my recent research, that "Magic Can" stove thing (with the wick), i think it's a variation on "Sterno", a.k.a "Canned Heat". (Wiki link for those interested: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterno ) and it looks like (based on the picture on the box) that you may have had it setup incorrectly, accidentally obstructing the holes and starving it of oxygen. It would be interesting to see how it goes otherwise. I've had some experience with one of those Hexamine stoves and one thing I will add for your viewers is that those things REALLY don't like lighting in the wind (Unless you happen to have the boot of a Gemini handy). Oh, and they stink cause the Hexamine breaks down into Hydrogen Cyanide, Formaldehyde and others (of course, if you smoke cigarettes like me, this is kinda a non-issue ;) ) 4 tablets broken up can heat one of those Harvest-brand canned meals but you DO have to cover the food. Anyway, just my two cents, keep up the entertaining and informative videos mate!

[@BikerBits]

G'day Owen, yeah I did stuff it up which I think I mentioned in the video. I did go and do it again and it worked much better but still not one that I would use. There should be comments below about the re-test I did. Cheers... Mark

[@twinphill900]

Mate you have created a classic entertaining and educational, funny as only you can do funny video. I bought the adapter for my pocket rocket after watching one of your earlier videos. Mate, that was funny : ) I'm glad there was a fire extinguisher at hand.

[@BikerBits]

G'day mate, thanks heaps! :-) Cheers... Mark

[@martinjohncameron]

I enjoyed watching this. I love your delivery; informative too.

[@BikerBits]

G'day Martin, thanks mate :-) Cheers... Mark

[@mccannsteve6905]

Brilliant video lad 👍

[@3GingerCats]

such an old video... but first time I've seen it, finally reached the "boil off" and I'm kind of hoping the Hexamine burner will win, but I know it won't... that will be the overly expensive fat can!

[@petertelford4900]

I can't stop writing but don't ever ever fuckn cook in a tent mate your a champion .

[@grahamneale9228]

25' Does the garage to burn down? I can't watch it

[@donneal1352]

That was the best thang ever. By the time you got them all going the hole house was watching. Thank you for your time.

[@2wheeladventures818]

hi, thanks for the videos. How did you go crossing the Nullarbor, I'm planning a trip across in early December. Did you camp or stay in motels

[@Oogobuk]

Good Video ... I still watch your camping Tarp set up quite often...

[@danielcam8347]

Great Video Mark - good feedback with that adapter. By the way, you sure must like your international roast coffee!! :)

[@BikerBits]

G'day Lyall, thanks mate and LOL... sure do love my International Roast Coffee! :-) Cheers... Mark

[@egobrian1]

once again, another great video, Mark. Glad to see that firebox back in action. I watched your review of it when you 1st got it. I've been wondering if you ever use it. (I agree though, the downfall would be constantly feeding it. Who wants to do that?) Now, the one you use all the time and sell, does it come with the orange storage container? And do you also sell the adapter, and if so, does it come with a storage container as well? Anyway, great video! I always look forward to your installments. (with the damage that one folding stove did to your board, imagine the dangers it would pose on the ground in the wild. *yikes*)

[@BikerBits]

G'day Charles, thanks mate! I have taken the firebox on a couple of trips but never ended up using it, only because at time it was easier and cleaner to use the gas one. I've used it plenty of times in the back yard just mucking around :-) I sell both the stove and the adapter, the stove comes with the orange box and the adapter has nothing. I would think you could find them in the states! Cheers... Mark

[@ImLeuff]

Wonder if that wood stove could be fitted with a mini grill to prepare some food (roadkill of course). Great video, thanks for the info!

[@yushengtan9596]

Where to buy the wood stove you are using in the video?

[@GHOSTWHOWALKERS]

Well done old mate, loved watching this .. I love those elcheapo gas cartridges .. good stuff.

[@BikerBits]

+Jurasic - thanks mate! :-)

[@robertnocerajr3985]

Great message.. thanks mate.. Robert Jr NJ here United States. XR 650 owner..

[@BikerBits]

+Robert Nocera Jr Cool Bananas :-)

[@JROwensPhotos]

I'm partial to what you call the Primus kind (mine's an MSR) myself, because even before I bought the stove, I'd bought the fuel bottles for them for reserve petrol, since they're sturdy and properly marked for fuel carrying, so no worries on that score. Only holds about 30 ounces (almost a litre), but in case I have to dump that in the tank, that's good for about 11 miles/17 km. Now that I have the multifuel stove, I can just carry that one bottle around to fill both needs. Of course, if I use the stove considerably, then I have that much less petrol to get me to a pump. Trade-offs. But yeah, the multi-fuel ones are pretty expensive. I do backpacking, too, so it was worth it for me. Cheers!

[@BikerBits]

+Randy Owens - great stuff mate :-)

[@STho205]

If it isn't super wet out, three pine cones will make a cup of coffee. Penny stove and little plastic bottle of Heet or pure alcohol packs the smallest and will make coffee with an aluminum foil heat shield. (Cost 1 penny and the easy to carry and obtain fuel) As you show that hexane stove is small but will start a fire underneath it. You must sit that on a big rock or clean damp gravel. The butane stoves are butane stoves. Bulky but convenient and safe, especially the big one. The little ones are tippy. The gasoline in a coke can is a tip incident waiting to happen. It falls, and the petrol spills in a flaming line. That one is better as making a penny stove, since it won't spill easily. Oh the gasoline doesn't explode because the octane is above 80%. Old movies loved to show exploding gasoline. Pre 1950 lots of countries used heptane gasoline. 40octane means 60% heptane or pentane. Very low flash point. Very dangerous. Knocks badly in modern motors. The firebox is best for heat. If you tarp camp you can put that in the mouth of your bushcraft tied plow front lean to. Being super airy the sticks burn too quickly to be convenient for cooking, but heat is good and safer than an unbounded unringed campfire. The best small woodstove for cooking or inside a canvas tent or tarp is a larger ammo can cut for the purpose. Nylon tenting means best fire is no fire.

[@STho205]

One take reality. F that's hot. S--t! I watched your video yesterday of cheap camping on surplus your Honda 110 Postie bike... Exploring the quarry shack recently used by the Toecutter Gang. As a man living in the Southern Appalachians I had to say, brother from another mother. I ride into the mountains on a 233 old Honda tricked out for camping, and I would have done everything you did, except sleep in a dome tent, but I'm a out by the fire camper under a tarp if wet or cold. I live inside a national forest, so fun and beauty is never far away. As long as I don't find the Deliverance family as my "Toecutter" North Georgia equivalent .

[@KolonelKrakazTimeMachine]

You crack me up mate! Bahha bloody professional pyromaniac 😆😆. Almost burnt the shed down 😨 Lovin all the videos though mate. I like the compact butane stove with adaptor assembly personaly. I'm taking notes for my solo camping trip on my Royal Enfield Classic 350 down the Fleurieu, just out of Adelaide.

[@Ian__Preston]

Thanks for the video , just bought a canister adaptor, never knew they existed , brill

[@daviddumble141]

I know this was done awhile ago but a pro tip on hexamine stoves if you get the square hexamine tablets and break them in half they burn at a hotter temperature then the tablet being whole. I have used hexamine stove when I went camping and they are a great stove to use

[@Sum4Seb]

Great vid, we thought you were going to light the place on fire! Very funny, you should add a full fire protection suit to your protective equipment ;)

[@BikerBits]

G'day mate, thanks and yeah got a bit hairy! :-) Cheers... Mark

[@kerryholgate]

Used the Hexamine stove whilst in the Army between 1967 to 1969. The fuel tablets were nearly as big as a matchbox, and used one at a time. Very effective little cooker.

[@postmanmark25]

great channel mate ! cheers for posting these vids.

[@SkeggyCruiser]

Good Video mark, I used those Hexamine stoves when I was in the Army but back then the Tablets were rectangular and we used to put half of one in the middle, when you lit it I thought to myself, God I hope that's not a melamine board on the bottom that he wants to keep as it's gunna burn through and ruin it, RSMF.

[@BikerBits]

G'day Skeggy, thanks mate and yep I wrecked the melamine! :-) Cheers... Mark

[@anomie6788]

LOL I like how you catch yourself going off on a tangent and snap out of it.

[@petertelford4900]

You only need 1 tablet at a time for boiling water lol. Maybe 2 at the most but just put 1 in the middle , so you don't waste them .👍

[@ppger44]

Who played that guitar music at the end of this video?

[@BikerBits]

G'day John, Don't know mate! Cheers... Mark

[@kevscottie]

Great video again. Very entertaining and good test. I really dont care if one stove is 3 seconds faster than the next, your vid gave plenty info. Almost lost your beard though! Haha

[@BikerBits]

G'day Kevin, thanks mate and you're exactly right! LOL... could of got ugly :-) Cheers... Mark

[@barneygoldstein7103]

mate, i seriously hope this doesnt insult you but i gotta say it, you remind me of russel coight

[@W3TFART]

barney goldstein haha that's a compliment

[@UltraSamurai]

He seriously is like him!

[@Tarrnation]

What a Great review. Hope your hands are ok.

[@BikerBits]

G'day mate, thanks and yeah the hands are all good :-) Cheers... Mark

[@dprider02]

That was fun, and a bit scary! I like that little wood burning box. Very compact, and a good backup should you run out of fuel for your gas stove.

[@BikerBits]

G'day mate, thanks and yeah got a bit hairy for a few mins there! :-) Cheers... Mark

[@Matitzarichie]

Heehee, great video matey. Just subscribed as I nearly pissed mesen with your antics. Reckon you got most of that right, and god bless your fingers. My particular fave is a Fly Ti, which weighs next to nowt and burns like a demon. www.go-system.co.uk/leisure/trekking-stoves/fly-ti.html Liked your camping chair review too. Helinox all the way. Cheers mate. Stephen PS Love your bikes too. Two fancy leg-overs there :)

[@ppger44]

Great video! I think for myself, with motorcycle camping in OHIO in the U.S., I'd rather go with the wood burner, because of the woods all around me. 2nd, I'd go with the beverage can, but I'd have to carry a bottle of kerosene in my sidebag. The other pre-packaged fuel containers don't make sense if your away from stores and don't know who sells those containers of fuel for that particular stove.

[@BikerBits]

G'day John, fair enough mate! Cheers... Mark

[@jackpruett8957]

I always get a kick out of you you’re very funny

[@tonycairney5336]

I like this mate realistic not done in clinical wy very realistic, thats how we make fire

[@chrislittle4248]

informative and hilarious .. thanks so much

[@a__random__person]

hahaha all that stuff and no gloves? :P this was a really great video, just what I was looking for!

[@lesthom60]

thanks for going to all the bother, not to mention the risk to life and limb, very informative and the coke can was great, i am going to watch the rest of your vids, enjoyed this so much, bye the way ,don't take this the wrong way, its meant in a good way, your as mad as a box of chocolate frogs, ride safe, be healthy, cheers.

[@gregoryjameslewis_versys6584]

3rd system is fantastic,

[@gregoryjameslewis_versys6584]

Coke can is ingenious.. love the little bugger comment

[@paulsee2]

bloody brilliant!

[@garychief2338]

I had the magic stove when camping as a kid, I was really rooting for it, I think it got jipped in the competition.

[@BikerBits]

+Gary Chief Yeah I did stuff that one up a bit! :-)

[@garychief2338]

Biker Bits it's all cool, love your vids, especially your DR650 "tutorials."

[@rustycrumpet]

There is also a stove that runs on gasoline. One model I know of is called the MSR Whisperlite

[@longboy1998]

I've used magic heat and it takes 15mins to warm up to max power

[@sg7392]

I didn't learn much but f ing funny to watch. Next time 1. Big fire extinguisher. 2. Burn creme. Cheers Steve.

[@TheFriarHenderson]

Mark, that was flamin fantastic :-)

[@mountainbloke40]

the summery at the end about trangia an MSR stoves was priceless....:)

[@texaslonestarrider]

Love the video! Thanks for sharing!

[@BikerBits]

G'day Rex, thanks mate! :-) Cheers... Mark

[@markquinton1747]

your a legend mate! great stuff

[@BikerBits]

G'day Mark, thanks heaps mate! Cheers... Mark

[@theoriginalwah]

Cool vid mark. Pfffft Trangia! I made a double walled alcohol stove from a aluminium bottle, it boils 2 cups of water with 1 ounce of metho in 4mins 20seconds, the $38 Trangia to do the same took 8 minutes, not to mention the diy stove weight barely registers and the Trangia is heavy as shit!

[@BikerBits]

G'day mate, thanks :-) Cheers... Mark

[@sterrx1]

brilliant,give me a giggle ,i was waiting to hear the sirens :) ...great stuff..RIDE SAFE.LIVE FREE.

[@cruisin650]

Another great video Mark as always. Funny thing was I actually just bought myself a Trangia (see www.anaconda.com.au/Product/Camping-Gear/252-aluminium-kettle#90002588) just the other day for my motorbike camping trip in Dargo next week. I also bought, as an alternative measure, a genuine Trangia gas burner for it so I have the choice of both. Planning to film a review on it. I too have taken the same cooktop (the black one) on many camping trips and has been fantastic each time and for something as cheap as it is it is also very hardy.

[@BikerBits]

G'day mate, great stuff and thanks! Cheers... Mark

[@Nerb1]

Cruisin... doesnt aluminium pots and pans lead to alzheimer's?

[@cruisin650]

Don't know what you're talking about! Hahaha

[@cmlkbl8355]

Great review my Pyromancer friend =)

[@garywinkworth3380]

lucky you didnt burn the shed down. Man it looked funny with them all burning.

[@laughlansmith7921]

The can do sent blow up because its vented and not in a sealed container

[@glenns6923]

Funny as shit! Thank you.. where is the fire extinguisher!!lol

[@mountainbloke40]

Every days a school day -- that vented cans wicked love how the cheaky dogs keeps sneaking into the action...

[@mickgatz214]

actually, during the C.H.H lockout i seen them personally "freeze" in the early hours of the morning.

[@kyndrydspyryt3867]

Very entertaining vid! yes it was helpful too!

[@bigjoe4020]

Great Entertainment, thanks Mark. My favourites part was when you put the tins on the stoves ( I am cruel bastard) I am still laughing as I write this :)

[@petertelford4900]

I love your shows but your hexy stove was upside down , I'm pissing my self laughing right now lol

[@RAL1966]

In my years in the army most people use it the same way up as in this video. Have seen it used the other way but it doesn't work as well. Try 1 tablet at a time. Can break the tablet into halves/pieces if necessary.

[@petertelford4900]

@@RAL1966 yes when I was out bush we would put the sharp edges in the dirt and you could fit 2 cup canteens fit easy on the flat part .

[@desertmorning102]

it is problem that stove in the storm.

[@thepostman41]

No review on a "rocket stove".

[@BikerBits]

No... I should do one though! :-)

[@simon4043]

I watch Hiram Cook when I want to see how to boil water, but there's no better site than yours to see fingers get burnt!

[@shoomapador5043]

P.S. FARM BROTHERS COFFEE 😉

[@alvarhansetun4267]

This test...epic!

[@iSlanderEST]

Another great video :)

[@BikerBits]

G'day mate, thanks :-) Cheers... Mark

[@MortyGG]

Hahaha i laughed! Bloody funny mate :D I know it's evil, but it was a hell of fun when you had to put the water on each.. *ouch*aaaw*OUCH* hahaha. Good video!

[@mickgatz214]

Loved the review, SHARED! AND Thumbs UP! :d

[@billcotton1551]

Coke can worked surprisingly well.