Solo Stove Mesa XL Review!

[@justlooking2183]

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 👍

[@jdinsfca]

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

[@miles267]

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.

[@DonoTrap]

Nice! I bet the stainless looks great. Have you tried pellets with it?

[@miles267]

@@DonoTrap didn’t receive my Mesa XL yet. But pellets burn poorly in the regular Mesa. So bad I’ve stopped using them. They burn hot but don’t burn to ash. Rather to black coals that restrict airflow until they suffocate the fire. Hoping that Mesa XL has addressed this issue with more surface area.

[@miles267]

@@dono6200 pellets in the Mesa XL and really even wood in it are superior to the traditional Mesa. Perhaps their engineers finally noticed. It must’ve been too small to support proper airflow. Tbh the Mesa XL functions exactly as that regular Mesa should have.

[@DonoTrap]

@@miles267 that’s awesome!!

[@kimmcbrien3722]

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.

[@DonoTrap]

Yeah, just tip it over and shake the ash out. It comes pretty clean most of the time. Appreciate you watching!

[@toyman81]

Just water hose it down and then dry it off

[@1kiwibird23]

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

[@DonoTrap]

That’s awesome! What color?

[@whoanelly-]

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

[@DonoTrap]

Good choice!

[@steveniemyer9288]

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.

[@DonoTrap]

I figured!

[@MusicAMG]

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.

[@DonoTrap]

Yeah I kinda figured that!

[@BrandonPrive1432]

"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.

[@redwhiteblue7831]

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. 😊

[@belindabee3237]

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

[@JD-ru7lf]

Blow it out

[@belindabee3237]

@@JD-ru7lf I'm not that full of hot air, I'm not a DEMOCRAT...HAHA

[@Laptopdog78]

@@belindabee3237 Get the lid for it probably.

[@birdie1497]

@@belindabee3237WOW! That’s odd last time I check the Republican Party is a bunch of blow hard, criminal thugs, traitors that are habitual liars and bunch of grifters that just gaslight and hate America!!

[@DonMcconnell]

Awesome 👏🏼

[@DonoTrap]

Thank you!!

[@LucasHepler-jg9vv]

"I call it blue." lol

[@SkyWolfSkydive]

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

[@Borders14]

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

[@DonoTrap]

So far it has not! I haven’t heard much about other peoples changing color either.

[@marydelfico8406]

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

[@DonoTrap]

Thank you! It's updated now, however it looks like they sold out on amazon

[@ksenkow]

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

[@DonoTrap]

I will probably post it as a short, I have it filmed just need to edit and upload 😊