Which of these 4 is the Best Twig Stove?

[@WalkTalkBrew]

Thanks to a subscriber I found out that the mystery box is called the Ohuhu Portable Stove. It's not available on Amazon, but I did find a seller on Ebay. It costs around £20, which is great value for money.

[@jeremyj3017]

I'm American and raised in the woods. My dad and grandpa told me that me that fire is one thing that connects us to our ancestors with the look, feel, and smell.

[@WalkTalkBrew]

I love that... I agree with both your dad and grandpa. When we have groups doing bushcraft with us I always feel that we're connecting with our ancestors, especially when we're teaching fire lighting.

[@WyeExplorer]

A decent experiment there Mike - they're hungry aren't they and need to be fed - ease of access this came down too - well building up them coals. You sounded as if you had fun doing this. All the best. Mark

[@WalkTalkBrew]

Cheers Mark, yeah they’re all quite hungry. Ideally, you’d burn oak to get a better coal bed. I was just burning twigs to be fair.

[@WyeExplorer]

@@WalkTalkBrew A pleasure Mike. Yeah, oak is best - as i say just having fun. Have a good week ahead.

[@stoveadvice]

Yea, the firebox G2 with the wood "up and down" like a T- pee is best. Yea.. per what you said at 3:00 minutes, "red light" is very good for the mind and all that you said. "Blue light / today's modern fake light" screws people up. LCDs are the worst.

[@WalkTalkBrew]

Cheers for the comment, modern lights are awful. Sunlight and fire light for me. Your channel looks really interesting and useful so you've managed to pick up a new sub today.

[@HighColorado]

Good video! Always fun to watch and discuss fire with friends!

[@WalkTalkBrew]

Couldn't agree more! Some of the best conversations happen around a campfire.

[@Oldsparkey]

I have the Firebox G2 , 5 inch and the Firebox Nano Gen 2 both in titanium. Only other one is the Solo Stove lite which is Stainless Steel. The Solo Stove lite is the smallest and self contained , also an emergency alcohol stove. The ash pan in it can have alcohol put in it and lite as a heat source. I'm sure the manufacture does not recommend it but it is a good emergency 2nd heat source.

[@WalkTalkBrew]

@@Oldsparkey how long have you had the Firebox’s? Do you not find the feeding holes to be small or is that just me?

[@Oldsparkey]

@@WalkTalkBrew The Nano about 10 years. The Firebox G2 about a year and the Solo Stove 16 years. The Nano has small holes but the G5 I've never had any problems with. By the way the G5 is quite versatile and and be used in a lot of different ways. Long burns I like the Swedish Fire Torch method the best. Plus you can control the burn with the ash plate if you set it up to use as a damper to control the air flow from under the unit.

[@TrailStrider909]

Brilliant video! These are all really cool!

[@WalkTalkBrew]

Thanks, I really appreciate you taking the time to comment.

[@davidf4897]

Mike I think your mystery box , if its stainless steel is a cheap Chinese model readily available on Amazon for around £20. I have had two. Came with three different top grill plates for cooking. Good little stoves. 👍

[@WalkTalkBrew]

Yes, that sounds like the one I have here. I've only two grill plates. Do you know the name/make of them?

[@LovingIdaho]

My favorite I don’t think they make anymore . Its the pocket cooker . I have used it since 1994 and still in great shape in 2024 . My second favorite is unigear wood burning cook (Your big mystery box) stove . Boy , the prices have shot up . I bought 6 of the large ones about 8 years ago, they were $11 at Amazon then . I have one more stove I use , but do not remember the name . I also use a esbit stove to make coffee a lot when working at the property . It is nice and easy , just throw a couple tablets in and put the pot on the top and go back to work . I bought a 100 fuel tablets a long time ago and still have around 80 left . We used to just make our own little wood stoves out of coffee cans . We also used to make our wood stove with chimney pipe out of the 2 or 2 1/2 metal oil cans . Now ,they make them all out of plastic.

[@WalkTalkBrew]

I've never heard of that one myself. I'll have to check it out. The fact you've been using it since 1994 and it's still going strong is awesome.

[@LovingIdaho]

@@WalkTalkBrew, I was surprised how long it has lasted .

[@LovingIdaho]

@@WalkTalkBrew, your mystery box should have some adjustment on bottom tray . I also use a alcohol stove and charcoal with it .

[@WalkTalkBrew]

@@LovingIdaho It does have a number of different slots that the bottom tray can slot into. So, it can fit at the bottom or higher up where you could use an alcohol stove.

[@aaronbell4602]

Great video mike, i personally use a cheap box from temu and its a great job! but the bushbox xl looks awesome

[@WalkTalkBrew]

@@aaronbell4602 the bushbox is a good bit of kit and very well engineered. Engineering that comes at a hefty price though. The mystery one was my favourite to be honest, which probably cost around £20-£30.

[@aaronbell4602]

@WalkTalkBrew that's very true, I couldn't justify spending that on it to be honest I think mine was £12 🤣 any autumn/winter camps planned?

[@WalkTalkBrew]

@@aaronbell4602 We've chatted about getting 2-3 camps in before Christmas. At the moment for me it's finding the time between an ever demanding work schedule and fitting in family time.

[@aaronbell4602]

@WalkTalkBrew yeah ano what you mean mike.

[@scorpian815]

I use a onetigris and you have assebled it completly wrong bud, I have found it to be a very effective stove and good value for the money...

[@WalkTalkBrew]

@@scorpian815 you’re absolutely right. I made a complete mess of putting it together. I’m planning on doing another video specifically on the One Tigris as I felt I’ve done it a disservice in this video. Must admit I felt like a complete muppet when I realised. 😂🤣

[@podden22]

I have a Firebox G2 and I would like the feeding ports to be bigger. The small sticks you can feed through then now will be be gone in a minute when its going. I have been thinking of making them bigger somehow...

[@WalkTalkBrew]

It's a real shame about the feeding ports as other than the size of them it's a decent twig stove. Thanks for the comment.

[@Happy_Limpet]

Solo stove works or me but do want a folding firebox .

[@WalkTalkBrew]

I'd stay clear of the Firebox G2, i think there's better options out there.

[@BoxcutterBushcraft]

You're missing the best, the Emberlit.

[@WalkTalkBrew]

I've not heard of the Emberlit before. I'll have to check that out.

[@sipapito]

I do not think this is a fair test, you have got one huge, ie. mystery stove, you got a stove put wrong, and then you got a stove with tons of wood in it and some less wood, I have several stoves, and it just depends on the weather conditions and other factors as the type of wood, wet, dry, etc...but I get your point.

[@WalkTalkBrew]

Yeah, i get your point on this and can understand where you're coming from. The mystery box turned out to be a Ohuhu Portable Stove. Yes, I did make a complete mess of putting the One Tigris together. Apart from that I tried to feed each twig stove with the same amount of wood. All the wood was dried twigs from our bushcraft area. I think that even if i did this test again my opinion of the Firebox G2 remains the same regarding the small openings. I really do like the Ohuhu Portable Stove as it was the easiest to use. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. It's greatly appreciated.

[@sipapito]

No problem. I just thought I'd give my opinion on the stove. Great test you did! I must agree that the Chinese stove is easy to use! Stay safe out there!

[@WalkTalkBrew]

Cheers, appreciate it.

[@kennethwilson8633]

You didn’t put as much wood in the one tigress

[@WalkTalkBrew]

Hi Kenneth, unfortunately as I’d put the One Tigris together incorrectly I was unable to put longer and thicker pieces of wood in it. Instead I used a whole load more smaller in diameter and length pieces. Smaller pieces burn quicker and don’t produce coals. Which is why the fire went out in it first. I am going to do another video on the One Tigris as I made the mistake when putting it together. The time taken to record this video was over 85minutes, which I’ve condensed down to 8minutes. Sorry if it gives the impression that the One Tigris wasn’t given an equal amount of fuel as the other twig stoves. Thanks for taking the time to comment.

[@ynottony2743]

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[@WalkTalkBrew]

@@ynottony2743 thanks 🤩

[@MelanieRiley-lt2rl]

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[@WalkTalkBrew]

@@MelanieRiley-lt2rl thank you. 👍

[@peetsnort]

Mine is the best in the world One drawback is the family that dont want to go along. Im progressing with my own selfish regime. One huge problem is the cooking. Especially when travelling. So i shrunk the griller and produced this. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqqqXmidndmIi5ofeature=shared The best thing is that when I want to cook chicken and sausage on the griller you need low and slow. So all you do is place the griller flat and reduce the oxygen. For steak you raise the griller. Sort of turbo . Im not selling or manufacturing it.its just my secret sauce of getting around the difficulty of getting my meat freshly cooked

[@WalkTalkBrew]

@@peetsnort that’s an awesome home build. Thanks for sharing.