Around the Campfire - litterally!

Agree with many responses here that this looks like a solution in search of a problem.

When you are sitting around a campfire, what else do you have to do that is so pressing that you can't toss a log on every 30 minutes or so?

The hopper in the photo is only holding round logs. I can't imagine that it would work as well with split wood.

And the webpage says something like "you won't have to wake up in the middle of the night to feed your fire." Why are you leaving a fire unattended while you are sleeping or gone from the immediate area?

This guy might have something to say about that!

At the onset the Swedish Log Stove looks cool but I am kind of skeptical, I don't know why and they have been available in many stores out here for years. Some are even rated by burn time. We're on our way to "Q" next Saturday and maybe I'll drop by OSH and pick one up.

As for the self feeding gadget, NOT TO EXCITING, out here in fire country it looks like folks might wander off to do other things during fourteen hours. I feel most established RVers would monitor their fire, but there are too many who wouldn't and that is an un-attended forest fire starting devise waiting to happen.

mdcamping wrote:
cool idea, but not for me

Mike

I agree. To me, it seems like more work setting this up than it is throwing a log on the fire.
But, it is interesting and ingenious.

cool idea, but not for me

Mike

Cool share.

I was surprised to see the log stoves for sale at the local farm supply store. There's a lot of videos about them on utubes, I wonder what the reason is behind the popularity surge, it's clearly not a new idear.