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naturist's avatar
Apr 23, 2018

Smokeless campfire

So who among us doesn't love a campfire? It's one of the joys of being out in the woods, isn't it? Even if you are in a campground at some independent private place where your neighbors are only a spitball's distance away on either side, as well as behind and across the road.

And who amongst us doesn't find the smoke seriously annoying, especially when you get a little green wood in there and the smoke chases you around and around that fire? I thought so.

So for Christmas I got a Solo Stove Bonfire. I've now had it out and built a couple campfires in it, and I'm satisfied, indeed, impressed. Even with a little wet wood, it was impressively smoke-free. I'll post a video soon, but there are others on Youtube already. I was also astonished at how much heat this thing throws off. The heat is all off the flames, which themselves are glorious to behold, and I'm thinking this would make a great stove/heater inside a teepee or a yurt.

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  • bukhrn's avatar
    bukhrn
    Explorer III
    The Redneck version is an old washer or dryer tub, not as pretty, but a whole lot cheaper. :B
  • Looks like it works pretty well, but then that's advertising. But anything that makes a non-smoking fire is a good thing. One of the worst things about campgrounds are those smoking fires. Stink-o.