CANWAY Camping Stove, Wood Stove/Backpacking Survival Stove, Windproof Anti-Slip Portable Stainless Steel Wood Burning Stove with Nylon Carry Bag for Outdoor Backpacking Hiking Traveling Picnic BBQ

The media could not be loaded. So I got this piece of kit today, it was raining, but what better time to try it out?! So off I went, up the mountain, out into the woods. On the way to my camp I gathered tinder as I found it, birch bark, spruce twigs, pine sticks... Everything was wet, and it took me 20 minutes to make fire with ferro rod battling the dampness! After the gassification process started the stove ate even wet sticks and kept going as much as I fed it! I would recommend gathering more fuel than you'll think you need, and then gather that much again! Once a good bed of hot coals get going it is more efficient, and HOT! I was pleasantly surprised at the good quality materials and sturdy construction. Steel is a decently sturdy gauge, but the unit is still pretty light, and packs down reasonably small. I melted some snow and made some trail tea and then packed the unit up and trekked home! I think that for $20 this can't be beat, good piece of kit!

Easy to assemble out of the box without instruction. Fits together snugly and disassembles easily even after use. The mesh bag for storage is heavier gauge cordage than you'd expect and it's roughly the size of a small camp cooking kit with room to fit fire starter and lighter in there as well. To light I used one cotton ball and small twigs, piled on larger ones. Started easily and, even with damp wood it worked well with a minimum of smoke. I tested it with a standard size camp coffee pot about two thirds full. It took awhile to get the rolling boil, expected given the amount of water, and probably about the same as a gas stove. Once a rolling boil was achieved it was easy to maintain feeding a few occasional sticks. Letting the flame burn down to the coals produced a simmer. No mistake, you do have to feed it frequently, about every two or three minutes but easy to do with the opening for that. The flame was similar to a gas stove once the flame was established. A little less uniform than a stove but controlled. Once the fire is out it cools fairly quickly and leaves only a fine cool ash that is easy to disperse in the woods. At a bit over a pound I wouldn't take it back packing but it has a place on every canoe or car camping trip. It's sturdy enough for cast iron on flat, solid ground. The base is broad but there are no stabilizing legs on the bottom to further guard against tipping. A few rocks around it would do well as long as it doesn't block the air flow from the base. All around highest ratings.

Lantern seems to be a quality item,exactly as described. Wood stove also is well designed, light, easy to backpack. I will be using both next week during a winter camping trip. Based on the quality of both, I expect them to perform well.Update: I just returned from a winter camp/hunt where I used this stove. It worked really well, boiling coffee in no time. What I found was that the stove really needs to be level and witha firm base. I thought I had it firmly grounded by screwing it down into the snow, but the fire melted the snow some, stove tilted and the cup of coffee wanted to slid right off the stove. Other than that, stove is great, slips into pack and don’t even know it’s there.

Excellent product. I was ready to pay 4 times more for a Solo stove but saw these reviews. First time with it it took me 15 minutes to get 600ml of water boiling (at 800 ft above sea level). Second time I used smaller twigs, kept the fire hot, and was able to get it boiling in 10 minutes. These timesare once I had the fire going well and started when I placed the pot on the stove.Pros - you will never run out of fuel, great bag to keep it in, boils water well once you get the fire going, more stable than my Optimus.Cons - this takes longer overall than my Optimus. I enjoy the ritual of building the fire and tending it, but if you’re with impatient people or needing to get on the trail quickly this may not be for you. And you also have to wait for the stove to cool after use.- I may not be able to use this in the parks if a burn ban is in effect- it does get soot on your pots- you have to tend the fire and keep it fed and hotAll this being said, when I’m backpacking alone I will probably take this stove. It’s kinda cool to be totally self sufficient and build your own fire.

I'm adding my triple thumbs up review to the rest of these -- this stove is awesome! It's well-made, super straightforward to use, and gets things hot quickly.First trial was at the beach on a windy day and it worked great. I used one piece of dry bark and some driftwood twigs as fuel, plus a cotton ball soaked in vaseline. Sparked it with a magnesium rod and it started right up -- a nice swirling mini-inferno. You have to keep feeding it, but even when we ran out and spent 5 minutes looking for more fuel it stayed hot. Dumped the new sticks in, waited 30 seconds, and it was a tornado blaze of fire again. I put a pot of popcorn kernels on in with some oil and we had popcorn in about 3 minutes.When we were done it took about 10 minutes to get cool enough to touch. To speed up the process I used two stubby pieces of wood as potholders to take it apart -- very easy to do even with clumsy hands. There was a lot of carbon on the pot I used and at the top of the stove, and the metal took on a rainbow oily sheen in some parts. All cosmetic -- the stove was fine. But don't expect it to stay shiny forever.The nesting parts store really well. They clang around a little and if I was backpacking with it I'd put a cloth in there to keep it from sounding like an all-cymbals marching band. Looking forward to using it again!

I enjoy this for making eggs and heating up water when I camp. It is light and easy to pack and put together.

Excellent small stove for wilderness adventures!

Hard to get the fire going & even harder to keep it going. Giving it to Goodwill.