Kettle for life

After many stoves Firebox is now my favorite, from very simple reasons: The cooker is extremely thoughtful, I like the multi-functional structure (see below). He is amazingly efficient, the fuel consumption is astonishingly low. Very positive I noticed that the Firebox does not reject even with frequent prolonged operation, which is a big problem with other hobos. The folding mechanism works smoothly even after long use. Speaking: You do not see the product images that the Firebox in the plan is not quite square - that's just due to this folding or Faltmechnismus, the Firebox can be characterized as a book open and close and has merged only 1 centimeter thick (a key selling point for me - small pack size).

When you get pops up the Firebox for the first time clear that you have a product in hand which has been improved again and again for many years, with a focus on simplicity and practicality (on YouTube, there is a good video about the history of the firebox) : It has a compact structure in front of him, about the size of a very large postcard, backed up by two bars which are just as support bars as soon shows much more. If you remove these bars that prevent in its capacity as holding rods unintentional unfolding, then you can open the Firebox as a book, with automatically triggers the stuck up ash pan and a bottom plate falls by itself in position. Thus, the Firebox (after pushing the ash pan below) ready for immediate use - no tedious plugging spoiled parts like other hobos.

If you take the Firebox into operation comes next epiphany: It comes out with incredibly little fuel while it is very hot. Will you not bring anything directly for cooking, but for example, account for only a can of beans warm, so you should either heat up the box only carefully or - better yet - let burn down after the heating up and then allowed to warm over the embers. If one makes the same experience as me, namely that my beans cooked in about 3 minutes, which was of course not desired.

Meanwhile, I have been collecting for the Firebox no more fuel, but break my only spot a withered fir branch off (about 50 cm length, 1 cm in diameter at the thickest point), I break into small pieces - the thin material at the end take I to light (which, thanks to the sophisticated system of drilling and the resulting chimney effect is extremely easy and fast), the rest I put it - and a few fuel then is also sufficient to make tea. I used to have bothered me saw off somewhere with the saw firewood, but the Firebox is so economically and efficiently, that's not necessary.

What I really like the ash pan - it begins on the hot ashes and keep it away from the ground. Personalize it does not fall on a lot of ash, because by the intense heat of wood is burned completely to a very small amount white powder. For the same reason also inside, no soot is formed, it burns completely. The ash pan and ensure that the ground under the Firebox is only moderately warm makes. I have the Firebox used even as a balcony Grill (with the optional accessory grill plate on a wooden table, without further protection, no damage to the table).

Extremely practical, the so-called Fire Sticks, these are the bars that had already served as support bars. You can use pretty universal: at the top of the firebox slots are milled, in which you can let the Fire Sticks (or the griddle) firmly into place - on this way, also smaller vessels to the rather large firebox make. Very handy are the sticks, if you want to put the Firebox the middle of the operation, without burning awful: you hooked the sticks one at two designated milled and mixed them quite easily and securely. Similarly, one can use the sticks, the ash pan to empty in operation (but really what is needed as a stove only in long-term operation).

Alternatively, you can put the bars even at 12 different positions laterally into the Firebox if you take solid fuel about plans to use an alcohol stove and use the Firebox only as a windbreak and fireplace want (which I do stupid would find the strength of the Firebox is their capacity as wood stove).

It remains to mention that the Firebox right now in winter can also an excellent and oven. In YouTube I saw a video in which it is used for heating a tipi, with the comment that it is almost too hot in the tipi. Speaking of YouTube: Here and on the website of the provider, there are very good videos to apply the Firebox, you should look necessarily (especially the video "Firebox Flexible and versatile").

Incidentally, there are still accessories for Firebox, namely a grill (which I also often used as a kind of stove to have a more stable jurisdiction for my cooking vessel), additional Firesticks and Cordura bag, which I find extremely convenient because they also space for griddle and other necessities provides - I still have a Maya stick, a small pocket knife with Firesteel and a wire placed in her, so I did everything for the operation of the Firebox together.

The only downer in the Firebox: It has a weight of 920 grams. This makes it much more difficult than other hobos. At the same time I also like the fact that the Firebox extremely indestructible comes with its 18er steel (stainless steel). One can easily make it, no matter how much you weigh. The device gives the impression that it will bequeath to his children with safety. In this respect, I can live with the weight (I had wondered if there was a star point deduction justifies, but I think the downside is the superior quality compensated). However, I have (also of Bushcraft Essentials) gained me the lighter Bushbox and select the Hobo now depending on the application.