stove worked very well but as I just tried cleaning the stove, it has a lot!!! of rust. I can see how it will rust out soon as others have experienced. Good stainless would not be rusting. It gave us a great campfire. Everybody crowded around it.. But I could make my own out of cans if I did not mind rusting. Also it is hard to get the ash out because the bottom does not come off.

Used once - lack of smoke was true once I got the fire going - boiled water as advertised, fast - seems like it a bit more practice will help in knowing how/when to feed more fuel - would recommend!

ROOKIE ERRORS - two mistakes I made, not the stove design:
1) we stayed in a camp ground, and it's not appropriate to strip campgrounds of twigs, so I bought wood
2) I bought treated wood (bad idea) - didn't realize that it would exposed our camping party to an unknown mixture and level of chemicals

For car camping in campgrounds:
1) DON'T TRANSPORT WOOD! This puts our forests at risk, by transferring pests from one location to another
2) BUY UNTREATED WOOD LOCALLY, once you arrive

Find local untreated firewood/tinder at:
1) the campground
2) a local gas station
FYI: it worked well to used a small axe to spit the firewood into small enough pieces for the stove

The treated wood came from a big-box store, and when we left, I stopped to get gas at the local gas station, and they had tinder and firewood that was harvested locally and not treated.

We brought the Campfire Stove to the Frio River for cabin camping in the Texas Hill Country and it was great. There was a burn ban in place for open pit fires but the non-sparking and super efficient wood burning Solo Stove allowed the kid's to still enjoy roasting marshmallows and s'mores over an open fire with a minimal risk to the environment. And yes, we did get it approved by the camp ground officials. We are avid campers and I can't wait to use the Solo Stove in cooler weather.

I look forward to also reviewing the Bonfire when I have a chance to use it.

Excellent stove! Quality built, and real efficient design. I used the advice of using a stainless steel chain mail scrubber on the inside grate to keep the wood chips from falling to the bottom. You don't need it, but I find it helps with burning the smaller chunks of fuel longer. I had a 2lb bag of Weber Hickory chips that lasted me about an hour...AN HOUR!! This stove creates a nice flame you can see in the photo. Big enough for hot dogs or smores if you wanted. This puts out a lot of heat, and is perfect for those colder months. It kept four adults warm on a chilly evening. This is great for Leave No Trace. My MSR stove fits perfectly inside this stove for storage. Worth every penny.

Just got it today and was stoked to try it out. Used some paper and very wet twigs, then some very wet 1 inch or so diameter sticks. All of the fuel, minus the paper and dryer lint was soaked due to snow melting. Took a while to get to catch, when it finally did it worked as advertised. The secondary burn kicked in and completely eliminated the smoke from even this wettest of wood. Was burning elm branches from the fallen branches around my house. It is not necessary to have a roaring fire to cook with this stove. You can let the fire burn down to halfway with a good set of coals and still cook with it. In fact, with some recipes or food it might be better. When in "roaring" fire mode it produces a little heat for comfort. I will have to try some bigger diameter branches of seasoned wood to see how hot it gets. Some people say it gets really hot, I kind of doubt it. It's like a small campfire someone would make for the purpose of saving fuel or cooking. I cannot see warming oneself with it very much. I wouldn't take a star away for this as you can only build a fire so large in this can. It's limited by its own size. I would leave the cooking ring off next time to enjoy the "campfire" experience. One can put larger pieces of wood in perhaps for more warmth.