Wild Stoves

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The ultimate in versatile, lightweight, clean-burning wood-powered cooking. Stable, compact woodgas camping stove packs down to the size of an apple. A superb little stove.

£49.95 [On Order]

Time until despatch: On order - delivery approx 25 May 2012

More Information

Availability 15 May 2012: We can barely keep up with demand for this stove, customers have once again emptied our shelves. Don't worry: you can still place your order here, and we'll dispatch it as soon as our new stock arrives around 22nd May. If you're in a hurry try one of our partner retailers such as the Friends of the earth shop or Funky Leisure.

Duo and Deluxe kits are available only from Wild Stoves.

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Mark II has arrived. Stronger. More compact. Improved design!

'That's definitely the nicest wood gas stove I've seen yet. Thanks!' JNT

'At last a high quality woodgas stove that packs down small enough for backpacking, but is powerful enough to cook a decent meal.' JME

This high-performance woodgas stove offers all the benefits you would expect: easy to light, very economical and clean-burning. Its three-part design means that you benefit from the stability of a footprint as large as some larger models (like the WoodGas LE and XL), as well as the space-saving compactness of its slightly smaller brothers (like the Bushbuddy and Bushcooker).

The Wild Woodgas Stove is exceptionally efficient and versatile. Like most woodgas stoves it is designed to burn wood more cleanly than any open fire due to its secondary burn. This means more heat and less soot from a few twigs. It will also burn solid fuels (like hexamine) or meths in a Trangia-style burner. The stove packs down small for compact packing, with space inside for fuel & firelighting gear. What's more, the whole lot packs into a billy can: the MSR 775ml Stowaway is one of the best fits.

Wood-gas stoves create conditions where 'primary air' partially combusts wood gas, then inject pre-heated 'secondary air' into the top of the combustion chamber to mix with the remaining smoke, resulting in a very hot, clean burn and quick and easy lighting. They produce less carbon monoxide and particulates than open fires, and even rocket stoves. The images show the hot wood gases meeting the pre-heated air, appearing as jets of yellow flame.

This is a 'passive-flow' woodgas stove, meaning the secondary air holes are powered by convection rather than batteries and a fan - using the principle that hot air rises. So not only will you never run out of fuel for as long as you can find a few twigs; you'll also never run out of battery power!

For more information and discussion read the Blog entries on how this stove compares with other woodgas stoves in terms of size and how it compares with its battery-driven brothers the LE and XL.

Accessories and kits

We also stock some excellent companions for this stove including:

• The MSR 775ml Stowaway Pot, the perfect match for this stove, and large enough for 1 - 3 campers. Various other bits of kit can also be packed away inside the stove.

• A lightweight folding windshield which adds considerably to the effectiveness of this stove - and ease of use - in windy conditions. This windshield is perfectly sized for this stove.
• Genuine Trangia spirit meths burner, for that added flexibility.

We have put together two Wild Woodgas Kits - the Duo and Deluxe with a selection of useful bits of kit. The following YouTube clip shows how the stove works with these.

What Wild Stoves think

We love the ingenuity of this stove. The natural draft is effective, the stove burns clean and intensely and it packs down neatly and easily. Best of all its slightly wider base provides an exceptionally steady cooking support for anything from a survival billycan to a 'family' pot or kettle. Highly recommended.

March 2012: latest detailed customer review published on YouTube.

April 2012: YouTube clip: 1.5 hour burn time from single charge of wood pellets!

Specifications

Mass: 280g

Height assembled to top of pot supports: 16.3cm

Height packed-down: 6.6 cm

Width: 12.5 - 13.6cm (the base is slightly wider than the top)

Minimum internal diameter: 10.3cm

Materials: the entire stove is made from 304-grade stainless steel

Drawstring bag (cotton, included): Carry and keep your stove in this drawstring bag with room for your stove, a charge of fuel and lighting equipment. 20cm w x 24cm h.

Safety warning

Used sensibly this stove will give many years of safe and fun use. However, all combustion produces carbon monoxide and other harmful emissions - in your car engine, your gas central heating boiler, even your efficient woodgas stove. This stove is designed for use outdoors. Use only outside or under well ventilated shelters. DO NOT USE IN TENTS or other enclosed spaces. Charcoal left at the end of a burn also produces carbon monoxide.

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