Titanium tent stoves

[crumy]

I have never used a stove but looking at one for this year's backback hunt. I was leaning towards Kifaru stove basically because its Kifaru and I am impressed with the gear and customer service.

Here is what I have gathered from this and other research but would appreciate someone correcting me where I am wrong.

-TI, ED-T, and Kifaru are all quality stoves.
-Titanium stoves are lighter, cylinder also makes it lighther than SS box.
- Kifaru does not have damper. That may or may not be important. Personal preference.
- Cylinder seems to be a little tighter fit to each other.
- Box easier to cook on if you choose to. Maybe a little easier to feed with wood.
- Box may last a longer and is more durable.
- Box higher off ground

So all in all:

both cylinder and box stove have adv/disadv - probably can't go wrong with either choice. just depends on what you are using it for and how important ounces are to you.

All three companies make great stoves. Comes down to money and which brand you want.

One good thing is that I did not know about Ed-T stove when I started this research 2 weeks ago. But but that adds to the confusion.

So after two weeks of research I am more informed but just as confused and feel I might as well use a dart to determine which stove. or I go back to my original choice and stick with the brand I know.

So does this accurately sum up all this?

 

[DaveS]

Pretty much nailed it. Not sure what Ed T's CS is like but ti-goat is really good, almost as good as Kifaru.

I've had great customer service from ED T.

 

[RockChucker30]

So does this accurately sum up all this?

You seem to be spot on, but I would add Seek Outside to your list of companies. They make a box stove that IMO has more to offer than the Kifaru.

 

[Madnik]

I've got two seasons on my Seek Outside Large Ti Stove and couldn't be happier. I got the large as part of a 6 Person Tip package deal. Their package deals are great, by the way. I'm not sure how often or if they still offer them, though. Regardless, you could do much worse. And for those of you who haven't yet lit a stove on a cold, cold night... believe me, it is money well spent and weight happily carried.

That said, at 940 cu inches and 44 ounces it is "heavy" compared to other available options. If I were looking to lessen the load, stove wise, I'd probably opt for one of the previously recommended cylinder stoves.

 

[Whisky]

I'm not sure if it was on here or another site, but I read that Ed T has a 10" in production. If lightest weight is what you're after, that would be the one for you I'm guessing. I will wait to see what people with more experience than I think of it and go from there.

 

[AK Troutbum]

I just received my order from SO yesterday and put the XL titanium stove together today for its first burn. I filled it up with some chunks of 2 x 4 that I had laying around and it burned for about an hour. I definitely like the size of it (10x10x14), and I like the larger door for getting bigger pieces of wood into it. One thing that I didn't really care for was the difficulty of getting the door opened and closed when there was a good burn going on inside. They have sliding doors, and at least for the first fire it didn't function all that well when the stove was hot. I don't know if this is something that will eventually break in and slide easier once I've uses a few times or not. I kind of don't think that will be the case.

 

[Ironman]

Shouldn't the stove pipe be toward the back of the stove? More efficient that way, I would think.

 

[AK Troutbum]

Yeah, it should be. I was trying to referee my 2 young kids fighting while I was putting it together, and ended up rotating the top 180 degrees. By the time I realized my mistake it was already together and I just wanted to fire it up to see it work. At least that's my excuse, and I'm sticking with it, lol.

 

[RockChucker30]

AK, you can bend the channels the door fits in out just a bit and it will loosen the door up. Not too much though.

Mine isn't hard to slide when a fire is going, but harder than when it's not burning. The stove is tight so a fire pulls a vacuum on the door.

 

[red]

Yeah, it should be. I was trying to referee my 2 young kids fighting while I was putting it together, and ended up rotating the top 180 degrees. By the time I realized my mistake it was already together and I just wanted to fire it up to see it work. At least that's my excuse, and I'm sticking with it, lol.

Do they recommend putting a layer of dirt in the bottom of the stove? And how stable is the stove on those spindly little legs?

 

[gobbler1662]

I have owned and used both the Kifaru and seek outside stoves. Last season my seek out side received heavy daily use for three solid weeks. With that said in all honesty they are both good stoves but I feel the Kifaru stands out in quality, overall construction and function. I have never seen the it goat or Ed-t stove.

 

[gobbler1662]

Ak troutbum, that sliding door is and will always be a pain. Just keep a stick near by to help slide that puppy closed when it's hot.

 

[gobbler1662]

Ak troutbum another minor issue I've had with my stove is be careful not to tighten up those all threads to much. In fact I now keep mine pretty much barely snug and would rather have a little air leak then not be able to get them off. Last elk season after three weeks of daily morning burns I had one all thread that I couldn'tt get apart. Had to pack the stove a few miles out assembled. Had to reheat that all thread in a vise to get the little nut off and then chase it with a tap and die set. Just an FYI don't over tighten those little dudes.

 

[AK Troutbum]

Do they recommend putting a layer of dirt in the bottom of the stove? And how stable is the stove on those spindly little legs?

Yeah, sand, dirt or something to help keep the bottom from burning out. It seemed sturdy enough for all intensive purposes, but when it was burning hot it would wobble a bit trying to pry the door open. The legs can be adjusted just by screwing them up more, bringing the stove closer to the ground. I'm going to mess with that door just a little to see if I can loosen it up some. When the thing is cool it slides just fine it only sticks when it's hot.

 

[AK Troutbum]

I have owned and used both the Kifaru and seek outside stoves. Last season my seek out side received heavy daily use for three solid weeks. With that said in all honesty they are both good stoves but I feel the Kifaru stands out in quality, overall construction and function. I have never seen the it goat or Ed-t stove.

I don't have any experience with either the Kifaru or the Ed T, but we used a buddies Ti Goat on Kodiak this last year, and although it worked great, the opening was very small and you couldn't fit anything of any size into it. We ended up having to feed that thing about every 15 minutes to keep it going so it was somewhat of a pain.

 

[AK Troutbum]

Ak troutbum another minor issue I've had with my stove is be careful not to tighten up those all threads to much. In fact I now keep mine pretty much barely snug and would rather have a little air leak then not be able to get them off. Last elk season after three weeks of daily morning burns I had one all thread that I couldn'tt get apart. Had to pack the stove a few miles out assembled. Had to reheat that all thread in a vise to get the little nut off and then chase it with a tap and die set. Just an FYI don't over tighten those little dudes.

Yeah, I could see that being a problem. I did tighten mine fairly tight initially and then when pulling it apart it did want to stick a bit, so I'll definitely not do that in the future.

 

[RockChucker30]

Yeah, I could see that being a problem. I did tighten mine fairly tight initially and then when pulling it apart it did want to stick a bit, so I'll definitely not do that in the future.

That's the only gripe I have on mine. I think I can drill out the threads in the bottom pieces and then back them up with wing nuts. Should still be air tight but easy to get apart.

 

[Whisky]

Well, I ordered a 12" Ed T with 6' pipe, and my brother got a 16".

Here are the weights I was told from Ed, with 7' pipe and all accessories. I think he did some mods to his stoves and is now using a lighter stuff sack for them as well.

12" - 1lb 15oz
16" - 2lb 5oz

Subtract or add 1.5oz/ft of pipe.

He has a 10% off deal and free shipping going on until the end of this week. So we pulled the trigger on them.

 

[frogboy]

Looking for reviews on the LiteOutdoors cylinder titanium stove and found nothing. I thought I would ask here and see what advice might come my way.
I would love to buy a SO or a Kifaru but the lack of funds is holding me back. Anyways does Rock slide think this stove is worth while. If I keep sand in the burn chamber is this stove going to hold up to the test of time. On liteoutdoors under stove materials I found titanium foil it says Grade 2 titanium with >99.6% purity .005″ thick (.13mm). Does that sound at least average. Thanks

 

[Floorguy]

Looking for reviews on the LiteOutdoors cylinder titanium stove and found nothing. I thought I would ask here and see what advice might come my way.
I would love to buy a SO or a Kifaru but the lack of funds is holding me back. Anyways does Rock slide think this stove is worth while. If I keep sand in the burn chamber is this stove going to hold up to the test of time. On liteoutdoors under stove materials I found titanium foil it says Grade 2 titanium with >99.6% purity .005″ thick (.13mm). Does that sound at least average. Thanks

I just came here to post that I had found lite outdoors should be noted that their stoves are bigger in diameter than either the edt or tigoat and cheaper. From looking at the pics the door looks small. I will probably wind up getting one.