Welcome back to the channel. So I'm out today in the woods and it wasn't too long ago I did a
review of the Bushcraft Essentials pocket stove and it was actually back in the same spot that I
did that review. Now when I did that review there's a couple things that I liked and I didn't like
about the stove. One thing, it's pretty small. Also it seemed like it had an unnecessary ash tray or
ash pan at the bottom of it. So I kind of modified mine and moved everything down to give me more
room for more sticks but the the feed ports were not ideal and you know just for the money I felt
like it probably wasn't the best value after reviewing it. But once I reviewed it there were
a lot of comments on on the review from you guys saying you need to try the Firebox Nano because
it's probably the most comparable. So I sold my Bushcraft Essentials pocket stove and this arrived
in the mail today. This is the Firebox Nano and I have no experience with this. Like I said I just
got this and this is the first opening of it. Now a nice set of instructions it looks like there
A couple pegs, we'll have to figure out what those go to. But immediately this is the the footprint of it
and just like the big Firebox stove it folds. And that was pretty appealing to me that it's a folding
stove instead of a stove that I have to assemble because that Bushcraft Essentials stove it was
kind of hard to take apart once I had had it lit and done you know cooking on it. The metal seized
up and it was really tight so this I think is it going to be a big a big plus already. Now the other
feature on this stove is that there are dual fuel ports and that allows you to cross sticks from both
sides and get a better burn. Plus you can also rotate out these supports to give you a little
bit better stabilization of your pot if you're cooking in a larger pot and also better
stabilization on the ground. So we're gonna light this thing up and see how it does. Now it doesn't
have an ash pan so that's something to be aware of when you're cooking on this thing that you want
to make sure that you're cooking on a surface that the grounds either damp underneath or you're
gonna put some kind of plate or foil underneath it. I'll see if I have something in my bag if not
the ground is exceptionally wet. We had a huge rainstorm yesterday and the leaves and everything
is just soaked so I'm gonna put this on top of something and we'll see how it does so stay tuned
Okay so these are the little rods that came with these are called nano sticks and what you do is
you slide these in on these kitty corner slots and now that allows you to place a Trangia stove
right in there and that's that'll achieve the optimal height for alcohol stoves. That's perfect
because I carry a Trangia a lot and this will be a nice addition to that that kit. There you go
I think the stove did pretty good. The conditions out here are crazy today. It's real windy and it's just hard to
control which way the winds coming from and the fire is it dies down and heats back up again but
you know I did get some some hot coffee going which is all I really wanted to try to do but
I definitely like the different aspects of the stove. I mean the the feed ports on the side are
awesome. The fact that it folds it's still stainless steel so it's a little heavy but it's
not that bad I mean for the size of this it's pretty good I think it's lighter than the bushcraft
essential stove so either so either way I really like it I think it's a definitely a thumbs up
compared to the bushcraft essentials and for the price there I think they're within four dollars
of each other with the the firebox nano being just a little bit more and there's more accessories
that you can buy for the nano like there's a base plate they're coming out with and there's some
windscreens and things like that so I think with some accessories and the fact that I can use it
with my Trangia it's gonna be a great little stove to throw in my haversack and that's really what I
wanted it for and to replace that bushcraft essentials which just did not you know meet
my needs and did not work out as well as I thought it would so here's the
set this down so there's my fire prep area I was just getting all my sticks ready keeping
them off the wet ground still a little warm
you know with these small with these small stoves you really need to have your prep ready
and you need to think about how you're gonna do it and I think I personally I don't think I did a
good job with it I think the I should have put my sticks through the feed ports first and then
piled all my small stuff on top of that that would have made more sense I think I got kind
of rushed and that made for a marginal fire it wasn't the best it didn't start off as quickly
as I would have liked it to but I think with more practice with this stove it'll be a good one
so with a nice little stuff sack
that fits nicely in the back pocket of my haversack
all right guys I'm gonna get out of here so as always please like subscribe and share and we'll
see you next time on the prepared wanderer