Public Lands[publiclands.com] has Solo Stove: Bonfire 2.0 Fire Pit (Stainless Steel) for $249.99 or Bonfire 2.0 Color + Stand Bundle (various) for $299.99. Shipping is free
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Public Lands[publiclands.com] has Solo Stove: Bonfire 2.0 Fire Pit (Stainless Steel) for $249.99 or Bonfire 2.0 Color + Stand Bundle (various) for $299.99. Shipping is free
The product photos make it really confusing about who the target audience is here. What is the use-case for this product? People who want to start outdoor wood fires, but who can't be bothered to find a handful of rocks and make a standard fire-pit? Plus then you have to bother packing up what's basically a trash can full of wood ash and take it home afterward.
You should do more research on smokeless fire pit before commenting.
You should do more research on smokeless fire pit before commenting.
So I never heard of this thing and I just went to Youtube and watched several videos to see what it was about. In every video, I can 100% see smoke coming out of it, as well as ash particles floating up into the air above the fire. It is true, that it has a lot less smoke than a normal firepit, but that is because the extra holes that are all around the base, allow much more oxygen and air to flow into the pit. This causes the wood to burn at an accelerated rate, much faster than a normal fire. Thus it does not smolder underneath and produce a ton of smoke, because the temp with the extra air flow, is much hotter under the wood.
This has a Pro and a Con to it.
Pro: It produces much less smoke(but not no smoke as they claim). Less smoke may make it more enjoyable on a windy day, to sit around the fire and not have smoke blowing into peoples faces and then they constantly have to shift places around the fire to avoid all the smoke.
Con: It will burn wood much faster, I have not tested it as I do not own one, but my Paw Paw uses a Redneck version of this for over 2 decades. He takes a 50 gallon drum and cuts it in half. Then he drills holes all around the circumference of the base, and multiple holes in the bottom. Then he sits that on top of a couple of cinder blocks, so it is off the ground and gets max air flow. We use it at Christmas time, when the weather is very cold outside, but they want to do fireworks in the backyard. We go to the firepit he made and warm ourselves a couple minutes and then go back and light more fireworks, until we can't feel our hands anymore, lol. Then you go back to the fire and warm up again. It works very well, but it burns wood at about twice the rate. Since I cannot test this one listed here, I assume it will also burn wood at twice the rate, or at least close to it.
No big deal as long as you have plenty of wood, but for normal camping, it would not be a great alternative to a traditional fire. When we are at the deer camp, we want our fire to burn more slowly and create a big pile of those hot white coals to keep us warm through the night. For family get togethers though, I think this would be a great product. A bit pricey, but it has a nice aesthetic look to it. Where as my Paws Paws redneck version is just black and has a bit of rust and soot on it, lol.
However, if your family doesn't care about looks, you can make the redneck version for less than $30 if you already own a drill and a torch to cut the barrel in half, lol. They sell the 50 gallon drums where I live for about $25 and you can grab 2 cinder blocks for a buck and a half each. Still this one looks much more pleasing to the eye, but I'm half redneck, so I could not personally plop down 250-300 bucks. My country friends are fine with an old rusty barrel
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Can I use this to (slowly) incinerate my yard waste?
I have about 20 bags of branches from a tree I destroyed, and the trash people won't pickup yard waste until October 15th.
My neighbor did this. The annoying part is that you have to get a pretty hot fire going and make sure that your sticks are pretty small and somewhat dry or else it will cause a lot of smoke.
The one and only time I saw these things in action was at a trail cleanup day in January. They had 4, and every single one of them was billowing smoke, but on the plus side it was a little more predictable than a fully open fire. A chimenea would probably be even better. Seems like a lot of hype becauase of the internet, something that would otherwise be completely forgettable if not for good marketing and fun packaging.
Got the stainless steel one shipped to Ohio for $212 and change with the 15% off welcome text promo. Happy with that. I'm not going to use it in any portable sense, but I will use it in my backyard and place of my current fire pit that's built with just a bunch of paver stones stocked up in a circle that are falling apart because every time they get hot they end up cracking more.
08/02/24
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But, you can sign up for their text promos, you get $20 off. So that's looks like the better deal. (Sing up, then cancel after order.)
But, you can sign up for their text promos, you get $20 off. So that's looks like the better deal. (Sing up, then cancel after order.)
So I never heard of this thing and I just went to Youtube and watched several videos to see what it was about. In every video, I can 100% see smoke coming out of it, as well as ash particles floating up into the air above the fire. It is true, that it has a lot less smoke than a normal firepit, but that is because the extra holes that are all around the base, allow much more oxygen and air to flow into the pit. This causes the wood to burn at an accelerated rate, much faster than a normal fire. Thus it does not smolder underneath and produce a ton of smoke, because the temp with the extra air flow, is much hotter under the wood.
This has a Pro and a Con to it.
Pro: It produces much less smoke(but not no smoke as they claim). Less smoke may make it more enjoyable on a windy day, to sit around the fire and not have smoke blowing into peoples faces and then they constantly have to shift places around the fire to avoid all the smoke.
Con: It will burn wood much faster, I have not tested it as I do not own one, but my Paw Paw uses a Redneck version of this for over 2 decades. He takes a 50 gallon drum and cuts it in half. Then he drills holes all around the circumference of the base, and multiple holes in the bottom. Then he sits that on top of a couple of cinder blocks, so it is off the ground and gets max air flow. We use it at Christmas time, when the weather is very cold outside, but they want to do fireworks in the backyard. We go to the firepit he made and warm ourselves a couple minutes and then go back and light more fireworks, until we can't feel our hands anymore, lol. Then you go back to the fire and warm up again. It works very well, but it burns wood at about twice the rate. Since I cannot test this one listed here, I assume it will also burn wood at twice the rate, or at least close to it.
No big deal as long as you have plenty of wood, but for normal camping, it would not be a great alternative to a traditional fire. When we are at the deer camp, we want our fire to burn more slowly and create a big pile of those hot white coals to keep us warm through the night. For family get togethers though, I think this would be a great product. A bit pricey, but it has a nice aesthetic look to it. Where as my Paws Paws redneck version is just black and has a bit of rust and soot on it, lol.
However, if your family doesn't care about looks, you can make the redneck version for less than $30 if you already own a drill and a torch to cut the barrel in half, lol. They sell the 50 gallon drums where I live for about $25 and you can grab 2 cinder blocks for a buck and a half each. Still this one looks much more pleasing to the eye, but I'm half redneck, so I could not personally plop down 250-300 bucks. My country friends are fine with an old rusty barrel
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I have about 20 bags of branches from a tree I destroyed, and the trash people won't pickup yard waste until October 15th.
I have about 20 bags of branches from a tree I destroyed, and the trash people won't pickup yard waste until October 15th.
08/02/24
Order Subtotal
$249.99
Estimated Shipping
$10.00
Estimated Tax
$0.00
Promo Discount and/or Public Lands HUB Reward Certificate
$47.50
Estimated Order Total
$212.49
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I have about 20 bags of branches from a tree I destroyed, and the trash people won't pickup yard waste until October 15th.
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