Woodgas Camping Stoves Blog

I love to take my motorcycle on camping trips in the Black Hills of South Dakota. I have taken your stove on many extended trips. It fits great on my 2000 Ural 2WD motorcycle, which is pretty loaded down when I’m out for several days. My dad didn’t really think it would work, until he tried it, and now he’s a believer. He threw away his WWII German cook stove, and now uses nothing but the WoodGas camping stove. Anyone with questions can contact me at: justindorrance-at-hotmail-dot-com

Junstin D, Customer SD
Jan 5, 2007

Jim, Bonney Lake, WA
Feb 15, 2007

I compared the Woodgas stove to the Sierra stove and I think the Woodgas Camping Stove is much better:

In operating the Woodgas stove I’ve found:

-Less smoke
-Very little blackening on the bottom of the pot-Stronger fan
-Deeper bowl-Sturdier base for heavier pots
-The handle removes for storage and can double as tongs for removing the Hot
cross bar or other hot items.
-The outside of the stove stays cooler due to the air flow.
-The flame mostly stays in the stove rather than leaping up the sides of the pan.
-Price is about the same or a little lower if purchased from your website.
-Seems to boil water in the same amount of time.

Overall it felt like it was better quality, mainly due to the fact that the
Sierra stove is trying to be a super light-weight stove for serious back
packers. Since I am getting these stoves for camping and emergency
preparedness groups/classes, weight is not a concern.

Overall I am very pleased with this stove/price, so that is why I ordered a couple more. After my second order I now have 4 Woodgas Camp Stoves!

John A. (United Kingdom)

“I recently received a WoodGas Camping Stove from iENERGY, and since my son is a Boy Scout who frequently goes on camping trips, I thought we’d try the stove out. iENERGY claims that the stove “burns almost any fuel nature provides–including twigs, pine cones or any plant-based fuel–and provides the cleanest heat in even the remotest area.” We discovered that the stove works exactly as they say it does–you get as much heat or more than from the traditional propane camping stoves, and it runs on anything you happen to find in the forest. We fried a bunch of bacon and eggs using only dried weeds, leaves and sticks.”Glenn Sacks
Newspaper Columnist & Radio Show Host
www.glennsacks.com
October 3, 2006

I love this bullet-proof little camping stove. I had a huge smile on my face the whole time I was playing with it. By the way, “playing” is a misnomer - this is serious equipment. It’s well worth the $50 bucks or so to have this as an emergency stove or heat source in your survival kit (though you need to treat this like any open fire and watch out for carbon monoxide, especially indoors). Comes with a one-year limited warranty too.

“The camping stove burned the fuel evenly and made a great flame for cooking. We easily cooked two pans of hamburgers on one stove-full of fuel. I also quickly boiled water for coffee.
As I walked around the park, all I could think of was how much fuel there was for the stove. And to think that one medium branch was enough to cook dinner.

Congratulations on making a great, fuel efficent stove.”

Phil R,

Great stove… water boiled in under 7 minutes with pine chips and the like from the forest floor. I easily started the stove with my own recipe for a fire starter. Here is the recipe for those of you who would like to make your own:

 1 - clump of dryer lint
1 - coffee filter
1 - string
1 - small pot of melted wax.

Put clump of dryer lint in coffee filter - not too tight. Tie with the string and dunk in hot wax. Cheap, easy and fun!

Bob G
Hi Adventure Trek Planning and Leave No Trace Master
Circle Ten Council of Boy Scouts

I liked the stove so much, I wanted to use it around the house for barbeque. I cut a hole in the bottom of a grill, filled it with wood pellets, and it ran for over an hour on low power. Perfect heat and perfect time for BBQ. No more charcoal to purchase!