Review on PMNY Hot Tent Stove: Portable Wood Stove with Chimney Pipes and Side Racks - Perfect for Tent Camping, Shelter, Heating, and Cooking by Rick Alexander

I recently bought a house, winter is coming. They examined the chimney and it turned out that it was already clean and had a liner. At the moment I couldn't afford to buy a bigger, nicer wood-burning fireplace or stove, so I took a chance on buying one and using reducers to adapt it to the 2.3" chimney that it comes with . (Honestly, when I picked it up and it felt like it was cast iron, that's how strong it was. It's steel.) - Great construction, seems very solid, burned out at first, and yes there is strange starting oily smells. - After burning it works fine. The combustion chamber inside has a welded tray that allows the ash to fall deeper into the included ashtray. Since it has an ashtray, you can basically use other fuels like wood pellets or even some charcoal in it after you light it. which is very handy (Deff suggests after the fire has gotten strong and you have some nice hot charcoals, use some charcoal colored charcoal if you really want to increase the burn time) (because with wood you'll probably only get the max of 1 hour ) - It has a double burning design, even if you close the front primary hatch, there are holes in the box on both sides that suck air up into the firebox to burn gases again. - Cons - Honestly, it would be better without that little tray because then you could actually stack your firewood better and fit more of it - if you were just using firewood you'd probably have to tend to it a lot. - There is a small hole on the top where the pot or pan hole is, which allows smoke to come out when the fire is lit. Therefore, when using indoors or in a tent, I recommend putting a pot on top to prevent this. - The reburn function is not adjustable so you can really control it like in big fireplaces because the ide inlets are smaller. The wood can only be stacked in one long pile (I can fit a 16 inch piece of log cut in half with matching pieces, there is still some kindling room at the top), so don't expect to stuff it with tons of firewood. Overall the pros outweigh the cons, this stove heats up very well, the damper controls are simple and efficient, it has dual combustion so you get more efficient combustion while still testing the burn times, I'll be posting more info on that soon To update. I made the first firing using an old wooden slat from a converted room. The maximum temperature of this small oven reached almost 700°C (it is not recommended to raise this temperature), just closed the damper and the temperature stayed around 4-500, which is ideal. (This is my first time actually using a fireplace, so I'm trying my best and learning how to do things right.)