Embirlite stove

dogwood dan

dogwood dan

Joined
Aug 19, 2011
Messages
925
I am looking at an Emberlite stove I wanted to hear from anybody that has used one and find out what they think.
 
From all the reviews ive seen they look to be very good. A little expensive but they fold up easily. I wish I could find one cheaper than the 55.00 they want.
 
IIRC, that is the price of the titanium one (5.45 oz). The stainless ones (11.3 oz) are less expensive at $35 USD. I've had one quite a while now and I love it. Fuel consumption is amazingly small. And it will accomodate an alcohol burner, Coghlan's fire starter sticks, twigs, split wood, charcoal, trioxane... pretty much anything you want to burn (within reason). When I first got mine, I gathered a pile of dry hickory limbs beneath a tree in my yard. I was surprised that I boiled water with just one stick and a few smaller twigs. Essentially what I would have used to start a traditional fire to boil water. Oh, and for "gram weenies", people obsessed with reducing pack weight, a new Emberlit "mini" is available, a slightly smaller titanium model weighing just 4.1 ounces. The only negative I have found is the need to clean it with dish washing liquid and a 3M scouring pad to remove soot at the end of a trip. But I do that with my billy can anyway if I cook over a wood fire. For those who like "LNT" camping, it is great because it holds the fire up off the ground and burns the fuel almost completely to ash. I can set it on a rock or the ground to burn it and not leave burn scars.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/895557-EmberLit-Stove?highlight=Emberlit
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...it-Stoves-discussion-only!?highlight=Emberlit
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/862678-Emberlit-Stove?highlight=Emberlit
 
Last edited:
I have one. It's fantastic. It sets up in a breeze (there are slots you just stick together and voila!) and actually boils water very quickly with very little wood. You can gather all the wood you need to boil your coffee water and cook a pot of noodles in a matter of minutes. Gather some tinder, lots of twigs, and some nice, long sticks (a foot long or longer, about finger thickness). Use plenty of sticks about pencil-thick until your fire is really going, and then you can start pushing thumb-thickness sticks in the port which can be infinitely long. You don't want them too long, though, because you might want to set your stove on a rock or something (and you don't want to accidentally kick the sticks and make a firey mess). As they burn, you just push them farther in. I'm making it sound complicated, but it's really easy.

If you are going to get one, may I humbly suggest spending a few extra bucks and buy: A) the titanium version, B) the optional carrying sleeve, and C) the titanium adapter. You will not regret the few extra bucks spent. The carrying sleeve is a very tough, black plastic that protects the packed stove *and* the other gear in your pack (because the edges of the stove are not very smooth... not sharp, but certainly not smooth). The titanium version weighs SIX ounces less. That is hugely lighter in the same tiny footprint in your pack. And the adapter lets you put narrow cans and cups onto the stove.

The emberlit stove is so small, light, and easy to use, you just stuff it in your pack and go! It literally takes no space since it's flat.
 
Thank y'all for the first hand info I was hoping it would work as well as it looked. As a singe from above a dealer bought 1/2 of my last batch to day, so I ordered the titanium version with the adapter! I love how little things like reconfiguring my trail cook set can make a rainy day seem shiny
 
Dan, I've built and played with other alternative stoves for years and this one wins hands down for me. The others were fun to build and mess with, but this Emberlit just plain works. And it works with found fuel and not much of it. First assembly takes a few minutes, but after that, it is a breeze. FYI, starting with the front panel (logo facing out) and going left or right, link up the four sides first leaving the final corner open, insert the base plate, close the final corner and fire it up.

I haven't tried it on a combustable surface like sitting on dry grass or leaves, a wood picnic table or the formica countertop on my back porch, so I am not sure how hot it gets beneath during a full burn. I set it on bare ground or a flat rock. The base plate is raised slightly above the bottom of the side plates, the stove does not sit on the base plate. Oh, and even with a muy hot hickory wood burn, none of the plates have warped. They have taken on a fire-blued look though.

1zxtjx5.jpg
 
Last edited:
I love both the SS version and the Ti one. It sees heavy use in the summer here and the only drawback is in the winter, it takes a long time to find dry wood to be able to burn in it. But I currently live where it rains for 9 months in the year... staight.
 
You can cheat like I sometimes do. Buy a bag of hickory chunks that are meant for bbq smokers at a box store. Always seasoned and dry and it doesn't take much for a burn or two. You can see some of the chunks on the table in my picture above. Hard to start still because of high humidity? Use a Coghlans or Colemans fire starter stick to get it going. They are wax impregnated sawdust or something. And cheap. In fact, a pair of those alone will boil a billy of water on my stove with no wood added.

iladjk.jpg
 
Well, you bastids wore me down. That's the first time I've ventured over to the site (which has happened a few times before) when they had everything in stock I wanted.
I picked up a Ti Emberlit, the pouch, the Ti small-pot adapter, and some SS chopsticks. Can't wait to try it all out.

Signed,
A Stove Junkie
 
Magnanimous_G has it right. Get the extra bits and spend the extra on the TI.

You might think it's flimsy because its so light and simple, but its very durable. It really is one of the best multi fuel stoves out there. I use mine in the back yard just for fun because its so easy and quick.
 
I have the SS version. Got mine before the ti came out. I love this thing! I added the sleeve and adaptors when they came out. It is amazing to me how easy it is to start and maintain a fire in the stove. I kept mine burning for an hour one day, just playing around. No trouble at all. Great piece of kit.
 
Guyon said:
Well, you bastids wore me down. That's the first time I've ventured over to the site (which has happened a few times before) when they had everything in stock I wanted.
I picked up a Ti Emberlit, the pouch, the Ti small-pot adapter, and some SS chopsticks. Can't wait to try it all out.

Signed,
A Stove Junkie
Click to expand...

I don't think you will regret it. I still carry my Coleman Micro gas stove on occasion also when I think I may want to cook on two surfaces at once. Like when I want to make coffee at the same time that I cook breakfast omelets. Heck, those phone pics were made on my back porch. See, I use it at home too! I haven't needed the supports because my pots and pans fit the stove without it. It will even hold a #8 cast iron skillet. But I did get the case. The stove, case, fire starter kit, scour pad and a washcloth fit nicely in a CD case.
 
When I first got mine, it had a few burrs and sharp edges. I fixed those spit-spot with a Gerber diamond hone, but any fine file or stone would do it. I understand from Mikhail that they are changing the cutting process for smoother edges. I don't know if they have done that yet. It wasn't anything that would cut me, just bothered me on such a well designed product.
 
Ive tried to dial in my hobo stoves to compete with the emberlits boil time to no avail, im gonna have to pick one up for fall.
 
Mikhail expects the last pieces of his new progressive dies to be in early this coming week. Stoves produced after that will have some embossed ridges to strengthen the panels, smoother cuts and a deeper embossed logo. Production capacity should increase as well. As of now, he is sold out of the remaining first version titanium and has only a few of the stainless left in stock. There may be an upcoming price increase, so you might want to preorder to lock in the current price. Not sure how long that offer will last.

I'm working on a way to bake biscuits, cinnamon rolls and pizza on my Emberlit this weekend. The adventure continues.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top