Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

For the price, I can't complain. Is this cheap, yes. Is the door as bad as many have described? Yes. Does it wobble on its legs? Yes. Is the paint regular non-high temp paint? Yes. And for all the other complaints some are making about this $70.00 stove, here are the answers. The unit is fairly heavy, so that was a nice surprise. The door is just a flat piece of metal. Will it work? Yes, but I would say that just about anyone using this stove seriously would want to make a better one. The legs are simply metal pipe that slide into a larger (about 2" long) metal pipe welded to the bottom of the stove. If the stove doesn't sit level, people, it's just light weight steel, it bends! Bend the leg to where the stove doesn't wobble anymore. Do as many have said, do your burn in outside and get the gloss black paint burned off, then repaint with high temp paint. For those who say it doesn't draw properly, I'll lay odds they had the rear vent open. When a fire is started the hot air goes up the flue pipe and if that back vent is open, guess where the cool air goes too? Much of it is drawn up the flue pipe which cools the air in the pipe and guess what - bad draw from the stove so smoke comes out the front. Leave the rear vent closed - always. Put the wood in the back of the stove to light it and get it going, not the front. Smoke (and the heat) are going to head the fastest way out possible. Having the wood up front, the door open, and the rear vent open, guess where the smoke and heat are going to head - right out the front. Once the wood in the back is lit it doesn't take long for the flue pipe to heat up and draw properly. Pile the rest of your wood in once you have the starting wood burning nicely, close the door and keep the front vents open - it'll keep burning without any problem. Don't put wet wood in and expect it to burn well. I had the stove assembled and burning in less than 10 minutes using dry seasoned wood. I used no paper or fire starting liquids to start dime to quarter sized seasoned kindling. After closing the rear vent, piling in my wood towards the back of the stove (mine came with a fire grate), I used Diamond Strike-A-Fire (http://www.amazon.com/Diamond-Strike-A-Fire/dp/B00JA80SPU/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1453510161&sr=8-3&keywords=Diamond+strike-a-fire) fire starters to get the stove burning. These fire starters are like super large matches made out of the same material as fire logs you can buy at the grocery store. I lit them and slid them on their side under the fire grate towards the back of the stove, and then closed the door. Within 2 minutes the gloss paint was pealing off because the fire was getting plenty hot. After that burned down I added some larger pieces of wood and let the stove cook for a while. I'll be making some of the modifications that others have mentioned here and on YouTube. I'll certainly be replacing the door with a custom one with a fiberglass seal and adding a Mica window as one owner on YouTube did with his. Now what about complaints? Well I only have one, but it's minor. As a few people have stated, the welding done on this stove is pretty poor. It wasn't until after dark when I saw a little light dancing around near the back of the stove that I knew something wasn't right. The welding of the rear stove plate to the back of the stove body has a few very small gaps that I will need to welded shut. Some might say that the stove should be tested before shipping - ok fine, add another $30.00 to the stove - it's a cheap stove, it's not going to be high quality. I'm very pleased with the stove. I expect no more for the price I paid, especially when the closest higher grade stove I could find as compact as this is in the $400.00 range. The handles and cooking tubes along with the tools and flue that all fit inside are great. If you're looking for a good deal and don't mind a few minor issues, than you'll be happy with this stove. If you expect quality and perfection for $70.00, you'll be greatly disappointed. By the way, if you're planning on using this in a tent as designed, it would be super.