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Took the Fireant stove out for a spin, as I often do.
I initially browsed this and a competitors much larger titanium stove but settled for the Fireant and havent looked back.
Its a great little stove.
It didnt hurt any, that a promo code was offered, when first I visited the Emberlit site.
I bought the stove at a substantial discount directly from Emberlit.
The Fireant has a permanent spot in the pocket of my smock.
The stove weighs next to nothing and one doesnt notice the stove, until one needs it.
Boils a cup in a few minutes, once the stove gets going.
I bought this stove from a minimalistic POV and have not been disappointed.
A larger stove might get more of a draft going/suck more air once hot but Im quite happy with this small stove.
I have a bigger stove - never use it.
The Fireant is easy to get going - only thing is, that I was used to feeding my larger stainless steel stove a bit larger twigs.
The trick with the Fireant is to feed it very small twigs - at least to get it going.
It also likes pine cones, leaves or what ever one might find on the forrest floor.
One doesnt have to depend on dragging white alcohol, spirits, tablets or what ever along - just feed it leaves, twigs, pine cones or what ever one find on the forrest floor.
That being said, the Fireant does come with a tray for placing a Trangia burner or tablet, should one so desire.
I sometimes use this little tray for a stubby candle when overnighting.
The Fireant burns very clean. Once you are done boiling water or soup, you just feed the rest or the already burning twigs into the stove with no further 'reloading.'
The stove burns the twigs and leaves but a very small smudge when upended.
Important for those, who dont want to leave any prints on the forrest floor.
The stove - being titanium - takes on a slight warp.
This in no way has any influence on the stoves ability to boil a cup of water, soup, snow etc etc.
Ti has gotten a nice hue to it as well.
The smaller stove has to be fed/tended continously as opposed to a bigger stove, which might be a tad more forgiving i.e. will burn longer unattended, once you've fed it a branch or two.
This is no problem, once one learns, how to properly feed the small Fireant.
Nitpicking; only a small detail to mention. My Ti Lifeventure cup (400ml) wobbled a bit when feeding the stove and/or when the content of the cup started boiling.
This was of course more due to the small size of the minimalistic cup than due to any fault of the stove.
With a slightly larger cup, this wouldnt be a problem at all.
I initially placed the cup (precariously) on the corner wall of the stove.
Still wasnt optimal.
A homemade wafer thin titanium 'X'/crossmember bars did the trick.
I can now place the cup anywhere on the top of the stove and it wont slip and spill the contents down into the stove.
After use, the stove cools down in minutes due to the titanium construction, so its quick to take apart, clean and get moving.
Stove is easy to clean. Not that it gets very dirty.
I dont scrub this under the faucet on a regular basis - I merely shake the soot off the bottom 'floor' plate after each use.
Very happy with the miniscule Fireant, always bring it along and use it often.
Heartedly recommended.
(No affiliation to Emberlit).
