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Hey guys, welcome back to the channel
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Today I'm out in the woods and I'm going to be trying a new stove that I just picked up
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from Firebox. So this is the Firebox XL Gen 2 and if you haven't seen these yet, they're pretty neat
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It's basically a mini barbecue grill or fireplace or chimney or whatever you want to call it
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It's pretty unique and I've used lots of folding stoves while camping and hiking
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I've used Vargo and Emberlit and of course the Element stove which is featured on a lot
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of my videos from the past. So this year I wanted to try something new, I wanted to try something a little bit bigger
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because a lot of those stoves I just mentioned are very small and they're difficult to really
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pack with a lot of wood and they take a lot of fidgeting around with
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The videos I've been watching on this Firebox, I've been monitoring YouTube and a lot of
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channels and pages and stuff trying to get some information on this stove and everything
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I've seen has been really positive. So I want to try it myself and see what I thought of it
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Right out of the box this thing is super heavy duty, it's stainless steel
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It is considerably heavier than all the other stoves I just mentioned but I think where
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it makes up for being so heavy is that it's size and this thing is very generous in how
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much wood you can put inside this thing. And there's also a lot of features and additions that you can add to this stove to make it
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more than just a folding stove. So stick around, we're going to get into it and I'm going to show you how I'm going to
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use my Firebox. Alright so the first thing you notice on this stove is when you unfold it, it's all one piece
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There are no parts and pieces to assemble and that's what I really like about this thing
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because it's not a 3D puzzle or a piece of origami you've got to figure out in the woods
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Especially when a stove is all sooty and dirty and you've used it a few times, then it's
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just a pain in the butt to try to take that thing apart, put it back together, get pieces
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to fit. Even with my Element titanium wood stove, there was a separate bottom piece like this
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that became warped because it was separate. It wasn't really something I had to pressure fit with the rest of the stove
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So I'm hoping because of the durability of this stainless steel and also that everything
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is hinged that there will be less warpage of the actual material
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It really shouldn't be with stainless. But it's really cool when this thing opens up
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It's completely flat, hinge it open, and then the bottom snaps into place right there
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Now when you look at this thing, it's not a perfect square
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So do not be alarmed. It is not bent, it is not a fluke
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This thing is designed that way purposefully so it actually folds up into a nice neat package
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So pop that down there. Then you've got a couple of feed ports
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You've got a feed port here on the side, on this side
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All these different holes that you see are designed to hold the supports so you can lower
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your supports, but also this creates the drafting and feeding of the fire
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So there's definitely enough windscreen around it, but there's also enough holes to allow
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air and circulation to feed your fire. That's really important because sometimes these stoves just don't have enough holes
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on them and it's just difficult to keep them going. And then you also need an adequate amount of protection from wind because if it's early
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windy day you can actually have trouble keeping your fire going as well
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So it seems like they've really thought through all these configurations and the different
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holes that they've placed. So everything I've seen so far, it's been very favorable
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So what I'm doing is I'm just packing this thing down with this deadfall maple that I
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found and I've sawed it down into some pieces probably 5 or 6 inches long, maybe a little
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bit longer on some of them. And then I'm taking all the dry twigs and breaking them up
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I'm going to shove that in the middle because that's where I'm going to start the fire at
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And I've seen this done from some other folks. This seems to be the preferred method with these firebox stoves to get them started
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Is to put all the wood in standing up, almost like a Swedish fire log or fire stove if you've
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ever seen those where they take the log and you split it down and then you shove all the
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material in between the crumbs of the log and light it and it burns outward and up
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And this is kind of what this is going to accomplish. So you have this nice piece of fat wood, I'm going to do some shavings of fat wood and
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put that down inside the stove and that's what's going to be my main ignition
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Oh, I can smell that fat wood over here
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That is potent. Feeling pretty good now
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I'm going to shave off some more fat wood to get into the fire and that helped a lot
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You can tell this wood is slightly damp. It's starting to bubble at the top
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See there's a feed port on that side and there's another one over here
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Alright, so another item of course with me today is the Lagom bush knife
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I still haven't had a huge amount of time to spend with it, so I thought while my fire
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is going, instead of just watching it burn, being impatient, I'll just mess with this
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knife a little bit. Do a little whittling. You know, one thing I mentioned in the unboxing video, this thing is crazy sharp
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The grind on it is really insane. It's a Scandi grind. If you don't remember or know, it's produced by LT Wright Knives here in Ohio, which I
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think is awesome. There's a lot of knife makers in Ohio. I was thinking about it the other night and there's just a bunch
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More than my thoughts. There's, let's see, Hinderer, LT Wright, Battle Horse, Double A, I think Daryl Ralph is from Ohio
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Who else? I know I'm missing somebody. But it's nice that there's so many great knife makers from this state
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I really dig that. Let's make a little notch with the knife
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It does a really nice job. It's very comfortable. I really like this oval shape to the handle
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It fits my palm pretty well. Alright, I gotta start my coffee
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I don't want to be out here all day long. I think this thing's kicked down enough finally
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Stick the pot support there. One there. That one's sticking up still. Yeah
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Get down there. Alright, there we go. Perfect. Perfect. Alright, let's get some coffee going
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Alright. I think one of my viewers was asking about coffees that I use when I'm out in the woods
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And, you know, there's really nothing special to it. I just go to the grocery store or the coffee aisle and there's all kinds of instant coffees
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on the market now. It's awesome. There's tons of stuff to pick from. One that I like a lot is the Starbucks Vias
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This is Colombian coffee. This is just a fine powder you pour into the hot water and mix it up and you got coffee
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If you're into flavored coffees, it's always nice to have some Folgers Cappuccino French Vanilla
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It's a good one. This is Cafe Bastello. This is a decaffeinated coffee
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I don't know why I have decaffeinated. I think I probably picked up the wrong pack. But it's good to have just in case someone might like that
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Let's see what else do I have in here. Here is a Nescafe Taster's Choice
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Not my favorite, but they work in a pinch. So today I'm just going to go with Starbucks Via
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That's the extent of my barista experience right there. You've seen it all
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Alright guys, thanks for tuning in again and watching the video. Like I said, I'm going to be doing more reviews on this stove throughout the year
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Different conditions, different types of burning materials inside of it. I'm going to test it out with the Trangia, test it out with the S-Bit
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And just see all the different capabilities of this thing. This is going to be the stove for the year
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