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Vargo Titanium Hexagon Backpacking Wood Stove

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Shave even more weight off your load by leaving the fuel at home. With the Vargo Titanium Hexagon backpacking wood stove you can use sticks and twigs to cook your meals.

Lightweight titanium design weighs only 4.1 oz.; titanium panels stand up to regular use and hot temperatures without damage
Stove folds flat for compact storage in your backpack; unfold the hinged panels and snap the stove together when you're ready to cook
Conical shape focuses heat upward for efficient cooking; notches at the top of the side panels allow the flames to spread out around your pot (sold separately)
Hinged access door can be opened or closed to control the amount of air that reaches the fire; door also allows you to add more sticks to the fire
Vargo recommends cooking with a pot no larger than 1.5 liters (50.7 fl. oz.)
The Vargo Titanium Hexagon backpacking wood stove includes a nylon carrying case
Remember to practice responsible Leave No Trace principles by only burning downed sticks; gather wood from a wide area away from your camp and scatter any unused wood

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Vargo Titanium Hexagon Backpacking Wood Stove Customer Reviews

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Vargo Titanium Hexagon Backpacking Wood Stove

4.4

(based on 7 reviews)

86%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

Compact (4)
Easy to light (3)
Lightweight (3)
Stable (3)

Cons

Best Uses

Backpacking (3)
Hiking (3)

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Apr

2013

5.0

Light weight and dual purpose

By Terry with hobbies

from Poulsbo, Wa

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Pros

Alcohol Stove Wind Screen
Compact
Easy to Light
Lightweight
Stable

Cons

Best Uses

Backpacking
Hiking

Comments about Vargo Titanium Hexagon Backpacking Wood Stove:

This stove has been great. My friend bought a similar stove and I have wanted a wood burning stove like his. He has to assemble his every use. With this stove it sets up quick fast and from one piece. I particularly like this style of stove since I have started using an alcohol stove I needed a good windscreen and this works for that purpose AND it works as a "backup" stove.

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Apr

2013

(1 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

A great backup system

By Grey Eagle

from Maine

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Pros

Compact
Easy To Clean
Easy to Light
Lightweight
Powerful
Stable

Cons

Poor temperature control

Best Uses

Backpacking
Hiking

Comments about Vargo Titanium Hexagon Backpacking Wood Stove:

This is a great stove to carry for unexpected delays in your hike. It uses wood fuel (readily available in Maine) and I also carry a Trangia alcohol stove inside a tuna fish can that is used inverted to raise the alcohol flame to the proper height for when wood fuel is not easily available. It's very light and extremely small in your backpack. Great for a backup or when you don't want to carry extra fuel and other burnable materials are readily available.

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Sep

2012

(7 of 8 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

very well designed and useful

By provocateur

from Boulder, CO

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Pros

Distributes Heat Evenly
Durable
Easy To Clean

Cons

Best Uses

Simple Meals

Comments about Vargo Titanium Hexagon Backpacking Wood Stove:

I got this stove primarily to add the capability of using wood as a fuel for camping. This stove turned out to have far more utility than I anticipated. I can use it as a wind screen for my alcohol stove. It worked really well for that because the floor is elevated about a half inch off the ground and perforated with quarter-inch holes. That allows plenty of air flow. The conical shape helps it not blow over in high winds. Lastly, it packs up into a nice 4-5 inch hexagon that's about a quarter-inch thick and stores in a nice rugged packcloth sleeve with a velcro closure.

I have used hobo stoves as well as wood gassification stoves. The wood gassification stove is more efficient but requires a good wind screen to keep it from blowing out. Also, neither of these options fold up, which means they can be accidentally crushed, and they are heavier. So, I think this stove is better because it's lighter, more durable, easier to stow, and can be used as a windscreen.

One thing I discovered with both the hobo stove and this stove is that you have to have a little more fire-making skill to make a good micro-fire efficiently, i.e. with using a lot of matches or your alcohol. The easiest way I have found is to split/cut up one of those fire-start sticks to where they are as long as a match and about 3 times as thick. Put a cotton ball under one end and make a teepee of pencil-diameter dry sticks over it. Then, you can use flint/steel to put a spark into the cotton. OR, you can just make a teepee, light the fire-start stick with a lighter, and carefully push the lit stick into the base of the teepee. HTH

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Aug

2012

(2 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

Compact variant on hobo stove

By mosco

from Montana / Alaska

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Pros

Compact
Light Weight
Works well

Cons

A bit fragile
Limited in wet conditions

Best Uses

Backup stove
Extending fuel supply
Light camping
Simple Meals

Comments about Vargo Titanium Hexagon Backpacking Wood Stove:

Above comments about hinges are appropriate but with care it seems durable enough. I think. I generally carry a light white gas stove (Simmerlite) for reliability and controlability and use small fires as convenient to extend.

This stove makes micro fires much easier and drafts pretty well when used over a scoop-out or set on small rocks. Can adjust draft with door. And with a little skill, the containment / draft allow clean burning and modest warming in a protected spot. Also an enclosure for tent candles with door open.

But like any fire with small fuels, things get tougher as moisture content increases - so reliability in wet weather is diminished. Stirring the coals from time to time and tapping the sides clears ash and helps restore draft.

Folded sheets of waxed paper work well as fire starter if natural materials are wet or hard to get. A few sheets fit nicely in the case.

Overall, a nice piece of kit that's getting quite a bit of use. Note: soot cleans off pretty well with a squirt or two of Simple Green and a wipe with a paper towel. Otherwise, use REI titanium polish for best results.

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Jun

2012

(4 of 7 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

packable campfire

By northwest

from Portland Oregon

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Pros

Heats Quickly
Puts out alot of heat

Cons

Best Uses

Campfire

Comments about Vargo Titanium Hexagon Backpacking Wood Stove:

this little guy is the solution in a wet climate because it lets you create a jumping crackling fire with wet twigs and scraps on the ground.
does however need to be fed every 5 min or so which i dont mind doing for a warm fire.

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Mar

2012

(4 of 11 customers found this review helpful)

2.0

Poor Manufacture and not reliable.

By Ben.Zef

from Big Bear City California

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Pros

Cons

Uneven Heating

Best Uses

Comments about Vargo Titanium Hexagon Backpacking Wood Stove:

The only useful function for this design is as a wind screen for an alcohol stove. This is what I use it for - only!!!The skeletal design as it is constructed, is too flimsy to take serious outdoor abuse, and does not align well.The hinges are poor, the heat relflection is poor, the bottom "feet" are too thin, and really this stove can't be easily used in the Winter.Vargo is now making a stainless version. Wise choice, since the metal will distribute heat better, and will stand up to a little more abuse.Providing the manufacturer endows the new model with better manufacturing ethics. There is no value to this item other than as a wind screen. You can find better designs for wood stoves by viewing [@] on line. You'll see the real deal.I own quite a few outdoor backpacking stoves, so I know what works and what doesn't. For less money you can get more that really works properly.A # 10 can (hobo stove) does a better job than this one does. And that's a reality we will all have to learn to live with.Good luck with yours (Vargo) and happy cooking!!

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Nov

2011

(5 of 6 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Great wood stove

By push

from Whittier, NC

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Pros

Compact
Easy to Light
Folds flat
Great temperature control
Lightweight
Light weight
Powerful
Stable

Cons

Difficult to Clean

Best Uses

Backpacking
Car Camping
High Altitude
Hiking

Comments about Vargo Titanium Hexagon Backpacking Wood Stove:

I borrowed my burner from my vargo alcohol stove to help get this stove going. It works fine without the burner as well. Water boils in about 7 minutes. This stove allows you to control oxygen with the side door or add fuel to continue cooking. I use ti-ware cookery and your pot will carbon up which is about the only thing that i had to adapt to. Sticks about the size of pencils work best. Also gather your dry wood that is not in contact with the ground for maximum dryness. If you have a vargo burner you can run the stove on pure alcohol. I usually only need about an ounce of alcohol to start the wood up. over all a great buy and a darn good way to cook.