Stove Specifications:
5 Reasons to Get a Four Dog Steel Stove:
1. MORE EFFICIENT HEAT: True airtight door with a high temp gasket for a air tight seal makes for a superior stove! You also get a baffled fire box that makes the stove 20-30% more efficient then other stoves, by forcing flames to go around the baffle before exiting the firebox. This means more heat and comfort to you, and it keeps the heat in the fire box--not up the pipe!
All Four Dog stoves allow you to burn less wood, have more heat with less work
(Meaning: you have more time to relax and enjoy yourself on the trial).
2. SAFER: The airtight door allows complete control of your burn. Close the air intake, and the fire is out--no run away fires. Baffle makes the stove safer by forcing flame and sparks to go around the baffle instead of straight up the stove pipe. Reduces chances of hot sparks or embers getting sucked up the pipe causing a fire or burn holes in the tent.
3. GREAT FOR COOKING: The baffle creates a hot spot on top of stove for cooking or boiling water. Without the hot spot made by the baffle, most of the heat would go up the stove pipe, forcing the stove operator to run the stove much hotter--which results in burning more wood, making more work, overheating the tent and increasing cooking times.
4. DURABILITY : The Four Dog Steel Stove shell is 13 gauge steel, with reinforced top and door opening. Door is 10 gauge steel. This stove is meant to take heavy use for years to come, and is built "mule tough" through and through.
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Posted by Unknown on 23rd Oct 2012
I bought a Four Dog stove a couple of months ago for a yurt that we have in the Northern California Sierras up at 6000+ ft. Till recently it had been too warm to test but with the onset of fall there we have started cranking it up at night when we stay up there.
It is solidly built and we love the tight seal on the door. With a couple of hard wood logs thrown in before going to sleep and turning the door vents down it burns all night and keeps the yurt plenty warm (200 sq ft @ about 40-50 degrees). If you leave the vents open and stoke it you can easily raise the inside temperature into the 80s. This is with a single wall yurt and no insulation. The yurt is now insulated so I expect it to stay warmer longer in both configurations.
We haven't done any real cooking on it or used the water tank to heat water or melt snow but that will be coming shortly. I don't expect to find any surprises there and believe it will be great in both capacities.
It has been a great purchase and I highly recommend it.
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