That, sir, was a damn fine, intelligent and thorough review! There are UA-cam channels with hundreds of thousands and even over a million subscribers that could take lessons. I hope they do not, because I'd rather see enthusiastic, personably humble and naturally talented individuals garner a larger portion of the audience, views, positive comments and whatever income might be derived from UA-cam if that is their interest. Your honesty and, to repeat myself, thoroughness are refreshing. I especially appreciate how you stacked the components of the stove system onto the digital scale in a logical order. So many, especially marketing type people and their shills, misrepresent gear weight by emphasizing the "stove" weight alone when, if it is to be of any practical use, it the "system" we must carry. Age, illness, injury and a prolonged period of idleness associated with the latter two elements have me reevaluating my gear and abilities, not to mention my tolerance for misery 😂in the wild. In fact, I encountered your channel specifically because I am in the process of deciding if I want to be a "gram weenie" in the near future. Your video has made it easier for me to decide to stay with a fast-fold stove for the convenience. I already own a "Woodswalker" that only weighs 5 pounds (on my old kitchen spring scale) in its minimal, necessary configuration of stove and pipe assembly complete with spark arrestor and guy-lines. I enjoy the ambiance of firelight through the two glass panels. Add the carry bag and I'm probably close to two pounds over your Seek stove with the added glass door. So, I'll look at a few other brands and models to determine if I can perhaps pare off a pound or more while staying with about the same firebox capacity and folding convenience. However, I won't leave here without saying thank you, for the fine honest evaluation of the Seek Outside product.
This comment of yours definitely makes the top 5 list of best comments ever on the channel! I am glad you enjoyed the review, and found it useful. Thank you so much for a very involved, well thought out comment. I really appreciate that.
What a great review! I've had the Seek Outside medium stove for 12 years, and it's still going strong. Your comments exactly reflect my experience with it and the service I've had from Seek Outside. I will be watching your glass door install next.
That is great to hear! It is always good to hear positive feedback from others. I am glad you have been treated well by your stove. 12 years! That is impressive. Seek Outside is an awesome company. Thank you for sharing
This review is perfect and hits the nail right on the head. I've used my SO stove for a few years now and I'll admit I wasnt sold off the hop. Especially when you consider the USD to CAD exchange, its real pricey. But over time I've learned its quirks and how best to run it and its bullet proof. No regrets at all. I can also confirm their customer service is top notch. They've gone above and beyond everytime I've contacted them. They've also recently added a glass door to their website at a pretty decent cost. Ill be looking at that next.
Their version of the glass door appears to be quite nice. I like how they mounted it in a frame. The door makes such a large difference. Well worth the money and weight. Thank you for your feedback on my review. I appreciate it. It is always good to hear from people that have had similar experience with the same product. Seek is expensive, but their quality is tip top, just like their customer service. I hope you get many more years of use out of it. Cheers
Mine's 8×10.5×14, and I have only had it for a year and a half. I have only used it 4 times so far due to a busy schedule, part of which was spent hiking 5 months on the Appalachian Trail (4 actually hiking and one off to recover from severe plantar fasciitis). I only hiked 1,075 miles because I slipped in the mud, overcompessing my left knee and tearing the meniscus in two places, so, no 2023 thruhike for me! I plan on attempting another thruhike in 2025, if I heal up enough (I'm 70 now, so who knows). I will be getting out this winter for sure, even if it's just a drive up and short hike in. Steak and beer will definitely be on the menu. Thanks for your channel. It helps me get the feel of being out there when I can't. Tinker, AT halfway, 2023.
You have one of the bigger models! I'm jealous. If I could do it all over again, I would get a larger model. 1,075 miles is a good push. Sorry to hear about your knee. I hope that heals up for you. Enjoy your winter season and take it easy on that knee. Steak and beer in front of the woodstove sounds like an excellent way to heal up!
I had mine for about 6 years myself. My old damper broke, the butterfly flap dislodged from the rod and I have the new one. It warped from my stupidity more than anything. There may be better out there but this was out long before the industry blew up. I’ve survived-2, -4, and -8F. I’ve been warm, cooked food and dried equipment. It speaks for itself.
Warping seems an obvious reality with any metal/fire combo (except cast iron). As long as it all fits together and functions good then the design is great! Nice seeing a 5 yr review! Thx!
I agree. But I felt an obligation to point it out. There a a few other youtubers out there, one of them has a very large channel, that gets all his gear for free, that makes constant claims that a certain manufacturer of titanium stoves makes superior ( and much heavier) titanium stoves that don't warp. And that is BS. So I felt the need to make good note of the warpage. And how it isn't an issue
Thanks for your review. Made me more confident about spending the hefty price tag on one as a back country idaho bow hunter and moto camper. It really does seem like exactly what I need, light weight and warm. I can deal with the other little hassles considering it will be predominantly used several miles into the mountains. Doesn't need to be pretty, just needs to work and be light.
Hey Justin, great video. I have the sxl stove and love it with my Redcliff. I too put a glass door on by watching one your videos. I also strap it, however I use a length of double sided Velcro. Works great. Thanks again for the great videos!
Great review of this stove. Very thorough and answers all the questions a real outdoorsman would have about it. Well done. I wish winter would never leave NH.
Nice review. I have the same stove, minus your glass door adaptation, and really love it. As an aging individual (almost 71) the light weight is well worth the fiddling you do to put it all together. Hope you continue to use it in good health for years to come. Take care and until next time...be well.
That is an excellent point. I wish I had thought about that. These are excellent for aging individuals! Thank you for sharing. I hope you enjoy your stove for many more years.
Seek Outside is a fantastic company to support. They make fantastic, high quality gear. I am glad you enjoyed the review. Thank you for letting me know. Here comes the weekend!!!!!
Did you see the new glass door they've added as an option? I literally JUST MADE ONE, that I ordered from a thermal glass place, and added my own wire 'handle" and the next day, Seek Outside advertised their new GLASS DOOR! %$^^%$. Great video by the way. Thanks.
I have seen their door. Sorry about your timing.....but at least you have a glass door. That kind of timing happens to me all the time. Buy something, then boom, new and improved model gets released.
This is a fantastic review. I especially love all the “if… then this is not the stove for you.” I have a Winnerwell Nomad small that has been great (except I wish I’d gotten a bigger one). The nomad is great for hot tenting if I don’t have to walk too far or can pull it on a sled but I’ve been wanting to go further and have been looking at the titanium stoves. Nice to support a USA company too. Also really glad to see that yours has held up for 5 years and that window is a great addition to it. Hey the link for the glass door is actually to a sausage video.
oh man....thank you for that information. I believe I fixed the link.. Those winnerwell stoves are amazing. I have the Large Nomad View.....it is a completely different monster from these seek stoves. But it is 34 lbs lol. Worth it in the right situation. These Seek stoves are incredible! When it comes to packing your gear into the woods, these are hard to beat. The size to weight ratio is incredible. And that glass door!!! It is pretty hard to find a better ultralight stove. I can not say enough good about it in that regard. I highly recommend it but, it's not for everyone lol. Thank you for watching, commenting and letting me know about the faulty link. I appreciate it
@@ItsGoodintheWoods yes sir no problem. That Winnerwell large looks great, I get my seek outside and minipeak xl tomorrow which is what I’ll wish I had tonight while I attempt to tarp camp on wet snow with the nomad small. Thanks for posting the long term reviews, I trust those a lot more than someone who has had something for a couple of weeks that they got for free. Happy camping 🏕️
Great stove agreed and I seriously considered this stove but….. the price and exchange on my Canadian dollars scared me away lol. Happy with my choice ultimately. Nice review👍
I mean theoretically YOU could fix the warping by lightly hammering it out or pressing it out or if you're a welder reinforce it with some welds and thin materials. yeah itll add a few ounces or maybe even a pound or w/e
Absolutely! Everything you need to know about that glass is in this video link. What an awesome modification that turned out to be! Makes a huge difference! Here is the video linkua-cam.com/video/ZDVvVEgpZbM/v-deo.htmlsi=5uDJln15DJIeXxCy
Good Tip on using the buckle strap. I had an old seek outside tent stove but it was too small and I sold it. Do you think you can get an extended burn using hardwood?
Using good hardwood helps. But, a few hours is all I can get before the stove needs stoking again. Nature of the beast. But if you keep feeding it aggressively, once you build up a good large bed of coals, they can keep for quite some time.
Hey, do you take the dog camping with this? I have an Argali Rincon 2p and thinking of putting a stove in, just wandering if the dog is okay around it in a confined space.
I am all about the rolled stove pipe. So much lighter and much more packable. If weight is a concern, rolled is the way to go. My stove pipe is over 5 years old and going strong. The most important thing is to take your time when rolling it out the first time. That is where people struggle. It is not as bad as people make it out to be. All that said, if you don't care how much something weighs, you would be better off with a nesting pipe. A nesting pipe would be much too heavy for this stove though
Seems like a neat design. The only thing that seems off is the price even if it is lightweight, considering it contains about $120 worth of titanium that you could buy online and maybe a couple dollars worth of hardware. Factor in some labor and machining to cut and fold the pieces, it seems like $200-250 would be do-able (and that's not factoring buying your materials in bulk). Am I missing something?
Made in the USA, the Cost of business, equipment, insurance prices, American citizen employee wages, holidays, vacations, workmans comp, materials, and standing behind their products with a lifetime warranty. I say the the price is fair. I have no buyers remorse
I will look into this........I find that a bit hard to believe...you can't buy the titanium material for 50. Not even close, let alone manufacture, market and sell. Sounds too good to be true.....worth looking into though. Thank you for the recommendation
I bet you’d be a great guy to have a beer with around a campfire. Thanks for another helpful video!
I guess that depends on the situation ..I have my moments.🤣🍺
That, sir, was a damn fine, intelligent and thorough review! There are UA-cam channels with hundreds of thousands and even over a million subscribers that could take lessons. I hope they do not, because I'd rather see enthusiastic, personably humble and naturally talented individuals garner a larger portion of the audience, views, positive comments and whatever income might be derived from UA-cam if that is their interest.
Your honesty and, to repeat myself, thoroughness are refreshing. I especially appreciate how you stacked the components of the stove system onto the digital scale in a logical order. So many, especially marketing type people and their shills, misrepresent gear weight by emphasizing the "stove" weight alone when, if it is to be of any practical use, it the "system" we must carry.
Age, illness, injury and a prolonged period of idleness associated with the latter two elements have me reevaluating my gear and abilities, not to mention my tolerance for misery 😂in the wild. In fact, I encountered your channel specifically because I am in the process of deciding if I want to be a "gram weenie" in the near future.
Your video has made it easier for me to decide to stay with a fast-fold stove for the convenience. I already own a "Woodswalker" that only weighs 5 pounds (on my old kitchen spring scale) in its minimal, necessary configuration of stove and pipe assembly complete with spark arrestor and guy-lines. I enjoy the ambiance of firelight through the two glass panels. Add the carry bag and I'm probably close to two pounds over your Seek stove with the added glass door. So, I'll look at a few other brands and models to determine if I can perhaps pare off a pound or more while staying with about the same firebox capacity and folding convenience. However, I won't leave here without saying thank you, for the fine honest evaluation of the Seek Outside product.
This comment of yours definitely makes the top 5 list of best comments ever on the channel! I am glad you enjoyed the review, and found it useful. Thank you so much for a very involved, well thought out comment. I really appreciate that.
How gear review videos should be done - after extensive use, not after one trip because someone provided it for free.
Agreed! Much appreciated. Thank you for watching
I propose that this might could be the greatest product review ever recorded ever!? In the world AF. Lol.
Thank you!!! Very kind of you to say! Much appreciated
What a great review! I've had the Seek Outside medium stove for 12 years, and it's still going strong. Your comments exactly reflect my experience with it and the service I've had from Seek Outside. I will be watching your glass door install next.
That is great to hear! It is always good to hear positive feedback from others. I am glad you have been treated well by your stove. 12 years! That is impressive. Seek Outside is an awesome company. Thank you for sharing
Excellent review. Thanks. And rather budget friendly to many other competitors.
That is true. Some of the stoves out there are insanely expensive
Wicked and informative long term review!
Much appreciated! Thank you
Great review. Good to see you back out there
Thank you. More to come!
Top tips..great breakdown..very informative. I like !
Thank you.
Now that is a great review. Well done sir.
Glad you liked it! Thank you
This review is perfect and hits the nail right on the head. I've used my SO stove for a few years now and I'll admit I wasnt sold off the hop. Especially when you consider the USD to CAD exchange, its real pricey. But over time I've learned its quirks and how best to run it and its bullet proof. No regrets at all. I can also confirm their customer service is top notch. They've gone above and beyond everytime I've contacted them. They've also recently added a glass door to their website at a pretty decent cost. Ill be looking at that next.
Their version of the glass door appears to be quite nice. I like how they mounted it in a frame. The door makes such a large difference. Well worth the money and weight. Thank you for your feedback on my review. I appreciate it. It is always good to hear from people that have had similar experience with the same product. Seek is expensive, but their quality is tip top, just like their customer service. I hope you get many more years of use out of it. Cheers
Mine's 8×10.5×14, and I have only had it for a year and a half. I have only used it 4 times so far due to a busy schedule, part of which was spent hiking 5 months on the Appalachian Trail (4 actually hiking and one off to recover from severe plantar fasciitis). I only hiked 1,075 miles because I slipped in the mud, overcompessing my left knee and tearing the meniscus in two places, so, no 2023 thruhike for me! I plan on attempting another thruhike in 2025, if I heal up enough (I'm 70 now, so who knows). I will be getting out this winter for sure, even if it's just a drive up and short hike in. Steak and beer will definitely be on the menu.
Thanks for your channel. It helps me get the feel of being out there when I can't.
Tinker, AT halfway, 2023.
You have one of the bigger models! I'm jealous. If I could do it all over again, I would get a larger model. 1,075 miles is a good push. Sorry to hear about your knee. I hope that heals up for you. Enjoy your winter season and take it easy on that knee. Steak and beer in front of the woodstove sounds like an excellent way to heal up!
Looking forward to your next adventure!
I had mine for about 6 years myself. My old damper broke, the butterfly flap dislodged from the rod and I have the new one. It warped from my stupidity more than anything. There may be better out there but this was out long before the industry blew up. I’ve survived-2, -4, and -8F. I’ve been warm, cooked food and dried equipment. It speaks for itself.
These stoves are amazing! They can make such a huge difference in a trip. It's always good to hear feedback from others that have used them.
Warping seems an obvious reality with any metal/fire combo (except cast iron). As long as it all fits together and functions good then the design is great!
Nice seeing a 5 yr review! Thx!
I agree. But I felt an obligation to point it out. There a a few other youtubers out there, one of them has a very large channel, that gets all his gear for free, that makes constant claims that a certain manufacturer of titanium stoves makes superior ( and much heavier) titanium stoves that don't warp. And that is BS. So I felt the need to make good note of the warpage. And how it isn't an issue
Nice man. I have a similar tent and stove set up from a company called Kifaru. It makes winter camping nice and cozy.
Kifaru is the original collapsible titanium stove, I believe. Both were out long before the industry blew up like it is now from You Tube.
Kifaru makes good gear! They have been around a while. Always a good sign
Thanks for your review. Made me more confident about spending the hefty price tag on one as a back country idaho bow hunter and moto camper. It really does seem like exactly what I need, light weight and warm. I can deal with the other little hassles considering it will be predominantly used several miles into the mountains. Doesn't need to be pretty, just needs to work and be light.
Sounds like this could be the stove for you! I am glad you found the video helpful. Thank you for letting me know
Hey Justin, great video. I have the sxl stove and love it with my Redcliff. I too put a glass door on by watching one your videos. I also strap it, however I use a length of double sided Velcro. Works great. Thanks again for the great videos!
That is awesome! I am glad to hear your stove is holding up well
Great review of this stove. Very thorough and answers all the questions a real outdoorsman would have about it. Well done. I wish winter would never leave NH.
Thank you! Winter is the best!
Fellow NH adventurer I see. Just subbed ya
Nice review. I have the same stove, minus your glass door adaptation, and really love it. As an aging individual (almost 71) the light weight is well worth the fiddling you do to put it all together. Hope you continue to use it in good health for years to come. Take care and until next time...be well.
That is an excellent point. I wish I had thought about that. These are excellent for aging individuals! Thank you for sharing. I hope you enjoy your stove for many more years.
Excellent share
Thank you! Cheers!
Thank you for an awesome, detailed, gear review with plenty of experience with the product.
My pleasure! I am glad you found it useful. Thank you for letting me know
Love seek outside products! this was a very well thought out review. Thank you.
Seek Outside is a fantastic company to support. They make fantastic, high quality gear. I am glad you enjoyed the review. Thank you for letting me know. Here comes the weekend!!!!!
Perfect review, man. I think I'm going to pick one up!
Thank you very much. If you are looking for a crazy lightweight stove that works, this is the one
I really enjoyed this video!
Right on! Thank you Joe
Did you see the new glass door they've added as an option? I literally JUST MADE ONE, that I ordered from a thermal glass place, and added my own wire 'handle" and the next day, Seek Outside advertised their new GLASS DOOR! %$^^%$. Great video by the way. Thanks.
I have seen their door. Sorry about your timing.....but at least you have a glass door. That kind of timing happens to me all the time. Buy something, then boom, new and improved model gets released.
Thanks for an excellent review!
Much appreciated! Thank you for watching
Looked like you have a good buddy along with you...thanks for the post. I gearing up for adventure riding. This stove is the ticket ....✌
She's a good dog! Adventure riding! that sounds fun. These stoves would be fantastic for that. Happy trails!!
Great review ty
Thanks man!
Lets play a game. Take a shot every time you hear "this isn’t the stove for you". Great review, especially to everyone else who this stove IS for.
A fantastic idea!!!! I'm in!
@@ItsGoodintheWoods Stay hydrated my friends
This is a fantastic review. I especially love all the “if… then this is not the stove for you.” I have a Winnerwell Nomad small that has been great (except I wish I’d gotten a bigger one). The nomad is great for hot tenting if I don’t have to walk too far or can pull it on a sled but I’ve been wanting to go further and have been looking at the titanium stoves. Nice to support a USA company too. Also really glad to see that yours has held up for 5 years and that window is a great addition to it.
Hey the link for the glass door is actually to a sausage video.
oh man....thank you for that information. I believe I fixed the link..
Those winnerwell stoves are amazing. I have the Large Nomad View.....it is a completely different monster from these seek stoves. But it is 34 lbs lol. Worth it in the right situation.
These Seek stoves are incredible! When it comes to packing your gear into the woods, these are hard to beat. The size to weight ratio is incredible. And that glass door!!! It is pretty hard to find a better ultralight stove. I can not say enough good about it in that regard. I highly recommend it but, it's not for everyone lol.
Thank you for watching, commenting and letting me know about the faulty link. I appreciate it
@@ItsGoodintheWoods yes sir no problem. That Winnerwell large looks great, I get my seek outside and minipeak xl tomorrow which is what I’ll wish I had tonight while I attempt to tarp camp on wet snow with the nomad small. Thanks for posting the long term reviews, I trust those a lot more than someone who has had something for a couple of weeks that they got for free. Happy camping 🏕️
@@scottalpine You have a nice set up on the way! Congratulations! I am certain you will like it. Please keep me posted on what you think of it! Enjoy!
I love my seek outside stove🔥🔥 i also own a Kifaru stove and it’s great also. Buy quality
Glad to hear it. They are awesome stoves. I have not used a Kifaru stove yet. They look nice
Great stove agreed and I seriously considered this stove but….. the price and exchange on my Canadian dollars scared me away lol. Happy with my choice ultimately. Nice review👍
Stupid price exchange lol. What stove did you end up getting?
@@ItsGoodintheWoods I forget the name now haha. It’s been pretty good actually, made in China of course.
$623.41 is a bit ridiculous for a tin can.
@@megrim8292 Like I said, it is not for everyone.
Great review, many thanks
Sweet stove!
I love it! Thanks Kirk
I mean theoretically YOU could fix the warping by lightly hammering it out or pressing it out or if you're a welder reinforce it with some welds and thin materials. yeah itll add a few ounces or maybe even a pound or w/e
Sir, would you please share with me on where and how you got the glass door?
Absolutely! Everything you need to know about that glass is in this video link. What an awesome modification that turned out to be! Makes a huge difference! Here is the video linkua-cam.com/video/ZDVvVEgpZbM/v-deo.htmlsi=5uDJln15DJIeXxCy
Great review.
Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you
Good Tip on using the buckle strap. I had an old seek outside tent stove but it was too small and I sold it. Do you think you can get an extended burn using hardwood?
Using good hardwood helps. But, a few hours is all I can get before the stove needs stoking again. Nature of the beast. But if you keep feeding it aggressively, once you build up a good large bed of coals, they can keep for quite some time.
Nice review.
Glad you enjoyed it
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Yeah buddy! I want to do some canoeing in Canada, you guys have some real nice wilderness out there.
Hey, do you take the dog camping with this? I have an Argali Rincon 2p and thinking of putting a stove in, just wandering if the dog is okay around it in a confined space.
That depends on your dog. If you have a well trained dog that isn't a wrecking ball you should be fine.
Would you recommend rolled or nested stove pipe?
I am all about the rolled stove pipe. So much lighter and much more packable. If weight is a concern, rolled is the way to go. My stove pipe is over 5 years old and going strong. The most important thing is to take your time when rolling it out the first time. That is where people struggle. It is not as bad as people make it out to be. All that said, if you don't care how much something weighs, you would be better off with a nesting pipe. A nesting pipe would be much too heavy for this stove though
LONG TRAIL BEER IS GOOD!
So good!
Seems like a neat design. The only thing that seems off is the price even if it is lightweight, considering it contains about $120 worth of titanium that you could buy online and maybe a couple dollars worth of hardware. Factor in some labor and machining to cut and fold the pieces, it seems like $200-250 would be do-able (and that's not factoring buying your materials in bulk). Am I missing something?
Made in the USA, the Cost of business, equipment, insurance prices, American citizen employee wages, holidays, vacations, workmans comp, materials, and standing behind their products with a lifetime warranty. I say the the price is fair. I have no buyers remorse
Great, honest review. The only thing this review is missing is a flask of bourbon.
Bourbon!!!
Have you used this stove with the silex?
I have not, and I would not want to. The silex is too small to be a hot tent that I would enjoy.
why not just put the legs through the bottom then slap the sides on and then the top on?
That is a lot more complicated than it sounds.
There's a brand called Thous Winds and it's a direct copy of this stove with the same materials going for under US50 including all parts.
I will look into this........I find that a bit hard to believe...you can't buy the titanium material for 50. Not even close, let alone manufacture, market and sell. Sounds too good to be true.....worth looking into though. Thank you for the recommendation
Their titanium stove is $369 US