Stainless Steel Stove - Not as Expected
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- A review of the Lifedoo Floy Fire stove. A nice little stainless steel stove, but the sides and the bottom warped on the first use.
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weight: 14.8 lbs (6.7 kg)
dimensions, assembled: 20" long x 15" wide x 11.5" high (50.8 x 38.1 x 28 cm)
thickness of end panels: 3mm
thickness of side panels: 2mm
cooking grate size: 19.5" x 9.5" (48.3 x 24.1 cm)
cooking surface: 9.5" x 17.125" (24.1 x 43.5 cm)
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Thanks for being so honest
You're welcome. Not the way I wanted it to work out but it is what it is.
I have tried other types of slot together fire pits myself and there seems to be a recurring theme and that's warping, the other thing I don't like is if one has to move the trough for any reason these slot together designs fall apart as soon as you lift them.
I will personally be avoiding this type of fire pit.
Thank you for the up front review.
You're welcome. I so wish it had turned out better.
@Wobbly Otter Outdoors Like your review video and test as always, because your review video is always so real. It seems that this attempt by floy fire has failed again. We will increase the side board to 3mm and the bottom plate to 4mm. Maybe we can find a solution. In short, I do not recommend that you buy the current version of floy fire. Thanks for test again!
Perhaps use titanium sheets for those parts.
The melting point of ti is about 100 degrees higher than stainless.
Thank you @LIFEDOO. It's clear that a lot of thought was put into the design. Everything fits beautifully before use. Making the sides and bottom plates thicker sounds like a good place to start. As suggested by @Douglass Campbell, the suggestion of using titanium for those parts may be a good option too. I hope your thoughtful and open approach to the stoves' development leads to success.
Good of you to alert your viewers to this flaw in that stove. And I would consider that company to have ZERO quality control to let that slip by.
Thank you. Makes me wonder if they built a fire in it at all.
@@wobblyotteroutdoors I don't think they used lump charcoal.
Briquettes only burn between 800 to 1000 degrees.
Lump can burn at up to 1400 degrees. Have a good wind blowing into it and it's like a forge fire.
Lump charcoal is believed to be able to reach temperatures of about 2,000°F at its upper range in a forge, which is pretty close to the melting point of stainless.
Thank you so much @Douglas Campbell. I was not aware of the vast heat differences between using wood, charcoal briquettes, and lump charcoal. We built a dry wood fire in the steel UROD stove that they sent to us last time, and those sides warped slightly, not nearly so much. I hope they can come up with a solution. It is a beautifully designed stove.
They need to make the sides at least twice as thick or incorporate a gusset that expands lenght wise. That's a lot of heat on that amount of surface area and very thin stainless steel.
Excellent ideas.
Look on the bright side at least it was free, great honest review
True dat.
And it all looked so good to start with, it may make a nice plant container. great video.
Yes, on both counts. Lifedoo also commented on the video and are taking the feedback constructively to make changes to prevent the warp. I hope it works out for them.
The guage is too thin. I guess the manufacturer didn't bother to test their own product. 😂😂
Clearly this was'nt tested at the factory. ????
It's sad really. Such a nice design, with the exception of the warping. One commenter noted that all the fire holders of this type warp. It does seem like if they ever actually built a fire in one that it would be obvious.
Had to laugh at your, 'That ain't safe at all!' Looks like it TRIED to be a very sturdy design, and the big surface and ez to clean stainless steel is always a plus, but .... Thanks for this honest review.
Yes! They clearly tried, and it is a beautiful design. I so wish the sides were thicker or something to help it keep its shape. Thank you for watching.