Honey Stove or Vargo Heaxgon Stove???

[humdrum_hostage]

I am tied between two stoves, I want to use wood to burn rather than a trangia or solid fuel blocks and the two I am torn between both have different benefits.

The Honey Stove has a grill on the top for food items, the facility to enlarge it with the hive kit and the option to use a trangia if I ever change my mind.

The Vargo Hexagon looks good and folds up rather than flat pack and looks a bit more compact but I don't know if it will be any good for anything more than boiling a brew?

Maybe I have already made my mind up?

any one used both? or found "issues"" when using one or the other?

 

[Johnnyboy1971]

After using both in the past I'm now looking to get the Folding fire box.
It doesn't need any assembly and will do what the others do.

 

[Yorkshirewanderer]

I've just ordered a Bushbox from here http://www.bushcraft-essentials.com/english/outdoor-stoves/bushbox-outdoor-pocket-stove.html pretty much the same as a Honey Stove but cheaper, I wanted something that i could use different fuel sources with to find what suits me best.

 

[sunndog]

+1 for folding firebox i bought my dad the bigger 5" one for his birthday after i'd had the nano for a year or so.
they are both great little stoves

 

[Johnnyboy1971]

I've just ordered a Bushbox from here http://www.bushcraft-essentials.com/english/outdoor-stoves/bushbox-outdoor-pocket-stove.html pretty much the same as a Honey Stove but cheaper, I wanted something that i could use different fuel sources with to find what suits me best.

I like that but it's quite a bit smaller than the Honey stove and can't be expanded.

 

[Yorkshirewanderer]

Don't get me wrong, i do like the Honey stove but for what it is I find it quite expensive for £44 delivered, even though it is a bit bigger, unless your cooking a 3 course meal I don't think the extra couple of cm really matters IMO.

 

[petrochemicals]

I like the folding vargo folding firebox grill.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vargo-Grill-charcoal-grill-Titan/dp/B00CTQ4T5A

 

[cranmere]

I have a Honey stove but I'm likely to get rid of it. It works pretty well but it's very fiddly to put together in the first place.

 

[sunndog]

Well, i feel i can weigh in again on this having just this morning recieved a honey stove from a member on here

Its a grand little stove and rock solid once its set up.......but the setting up, what a palaver compared to a folding firebox

The honey feels like a design student's project compared to the slick and polished firebox. No contest for me, firebox everytime. Esp at similar price points

.....adam

 

[copper_head]

I found the Honey gets easier and quicker with practice but I tend to go with my woodgas most of the time now.

 

[sunndog]

I found the Honey gets easier and quicker with practice but I tend to go with my woodgas most of the time now.

I'm sure it does mate, and i did have quite a few goes at it to get a feel for it. But its just like my old woodland edge stove....its never gonna be as quick and easy as a (mostly) folding stove (esp in winter) or as you say. A fixed woodgas type

 

[petrochemicals]

Has anyone got an old honey in ss, you could have a go at modifying it. Some mini furniture hinges and a couple of clips, ala folding windshield?

 

[copper_head]

I'm sure it does mate, and i did have quite a few goes at it to get a feel for it. But its just like my old woodland edge stove....its never gonna be as quick and easy as a (mostly) folding stove (esp in winter) or as you say. A fixed woodgas type

Yeah a shame though as mine was a gift and I no longer give it the use it deserves.

 

[peaks]

I have had both - prefer the Vargo for ease of assembly and use. I don't use it for wood, but with an Evernew trangia clone /esbit. Find it very effective and much more robust than it might look.

I got rid of the Honey - far too fiddley, especially in cold weather.

You might want to consider this too - best of both in my opinion :http://ukhammocks.co.uk/products/element-2-2-stove?variant=1066470292

Video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAzI-PhN7gU
Other reviews on web too

 

[peaks]

PS To burn solid fuel you will definitely need to put something into the vargo to raise the block near to the underside of the stove. Internet "wisdom" seems to reckon the optimum gap between block + pan is 1.25 -2 inches. Same for the Element - but easier.
This might be of interest too - http://www.bushcraft-essentials.com/english/bushbox-ultralight-outdoor-pocket-stove.html

 

[Paulm]

I found the Honey gets easier and quicker with practice but I tend to go with my woodgas most of the time now.

Same here. I scratched the honey stove itch and then sold it on. Kept the woodgas stove and the evernew small stove, between them and an open fire they cover everything I need, no fuss

Cheers, Paul

 

[Native Nathan]

I had both, but now only have the honey stove and the square plate for it it allows me to use it primarily as a wood stove and my Crusader mug fits on nicely as does my Pathfinder bottle and the Zebra Billy Can.

I prefer the wider top opening of the Honey stove.

in the square configuration i can use my Meths stove, Normally do this for my first brew in the morning, then use wood for the rest of the day..

The Honey stove an be a bit fiddly especially with cold hands, but like some one said earlier it does become easier the more you use it.