Bushbox XL Review and Tips

[TheBrook]

It's that time once again my friends on the Bushcraft UK forum,

Firstly, as always, I hope that this message finds you well?

Secondly, I have had my Bushbox XL for a while now and have really been able to put it through it's paces, here are my thoughts and even some tips and tricks:

[video=youtube_share;bOFW9643ylg]http://youtu.be/bOFW9643ylg[/video]

Hope that you find this useful and as always, would really love to hear your experience with this piece of kit and also if you have any tips and tricks of your own.

Hope you have a great week ahead of you

All the best,

Brook

 

[Joonsy]

Watched your vid brook, but not impressed with item sorry. Three things, weight, cost, and performance. Regarding performance I don’t see how it performs any better than my home-made hobo stove which works great. So onto weight and cost, you said it weighs 800g, crikey that’s heavy, my hobo stove weighs 180g. Cost, my hobo stove cost 49p, you didn’t mention how much it cost but I’ve found out it is £75-£85. Well you said do yourself a favour and buy one so in fact I did do myself a favour by keeping my money in my pocket instead . I’ll stick to my own version, 180g versus 800g, 49p versus £75, no contest.

Thanks for the vid anyway, just one thing though, at 2.28 you said ''I’m just trying to make sure you guys can see this'', however you couldn’t actually see it at all, you could see your hand fumbling around but the stove was out of shot, I got the idea anyhow. By the way where in the west midlands are you, that don’t sound like a yam yam accent. ATB

Here’s mine brook, weight 180g / cost 49p (total weight including pot and blow pipe still only 340g)

Set up, I just scrape a trench underneath for air flow (as shown below) or place on rocks if available (photo took in own garden for demo only)

 

[R3XXY]

I've just bought a Bushbox xl and it is very heavy, it does feel very well constructed though and I like that it packs flat. I nearly bought the titanium model but was put off by the price and the fact that it's only 300g lighter. I wish I had now, I'm thinking about returning it and exchanging it.

Besides the weight I have no issues with it, I'm sure it will be a lot more steady and stable than a hobo stove, in my experience they can be a bit wobbly.

Joonsy I like your home made pot stand.

 

[Joonsy]

Joonsy I like your home made pot stand.

Thankyou R3XXY ATB

 

[weekender]

Watched your vid brook, but not impressed with item sorry. Three things, weight, cost, and performance. Regarding performance I don’t see how it performs any better than my home-made hobo stove which works great. So onto weight and cost, you said it weighs 800g, crikey that’s heavy, my hobo stove weighs 180g. Cost, my hobo stove cost 49p, you didn’t mention how much it cost but I’ve found out it is £75-£85. Well you said do yourself a favour and buy one so in fact I did do myself a favour by keeping my money in my pocket instead . I’ll stick to my own version, 180g versus 800g, 49p versus £75, no contest.

Thanks for the vid anyway, just one thing though, at 2.28 you said ''I’m just trying to make sure you guys can see this'', however you couldn’t actually see it at all, you could see your hand fumbling around but the stove was out of shot, I got the idea anyhow. By the way where in the west midlands are you, that don’t sound like a yam yam accent. ATB

Here’s mine brook, weight 180g / cost 49p (total weight including pot and blow pipe still only 340g)

Set up, I just scrape a trench underneath for air flow (as shown below) or place on rocks if available (photo took in own garden for demo only)

Nice little set up there Joonsy👍


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[Joonsy]

Nice little set up there Joonsy

Thanks Weekender ATB, have a nice weekend

 

[weekender]

Thanks Weekender ATB, have a nice weekend

Joonsy which MSR pot is that??


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[Joonsy]

Joonsy which MSR pot is that?

it's the MSR Titan Kettle, i've just turned the handles the other way round as they don't get so hot that way.

 

[weekender]

Nice I like that looks very neat


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[Idleknight]

good youtube review, missing shot aside, its nice to see youtube videos well done with sound that can be heard. I have the smaller version and it has been a very useful bit of bit.