I made a little review on our Little Red Campfire. It's a great set-up for mounting on the roof since it has a steel lid and is completely self contained. Also lighter than a lava rock pit. Let me know what you think!
Little Red Campfire (Propane) is Perfect for Overlanding
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Advocate I
Good suggestion. With the fire bans, the restrictions on transporting firewood (agree with these), the cost and, finally, the quality of local kiln dried approved firewood, I think this is a good addition to one's kit. It seemed kinda gimmicky at first but I've found it's added more flexibility to our camping options. In cooler weather, we can move it inside our walled screen room, there's no need to be concerned with the location of the firepit when setting up camp, the ability to turn it on or off within seconds and cost is very comparable if not cheaper. We have a different brand, Campfire-in-a-Can (now out of business) but it 's very similar. One change we made was to replace the ceramic fake logs with fire beads which don't seem to soot up quite as much.
Nice! Yeah, I like beads better than lava rocks for sure. No issues with them sloshing about on the trail?
Great review and great video! I’ve been looking for an alternative because of the wildfires. Growing up in Colorado, I can remember the existential dread as you fall asleep after putting your fire out. “Was it enough?”
Advocate I
The pit came with a circular piece of Styrofoam molded to keep the logs in place but it works equally well on the fire beads as long as the top cover doesn't become detached. Mine has a circular grill that fits over the Styrofoam which helps to hold things in place. Agree with you that it ain't much for cooking anything more advanced than s'mores.
I might have to cancel my order for the one I picked up, that looks like it packs up really nicely, which is for the best given how I drive. I just got a random one off Amazon to get before this weekend (cooling off here in the PNW for the weekend).
Explorer I
That is a great looking choice if you carry propane, it seems like it would really enhance the evening. Your video is really good-nice job.
Yeah, the problem with lava rocks is that everytime you go out you create more dust inside from the rocks bouncing and grinding on each other. You can swap them for fire beads, but I bet the fire beads are just as heavy. The fake wood in the LRC weighs almost nothing. There's a link in my YT description for the LRC ; )
Thanks! I had a hard time coming around to the 20lb bottle until I realized I was buying wood every other trip for convenience anyway. Propane turns out to be way cheaper and more compact when you think about how long it can run. Now we have a 5lb and a 20lb. Overnighters we can just grab the 5. Everything else we take the 20lb.
Sweet, that definitely sounds better than the one I had on order. Now I just need to figure out my hose situation or just get another 5lb bottle for the fire pit or something.
