Kni-Co Trekker for Esker Tents Stove

Stove arrived well- packaged and undamaged. Gave it it's first burn and it worked well. So far I am pleased. Looking forward to using it this weekend.

Great little stove , perfect size for my 7'x9' prospector tent. It's heat up the place in no time. Easy to control the temperature. I strongly recommend the stove table that you can hang on ether side. A great addition when you're cooking. Everything fit inside the stove, pipes, table and false bottom.

Awesome, well built light weight stove for back country travel!

After prepping the stove by doing some pre-burns and adapting the angle of the chimney pipe, we installed the it today in our treehouse - photos at https://www.airbnb.ca/rooms/781817. It went in like a dream. Works like a charm. Love it!

Very happy over all with this little stove. Light weight yet throws and holds heat well. The only thing I would change would be the damper. It slips out of its axle and makes it hard to turn from open to close.

Other than that, I love her and would make the purchase again.

I use a silnylon teepee that is about 5'-2" tall x 10' dia. for my hot tent. The chimney (1 damper section, 1 4"dia section, 5 tapered sections weighs about 6.5 lbs and provides an outlet height with the stove of 120" ). I understand the extra sections are there specifically for the recommended tent to use but my tent is a lot shorter so I choose to use only a few sections.

I use only the 4" damper section and 3 of the tapered sections. The extra 4" dia. section and 2 of the smaller tapered pipes have been discarded. My outlet height is just over 75" which is easily enough height for me. This has dropped the weight by 2.5 lbs to 4 lbs for my chimney. I considered switching the galvanized chimney out for a titanium rolled chimney and that would cut down the chimney weight to about 12oz. but it would be expensive.

The stove is just a nice convenient size for my tent - commercial firewood bundles are cut 15" long and easily fit the 17" long burn chamber. I use bundles when I don't have access to cutting my own wood or the campground doesn't have any. The 9"x9" clear interior is a convenient size without having to split logs into small sticks. I don't have a false bottom (yet) but I am thinking of constructing my own plus constructing a baffle. This will clearly add weight and reduce the size of the burn chamber but it should net better fuel combustion. The stove itself weighs just over 10 lbs.

I was a bit concerned that the door's air inlets are a bit small. They are fine for when the stove is running but too small for when I am just starting the fire and not getting enough draw. That's where the false bottom and the air coming in from below would help a lot.

I found that the top of the stove tends to dish and bend inwards when I have a pot of water on it but it almost flat without the weight. A stiffener bar in the middle probably would have prevented this issue. I also have a side table attached to it for keeping items warm. initially I thought that weight on the table would destabilize the stove and make it tippy but it doesn't seem to att all. The optional water tank is just superfluous since I use pots regardless.

If you did your homework and researched about this little stove you wont be dissapointed, nothing more nothing less. Take care of it and itll take care of you! Gave it four stars because the chimney is a little flimsy but with a little creativity and elbow grease youll end up with a reliable and toasty friend.