After doing quite a bit of research here to find out what to get to replace a cook stove and a cast-iron fire place my great-grandfather probably salvaged from a logging camp in the 1930's, I settled on the Lopi Endeavor. I snagged a used one for $500 off Craigslist. The camp it was destined for doesn't have electricity, or propane, so the cooking function needed to be more than a novelty. I can't be more pleased with its performance for heating and cooking.
The cook surface on the lower level, which can accommodate two full size pots or pans, easily gets to a plenty hot 500-600 degrees. While that surface is blazing away, the upper level stays at 200-250. I keep a water pot up there, which is always hovering on the cusp of boiling.
The stove holds a fire very well overnight, and during the day while out hunting. Gone are the days of getting up at 1 AM to stoke the stove (or burrowing into the blankets, and severely regretting it in the morning), or coming back to camp cold and wet, and waiting for what seems like an eternity for the camp to warm back up.
When I get up in the morning, I put some wood on the thick bed of coals, open the vents, bring the water pot from the upper level to the lower level, and have boiling water for coffee in short order.
Anyway, if anyone is looking for an economical dual purpose stove, I'd certainly recommend the Lopi Endeavor.
The cook surface on the lower level, which can accommodate two full size pots or pans, easily gets to a plenty hot 500-600 degrees. While that surface is blazing away, the upper level stays at 200-250. I keep a water pot up there, which is always hovering on the cusp of boiling.
The stove holds a fire very well overnight, and during the day while out hunting. Gone are the days of getting up at 1 AM to stoke the stove (or burrowing into the blankets, and severely regretting it in the morning), or coming back to camp cold and wet, and waiting for what seems like an eternity for the camp to warm back up.
When I get up in the morning, I put some wood on the thick bed of coals, open the vents, bring the water pot from the upper level to the lower level, and have boiling water for coffee in short order.
Anyway, if anyone is looking for an economical dual purpose stove, I'd certainly recommend the Lopi Endeavor.
