Luke Cuenco 10.28.22
Fire pits are a good way to have a comfortable night on the patio however plenty of the time this implies taking you away from the consolation of your patio furnishings. Solostove has had plenty of nice success prior to now with its miniaturized camping-focused Solostove Lite tenting range. However, for these of us who simply need to spend a night on the porch with some good meals and good drinks however don’t need to should grapple with a full-sized fireplace pit, Solostove has launched the brand new Mesa miniature tabletop fireplace pit. Solostove was gracious sufficient to ship me out a T&E copy of the brand new pint-sized firepit and in the present day I’ll share a few of my ideas and observations in regards to the new range in case the thought of getting a handy, reasonably priced, and environment friendly supply of tabletop warmth is one thing you is perhaps desirous about.
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REVIEW: The New Solostove Mesa Tabletop Fire Pit
The Solostove Mesa incorporates plenty of the identical design language and options as its bigger cousins however provides a brand new sturdy ceramic outer coating to offer the stainless-steel shell a bit extra sturdiness and corrosion resistance. This new ceramic coating is available in 5 totally different shade variations so to match it with the remainder of your patio furnishings however in case you’re a fan of the OG stainless-steel look then Solostove nonetheless has that on provide for you.
In addition to the ceramic coloring, the Mesa additionally comes with the brand new Mesa stand which elevates your micro-sized fireplace pit off of no matter floor you’re utilizing it on to maintain it from scorching the floor beneath. I’ve personally examined the Solostove Mesa on its stand in a wide range of places the place I’d by no means usually put a hearth pit together with grass, a glass patio desk, and a picket picnic desk and each single one of many surfaces dealt with it simply fantastic and actually, there was little or no warmth improve beneath the stand.
Lastly, and possibly most attention-grabbing to you guys is Mesa’s listing of obtainable gas sources. The Mesa is designed to have the ability to use almost any sort of flamable materials that yow will discover round your home or campsite. This contains twigs pine cones, dry leaves, grass, and conventional firewood, and new to the listing of obtainable fuels are smoker pellets. The Mesa features a pellet adapter so to take your bbq or smoker gas and drop it proper into the mesa for some fast, dependable, and fragrant tabletop fireplace pit gas.
Setup and Use
The Solostove mini is kind of straightforward to make use of and actually solely requires you to prop the precise range itself up on the miniature Mesa stand to get going. The Mesa stand and pellet adapter can each match inside the hearth pit for straightforward transportation from dwelling to the campsite or a buddy’s home for a patio get together. For my first use, I introduced the Solostove Mesa down and simply grabbed a bunch of twigs and sticks from a close-by fallen tree to check out simply how smokeless and environment friendly the micro firepit was.
Starting up a hearth utilizing questionably dry twigs and sticks was a straightforward affair and solely required the intelligent use of a long-stem fashion lighter and a little bit of scrap paper to get going. With a small pile of sticks that have been positively a bit moist from a latest rainstorm, the flames began out a bit smoky however as soon as a bit extra gas was added the signature 360° Airflow expertise that every one of Solostove’s fireplace pits use kicked in and I used to be left with a smokeless flame for about 20 minutes or so earlier than it seemed like extra gas wanted to be added.
On an impromptu tenting journey out to the Pacific Northwest, I had the chance to make use of the Solostove Mesa at night time utilizing pellet gas however this didn’t end up precisely how I had deliberate it to. While I obtained the hearth pit going within the pitch black of night time, a sizeable rainstorm got here alongside and seemingly doused my firepit regardless of it being principally lined by a big overhead tree. However, after I awoke within the morning, the pellet gas that I had initially added had all burned into ash that means that in a single day the hearth saved going regardless of the rainstorm. Both I and my tenting associate have been fairly impressed with this though we a lot would have most popular the warmth from the hearth pit!
Cleanup of the Solostove Mesa is kind of straightforward and doesn’t take all that lengthy even whenever you issue within the time it takes for the range to chill down sufficient to be dealt with. The ceramic coating provides a bit of additional thermal insulation to the rig and I personally was in a position to deal with the hearth pit about quarter-hour after the final of the flames had burnt out. The inner metallic grate retains all the burning gas elevated above the underside of the hearth pit and all that’s wanted to empty out the hearth pit is to take off the highest metallic shroud and tip the Mesa the other way up in order that the collected ash falls out. After that, you’re able to go for one more fireplace or pack up and head dwelling!
I discovered that the Mesa supplied a large amount of warmth regardless of its diminutive dimension and I believe that everybody sitting at a small 5′ patio desk may gain advantage from the warmth of this hearth pit to heat their fingers whereas everybody shares a pleasant drink within the night. The pellet gas in concept needs to be extra environment friendly and maybe even produce extra warmth however the climate was not conducive to testing these out totally with the Mesa. However, it’s value noting that with the pellets getting used, you may be a lot much less nervous about random contaminants getting into any meals (like marshmallows) you occur to be warming up over the hearth pit.
Final Thoughts
I actually like the brand new Solostove Mesa. It’s small, compact, easy to make use of, and tremendous reasonably priced for what it’s providing you. The Mesa is at the moment being provided on sale for $79.99 which is $40 off of its retail value. Beyond its use as a tabletop patio fireplace pit, I discovered the Mesa to be light-weight and environment friendly sufficient for me to carry on all of my future tenting journeys only for the pure comfort and added security issue that this tiny little fireplace pit provides you whereas tenting and even backpacking. Once you issue within the listing of obtainable gas sorts to the combination, I believe you’d be hard-pressed to search out an argument towards brining the Solostove Mesa with you except you already personal the Solostove Lite.
I want to lengthen a private thanks as soon as once more to Solostove for sending out the Mesa for testing and evaluation, in case you guys want to study extra in regards to the Mesa and its greater brothers and cousins, you may go to the Solostove web site right here. Thanks for studying and keep secure on the market this winter as you get these fireplace pits fired up!
