Winnerwell Nomad – Editor’s Choice & Most Affordable

Winnerwell is one of the best names when it comes to the best tent stoves and they are true professionals on the subject. This Winnerwell Nomad (in size medium) made our top pick for best tent stove because it perfectly balances high quality construction with functionality. It’s also compatible will some really cool add-ons that we will cover. When you see the Nomad in person, you can tell the the quality of the weld is superb and the attention to detail really stands out.

This medium sized Nomad portable wood stove is one of their best-sellers, and we love how it’s light enough to be mobile but heavy duty enough to be built to last a lifetime. It’s built with precision-made 304 Stainless steel, which is a high quality steel that will not rust or corrode. This is a huge advantage in the harsh outdoor environments that it’s intended to withstand. Also, because it’s able to withstand higher temperatures, the body of the tent stove can be made of a lighter material, which then cuts down on weight.

Winnerwell also makes a couple cool tent stove accessories for use with this model, namely their water heater and pipe oven. The water heater is a 3-liter tank that’s built specifically for Winnerwell’s medium size tent stoves, which makes it compatible with this Nomad. It’s built out of the same metal as the stove itself, and is great for boiling water or melting snow/ice. Just use the integrated spigot to fill your cup, pan, or wash basin.

The compatible pipe oven is a super cool accessory that has a 6×6″ baking chamber with two shelves. While the baking chamber is fully sealed, it connects as an extra piece of the 2.5″ chimney pipe. The smoke bypasses the oven to travel up the chimney, but the heat warms the oven to allow for cooking anything from biscuits and potatoes to cookies and brownies. It has an integrated thermometer to monitor temperature and a glass viewing window so you can monitor your baking foods.

Back to the wood stove, which is a rectangular fire box that has a 4 leg design. The legs fold up flat and nest into each other, all the flue sections fit into the box, and the shelves fold upward to double as a carry handle. This camping stove is easily portable, and is built to fit into small spaces like a hot tent, tiny home, or RV. It’s one of the most highly rated tent stoves for hot tenting on Amazon, and it would be a great addition to your winter camping gear.

Pomoly T1 Perspective – Best Titanium Stove

Pomoly is easily one of the top manufacturers of wood burning tent stoves and they make some of the best ones available on the market. Their T1 series is very popular for hot tenting, so this T1 Perspective would be a great addition to your camping gear. It’s a traditional rectangle shape but it’s called the Perspective because it has a fire-proof glass panel on one side. This allows you to see the fire better, but it also spreads heat more than a titanium panel, so anything on that side of the tent stove will be warmer.

The titanium on this wood stove is 1mm thick, which is thicker than the more common 0.6mm titanium used on other wood burning stoves. One of the best features of the T1 series is that they fold down into a very small unit by taking off the top, collapsing the side and back walls, then putting the top back on. Collapse the legs as well, and the stove pipe rolls up to be less than 10 inches tall.

Pomoly has put their tent wood stoves to the test, and they continually add more features to improve the design. Now the T1 has a thickened titanium plate and additional welded titanium bars at the bottom and top of the tent stove for extra stability.

It’s worth noting that several users report that the titanium stove pipe is quite difficult to roll the first couple of times, which makes setting up a little longer. Because the titanium has a thermal memory, it gets easier each time to set it on subsequent camping trips. Also the titanium is thinner, which makes it lighter and more portable. This thinner material can result in some warping or deformation, but this shouldn’t affect the functionality of the wood stove.

Camp Chef Alpine – Best Permanent Stove

Camp Chef was started back in 1990 and is based on the idea that there had to be a better way to cook outdoors. Since then, they’ve been building and testing a wide variety of outdoor cooking gear that ranges from simple wood burning stoves to pizza ovens and flattop griddles. Having a wood stove was a more recent addition to their products that doesn’t date back quite as far, but we’re glad they’ve added it to their collection.

It’s called the Alpine Heavy Duty Cylinder Stove, and it’s made of alloy steel. We can really appreciate the thickness and quality of the materials used, and they really add to the warmth of the stove. With the thicker steel, it will hold heat longer and better, which will radiant the warmth more effectively, even after the last log burns through.

The legs are removable and adjustable, so you can store them away and change the length for uneven ground. There’s an included fire grate in the bottom to keep the base from overheating, and there’s a wire spark arrestor on the flue pipe. This stove also has an included wide form shelf for drying and cooking.

A cool add on for this stove is the compatible hot water tank from Camp Chef. It’s made of 20 gage stainless steel and has a capacity of 3 gallons. Attach it to your stove and use the spigot to dispense hot water on demand.

Because of this heavy duty composition and thicker materials, the stove is the heaviest on our list by a longshot, coming in at 74 pounds. That’s why we’ve selected it for the best permanent wood stove, as that weight makes it hard to transport. It’s great for setups that don’t change much, like tiny homes, permanent or semi-permanent camps, glamping setups, and more.

Pomoly T1 Mini 3 – Best Miniature Stove

If you frequently camp in smaller tents, such as 1 person tents or 1-2 person teepees, you’ll need to look at purchasing a smaller wood burning tent stove like this T-Brick Mini. It’s built for smaller spaces, and the three glass panels let it radiate heat more than titanium panels would. The glass also lets you watch the fire and monitor it since you will need to load wood more often in such a small firebox.

It’s made of 1mm titanium, which is slightly thicker than several different brands who also make titanium camping stoves. The thicker metal also reduces deformation after high-temperature burning and is an overall stronger build. At only 7 pounds, it’s a great option for backpacking as well. It packs down into a compact unit that can be packed and carried easily.

The name comes from the build: T stands for titanium and the number one refers to the thickness of the titanium, which is 1mm thick. ‘Mini’ refers to the size of the unit, since there is a regular sized option (one of the larger options is the T1 Perspective above^). And the three refers to the three side glass panels, as there is a version that is solid titanium instead of glass.

This is another great build from Pomoly, which is a super well-known brand when it comes to the best tent stoves. The T1 Mini is perfect for small tents built for only 1-2 people.

Fire Hiking Titanium – Best Lightweight Tent Stove

Fire Hiking has a neat hot tent that made our list for best tent with stove jack (link in introduction above), but they also have a ultralight camping stove that is the best backpacking tent stove this list. Coming in at only 4 pounds (or 6.26 pounds with everything else included), it’s the lightest and most packable stove on our list. It packs down quite small and flat, as seen in the product image to the right.

Even though it packs down so small, it has everything you could need in a wood burning tent stove, including a spark arrestor, tall flue pipe, and a glass window on one side so you can observe the fire and it will radiate even more warmth.

Just like the Pomoly wood stove above, this one cuts weight and size by using a rollable flue pipe. While this can take a couple tries to master, it does get easier with time because of the thermal memory properties of titanium. This camping stove is great for someone looking for a product they can easily carry backpacking or for long distances. If you aren’t going to backpack, or would consider a tad more weight, the Pomoly T1 Perspective may be a better option for you.

Pomoly T-Brick Atlay – Coolest Design

This additional Pomoly wood stove has made our list simply because of the super awesome woodland design laser cut from titanium. It’s located on both sides of the stove, in front of a unique octagonal glass side panel. Not only does this let you observe the fire from three sides of the stove, but the flames illuminate the design, giving it a really cool effect.

This tent stove is part of the T-Brick series from Pomoly, which is a different line of products from the T1 stove from above. It’s new for 2022 and is a limited edition design that’s worth the added cost.

For the tent stove itself, it’s made of the same great quality we expect from all Pomoly brand camping stoves. It’s a lightweight design that weighs only 9 pounds but it’s still built to last with it’s reinforced top cover, 1mm thickness pure titanium, three-dimensional strengthening, and the included titanium spark arrestor.

The quality of a Pomoly stove with the cool design makes this stove a great addition to almost anyone’s hot tenting gear.