Camp Chef Alpine CS14 Heavy Duty Cylinder Tent Cabin Stove with damper and side shelves

The media could not be loaded. [Second edit: after one winter of 24/7 use with the stove I still love it. The top is no longer perfectly flat because of some extra hot blazes. But it would not be noticed by the casual observer. I don’t mind. It still does it’s job perfectly. I bought a larger sized cylinder stove for another house, and it burns through wood too fast when I heat with it. It was almost twice the cost and I like this one better. Highly recommend this stove.](Quick edit with video: I have been using it in my home over a month and absolutely Love it. Adapted it to 6” pipe at the stove to fit existing chimney. It draws powerfully).I did my outdoor “first burn”, and could not be happier about my purchase, so far. I filled the stove at 11:00 pm with dry black locust logs, shut down the vent and damper and went to bed till 7:00 am. There were plenty of coals that probably would have lasted at least a couple more hours. So I added a couple logs, and away she went. I love the length and opening of the fire box for big logs. I can fit a full sized spade in the door with ease for cleaning or adding wood chips. The top is cross braced inside and after a super hot fire of dried wood chips, it remains perfectly flat. I only used three sections of the stovepipe, but it was a very stiff Kansas prairie wind, and the pipe stood firmly with no extra support. The door and vent closure fit well, but I plan to push the seals a tiny bit tighter with very slight modification. It could be done with loose shims at each overnight use, or a more permanent shim apparatus could be designed to remove play (which is very slight). It won’t be hard to do because the materials and hinges are very solid and flat, coming together perfectly. It will be air tight and I may get even more than the 8-10 hour hardwood burn time I already see. The 5” damper is in the first section of pipe. I would rather it was in the second section for added heat radiation, but it is fine. I also wonder if a 5.5 inch damper would be too tight for the pipe? I may try one some day to see. The offset pipe hole is genius, but it made me wonder if it could have been even further to the right? (Allowing even more stovetop use). I Love this thing and plan to heat my connected kitchen/bedroom/bathroom in my house with it. I’m sure it will cut my heating bill at least in half. I figured you usually “get what you pay for” and I would end up disgusted, since it is a fraction of the cost of my other options. But man, I got way more than I paid for. I think this thing will be my close friend for years. It is such a solid build. Very impressed.

I have been searching high and low for a quality, yet affordable wood burning stove for my cabin. After months of research and reading reviews, I settled on the Camp Chef Alpine. The reviews were overwhelmingly positive, but there were some concerns. My main concern stemmed from several reviews where customers unboxed the stove only to discover that it had been damaged during the shipping process. When I got home and saw the torn box in my driveway, I was nervous. As I unboxed it, I was relieved to see that the stove was in perfect condition. I opened the door of the stove and removed all of the components.Some of the reviews stated that the holes at the base of the stove for the screws in the legs were missing. I found this as well. Only two of the leg receivers on the stove were drilled out. This was not really a problem, as I just lowered the legs onto the receivers all the way and tightened the screws down on the metal. It held just fine. The setup of the stove was very easy. For the intial burn, I only installed 3 sections of the chimney pipe, but they went together very easy. The only other issue I had was the door latch wouldn't fit down in the slot to close the door. I took a screwdriver and pryed the metal tab out just a tad and the latch, while snug, slid righ in. This "problem" would turn out to be a pleasant surprise, because the door now seated firmly shut when the latch was in place. I was actually anticipating having to install a door gasket, based on the reviews, but I'm not sure that I will have to at this time. My last concern, based on some reviews, was that the stove would burn though the wood quickly and would not hold heat more than an hour or two. I tested this last night. I loaded the stove up around 9 pm and got the fire rolling. I then closed the vent on the door, and closed off the damper. When I checked the stove at 6 am the next morning, the wood had burned, but there were still hot coals at the bottom of the stove. I mixed the coals around a bit, opened the vents and damper, added another piece of split firewood into the stove, and 5 minutes later had a roaring fire.I am beyond impressed with this stove after the initial trial and burn. If it continues to work in a cabin setting like it did in the initial trial, I will be elated!Because I intend to use this stove in a cabin, my next project is to replace the chimney that was included with actual durablack and duraplus stove and chimney pipe. It looks like there is an adaptor to increase the 5" stove opening to work with a standard 6" stove pipe.Long story short, I am loving this stove so far. It is a very quality product and an extremely reasonable price.

I was very surprised with the great quality of this stove! Very well made and high enough off the ground that you don't have to worry about your tent catching fire. Large enough that you can put plenty of wood in it and it will keep a very large tent very warm, we kept it turned down all night bc it was too warm! Very happy with this purchase.