So here we are on round two in comparing the different models of the fire pit world.
Let’s get on with it then and see how they fair in round two.
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Round Number 2 of the Fire Pit Saga
So usability…
This one just comes down to how quick you can get a fire started and chill out
So let’s see how fast these fire pits get started then.
In each one of these fire pits and we will go from worst to best again.
I will give you a hot tip as well, the easiest way to light a fire outside of firelighters and mucking around with newspaper and things, a bit of paper towel and cooking spray or olive oil. Any oil that you have got laying around works awesome as a DIY fire starter, works every time and you will never have a drama with it that’s a hot tip.
Dachi
All your kindling stacks up really nicely to a nice little pyramid and because of how this fire pitch pit is shaped it is super easy to stack your timber like that.
Bunnings Fire Pit
The same thing here…
So it is really pretty easy to stack up like a bit of a pyramid there is a little bit more balance involved in it.
You have to sort of balance out your timber a bit because of how wide the fire is and the grate on the bottom, it is pretty easy, just a little bit more balancing involved.
So I am actually pretty surprised about the Dachi, the Dachi does take a little bit longer.
But because of the king’s v-shape on that with this fire all the ash embers and your coals all fall into that v and basically extinguish themselves every time.
Unless you have a false bottom in it, it is really hard to keep the fire going in that one.
If you add more wood, I think it is enough to score kings fire pit one or the super centre one is definitely in last place for the usability and actually getting a fire started, and it is a pain in the ass with that v taper in it.
Unless you have got a false floor or you want to put an awful lot of kindling into it, this is a pain in the ass,
Round Number 3
The smoke-free factor I think again is in last place. The adventure kings four drive super center, whatever you want to call them. Again it is just because of that taper because the tape is down to a point you have no airflow coming from the bottom.
A good way that you can sort of combat this is you can get a couple of bolts just any bolts the bigger the better and slide them into the sides where your fire slides together.
This just gives a little bit of an air gap at the very bottom and just lets some air come through and blow upwards doesn’t fix it completely but it’s just enough that you can get away with it.
Last place definitely
Adventure Kings…
I will go out and say the Bunnings one is next as it is creating a lot more smoke and I think the only reason for that is the grate that the fire actually sits on is only about 12 mil from the bottom of the pit.
So there is not really enough space to get a good airflow underneath and then up but still in second place.
All right!
And the winner of the smoke-free category is:
The Dachi Fire Pit
I think it all comes down to the trivet that the Dachi pit has in there, again…
Just getting that big air gap there’s a decent air gap in there about 40-50 millimetres or even maybe more right to the bottom and right to the point getting that good air gap raising your fire up so that it can suck air actually from the bottom.
Because these things aren’t sealed airflow can actually be sucked from the bottom up through the fire on a really calm night you really don’t see smoke coming out of these things much at all.
You might see a little bit when it is catching on a new piece of timber new piece of wood or a new log but that’s about it.
Durability
So we will start over with the Bunnings fire pit.
We have already touched on it before but the Bunnings fire pit is only one mil sheet metal really really lightweight and really cheap.
And I do not want to say cheap and nasty because it is not. I mean it does the job but it is cheap it is very cheap.
It is very low-quality metal and it is really very thin so I think for the most part the actual fire itself is very cheap and very low quality.
I will score that one last of all of them.
Adventure Kings Fire Pit
We are talking about the construction here.
So again I have touched on this when we had a quick look at it but the construction is four plates of three mils mild steel so three mil mild steel plate that is very very strong.
However, it is not so good when it comes to rust but it is very strong.
You know, you could drop this thing you could run it over you could do a million things to it and it probably would stand up and it would not break.
It is very strong with no issues, so it comes in second.
Dachi Fire Pit
So the Dachi 450 is completely stainless steel but it is completely stainless steel from the base plate all the way to the top, awesome quality and awesome quality materials.
Everything is stainless and easy to use the hinges are oversized so no matter how many times you use it it’s always going to fold easily it’s never going to jam.
They have sort of thought of the smoke-free effect if you want to call it that with the design and how they have built this thing the air comes from the bottom rather than from the sides.
So rather than having to come in from the sides and up it goes straight from the bottom straight up through the fire which is just a great design and construction thought that darts you have had and number five value for money so value for money this is purely my opinion.
And I am sure everyone will have their own opinion on where their value for money would be for me it is definitely with the dashi yes it’s 280.
It is the most expensive one, but you can expect this fire pit to last at least 10 years and probably longer if this thing fails before 10 years. I would be majorly peeved off…
Whereat the other end of the scale the Bunnings one I would expect that thing is going to fall apart in the next couple of months.
And the adventure king’s fire pit.
I think it has got a lot of value there but my biggest problem with it is how much of a pain it is to actually use it unless you are going to sit there for ages and keep feeding kindling until you get better coals.
Really it is just not practical that’s my only problem with it so I do not see the value in that style of fire, not saying it is the adventure kings one, I am just saying that style. But I definitely see the value in the Daichi one.
Now, if you are only going to use your fire pit on the weekends maybe once every few months or twice a year, then maybe the Bunnings fire pit might be for you, quick, easy, and cheap.
Why not!
Now, if you are going to use this thing maybe once a month or once every two months, the adventure king’s fire pit may be as well.
I really hope you enjoyed the comparison of looking at fire pits from the very cheapest end of the scale all the way through to the highest end of the scale.
This is a 2 part of the fire pits article. So if you have not read part one of this duel of the fire pits, I would advise that you have a look at the link below and follow it to the first page of this article. If you are reading this first…
I guess it would not hurt but do make your way to the start of this two-part article.