Watch This Before You Buy a Fire Maple X1 Cooking Stove

Everything you need to know about the Fire Maple X1 cooking stove, including the good and the bad. This is my review, after 18 months of use.

Additional Notes: The X1 has a simmer option, the dial can be turned down to allow water/soups to simmer at a lower temperature. Also, boiling times vary and strong winds can double or even treble cooking times in this and similar stoves.

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:32 What's in The Bag
01:45 Boiling Times
02:17 Key Points
03:29 Price I Paid
03:59 Missing Features
05:05 My One Complaint

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[Stacity]

I’m happy with the X1 I have a couple of stands anyway and will just by the attachment. Thank you I have subscribed.

[awexmafyews]

Many thanks for the review. Just purchased and good to know the pros and cons before using.

[marionmcnee]

Really helpful review. Clear and concise. - thanks for the info.

[zetamanwar]

Thank you very much. I was wondering if a larger gas tank would fit inside and you solve the doubt. I preciate it!

[bobwilson]

Many thanks for your review . Taking my one that was bought for at Christmas hiking this Bank Holiday. 😊

[bajaclaws]

My ignitor didn't work on my x1 but I figured out a way to get around that issue other than that I enjoy cooking with my x1 nice review Daniel

[ignacioferre]

Hi !!! Thanks for this review. It's very helpfull !!!
It's a pity don't be able to put one larger cannister inside. How many times can be used one 100g cannister from Decarhlon?
I have to be hiking for 3 days (that means 9 meals, 3 per day) and I'd like to know if with that size (100g cannister) will be enough. I only need to boild water because it's for freeze dried food.
Thank you so much.

[rench]

Thanks for the review. Only using this to boil water for hot drinks as have a big camping stove for food. Didn't want to shell out for an expensive Jetfoil so just ordered one of these to give it a go.

[Stalkerfiveo]

Great review! I’m strongly considering one.

One question, will the 230g gas can fit if you remove the plastic bowl?

[Pjh]

Thanks for review. Seems strange they included a bowl. Any particular
use except to eat out of ?

[davt]

Quite a fan of the fire maple gear its half decent, good review mate 👍

[stephengarner]

Hey thanks for the review, would a larger canister fit if you didnt put the bowl in?

[neologian]

I gave one of their camping lanterns a try. At $30usd I figured what the heck. Can't say I'm impressed but at $30usd I can't complain too loudly either. The valve gives me the greatest concern. It's nearly impossible to turn the wire handle to open the valve without bending the wire bail. Moreover, I have to reef on it so hard to get it to fully close and snuff the flame that I can't imagine this gadget is going to last long. And I 100% DO NOT trust the valve closure enough to leave the lantern on the fuel cannister. So if their lantern valve is any indicator of the valve I'd get on their stove system I'd have to say it's a huge "Nope" for me.
The moral of the story is one gets what one pays for and so I don't think people should expect anything even remotely close to a Jetboil or MSR equivalent in a Chinese off-brand product that has cut enough corners to come in 50% the cost of those products. Those savings have to come from somewhere...and that somewhere is almost always in materials, tolerances, and quality control. At those cut rates you get what you get. Maybe you get a good one, maybe you don't. Maybe it'll work awhile, maybe it won't. Maybe you like it, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll trust it on a long trek....maybe you won't.

But in my book, the quality controls and warranty responses that go into the name brand products are completely worth the added cost. I have zero concerns around the reliability and trustworthiness of my Windburner and Flash systems....but I'd have have a super hard time having the same level of confidence in products like the X1 which are cheaply made knock offs constructed from that rare earth mineral known as chinesium and where the quality controls consist of "does it sorta look right? Cool...ship it."

[Melerovsky]

Hey, thnx a lot, great review! I have the FireMaple X1 but I don't have the stove-top adapter. Could you share a link for it? I haven't been able to find it on Amazon (Spain). I know not all the models fit right. Thnx again!

[baileyboo]

just started a return on amazon for ours on third use the lever wouldnt turn the gas off dont think dare risk buying another

[StevenSlaughter-wswe]

Are these only for boiling water or can you, say, cook pasta in them as well?

[smashfactory]

It's really unfortunate that people flock to a company that steals it's designs from other companies that are actually innovating new products...

[tonyglasstv]

Fire & Dry Grass! Sounds like a delicious recipe...

[jordanbey]

Unless you can cook paste and rice...I am not getting it..

[IRUNWITSCISSORZ]

kind of cool but for free you can build a fire or make an alcohol stove with a tuna can for $2 dollars I don't know why someone would spend $50+ on something to boil water i solo camp but this is extreme to me id be well worth it if you could actually cook with it