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This is a wood burning stove that collapses to a relatively small size. I recently used it on a trip to the BWCA. This stove worked wonderfully, I simply used the leftover wood chips left by other campers to feed this stove, I could boil 3.5 qts in almost no time. It works as advertised, however, the assembly/disassembly is messy and a little dangerous. The height extensions pieces that must be used for large pots are too high for my taste. I will also make my own or purchase a bag to keep this in vs. the large ziplock provided with the stove. Otherwise it is a worthwhile alternative to stoves and campfires. Just gather some twigs and small sticks and you are ready to cook.

Bought this kayak used it was a rental, it had the phase 3 seats, which I really like. Did not have a rudder, which it needs. This is the same as an excel. I got the rudder kit unfortunately the local dealer will not install it for free, like some other dealers do.

I recently purchased a new 17' Royalex Sundowner from a seller on this website. Unlike the other people reviewing this model I found it fast and very stable (keep in mind the other canoes I have used extensively are 17' Aluminum Grummans) I noticed a couple of imperfections in the royalex but overall quality is OK. I found the lack of a decent place to fasten a painter to be rather ridiculus. I ended up drilling some holes just below the end caps on the gunnels and using some threaded pvc fittings to run a loop of line through for fastening a painter to. I would not pay the retail price for this canoe, but if you find a deal like I was able to, then it should be ok.