In order to have a good amount of smokeless heat, the air flow inside the stove should be adjusted so that enough amount of air can flow into the stove from the airflow valve on the door, and then partially goes up through the chimney pipe. The EGAN stove comes with a 2.5 m (8.2 ft) long chimney pipe which provides a good strong updraft inside the firebox. We also have a damper on the first piece of the chimney pipe which can be used to trap and keep more heat inside the stove when it is partially open.

For an optimum heat and burning time, the airflow valve and the damper should be adjusted together using a trial-and-error process, which depends on the wood log condition, humidity, and so many other variables. That is why there is no specific setting for the airflow valve and the damper to get a smokeless optimum heat and burning time, however the setting can be found by changing the controls and watching the result.

when you partially close the damper to reduce the hot air flow escaping through the chimney pipe, the first piece of the chimney pipe might start getting red-hot. If you see the chimney pipe is getting red, reduce the air flow gradually using the air flow valve on the door to reduce the heat until the red color of the first piece of the chimney pipe disappears. That’s the point where the stove is generating maximum amount of heat.

For those who have a previous experience with wood stoves, it would be easy to work with this camping stove. As a first experience with a camping wood stove, some might find it a little bit challenging at the beginning, however, by keeping on using and testing and watching the results, it will become easy to perfectly adjust it.