Portable Fire Pit?

JohnK · 08-23-2022, 02:56 PM

I like a good campfire but find myself wondering how many millions of trees are just being wasted for a campfire not to mention how much the campgrounds burn us (pun intended) selling us firewood. I am considering a portable fire pit like this one maybe https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B073SMX1TC/ref=emc_b_5_t

Can someone confirm this would be the right hose to connect it to the RV?
https://www.amazon.ca/OPL5-Connect-P...%2C129&sr=8-10
Regards,

John

Onyrlef · 08-23-2022, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by JohnK

I like a good campfire but find myself wondering how many millions of trees are just being wasted for a campfire not to mention how much the campgrounds burn us (pun intended) selling us firewood. I am considering a portable fire pit like this one maybe https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B073SMX1TC/ref=emc_b_5_t

Can someone confirm this would be the right hose to connect it to the RV?
https://www.amazon.ca/OPL5-Connect-P...%2C129&sr=8-10
Regards,

John

Yes

adsfhjq · 08-23-2022, 04:40 PM

I have that gas fire bowl. It works excellent. Also needed if there's a campfire band currently on.

AZMarine · 08-23-2022, 05:47 PM

If the fire pit has a regulator on it, wouldn't it "double " regulate, since the RV tanks already have one coming off the tank? I seem to remember people having that issue wanting to use a gas grill off the RV LP gas QD line. They could not get adequate flame due to the double regulation.

ARoamer · 08-23-2022, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by JohnK

I like a good campfire but find myself wondering how many millions of trees are just being wasted for a campfire not to mention how much the campgrounds burn us (pun intended) selling us firewood. I am considering a portable fire pit like this one maybe https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B073SMX1TC/ref=emc_b_5_t

Can someone confirm this would be the right hose to connect it to the RV?
https://www.amazon.ca/OPL5-Connect-P...%2C129&sr=8-10
Regards,

John

If you want to connect to a quick connect on your rv I don"t think thats the correct hose. The quick connect supply is already regulated, just remove the regulator on the fire pit hose and find the proper size male quick connect for the hose end.

Jay2504 · 08-23-2022, 07:29 PM

I have a portable campfire pit similar to what the OP is asking about. It came with a 20 foot hose with a regulator attached to the other end. Just screw it on a 20lb grill tank and it is good for 5-7 fires, depending on how long you burn it. What I did was buy a 30’ hose with a male quick connection at one end. All I need to change hoses is a 3/4 wrench. Easy to do, depending on what tank I want to use. Jay.

TWP723 · 08-24-2022, 06:01 AM

That fire pit already has a regulator and is made to connect directly to a stand-alone 20-30lb. bottle. The hose selected has a 1lb. bottle regulator connector.

CAG · 08-24-2022, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by TWP723

That fire pit already has a regulator and is made to connect directly to a stand-alone 20-30lb. bottle. The hose selected has a 1lb. bottle regulator connector.

And it will use a lot of propane if used like we do, about every night. It is better to run off of a dedicated bottle, 20 or 30 or you will be short of propane for the rig. If you have a class c or A that means driving the rig to the nearest fill location much sooner than you would want.

We are parked at the same location for most of the summer and I run the fire pit and the rig off of a 30lb bottle and have a spare so I can rotate when necessary. The Weber has a quick connect, with no regulator and is hooked to the rig connection. Thus everything is running off of the bottle rather than the rig propane so I avoid having to breakdown to run to town for propane.

Check Amazon for “kits” that have the connection for your onboard propane tank and also have hoses for connecting accessories. I have a dual connect on the bottle that allows connecting the rig and the fire pit to the bottle.

SloPoke · 08-24-2022, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by CAG

And it will use a lot of propane if used like we do, about every night. It is better to run off of a dedicated bottle, 20 or 30 or you will be short of propane for the rig. If you have a class c or A that means driving the rig to the nearest fill location much sooner than you would want.

We are parked at the same location for most of the summer and I run the fire pit and the rig off of a 30lb bottle and have a spare so I can rotate when necessary. The Weber has a quick connect, with no regulator and is hooked to the rig connection. Thus everything is running off of the bottle rather than the rig propane so I avoid having to breakdown to run to town for propane.

Check Amazon for “kits” that have the connection for your onboard propane tank and also have hoses for connecting accessories. I have a dual connect on the bottle that allows connecting the rig and the fire pit to the bottle.

X2

We have come really close to using up an entire 20# bottle in one evening. It is still more economical to use the propane fire ring instead of buying firewood.

CAG · 08-24-2022, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by SloPoke

X2

We have come really close to using up an entire 20# bottle in one evening. It is still more economical to use the propane fire ring instead of buying firewood.

Wood fires are not allowed where we stay and more and more RV parks are restricting them due to lung issues On to of that May thru July are usually forest fire restrictions and no open fires. Propane fire pits are exempt.

Yooper906 · 08-24-2022, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by CAG

Wood fires are not allowed where we stay and more and more RV parks are restricting them due to lung issues On to of that May thru July are usually forest fire restrictions and no open fires. Propane fire pits are exempt.

Maybe someone will come up with a LED firepit for you guys. Sitting around watching propane burn just isn't the same as a wood fire. But, do what you gotta do.

CAG · 08-24-2022, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Yooper906

Maybe someone will come up with a LED firepit for you guys. Sitting around watching propane burn just isn't the same as a wood fire. But, do what you gotta do.

You guys”? I don’t need it I just stated a couple of facts. In some parts of the country, if you camp in forests, wood fires are prohibited so I guess if you want you can sit around your LED fire and I will light the propane fire pit.

But I do get a little tired of listening to the wood burners in Phoenix whine when air quality gets to the point that burning in wood fire places is shut off. Boy is this an “all about me” subject.

TWP723 · 08-24-2022, 01:13 PM

We stayed at a CG that wouldn't allow camp fires. So we lit a bunch of candles and were still reprimanded.

Yooper906 · 08-24-2022, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by CAG

You guys”?

Yeah, you guys that are prohibited from a wood campfire. Watching propane burn is the same as watching my kitchen stove burner. Just suggesting an alternative for you guys.
LED campfires. Could be in your future?

bankr63 · 08-24-2022, 02:01 PM

A couple of years ago we were in a major drought and under a full fire ban. They wouldn't even allow mosquito coils (bugs were horrible). No tiki torches, no candles, no exceptions. It was fun to see how inventive people became to get that campfire feeling. People were setting up lights and tissue paper in their fire pits to simulate fires. Some folks got very inventive and realistic.

I now have an orange LED flicker light that I bought the next Halloween to pack along if
needed (haven't had it happen yet). Figure I'll bury it inside a stack of firewood and see if I can fool anybody.

CAG · 08-24-2022, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Yooper906

Yeah, you guys that are prohibited from a wood campfire. Watching propane burn is the same as watching my kitchen stove burner. Just suggesting an alternative for you guys.
LED campfires. Could be in your future?

Not as long as propane is available. The wood burners can keep their lung coating smoke and stinky campers.
Most of them are probably smokers too so it won’t make much difference in their life span.

Old and soft · 08-24-2022, 05:47 PM

We were in Williams, AZ a year ago, and were told we could not use our coleman propane 2 burner cooktop outside. Stinkin up the camper cooking inside it is (or was).
We have the fire pit linked above, luv it. Turn the knob and there is fire, turn the other way and no fire.
With all of the bans on transporting fire wood, and the crap wood that we procured from many different campgrounds that wouldn't burn, we decided to try the fire pit. It works for us. And last year we could catch a 20# refill on sale for $11.99 at a local farm/home supply.

craigav · 08-24-2022, 06:07 PM

For those who are opposed to a real campfire, just set your laptop on a table and play this and have everyone gather around. Just as good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz7wtTO7roQ

Jay2504 · 08-24-2022, 06:23 PM

Myself, I would rather have a wood campfire. One of the best uses I have found for the propane fire pit is when I am on the road to go somewhere that takes a couple of days to get there. We often stop a a place for just the night. It’s perfect for that. If you are tired from driving all day, boom , a quick 1-2 hour campfire. Don’t have to either carry or find wood either. Jay.

Onyrlef · 08-24-2022, 06:25 PM

If I'm in my own campsite I'm gonna enjoy whatever kind of fire I can to the extent that it's allowed. If you want to sit around a coloring book depiction of a fire, a propane fire pit, a wood fire or set a tractor tire on fire, I'm not caught up enough on my business to make what you do mine too. If I don't like it enough I know what the "V" in RV stands for.

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