This Flatpack stove is compact and highly portable - perfect for hiking and camping. It is not very big - smaller, in fact, than I thought it would be and it would be a mistake to think that this stove will provide you with heat. It is first and foremost a cooking stove. The inside volume will simply not allow for a raging fire of any size although it is entirely adequate for cooking a skillet full of bacon, roasting hot dogs and marshmellows, boiling water/coffee/tea or making Jiffee Pop pop...