Grilliput Portable Camping Grill

This is great for bushcrafters or camping not too far from your car but not that great for through- hikers as it is nice and compact but heavy for its size. As far as durability, I honestly haven't had a chance to put it to use, however it seems well made and it is very solid when put together. I think the design is very thought out and I can't wait to use it

This thing rocks. It is more than likely too heavy for any long hiking or backpacking trips, but I use it mainly for one night camping trips with my friends. Perfect to grill a steak and can big enough to hold 2 medium sized steaks or 1 larger porterhouse. Grill is heavy and can be a pain to clean, but if you use steel wool, it cleans up pretty well. The grill folded up is very compact and I can easily fit it in my backpack's water bottle holder. It's heavier than it seems, but this is why I only recommend taking it on short trips. The grill can be a little finicky to set up the first few times, but you get used to it. Also, the grill bars going across can bend, but they don't bend much and are pretty easily bent back. This is really the only fairly priced compact grill solution that I have found and it comes in handy when you want to cook something over the fire. Great product!

This grill works well for me, however, if you are one of those minimalist backpackers that drill holes in your toothbrush to save weight and counts every gram in your pack - stop reading now. This is a beefy piece of gear. Made entirely of stainless steel, a large tube with a smaller tube inserted in it filled with stainless rods, capped with solid covers; when broken down it's like carrying a ¾" solid stainless rod. It weighs a whopping 19.6 ounces. That being said it works great. It was hard for me to figure out the construction at first. With no instructions in the box, I spent a half hour trying multiple configurations on my kitchen table until I finally found the right one. You should defiantly assemble at home before trying to in the field on your knees in the dark - trust me. I have used this grill as a stove top over hot coals with multiple pots on it at once as well as a true grill with game meat directly on it. The vertical legs are only about 6 inches long, so you end up being really close to the bed of coals, but sticking it in ground a bit works great for stability. If you plan to cook meat right on the grill in the bush - do yourself a favor and throw in some SOS pads to clean with. Because of how it stores in side itself, it needs to be relatively clean before packing away (this will also keep you from robbing the steel wool from your fire starter kit.) In a pinch one evening while attempting boil some water, I took my Chinese knock off pocket rocket and it fit perfectly under the grill. These allows for better stabilization of a larger pot when cooking. The fire from the pocket rocket does get too hot for the small cross rods and will heat them out of shape - so if you use them for this, just remove the middle one or two where the stove directly hits. Over all, I love having a grill that takes up very little room in my pack - and I think it is worth the weght.

I bought this portable grill because it seemed like a nice idea not having a big grate to carry around with you. When I received it I was a little surprised as it was pretty small and pretty heavy. Not that those are bad things given that the dimensions for the product are right in the title. i unscrewed the main tube and poured out all of the pieces onto the floor to practice putting it together and it was really easy to assemble. It took me no more that 5 or 6 minutes to have it set up. and also its very sturdy. I guess that's the trade off for the weight! The size and strength of this would easily hold a full pot of water, skillet, ect. When it is disassembled it takes up almost no room in a back pack. It's just a small thin tube which is very nice. Another good thing about being able to disassemble this product is that you can clean it much more efficiently. This is a necessity for any avid camper who doesn't like to cook things on a stick right in the fire. It would also make a very nifty gift for somebody or just a solid personal purchase in general with a price tag of just over 20 bucks. Great Product!

Here's the short review: If you can deal with the extra lb, this device is a good device to have in a pinch. It's highly compact, weighted well indicating a reasonable level of quality, and because something is better than nothing, I highly recommend this for when wood burning campfires are your only option. But this device is far from perfect. it's like the highly undersized spare tire in your car. Nono, less than that, it's the backup tire patch kit you have just in case your spare tire goes bad. There are significant problems with this grill. - First off, you can't build a real good fire under this. It's just not strong enough to handle that much heat. - Secondly, even with a smaller campfire, you will see some warping occur fairly quickly, long before even a small pot of water boils. As such, as soon as you're done cooking, you have to take the grill off thhe campfire to prevent too much damage. - Thirdly, campfire based cooking is highly inefficient. Even a little bit of wind wil whip away heat, making light cooking or water boiling a somewhat time consuming affair. But despite all that, I still highly recommend this unit. It's the only unit available on the market today that is a container in and of itself. It's the only camp fire grill that can be carried inside a backpack and get out of the way. And it's a great idea as a backup as you just never know when you might need to have something to cook on. I wish it was built better (and wouldn't mind the weight cost that would entail) and about double the weight to make it more stable and warp free, I would be even happier and it would get moved up from tertiary to secondary, possibly even primary cooking system. For now, though, the highly eficient hand made double walled alcohol stove will be my primary cooking system.

I learned of this grill after reading about it in a book.. The only thing I had issue with was the first time I put it together, it was a tad confusing and then after that it goes together quite easy. I just used it again last weekend and cooked food for 4 of us on top of it. The key is that you don't put this thing directly in the fire. What you want to do is to grab fresh/Hot coals from the fire and toss them underneath. This cooks your food VERY well, doesn't warp the grill and also keeps your pots from getting all charred up. It packs away very nicely and is less than a pound in weight. It's a good grill that is worth having!

This grill lasted a few hours. This past weekend, I went camping in Orlando. The grill worked great at first when I laid it on top of my camp fire and used a light weight cooking pot on top of it. The weight of the pot and its food content were distributed evenly along the metal grate of this grill. There were no signs of bending or warping. Fast forward 8 hours later, the threads of the four corner support pieces were either coming off or failing. I have no idea but they were just not holding. Some of the metal grate sticks were lightly warped, except one piece near the center; It bent into a parabola. What happened? I have no idea but it was perfectly curved. I am going to make a guess that the metal material is just cheap. I am giving this product 1 stars because it just didn't last after one use. I had to throw it away because it was just not salvageable. I want to be fair with this review but I just lost out on $25. Pros: In an emergency situation, you could use this to cook a meal or use it as a weapon to defend yourself. It has a nice weight to it. There are two sticks that have hooked ends that you could use as a back up holdown spike for your tent. Cons: If you are backpacking and are one of those lightweight fanatics, this thing is a little heavy. I had to sacrifice a lot of things in my luggage because I was exceeding the 40 lb weight limit with my check-in bag.

So I purchased this product for a light two night backpacking trip. Although I have a portable gas stove I always like having the option of cooking or boiling water over fire and have the stove as a backup. That being said I know you can always cook over fire multiple different ways and boil water by simply sticking the pot on top of fire/coals. That being said I still want a portable grill that I can take backpacking as well as car camping, as I don't really trust the cleaniness of the grills at some campsites. First off the grill is comes in a very portable package but is much heavier than I thought it would be. I don't find that to be a problem for me as I would rather a have a durable grill over a lightweight grill. Most of the weight comes from the sides/frame of the grill and the grills themselves are light, pretty much wires. When I first placed this grill over the fire/coals there a still a small fire going and not everything was reduced to coals. Also the fire source was stacked higher than it should of been, not leaving a lot of room between the grill. Because of this when I started cooking I noticed that the grill wire that didn't have food on them were starting to warp/sag. After reducing the heat source and making sure the majority of the grill/wires were covered I didn't see anymore warping. I'm not sure of UCO's warranty but if the grills were to warpped beyound use I feel like I could easily MacGyver new grill sections from steel wires gauges from Home Depot/Ace. As mentioned before the frame/sides of the grills are a lot thicker and heavy duty so I don't think warpping would not occur as with the legs of the grill. The only part that concerns me are the two end wire/grill which holds the two frame together. If those would get damaged it would impede the grills function (I could probably Jimmy rig a new one but won't be as nice).