Is the Solo Stove Bonfire firepit really smokeless? I put the claims to the test (spoiler: I'm still using it two years later)

Solo Stove Bonfire 2.0 firepit on raised decking.

As someone who loves camping and entertaining outdoors but has never been able to stomach the stench of stale smoke, I was excited to put the Solo Stove Bonfire 2.0 through its paces in my own garden two years ago. We’ve had a regular bowl-shaped steel firepit for as long as I can remember, but, living on a fairly exposed site within sight of Dartmoor (and all the strong winds that roll off it), smoke-filled eyeballs have always been a common gripe.

Billed as ‘the fire pit of the future’, Solo Stove's Bonfire fire pit is a strong contender for one of the best fire pits due to its main USP: it is smokeless. If you’ve ever huddled around a fire pit and experienced the clinging, cloying smell of smoke that lingers in your hair and clothing long after the last embers have died down, you'll know what a big selling point this is.