Kingfisher SINSIN Square Incinerator - Silver

Bought this incinerator to dispose of a large buddleia bush with thick stalks, all sadly, destroyed by the recent Storm Eunice. The incinerator coped with the task with ease. Assembly was very easy. Some people have mentioned the screw holes are misaligned, but I didn't find this was massively so. The trick is not to start tightening screws and nuts at each stage until you have fixed them loosely through each of the holes. Only then, tighten them fully. Easy. The only downside, in my case, was that there was a shortage of three nuts, but a rummage through a 100-year-old hoard of screws, nuts, and bolts soon found suitable replacements. Other users have had similar shortages. Be prepared for that eventuality, just in case. Not the end of the world. You do need to make sure you assemble this with ALL of the number of screws and nuts required, as the side panels warp a lot with the intense heat. A little tip about something I found useful: I placed the incinerator feet on four square concrete slabs, to raise it a bit further off the lawn below. Additionally, to support the square sheet of galvanised steel that is the base of the interior part of the incinerator, I chocked it up with two more slabs piled atop each other, to stop the metal flexing too much. You could use anything similar made of non-inflammable material, even old bean cans, but do make sure everything's stable, in case of accident and/or injury. If kept in dry conditions after a burning session, this little baby should last for donkey's years. Even if the side panels give up the ghost and start to fall apart, there's nothing to stop a user making some new ones out of aluminium sheeting of reasonable thickness. A brilliant design, so sensible, and worth every penny. We are not serial-burners, but needed this essentially for the one task. The incinerator remains for other, similar tasks, should it ever be necessary. Well done, Kingfisher! Top marks! P.S. IMPORTANT NOTE OF SAFETY! I wish to add that on my second use of this incinerator, the supportive concrete slab in contact with the red-hot base-plate of the incinerator decided to explode dangerously with immense force, so if you ever do prop up the base of your own incinerator, DON'T use conventional concrete slabs! I would think proper firebricks would be OK, but perhaps multiple emptied metal food cans would do the trick, or one of those large METAL biscuit tins that normally appear around Christmas time. I would think it best to invert such cans or tins, to provide minimal contact with the base slabs of concrete, in order to lessen the area of hot metal touching them. JUST BE CAREFUL!

Very useful for its appointed task. Easy to assemble, burns effectively, compact for smaller spaces and reasonable cost. It even doubles as a multi-layer barbecue if suitable fuel used. I will probably buy a second. The only caveat is not to move it by pushing while it is burning. High heat can cause a leg to buckle just below the join with the incinerator base. This is not an issue if the incinerator is kept still and level. For the next product version it could be solved by doubling the thickness of the side brackets/legs.

The incinerator arrived 2 or 3 days earlier than expected. Assembling it was easy enough with a bit of common sense. It got a great burn going in no time when I used it to burn a load of dry conifer branches I'd trimmed in summer. It burned faster and better than my old dustbin-shaped one with the chimney lid. The bottom of that type tends to collapse after it's been used a few times. I don't think that will happen with this one though as there are no holes in the bottom to weaken it. I would have preferred the metal to be maybe just a tad thicker and for it to be a bit taller, too. I gave 3 stars for 'sheerness' because I'm not really sure what that is? Anyway, it's a very good incinerator that gets the job done very efficiently. I'd recommend it to anyone.

Good size and good price. BUT - time-consuming to assemble - needs a phillips screwdriver and a right-sized spanner to assemble - holes in top need to be better- aligned as was unable to put nuts and bolts through the four holes in the top - bottom very flimsy steel plate and therefore will not last many bonfires (you get what you pay for!)

With a bit more help from the manufacturer this review could have been 5 Star. Kit arrives well packed and comprises 4 corner legs, 4 sides, a base and enough nuts and bolts to fix together, complete with very basic assembly instructions. It is not made clear on the instructions, but each side has a specific top and bottom edge so it is important to make sure you have these in the correct orientation when fitting together. The instructions say there are 20 nuts and 20 bolts included to complete the assembly. In actual fact there were 38 of each with my kit which is just as well because you actually need 36 of each to do the job. It puzzles me how they could have got these numbers wrong on the instruction sheet!! Anyway, despite these comments, assembly was quite straightforward and once together the unit is pretty rigid. Capacity at 98 litres is just a little larger than the more common 'dustbin shaped' incinerators which quote a nominal capacity of 90 litres. I intend using this to burn my garden leaves/prunings etc and feel that having air holes up the sides will help burning efficiency. I will update this review after it has been used for a while. One final comment. The gauge of the metal is quite light so I do not anticipate the incinerator will last for more than 1 year, Time will tell. The following comments added nearly 3 years after purchase. My expectations of a short life have proved unfounded. The incinerator has stood out in all weathers for nearly 3 years and is still going strong. The only protection has been a wooden lid to keep rainwater out of the bottom tray when not in use for burning garden waste. Would certainly buy again.

This item was expensive to warp on the first use and one of the feet have collapsed. Very unsafe to use. We will not be using this anymore and have only tried burning small pieces of wood. The thickness of the sheet metal is far too thin for the heat of a fire.

I have bought this item three times over the years as it works very well BUT.........It is a devil to assemble despite the instruction for assembly sheet! It took my husband who is very good at DIY normally THREE attempts to put it together as the holes don't match up and the screws are so small he had a job to grab them as his fingers are quite large (builders hands)!! In the end he made a few of his own adjustments and it is now assembled. Needs looking at by the manufacturer!

Whoever delivered it left it outside in the wet when it would have been easier to put it in the open porch. When I picked it up the package fell open and all the tiny nuts and bolts (that were all loose inside) ended up in the gravel. The top edgings were bent out of shape meaning none of the holes lined up properly so a pair of pliers is advisable. One of the panels had been kinked, either by a size 12 or by having stuff piled on top of it. Once I'd straightened everything out and had it full assembled it wouldn't stand square on level ground. The sides buckled under the heat during its first use. But having said all that it is functional.