There is nothing quite like being able to dry your boots and gloves and then falling asleep with the stove glowing orange and the inside nice and toasty when the temps are 15-20deg outside.
Yes there is something even better! It's doing the same when it's about 20 degrees colder.
Edit: if I could get it to burn longer life would really be good.
True but it's all in your mindset. If you think of a tent stove as being similar to a woodstove in your house, you'll always be disappointed, they just won't have the burn time. Partially because you can't put big hunks of wood in and partially because it's hard to make themairtight.
I think of them as an indoor campfire in a box. And I'm never disappointed.
