VIVOHOME 6ft Firewood Storage

Is the VIVOHOME 6ft Firewood Storage worth buying?

Yes, the VIVOHOME 6ft Firewood Storage is worth £89.99 for a household that burns most evenings through winter and wants the rack and a fitted cover to turn up in the same box. The 182.9 cm frame takes about 788 litres of logs, the cover is 600D Oxford with a zip, and 3,739 owners rate the pair 4.3, which is the deepest set of buyer feedback of any store this size.

It is the wrong buy for a patio that cannot spare 183 cm of wall, or for someone who gets through two bags of logs a week rather than a cubic metre a month. That gardener does the same job with the NALONE 4FT at £39.99 and keeps £50.

How much firewood does the VIVOHOME 6ft Firewood Storage actually hold?

About 788 litres: 183 cm of length against 123 cm of height and 35 cm of depth gives 787,815 cm3, and at £89.99 that is roughly 11p a litre. In practice that is 0.79 m3, which covers a good chunk of a winter for a log burner used most evenings, and it arrives in one drop rather than three.

The 35.1 cm depth is the number to remember before you order wood. One row of logs sits front to back, so 183 cm of width is what sets the capacity, and split logs cut to around 30 cm drop in and stack level without poking through the cover. Buy longer logs and they lie across the frame instead of down inside it.

What comes with the VIVOHOME 6ft Firewood Storage and how easy is it to live with?

The box holds the steel rack, the matching cover and the fittings; the cover carries a PU outer layer with a PVC inner layer, and it closes with a zip rather than ties. The frame is 1.2 mm steel tube under a double powder coating and stands on the ground as a floor-mounted unit, so it goes against a wall rather than hanging on one.

At 10.3 kg the empty frame is light enough to walk into position before you load it, and then it becomes a heavy, immovable stack you fill where it stands. Downward air vents in the cover let condensation out instead of holding it against the wood, and the fabric brushes clean when green algae or dust settle on it. Assembly is required, and the cover fits only in one orientation, so build the rack the right way round first.

Where does the VIVOHOME 6ft Firewood Storage fall short?

The 35.1 cm depth is the real ceiling here. Any log much over 30 cm has to be cut down or stacked at an angle, and a full 183 cm run of long, knotty rounds never sits as neatly as the frame allows.

It is also the priciest way to store wood on value alone, at roughly 11p a litre against 3p for the VOUNOT. And with a single open frame there is no shelf, no kindling tray and nowhere to keep an axe, so odds and ends end up on the ground beside it.

Finally, 183 cm of length is a commitment. On a narrow side return or a balcony, the frame will not fit at all, however good the cover is.

How does the VIVOHOME 6ft Firewood Storage compare with the NALONE and the VOUNOT?

Against the NALONE 4FT at £39.99, the VIVOHOME costs £50 more and stores about 288 litres more, roughly 788 against 500, and both come with a waterproof cover. The NALONE adds a carry bag and hooks for the tongs, poker, broom and shovel, and 919 owners rate it 4.0, so it wins on tools and footprint while the VIVOHOME wins on capacity.

Against the VOUNOT at £29.49, the VIVOHOME costs £60.50 more and stores about 132 litres less, roughly 788 against 920. The VOUNOT answers to 1,250 owners at 3.6, the weakest score in the upper half of the field, while the VIVOHOME's 3,739 owners average 4.3. Buy the VIVOHOME if you want the better-built, better-rated frame and a zip cover; buy the VOUNOT if litres per pound is the whole decision.