Works great, gets super hot. There's no smoke as the wood burns; albeit when you're starting the fire.
I've only used it once, I noticed that one of the logs was close to the metal on the side and it started discoloring the metal as it burned on the inside. Not sure if that will be a long term issue or something I need to worry about.
But, overall I think it does the job; we put this on our deck and it didn't cause any issues. For families, I was worried about my kids touching their feet against the metal while they sat in chairs. I made them put shoes on just in case.
Portability: I suppose you can bring it around? Apparently there's an ash tray or something to dump out ashes. It's a little heavy, I wouldn't carry it too far from where ever you're transporting from. You could bring it to a friend's house; not necessarily go hiking with it.
The cover has the words upside down, idk what genius designed that, but that's my only pet peeve. All around I'd rate it a 4 out of 5.