Blue Rhino Oil Rubbed Bronze Outdoor Firebowl

by Blue Rhino

Product Features

• Oil Rubbed Bronze Bowl with Design provides more heat and more atmosphere
• Easy loading and tending
• Easy lift spark arrestor with hook
• Steel grate improves air flow

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 34 x 40 x 25.2 inches ; 44 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 52 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000T7X8JE
• Item model number: WAD792SP
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,720 in Patio, Lawn & Garden (See Top 100 in Patio, Lawn & Garden)

Product Description

32" Wide oil Rubbed bronze firebowl w/criss-cross design

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

113 of 116 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not as the description states, March 13, 2009

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SJ "Cyclist" (San Jose, CA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Blue Rhino Oil Rubbed Bronze Outdoor Firebowl (Lawn & Patio)

Let me start by saying that this review by no means reflects the great service I received from Amazon. Nevertheless, it's the first item I ever had to ship back to Amazon due to item having significant difference between it's description and what I got.

I also find the reviews to be overly favorable such as "Envy of our Neighborhood" and not reflecting the lack of quality of this unit.

To start, let's talk about "Oil-rubbed Bronze", I was quite excited with anticipation of getting a distinguished fire-pit made of Bronze. What I got instead, was a painted finish over a thin sheet of metal which by no means resembled Bronze. Handles are made of even thinner pliable metal as well, with the same "inexpensive" (reads cheap) painted finish look. The screen on the lid, is also unacceptably thin and can not hold shape to the slightest hand pressure, which makes me wonder how it could ever last after exposure to high heat.

The total weight of this unit is about 44-45 lbs, compare that to an 80-100 lbs unit from your local HW store so you can guess how inexpensively it's made. Metal thickness is quite thin, and comparing to other fire-pits of cast iron or other cast metal, will not withstand continuous exposure to high heat.

In a nutshell, do some research with comparable units or be prepared to be disappointed. I'm also quite disappointed with the positive reviews, as they were the main reason I purchased it in the first place, and also the reason I wanted to write this review to set the record straight.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Oil Rubbed Bronze? Outdoor Firebowl, July 29, 2010

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Erick E. - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blue Rhino Oil Rubbed Bronze Outdoor Firebowl (Lawn & Patio)

Imagine the liability of importing or manufacturing poor quality fire pits? Cheap materials will eventually degrade, break, rust, add the stress caused by heat and these cheap products are a disaster waiting to happen. Would you risk losing your home to a fire?

I guarantee, someone will be calling their lawyer when they have a house fire or neighborhood fire due to poor quality fire pits with "too thin" of a metal structure.

I guess anything to make a buck, right? WRONG. How much are you willing to risk? I believe it pays to buy quality products made with solid materials, and preferably buy Made in USA.

A very experienced Metalworker.

ADDITIONALLY, I can tell from experience this is not Oil Rubbed Bronze. It is a painted finish. Most likely powder coating. It probably really is "Oil Rubbed Bronze............Color"

Powder coatings are named or numbered to reference their color. "Oil Rubbed Bronze" is possibly the color name of the powder coating color which the seller is inferring that the metal in the product is actually Bronze.

As you can see this mis-representation is irritating to me. By the way "TRUE BRONZE METAL IS AN ALLOY OF COPPER AND TIN....IT WON'T RUST" thin sheet metal certainly will rust quickly when exposed to HEAT/FIRE/MOISTURE/COLD.

PLEASE USE CAUTION, YOU MAY HAVE A LOT TO LOSE.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Paulette, September 12, 2011

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Paulette - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Blue Rhino Oil Rubbed Bronze Outdoor Firebowl (Lawn & Patio)

I purchased this 2 years ago, as a Christmas present for my husband. He fell in love with it that Christmas morning, and had to use it right away.

I live in Southern California, where it doesn't rain often. But when it was not in use during that first year it was emptied, and placed in the shed. The paint bubbled / peeled off within the first 3 months (we had fires almost every night). Then I noticed that it was beginning to rust.

The wire grill bent and warped within that first year. As for the top, it rusted pretty bad, the hardware cloth, came apart from the metal circle. Needless to say, it is not used. As for the wire grill, I have to put bricks under it to raise it up from the bottom of the pit, so that the air can circulate under it.

It is near the second year of ownership, and this fire pit is completely covered in rust, the bottom is becoming thin. We still use it, but I know within the next year it will be rusted through. And I will need to figure out a replacement.

would I buy this product again? No.

Would I recommend this product to others? No.