The difference between oh and ah?

Looking at replacing a traditional outdoor fire pit with a solo stove. The current bowl shaped pit is almost 48” in diameter, which doesn’t matter a crazy amount because I can barely get enough airflow to get a good fire rolling in half of it.

Other than liking the Solo stove product, I am mainly interested in replacing the current fire pit because I have a toddler, and I like the idea of having the surround, which would give me 2 seconds to stop him from jumping in the fire vice the zero margin of error I have now. Also, having a place to put a beverage would be nice. My only wish, is the surround has storage for tools.

All that said, I like the idea of more space, the Canyon has an interior diameter of 27.5” while the Yukon “only” has 23”. I can appreciate the goal is not to be able to lay the wood flat in the stove, but 23” just seems restrictive. I know plenty of people have them, and they obviously work.

I hate the fact that to get a Canyon, I have to go to a third party, and I hate even more that to buy one (at least what I have found) is it comes in a bundle with a stand and cover, all things useless to me because I can’t use them with the surround.

I hate that the surround for the Yukon is the same as the canyon, because I just think that means there is a 1.5 inch gap between the stove and surround all around.

So, Canyon, and Yukon 30” owners, is it worth it? Yukon owners, do you ever want for 4.25 more inches?