I've had some people reach out to me asking about an update on the fire pit.
Everything is great. There are some very minor surface rust, which I correct easily with rust "transformer" type spray and high temp black paint. Everything is still awesome. One bit of advice: if the carabiner they include really, IMO, isn't that great of quality. after a little while, you can tell it was deforming because you cold no longer open it with the load of the cauldron on it. I went to the local sporting good store and bought a climbing carabiner.... a few months later, it's still good. I looped the chain and hooked it up with the old carabiner as an insurance policy. But otherwise, still recommended!