Infrared heater in a tent/Tipi?

[Miikka]

I was wondering if any of you guys use an infrared heater or some other way of keeping your tents or tipis warm during nights? There are propane powered heaters on the  market at a reasonable weight and price. Stoven is an option but I'd rather not worry about getting the firewood and keeping the thing burning all night.
All input is welcome and thanks on advance.

Miikka

[Hummer3T]

yup..use a little buddy...they have auto shut off for tipping over and low oxegen.  use in morning and for quick warm up...if wet condition propane brings/produces moisture into tent...

[KSshrewman]

Well....
I would strongly suggest to you that you never leave a portable propane heater on while sleeping in a tent, topper, tipi or cabin....Anything enclosed.
I worked for Coleman for 20 yrs and we produced such heaters.  They all produce carbon monoxide which is a silent killer.  Yes you can vent and add oxygen but even that does not eliminate the risk.  Even those with low oxygen sensors...all it takes is a malfunction.  I use these heaters all the time in my tiny cabin....but I turn them on before I climb out of my sleeping bag in morn..and turn them off before I go to sleep.  People will debate this because they use them without issue but carbon monoxide is a gas that reacts and settles differently based on temp, vent, etc. Just takes once.  To me....would never be worth the risk to leave on overnight.
I hope this helps.  I’m not trying to be over bearing or scare anyone.  But from experience I’ve seen many tragedies.  Used correctly and carefully they are treat. Just be careful....

[Tim Finley]

KS shrewman you scare me I use them a lot in my little trailer and tent and leave them on all night with the vent open and the window open now I'm not so sure I should do that  !!

[Hummer3T]

yup never leave on while sleeping!! also...safety features are great but not to be relied on when not attended....sleeping.

[GCook]

There was loss of life due to this last season here in Texas.  Three generations.  Grandad, his son and his son's son.  Get you a quality sleeping bag and stay warm in that.  Turn it on when you wake up to get ready in the morning.   
The key is to have ventilation but be awake when the heater is on.

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[jhinaz]

I totally agree with KSshrewman, never run it while sleeping (and make sure you have proper ventilation when you are running it).
I narrowly escaped carbon monoxide poisoning TWICE during one of my hunting trips while running the catalytic heater all night with no ventilation, but I didn't know what it was until later. Both times I woke with severe dizziness and headache which lasted all morning. When I got home from hunting I went to the doctor for a checkup, including treadmill, and everything was 'golden'. My tent was a nylon dome tent with nylon floor and nylon fly over it, and all windows and door zipped tight against the cold......absolutely no ventilation!
I was very lucky to have survived it. - John

[Macatawa]

Good thread!
Important information here. 

[neuse]

I have many times, the heater has a low O2 shut off and a tip over shut off.
I also use a carbon monoxide alarm in my tent.

[Jon Stewart]

NOPE

[Roger Norris]

Never in a million years would I use a propane heater while I was sleeping. They freak me out when used in a pop up blind during January hunts.

If you do it, it will eventually kill you. Please do not.

[Ron LaClair]

I have a small wood stove for my tent. My bunk is close enough so I can reach it to put in more wood if needed without getting out of the sack. Wood heat is warm and safe. Like everyone has told you, don't run a gas heater all night. 

That's my tent on the left with the stove pipe 



 

[Roger Norris]

I have a small wood stove for my tent. My bunk is close enough so I can reach it to put in more wood if needed without getting out of the sack. Wood heat is warm and safe. Like everyone has told you, don't run a gas heater all night. 

That's my tent on the left with the stove pipe 

Find that stove and pipe will ya? I need it for my Baker tent.

[76Aggie]

No way will I burn at night.  I am just paranoid on the issue.  I have a small wood stove in my Tipi which has a stack but I don't even try to burn it all night.  Too easy to stay warm in a good bag and fire up the stove when we get up.  Please be safe.

[Ron LaClair]

No way will I burn at night.  I am just paranoid on the issue.  I have a small wood stove in my Tipi which has a stack but I don't even try to burn it all night.  Too easy to stay warm in a good bag and fire up the stove when we get up.  Please be safe.

You can have an open fire in a tipi but it doesn't heat like a stove.I had a sheet metal stove that I used in my Tipi when it was really cold. At a muzzleloading Rendezvous one year in February we had 7 men in the tipi sleeping like spokes on a wheel...feet to the stove. In a tipi you only need one length of stovepipe that goes above the liner, the smoke is drawn out the opening in the top.   

[Jon Stewart]

Another way to stay /sleep cold in a tent is to sleep on a cot. Air circulates around you when you do this. Sleep on some sort of padding on the floor.  I also sleep with a skull cap on.

[Ron LaClair]

Git yersef a good buffler robe

[TIM B]

I need one of them Ron!!  But I ain't seen no buff lately
Tim B

[wingnut]

There is a vented propane stove on the market that may work.  It's from Nu-Way but only produces 28,000 BTU.

It's designed for ice fishing shacks and Alaska tent and awning tents.

Mike

[Sam McMichael]

I am more afraid of carbon monoxide than I am of the cold. I have known of problems happening, even with the "safe" heaters. I just don't trust them.