Stove in Tents?

[Kingsnake]

Hey Gang . . .this is a shameless re-attack to a previous thread where I requested input on tents (wall tents vs others).

All of the advice I received on that thread was very helpful, and I think I am starting to narrow my tent choices a bit.  I do keep coming back to this image of tents with stoves inside.  I guess I'm getting old or something, but I like to be RELATIVELY comfortable when I'm out there.  Since I had previously mentioned I am trying to transition from a cozy cabin with showers, kitchen, wood stove, and satellite TV, I thought a tent with a little wood stove in it might help ease the pain.

I welcome all recommendations (including those that tell me to just "cowboy up" and deal with the cold).  

Kingsnake

[Yellow Dog]

Douglas, I'll be watching this one too. I've been doing alot of research myself on tents and stoves recently. I've narrowed down my tent of choice, just laying back waiting the right price, and I was looking for the right stove to put in it. All the people in the know tell me a Four Dogs stove would be on the top of their list.

[Yellow Dog]

Oops, double post with the darn IPad.

[onewhohasfun]

Nice stove for sale in the camping classifieds right now.

[larry]

love a tent with a stove

[JAG]

I've got a Davis "Herder" tent, with stove jack.  It's basically a pole tent, center pole and corner poles, 11'x11' at bottom, 4' walls, windows on sides, doors front and back, stove jack and a port for an A/C.
I built a barrel stove out of a stainless beer keg.  If you're not careful, with the fire it will heat you to where you'll head outside.  Once you learn how to fire the thing right, its wonderful.
My wife will even camp with me during the cold weather, rather than taking her horse trailer w/living quarters.
I'll probably get a "real" stove sometime in the future, one that will pak pipes and all together.
I do lay a ground tarp and cover it with carpet, for a bit extra foot comfort.
I really like my little home for the woods!
JAG/Johnny

[mark stella]

I got a 17' GP small Army Tent with the newer nylon canvas. I heat it with a big buddy propane heater. We stay 2 straight weeks in a wilderness area here in WV. Coldest it got was 18 degrees this past november. Saves a lot of time from cutting, splitting, and tending a wood stove. Leaves more time for hunting in our camp. Most of all we stay warm and are quite comfortable. Turn it on when you need it and turn it off when you don't. Just make sure to vent the tent properly.

[TSchirm]

I didn't see the other thread you talked about, but if you are not packing in, and are camping at a trailhead or by a road, I would suggest a canvas wall tent and wood stove.  I have camped in them in the rockies and the Pacific northwest, and they are dry, warm and comfortable.  
A good alternative (less expense) to buying a wood stove is to scrounge up an empty 30 gallon barrel and buy a kit that converts the barrel into a stove. I think you can get the kit for around $50.  
This also is if you have the room to transport this, although my friends and I that use these barrel stoves put things in the stove during transport to save room.
A wall tent and stove combination is the most comfortable camp I have been in.
Just a thought.

[Kingsnake]

Thanks, all.  I did stay in a tent one evening that had a propane or some other form of heating unit in it, but I (and the other three guys staying there) woke up and headed outside to puke in the middle of the night.  Not sure if this was some kind of CO leak or bad trout, but it "scarred" me.  

Probably not packing in, but there is a section of National Forest near me that does not open the roads until gun season.  So, if I want to camp at the bottom, then hike up before sunrise, no packing in needed.  Otherwise, my options get real limited.

Kingsnake

[possumbutch]

I like pantherprimitives.com

[The Night Stalker]

If your not packing, I would go with the canvas wall tent as mentioned above.  Also consider,Look at the kifaru 8 man with a large stove, plenty of room.

[Orion]

I have a 9x12 canvas wall tent with a Kozy Camp wood stove.  Also have a Kifaru tepee with a breakdown stove.  In truth, I seldom use the stove.  It's very nice for drying out during a stretch of wet weather though.  

Sure missed it several years ago on an Idaho elk hunt.  Truck was packed to the hilt and we couldn't fit in the stove.  What's the diff, right.  September.  How bad could it get.  Pretty bad we found out.  Temps in the 30s, and rained and/or snowed and sleeted for the first 8 days of the hunt.  We and just about all of our clothes were pretty wet by the end of the third day.  Only had a coleman lantern to warm the tent.  That wasn't enough.  One of the toughest hunts I've been on.

[Kingsnake]

Orion-  Since most of my hunts (and other camping adventures) will be within a few hours of the nation's capitol, I suppose I could rely on a good sleeping bag, then stoke an outdoor fire as needed.

Kingsnake

[BRIARS]

We used propane heater for years in a tent without any problems. Most of the time we would turn it off when we went to sleep then the first old man to get up and pee in the morning had to fire it back up.

On the cold windy nights we just turned it down low and it worked great. This was in a big tent that would hold 8 army cots. You learned quick not to get too close to the heater. you would be throwing covers off and getting a sun burn from the glow..

[Jock Whisky]

http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa478/JockWhisky/woodstove003-1_zps7973fcaf.jpg

Wall tents and wood stoves go together like bows and arrows and/or beer and pizza. The wood heat also dries wet clothing very efficiently.

I had my stove made from a 100 pound propane tank. The 5 inch stovepipe and the four screw-on legs fit inside for travel. If you or a buddy are handy with a welder give it a try.

JW

[fujimo]

i have a sibley tent from "bell tent uk" and a simms folding stove from montana. kifaru also sell some awesome folding stoves.
i love the bell tent- takes one person a few minutes (literally) to pitch- built in heavy duty bath groundsheet, and  bug netting . very wind and snow resistant- very waterproof canvas- i love it. affordable and easy to ship into n. america- they do it all the time. a way under utilised tent style- used wall tents exclusively in the past- they are great- but take a little effort to get them rigged properly with ridge pole and eave poles etc- and snow can be an issue with them.
 i bought the 5meter delux one, paid $700
  http://www.belltent.co.uk/index.php  
check them out!!!
what i love best about them, is that pitching in the rain or snow or wind is so easy,:open the tent, put the tent bottom/groundsheet pegs in, go inside- push up the center pole, voila!! get the gear and people in, then go around the ouside, and do the few guys- pull it nice and snug, takes 5 mins, and you're good to go.
they look kinda like a cross between a tipi and a wall tent!!

[statikpunk]

I have been eyeing the kifaru teepee tents for a loooonngg time, big enough for a couple friends and still light enough to pack if you need to.  but man are they expensive!

[pete p]

kingsnake, check out snowtrekkertents.com  these guys are fanatics about winter camping in canvas tents. made up here in the north woods. they have stoves on the website too. i've been in one, great quality

[Biathlonman]

Here's some photos of my Kifaru Sawtooth and EdT roll up stove (www.edtsbackcountry.com).  I've had the box stoves from Kiaru (that Ed designed and made for Kifaru), but think the roll up works better and is lighter.  Whole kit with tent and stove is perfect for two guys in the backcountry and weighs under 7 lbs.  Stove pipe is really long for this tent but it serves double duty with my brother's 6 man tipi to.
 
 

[fujimo]

those sawtooth's are my favourite small tent- now if it was just made in a light weight canvas- it would be awesome.
very pricey though.