Warming a tent?
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just an idea but what about a couple of heated rocks from the fire wrapped in a t-shirt or towell etc. i'v never done it, thoughts?
In a larger well vented tent (eg lavvu with top open), a Vapalux lantern as Rik says gives out plenty of heat for me, but the smart answer has to be a small double skinned tent - amazingly warm just on its own with body heat
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I much prefer the good old hot water bottle. If it's very cold I usually have one for my torso and one for my feet. A hot water bottle needs to be wrapped in an insualting jacket or it loses heat too quick;y, so at first you'll be much too hot, in any sleeping bag, and then by early morning the bottle will be too cool to be much use.
Even well wrapped in cloth a hot water bottle still gives out ten to twenty watts, and with a couple of them In a four/five season bag anywhere above about minus ten degrees that will be much too much heat for most people. One advantage of using hot water bottles is that you can use the water to wash in the morning. Another is that if you use something like a Kelly kettle to make the hot water it takes almost no fuel to make yourself really toasty warm all night.
Hot water bottles don't last very long, I've had some fail after less than a year, so make sure you get good ones and change them before you think you need to. THe last thing you want is to wake up in the middle of the night in a pool of tepid water.
i slept in the woods the outher night and used a mini hot water bottle i bought it from poundland 2 mini hot water bottles in the pack bargain
I've got one of these (the small one) ...
http://www.titaniumgoat.com/stoves.html
Breaks down to an A4 size pack about an inch thick, weighs under two kilos. I've burnt it in and just have to get the heat-proof panel sewn into the tent (Golite Shangri-la 4).
Pricey but should last for years (won't corrode) plus free fuel!
http://www.titaniumgoat.com/stoves.html
Breaks down to an A4 size pack about an inch thick, weighs under two kilos. I've burnt it in and just have to get the heat-proof panel sewn into the tent (Golite Shangri-la 4).
Pricey but should last for years (won't corrode) plus free fuel!
I just want to ask this again? I have a couple of these from when I go snowboarding and never thought to use them whilst camping, has anyone done so?
I love the look of this set up. Practical only with cycling, car camping or motorcycling, but excellent, none the less. How cosy is this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvoRyeFHaac
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvoRyeFHaac
yup me
one of them in between thighs as going to sleep is very cosy.
not too bad tucked under your feet is another good one.
course only using them one at a time allows you to replace it when its run out of charge but i am usually asleep by then or comfortably warm
Ditto! Great by product of cooking on a Cobb, is the 'free' heater long into the evening
Propane and double burner stove...
What cooker is that and where did you buy it?
I looks really good, does it work as well as it looks?
Knowing you it probably cost about a grand.
- It wasn't cheap. But it's a brill little stove. If you're bored and want a read...
http://www.britishblades.com/forums...uot-Cook-Partner-quot-Expedition-Stove-Review.
It doesnt do anything a cheap 2 burner stove would do, it's just really, really well made (it's hand fabricated/welded).
Yes, I've used them a few times, but the heat is very localised and you have to move them around a bit to get any benefit. I've got loads of the things, because a friend had a bag full of them he was chucking out.
If you're bored and want a read...
http://www.britishblades.com/forums...uot-Cook-Partner-quot-Expedition-Stove-Review.
It doesnt do anything a cheap 2 burner stove would do, it's just really, really well made (it's hand fabricated/welded).
Thanks for the info, it's on February's shopping list
You could always try one of these.
Chopper, how is that Big Horn II tent holding up, has it lasted well? One is still on my wish list.
It's as good today as it was when we first bought it, and has been used one hell of a lot.
Does anyone know if pure bees wax candles are toxic? And if so how bad/good against regular candles? Would be interested I'n knowing if I could cut down on the ventilation required to improve the heat!
Good man, I want one but my hobbies have expanded so its all down to priorities just now but I will get one, just a matter of when
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