Polish army tent - Lavvu on a budget ?

[MikeE]

Bought mine from eBay too, (UK site, £19.99 so a little more expensive than some) but really pleased when it arrived!
Seems as new, claimed to be unissued and halves were dated '82 and '86!
Really good matched dark olive colour. I've used far worse canvas tents in my time and this looks excellent quality for the price. Can't wait to use it in a week or so! Hopefully I'll machine sew the arm flaps shut and sort out shock cords for guys and maybe door closure? The pegs are strange with a curve to them but I think I'll try them as is, they would appear to use a "cantilever" action to hold better. Already green duct taped the poles which deadens the brightness. Any other suggestions?

Nowhere near the size of my Hex3 though, good for 1, 1.5 or 2 at a pinch!

 

[nolightweight]

Got a fresh link to an eBay seller MikeE?

They are well built kit. They have never been issued in my opinion, certainly the ones that we are receiving now as released surplus. One half of mine still had a card label on!

Don't know about other folk but the oldest date on mine was 1976. You've got an '82 and '86 so logically they were manufactuing this kit for 10 years or more; and unissued so on a QM's shelf and stored for that time.

Warsaw Pact, cold war kit. Tough as possible, simples as possible.

You can mod this gear as much or as little as you want. I really like mine a lot.

Woods time in a few days and I'm looking forward to it with this kit.

Happy days with the thoughts and ideas folks. Nice one.

 

[Mesquite]

Got a fresh link to an eBay seller MikeE?

I'd be interested in that as well... my resolve is weakening fast in the light of temptation and such rave reviews

 

[MikeE]

eBay item number is 220494764727. I placed a bid of £19.99 and won, there is postage on top though, unfortunately. Still happy with cost and quality though. The supplier had more than one though!

 

[Mesquite]

Ruddy hell.... they've gone already as well

 

[Logit]

they are going fast.......

I might have missed it in the discussions, but has anyone thought about using a small firebox to heat the lavvu?

 

[Mesquite]

That's it, I give up..... I've gone and bought one Just have to wait for it to be delivered now and figure out a good excuse for the wife as to why I needed it. I think the best one so far is it's all Shewies fault

The guy has got 9 more for those at are interested. Here's the link. He is going to be wondering why so many are being bought by folks from england all of a sudden.

 

[eel28]

figure out a good excuse for the wife as to why I needed it.

Still working on that one here too

 

[nolightweight]

they are going fast.......

I might have missed it in the discussions, but has anyone thought about using a small firebox to heat the lavvu?

There are one or two folk on here that have been looking at that option.
Any updates guys?

I am as well and been on the lookout for suitable 'bits' ;-)

I'm saving my decision for after the next meet when I've had a few more nights in it.

 

[Twodogs]

How about a honey stove ( or similer ) with a reflector in the door way that would give some heat and light into the tent.

Twodogs

 

[Mesquite]

How about a honey stove ( or similer ) with a reflector in the door way that would give some heat and light into the tent.
Twodogs

I was thinking along those lines as well.

It wouldn't take much to heat it up and honey stoves do punch out a fair bit of heat. Only disadvantage is have to feed it continually

 

[Glen]

I'm wondering how long I'm going to hold out before I end up buying one.

A bit of lateral thinking...
If your using it car camping why not have a stove outside and feed a chimney through the arm holes, wrapping some fire blanket around the chimney where it goes through. This will provide heat by convection and radiation without having the worry of carbonmonoxide build up inside, after all a small volume teppee shouldn't require too much heat anyway.
You could always lag the chimney from stove to entry hole, with spare fireblanket, even the firebox itself to a great extent. Then you just need the stove ticking over, depending on the size of stove you may only need to refuel it every few hours.

 

[Shewie]

I was thinking along those lines as well.

It wouldn't take much to heat it up and honey stoves do punch out a fair bit of heat. Only disadvantage is have to feed it continually

I'm going to try my hurricane lamp first as it kicks out a good bit of heat on the sly, I was toying with maybe bbq charcoal bricks or coal for the honey stove. Probably wouldn't take as much tending that way.

 

[nolightweight]

I like the Honey stove idea.

Going to dig about and try a few things at the meet this week and post what works well on here.

Good ideas though folks. Nice one.

 

[MartinK9]

I like the Honey stove idea.

Going to dig about and try a few things at the meet this week and post what works well on here.

Good ideas though folks. Nice one.

And if that don't work, I'll post-it your kit

 

[rik_uk3]

Do you need to heat these little tents in UK temps? I use a gas or paraffin lantern in my Hex and they through out enough heat to take off the chill.

I won't use charcoal, after Hurricane Katrina a good few people died after using charcoal indoors during power failures.

 

[eel28]

finally bit the bullet and told the mrs about the tent that was packed in a box in the shed, so have been able to have a proper look at it, the two halves are dated 1980 and 1985.

not yet had a chance to put it up, will rectify that next weekend, but have noticed that one of the buttons is broken - not really a major problem though as i'm sure a spare can be 'found' from an old pair of combats (assuming the Mrs hasn't thrown them away already!)

 

[addo]

I let the word Tent slip the other day. Mine was hiding too

"Tent...Tent...What tent :sulkoff:

 

[Aragorn]

i find it's best to be up front and honest with the misses and when she say's no just keep wearing her down every day...can i have a new tent,can i have a new tent,can i have a new tent,can i have a new tent,can i have a new tent mines on it's way

 

[Twodogs]

Bad drills, you need work out a deal system with your femm,
you want this , I want that ...deal done everyones happy ...lol
Twodogs