pyramid tent

[wandering1]

Ok so I've been looking at gettin a couple of new tents the Torre Lite for overnight backpacking and a second for those long weekends
Spotted one I like but unsure. It's a Mil-tec 4 man pyramid tipi tent (olive green) will need to add a collar for my stove flue

Anyone else got any exp with this tent

 

[Squidders]

At only 290x270cm in size (assuming i'm looking at the right one) I wouldn't put a stove in it myself. It just doesn't look large enough to host one without being dangerous to anyone or anything inside.

 

[wandering1]

What would you suggest I had looked at a camp feuer tipi
Having no experience with tipis I wasn't sure

 

[sunndog]

I'm 99% sure i'v seen a you tube vid on that tent, with a stove inside....I'll be damned if I can find it but I'm sure its out there

As for tipi recommendations. I like bergans and go-lite lots of sizes to chose from but a bit spendy

 

[Squidders]

Well for a stove inside a tipi it's all about room and space, you can't have the stove too close to the tent fabric and you can't have it too close to you. This does lend itself to looking at larger designs that can offer that space. Space is also good for storing dry wood inside, rather than out. Other things to look at are having a floor or not - When I had a stove in my tipi I had a floor that zipped away so any hot bits that might have fallen out when I added wood would only land on dirt. Of course, you can get a tray under the stove but it's a consideration.

http://www.tamarackoutdoors.co.uk/PBSCProduct.asp?ItmID=9157569 That wouldn't be a bad starting point but much more costly than perhaps expected.

 

[wandering1]

The mil-tec Fourman is an ideal size for me at 290x270 by 220 high I cant see the issue with using a wood burner AMD fitting a flue collar I've seen a tipis around that aren't much bigger with stoves inside.

 

[wandering1]

Yeh the Tamarack is a nice bit of kit but I'm a. Bushy on a budget the mil-Tec is.within my price range
At 3 metre across if I were to pit the stove just right of centre that would negate the problem ofit being close to the fabric and as for the flue collar it would be heat resisting silicone. and I could always ad a secondary collar to the flue. Giving a 2 inch airspace between the flue and tent fabric

 

[Squidders]

I have no doubt you can do it, I wasn't trying to be funny. I was just thinking back to my tentipi safir 9 (a 5.3m tipi) and how insanely hot it got with the stove going even with all that room and the vents open.

 

[sunndog]

I do agree with squidders, i'd rather have a little more room for hot tenting...but it is doable in a smaller space

Keep your stove small and low to the ground for one. If it seems uncomfortably close to the side wall you can add reflectors.
I used to use cheapo shallow baking trays for them

Gotts say I'm not keen on sewn in groundsheets though

 

[wandering1]

I have no doubt you can do it, I wasn't trying to be funny. I was just thinking back to my tentipi safir 9 (a 5.3m tipi) and how insanely hot it got with the stove going even with all that room and the vents open.

No no squid I have no doubt you were trying to be helpfull
Actually u raised a few points i hadn't considered
I just can't see the point of splashing out on a humungeous 8 man tipi when it's only gonna be me and possibly ex-gf's eldest using it

 

[wandering1]

Well in the end I decided to stick with the Torre Lite
But not the miltec pyramid (like squidders mentioned a bit more room to move is better
So considering the Camp Feuer tipi as an alternative might be slightly bigger than I'd like. But even when packed it barely weighs 6 kilo that I can tolerate and being a metre wider. Gives plenty of room for the stove
And it's within my.budget

 

[bilmo-p5]

Cooking your supper in a tent 2.9 x 2.7 x 2.2 will warm it up nicely. Subsequent brew-ups will keep the chill off until bed time

 

[sunndog]

That Camp Feuer one looks pretty good for the money, will we get a review if you get one?

 

[wandering1]

Well I'm ordering the Camp Feuer on Thursday. So it will be field tested (at white rose wood) the reviews I've read so far seem positive
The only way to do a proper review is to set it up and hope it belts it down then

 

[Squidders]

It'll be good to see how it works out for you as that looks like a lot of tent for the money. Incidentally, what stove will you be using?

 

[wandering1]

My homebrewed wood burner...
Atleast I will be if I can finish the MK11

 

[Squidders]

Well lets see it then

Or at least MKI

 

[wandering1]

Yeh I know squidders I have a shed load of photos from my current projects to put up
My desktop is currently.being repaired once its up and running smoothly photos will go u
Aways relied on my ex girlfriends son to do the internut stuff ( dyslexia is a pain ) please be patient

 

[Squidders]

No problem at all.