Stove options for tents - a compilation

[Leakydiff]

I have had a tentipi 9 for 3 years now. Used it to safari through Namibia,Botswana,Zambia and RSA. Slept in it for most nights for 3 months with wife and small child. 2 Older kids slept in back of Landrover. No problems with cold for all this time-had stove on standby but was never needed.
This year I used it for 2 weeks with temp just below 0 most nights. Kept tent very comfortable for whole night and just needed to open damper in the morning to make tea.
The only question I have about the stove is wether the leg attachments(spot welding),will be robust enough. OtherwiseA! stove.

 

[thingswelike]

Hi Leakydiff (sounds bad!) Is that the Tentipi stove you're referring to?
I'm assuming that the stove top on that can fit a small billy, but not much else - is that right?
Cheers
Alex

 

[Leakydiff]

Yep,that is the tentipi stove.
The moniker is due to my mode of transport-a Series 3 Lan
die that has seen a large part of Southern Africa. 15000 miles in 6 months and back to UK in a container.
Still leaks a little bit of oil at rear pinion seal in spite of skinned knuckles

 

[thingswelike]

6 months with 3 kids - well done to you! We managed 6 months in a campervan in New Zealand with one 2yearold. I think we're waiting until the new addition is 2yo before we do anything similar.
Cheers
Alex

 

[Leakydiff]

I went back to my stove after all the posts about the bottom falling off. There seems to be 2 issues here. 1-the bind where the bottom part meets the barrel of the stove.This is attached with a presure band and then 2 studs as added safety. I must say that I cannot see how this can give way iff correctly tightened. 2-the bottom itself. This is folded over all around with a skirt of 8mm.Also then spot welded. As the fire is not directly in touch with the bottom,I cannot see how this can let go. To clarify,there is a small tripod over the airvent in the bottom that the fire rests on.

The bottom part that is attached with the pressure band can be romoved to attach a diesel burning bottom. I have this,but have never used it.

As to cooking abilities-yes only a kettle or 1 medium sized pot.

I have accidently not closed airvent after filling stove for the night and then woke up to a totally red and creaking stove. It stood up to this abuse with no problems.

 

[thingswelike]

Thanks for the detailed report Leakydiff

 

[thingswelike]

Just a quick note to say that I have had a couple of confirmed reports of having the Kifaru stoves, tents and parts (the chimney on it's own) direct from Kifaru. They had previously been uninterested, but it seems that they are now shipping overseas.
Cheers
Alex

 

[thingswelike]

Another addition - a better link to the Fourdog stoves page. I've no idea why the main site doesn't take you here...
http://www.fourdog.com/cat

 

[thingswelike]

Another addition - nice looking heavyweight stoves. Seem reasonably priced too (compared to some). No other info.
http://www.moosecamp.nl/kachel/kachels.html

 

[thingswelike]

As you can tell, I'm looking in ernest for a stove now.
Fourdog is still top of the list for me but here's another interesting one

Fibi-style ZELTOFEN
Attractive but expensive. I quite like the vertical design too, especially as there is still room for a pot on top. £470!
http://www.fibistyle.ch/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=22&Itemid=47

 

[thingswelike]

I was speaking to Caspar at Nordic Outdoor today and he mentioned that Tentipi were replacing their stove design. This new version is expected in April and looks more suited to cooking (although they also mention improved heating too).

Interesting design - I'm not an expert on fire dynamics, can someone explain whether having an oval bottom for the ashes/timber to fall into has advantages?

Prices are cheaper too - they seem to start from about £375 for steel (dearer for stainless steel) but these aren't confirmed yet.

Here's the pic

You read it here first! (maybe)

Don't know whether I can hold off until April though - I fancy camping out this winter. I suppose a firebox might do in the meantime, but I'm more likely to just go for a fourdog/parp industrie/windy smithy stove straight away.

 

[SOAR]

The top looks a bit thin for me, it would be interesting to see how many pots you could get on there. I like the design if it has an ash tray it would be handy, but in my opinion they are not essential. I quite like the daily ritual of emptying the the stove of ash.

Simon.

 

[SOAR]

Just noticed the door, not to keen on the idea of it opening up like that.

 

[thingswelike]

There's quite a few unusual features - the door at the chimney end for one.
The way the chimney slides in looks interesting - I'm guessing most of the others simply rely on gravity/interference fit.
I don't know whether they all do this, but the back of the door seems to direct the air to the bottom of the stove.
The other unique thing is the mixture of welds and pop-rivets (unless that's just a prototype thing).

 

[SOAR]

I know my HELsport directs the aid down from the door vent then at the pipe end the smoke is directed up the tube. not sure how this will work with the door at the pipe end unless there is a channel or floor for the air to reach the back of the stove and then out the tube?.

 

[thingswelike]

yes - I'd like to see inside too.

 

[SOAR]

Got to admit I am getting to like the look of the stove more and more as I look at it.

 

[thingswelike]

BTW - did I meet you at delamere in the end? I should be there on 7/8/9 Sept too.

 

[antwerpman]

I own the campfirestove and used it during two winters. I am very satisfied with it; non corrosive steel. Because of the chimney assembly no sparks and it heats very well.I like the four dogs stoves very much because of the baffle and the sturdy airtight construction, but indeed rather heavy. But I assume they would burn the whole night. The campfire stove would go for maximum 2 hours , closed down and a big log of wood in it. I absolutely didn't like the old tentipi stove , the new one looks a lot better

 

[thingswelike]

Hi Antwerpman
What size tent are you heating, and how well did it heat it?
Everyone in America seems to assume I'm going to be camping in Alaska or something