Tepee tents

[ollie]

Does anyone know where I can get a single pole tepee tent like the one R.M uses on some of his programmes and is featured in his bushcraft book. Also I believe you can get small colapsable wood burners for the above, any ideas where?

 

[Squidders]

Hi ollie...

There's a thread in the kit section here: http://www.bushcraftuk.net/community/showthread.php?t=5073

They are a little expensive for me though... try ebay for something cheaper :biggthump

 

[hootchi]

Try searching BCUK for moskoselkatan or kata or arran 5 lite. There is quite alot of info because they are fairly popular...

 

[tomtom]

iirc the one ray used in one of his programs was an arran5 lite (though he may have used other on other occasions)

 

[ChrisKavanaugh]

If you are going to pack this unit in a ruck the folding stove is usefull. If you plan any form of portage; sled, pack animal, canoe then a permanent box is vastly superior. All folding stoves leak and are subject to warpage from heat. The lighter guage sheet metals in these stoves is also subject to eventual burnout. Most of the modern stoves use 4" chimneys, vastly superior in performance to the older 3". All of these stoves are great for cooking and heating the tent while the occupants are active (awake) the usual strategy is to get a hot meal into your warmed body and then climb into the sleeping bag.There is a 'cowboy' teepee or range tent. This is a four walled pyramid. It shares the superior heating but NOT the wind shedding superiority of a round teepee in open terrain. If you can ever spend time in a true plains indian teepee do so! I spent 2 nights in one during a blizzard. The main tent actually stops short of the ground with an inner liner forming the floor and lower wall. The wind shoots up this natural flue to the smoke flaps. Along with the rounded surface this makes the design capable of resisting high winds. I'd find a parachute and a sewing machine myself ack:

 

[woodrat]

give me a p.m. and I can give you a list of para. suppliers and some places to get those stoves.

 

[Abbe Osram]

If you are going to pack this unit in a ruck the folding stove is usefull. If you plan any form of portage; sled, pack animal, canoe then a permanent box is vastly superior. All folding stoves leak and are subject to warpage from heat. The lighter guage sheet metals in these stoves is also subject to eventual burnout. Most of the modern stoves use 4" chimneys, vastly superior in performance to the older 3". All of these stoves are great for cooking and heating the tent while the occupants are active (awake) the usual strategy is to get a hot meal into your warmed body and then climb into the sleeping bag.There is a 'cowboy' teepee or range tent. This is a four walled pyramid. It shares the superior heating but NOT the wind shedding superiority of a round teepee in open terrain. If you can ever spend time in a true plains indian teepee do so! I spent 2 nights in one during a blizzard. The main tent actually stops short of the ground with an inner liner forming the floor and lower wall. The wind shoots up this natural flue to the smoke flaps. Along with the rounded surface this makes the design capable of resisting high winds. I'd find a parachute and a sewing machine myself ack:

Hi Chris,
do you think parachute is a good material for a tipi? I was wondering where to find cheap and good material too and they are selling here in town old cargo parachutes.

cheers
Abbe

 

[Viking]

Check out http://www.moskoselkatan.se/ here you can buy both kåtas and fabrics if you want to make your own.

 

[bothyman]

Hi Chris,
do you think parachute is a good material for a tipi? I was wondering where to find cheap and good material too and they are selling here in town old cargo parachutes.
Abbe

I was thinking about the same thing as I have a parachute, but someone said they are not very waterproof??
Does anyone know a good easy way to waterproof them?? or are they like the old cotton tents that you used to get which were waterproof till you touched them then they would start to drip.


MickT

 

[Walkabout]

The trick with parachute material is to have it steep so the water rolls off. I found that 1 bottle of Nikwax spray will make my parachute (6m diameter) as waterproof as a cotton tent (ie dont touch the sides) but obviously more would be better

 

[hootchi]

I think they would be like the old tents but you could proof them with something like nikwax cottonproof. I'm not sure of the material so can only make a general assumption.

Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

 

[big tony]

Been looking for one myself have tryed ebay but no joy not sure if I can justify the £700 for a tent tried to say it could be used for family stuff as well but a khyam flexipod at a quarter of the price and ten times the weight was cast up. You can hire them from Light my fire thinking of trying that to influence financial backer
the manufacturer http://www.moskoselkatan.se/

 

[maddave]

Been looking for one myself have tryed ebay but no joy not sure if I can justify the £700 for a tent tried to say it could be used for family stuff as well but a khyam flexipod at a quarter of the price and ten times the weight was cast up. You can hire them from Light my fire thinking of trying that to influence financial backer
the manufacturer http://www.moskoselkatan.se/

Type LAVVU in your ebay search, there are a couple on there :biggthump

 

[zambezi]

I do not [yet!] have a teepee tent as I have always favoured the geodesic or tunnel variants for stability and simplicity respectively. Latterly I have been drawn to the greater comfort [headroom, possibility of deploying a candle safely, etc] that a teepee offers.

Pricewise, this one from GoLite looks useful:

Does anyone know of a UK retailer of these products?

 

[mmcniven]

I have a Golite Teepee and it is brilliant, been in 70mph winds in the Cairngorms without a problem. Extremely light weight, lighter than a 1 man tent and it will sleep 3. Bought mine from a shop in Kendal cant remember the name but a google search should find it.
Just got a Kifaru teepee with wood burning stove, all lighter than a 2 man mountain tent and even better than the Golite as you have a stove inside which is just brilliant for heating during the winter, alot more expensive but worth every penny.

 

[brucemacdonald]

Are Kifaru tipis available in the UK?

I thought someone had mentioned on a previous thread that they weren't interested in exporting to the UK. The advice was to mail-order to an address in the states and bring it back in the luggage.

Best wishes

Bruce