4 men in an 8 man tipi

[Chirogrow]

I'm wondering how this would work and with a stove? can anyone give me some feedback on peoples experience with how much or little room there is sleeping let alone having people put gear on.
thanks!

 

[Gunnersdad49]

With level ground, you should be able to do it pretty easily. The guys closest to the stove will get pretty warm, and there won't be a ton of room for gear or firewood. If I were to do that, I'd have the guys stack their sleeping pads and bags during the day so you have room to sit in there during crummy weather.

If you tape a circle on the ground with a 16' diameter, you will have an idea of the space you are working with. Keep in mind the edges taper out from the center pole, so you have very little useable space at the extreme outer circumference. The stove probably needs about a 3' diameter "hot zone" too.

 

[KChunter71]

No, for me. The 4th guy would need a solo tent. 3 max with stove

 

[Gunnersdad49]

No, for me. The 4th guy would need a solo tent. 3 max with stove

Better yet, have the other guy buy a 6 man or a Sawtooth so you have more options in the future.

 

[KChunter71]

Here is 3 with gear. 4th guy will be at the door.

 

[Clarence]

It's doable for sure, but not ideal. I would take a tarp and keep gear out of the tipi if doing so. You better really like these fellas!

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[TreeWalking]

As noted, will get crowded and one or two of you will be much closer to the heat. Any of the 4 snore? Get up to take a leak two or more times a night? I am all for hanging out with my buddies to watch the football game but spending the night is a whole different tipi of snores.

 

[John Havard]

Only if you want to spoon in a dual sleeping bag. Divide the "man rating" by 4 and that gets you to the max number of people with gear you can comfortably fit inside of a tipi.

 

[Kevin Dill]

Have done 4 men in an 8-man when it was suddenly needed....2 nights. Extremely tight and uncomfortable. There's no way I'd ever go with even 3 men inside an 8-man....with the stove...for an extended trip of more than say 5 days. Even then I would have a plan for all possible gear to be stowed outside under a tarp.

 

[Steve O]

Oh it can be done. With backpacking soy boy bodies. Tipis don’t have a ton of useable space and my 8 man is gone because of that. It was great for two guys and a squeeze for 3. I can’t imagine living with 4 normal guys in one. I’d say you could survive it.

 

[Chirogrow]

Oh it can be done. With backpacking soy boy bodies. Tipis don’t have a ton of useable space and my 8 man is gone because of that. It was great for two guys and a squeeze for 3. I can’t imagine living with 4 normal guys in one. I’d say you could survive it.

"soy boy bodies" hahaha classic!

 

[Chirogrow]

This specific page has saved my hide on a few hunts when I thought I had it all planned out so I appreciate the feed back and looks like we'll just have people split up.

 

[Kevin Dill]

Depending on your exact trip (planned) and the environmental conditions, going with 2 shelters often makes good sense. It gives you a backup shelter if one gets damaged. At that point you can shoehorn everyone into one shelter (hopefully) instead of being shelter-less.

A side bennie is the marked reduction in overall farting, snoring and night-peeing.

 

[mtnbiker208]

8 man is taja maha for 2 people. just not enough room for more.
this was from a recent float trip with a 8 man tipi.

 

[SaltySailor]

Bring a 10x10 sil tarp with you that can be set up with trekking poles. We do this on sheep hunts and call it 'The Garage'. I take it with us when we go out for the day for emergency shelter as it is light. When we get back to camp it sets up quick with some trekking poles, and we toss our packs and excess gear under it. Bonus is - with open ends you can set up damp clothes underneath and the breeze dries em out while keeping them out of the rain.

 

[AKDoc]

It's an interesting and very practical discussion guys...my SO 4-man can sleep two for the night, but I've primarily used it solo and/or comfortably as a day shelter for two to get out of the wind/rain on extended/drop camp hunts...I really do like that tipi, especially with the wood stove going!

Side-bar: Excluding back-packing and mountain hunts, I don't know how you guys share a tent on extended trips! We always have separate 2-man tents that we use solo...and thankfully add the tipi on extended trips as mentioned. After way too many near sleepless nights, I reached a point quite a few years ago that I do not share a tent with anyone but a family member (excluding emergencies). I made one exception a few years ago and shared my SO 4-man with a friend on a very remote 10-day pack-raft float....never, never again. I slept with ear-plugs the first couple of nights, but bailed on that idea because it was stupid given that we were in an area truly loaded with grizzlies. At first light one morning midway through the trip a young boar was huffing right outside the tipi in unison with my friend's hellacious snoring...it was just 10yds from the tipi and bluff charged even closer when I stood-up through the unzipped top of the door with my pistol...but that's another story and I've already been off topic...my apologies to the OP. BTW, it ended well for me and the bear.

 

[Chirogrow]

I've taken my sawtooth to alaska twice and we always had a small tent for gear and it slept my buddy and I just fine with the stove set up as well. It's not super spacious but I never felt like it was that bad either. Now that I'm a lot more comfortable in the outdoors I don't mind camping out solo or having my own tent and a buddy has his own. I'll admit that when i first starting taking longer hunts I liked the idea of a shared tent just because I was uneasy with all the noises at night and I just didn't feel like I was going to get eaten having another person just a few feet away. From a newer outdoorsman standpoint I can see the reason why they wouldn't want to have their own tent till they're more comfortable.

 

[AKDoc]

I've taken my sawtooth to alaska twice and we always had a small tent for gear and it slept my buddy and I just fine with the stove set up as well. It's not super spacious but I never felt like it was that bad either. Now that I'm a lot more comfortable in the outdoors I don't mind camping out solo or having my own tent and a buddy has his own. I'll admit that when i first starting taking longer hunts I liked the idea of a shared tent just because I was uneasy with all the noises at night and I just didn't feel like I was going to get eaten having another person just a few feet away. From a newer outdoorsman standpoint I can see the reason why they wouldn't want to have their own tent till they're more comfortable.

Excellent point sir...very well said, and it makes good sense within that context.

 

[Kevin Dill]

I know a couple guys who hunted together many years in Alaska but never shared a tent. They each brought their own gear and shelters....pitched the tents 10-20 yards apart. One of their rationales was they actually felt safer that way. No bear could hit both tents at once, thus leaving one of them able to respond to an attack on his partner, should it happen. I find that an interesting bit of logic and hard to fault.

 

[sodaksooner]

Weve done 3 in a 6 man with stove for a couple of nights. It was ok, but tight. Much better the next year when it was just 2 of us. We did have to keep our gear outside with 3, under a tarp. Able to keep all our gear inside with 2. BPWD Luna 6 fwiw. It is 10' x 10' so plenty of floor space. No issues, my brother and a good buddy.