Backpack wood stove tents

[ReaptheHeat]

I'm looking at transferring over from a traditional backpacking tent to a tarp style tent with a stove jack. I have a wall tent with a stove that I love and coming back to dry everything out is nice. I'd like to have a similar experience while working out of a backpack.

Does anyone use one? Is the UL stove a gimmick and do you find yourself leaving it at home? Looking for good options for a 1-2 person setup. This has been on my radar https://argalioutdoors.com/collections/tents/products/lemhi-3p-tent

Thanks.

 

[svivian]

I think it’s a game changer especially in bad weather.

If you are on the west slope you can borrow my cimarron and stove to try anytime you want.

 

[ReaptheHeat]

I think it’s a game changer especially in bad weather.

If you are on the west slope you can borrow my cimarron and stove to try anytime you want.

Kremmling, was looking at the Cimarron actually.

 

[mtnbound]

I'm looking at transferring over from a traditional backpacking tent to a tarp style tent with a stove jack. I have a wall tent with a stove that I love and coming back to dry everything out is nice. I'd like to have a similar experience while working out of a backpack.

Does anyone use one? Is the UL stove a gimmick and do you find yourself leaving it at home? Looking for good options for a 1-2 person setup. This has been on my radar https://argalioutdoors.com/collections/tents/products/lemhi-3p-tent

Thanks.

A stove is great, but you need to consider your campsite location and keep it close to wood sources. The further you have to go for wood, the more time it takes away from hunting, as does prepping the wood and collecting/prepping wood in the dark sucks. Get a good-sized saw, like a Silky 170+ or Boreal 20+, and a good knife is nice to have as well for battoning wood.
Depending on the temps, you're gonna need a lot of wood, since the stoves burn it up fairly fast. Having 2 doors in your tent/tarp is a must, IMO, for getting wood inside without making a mess in the sleeping area.

 

[MCS]

My Redcliff is great with 2 people and all your gear for late season hunts.

 

[Vedran_R]

I'm using Nortent of Norway hot tent and their titanuim stove. It's not cheap but winter camping is so much nicer. Not only can you heat yourself with a relatively small ammount of wood, you also dry your gear and prepare food. And it doesn't take a whole lot of wood to feed it... a pile of wood you'd burn in an hour on on open campfire will probably last the night in a hot tent.

Con is you have feed the stove every hour or so if you want it birning all the time. You can fill it up and get maybe 2 hours but you'll basically be in a sauna.

 

[svivian]

Kremmling, was looking at the Cimarron actually.

That ain’t too far from me. Pm me if you want to give it a try this spring or summer

 

[Ice-kub]

We have a stove built by another member here on rokslide. It's pretty slick. It's nice to come back to camp and fire it up to get a little warmth before bed.

 

[KyleR1985]

Cimarron and stove was awesome for me this year. For one and gear it’s a palace with the stove. I have the Cimarron lite with one door, so two with stove and gear require you to use space efficiently.

I spent about 30-45 minutes gathering and processing wood for each 2-3 night jaunt.

One tip - rig a way to hang a clothes line in the tent, or cut an evergreen trunk with a bunch of branches to use as your tent pole. You can hang clothes on it to dry.

Having dry gear to start the day is a real morale booster when it’s cold and wet

 

[solostalker]

I have the lite outdoors stove and am happy with it for the price I paid. Probably a little more tedious to assemble then others. I would monitor the classifieds, you should be able to find both a Ti stove and hot tent much cheaper than buying new and if you don't like should have no problem reselling.

 

[Brad@Argali]

I'm looking at transferring over from a traditional backpacking tent to a tarp style tent with a stove jack. I have a wall tent with a stove that I love and coming back to dry everything out is nice. I'd like to have a similar experience while working out of a backpack.

Does anyone use one? Is the UL stove a gimmick and do you find yourself leaving it at home? Looking for good options for a 1-2 person setup. This has been on my radar https://argalioutdoors.com/collections/tents/products/lemhi-3p-tent

Thanks.

This has nothing to do with our tents whatsoever, but just wanted to add my two cents on the validity of hot tents. The UL tent thing isn't a gimmick and a lot of people that backpack hunt mid fall or later in the intermountain west use a hot tent. I went from never taking one 20 years ago because it seemed like a ridiculous amount of weight, to realizing it is worth every ounce on some hunts to be able to keep you in the mountains when the weather gets bad and everyone else is bailing because they are tired of being wet and cold. Personally for me, it's well worth it when you're dealing with any type of colder or wet weather. And for what it's worth, a 3 or 4P size is ideal when using a stove to make sure you have ample space for a wood pile and all your wet gear, unless you'll only ever go solo. A 2P size is absolutely doable, but I think its a little tight unless you're willing to sacrifice some space to minimize wieght.

Running a stove is one of those things that once you try it out in bad weather it will always find a way into your pack on mid to late season hunts. IMO for archery season, not a necessity unless you expect unusual weather.

 

[ReaptheHeat]

This has nothing to do with our tents whatsoever, but just wanted to add my two cents on the validity of hot tents. The UL tent thing isn't a gimmick and a lot of people that backpack hunt mid fall or later in the intermountain west use a hot tent. I went from never taking one 20 years ago because it seemed like a ridiculous amount of weight, to realizing it is worth every ounce on some hunts to be able to keep you in the mountains when the weather gets bad and everyone else is bailing because they are tired of being wet and cold. Personally for me, it's well worth it when you're dealing with any type of colder or wet weather. And for what it's worth, a 3 or 4P size is ideal when using a stove to make sure you have ample space for a wood pile and all your wet gear, unless you'll only ever go solo. A 2P size is absolutely doable, but I think its a little tight unless you're willing to sacrifice some space to minimize wieght.

Running a stove is one of those things that once you try it out in bad weather it will always find a way into your pack on mid to late season hunts. IMO for archery season, not a necessity unless you expect unusual weather.

Thanks for the reassurance. I've definitely scattered off the mountain in the past due to late season weather. Or mainly stuck to the wall tent and doing day hunts from there.