Best tent with a stove

[Klngees2012]

I am heading to Alaska next fall for the 3rd time and we are considering changing it up a bit and bringing a tent with a stove in it this time. What have you guys used and liked or disliked. It needs to be light weight as we will be getting flown in. We are looking for a high quality tent and I know it wont be cheap. TIA

 

[Klngees2012]

Or more importantly I should be asking if its worth the PIA of setting up and tearing down repeatedly. We will be doing a float hunt so we will be moving every other day or so.

 

[rayporter]

on two floats i took a six man tipi and would take it again.
the stove is a pain but if you are cold or wet and going to be set up for 2 days you may use it. sometimes there is no use for a stove as wood is scarce.

 

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Thread 'New Argali Yukon 8P 2-Pole Tent **Review Added 2/9/25**'

May 30, 2024

We just launched our largest shelter, the Yukon 8P tent. It makes for a great base camp, but packs down small enough for backpack trips for group. The two pole design makes it feel a lot bigger than a traditional tipi style tent with a lot more usable space and walking-around room. We call it an 8P, but you can fit 10 sleeping pads/bags in it if you just had sleeping gear. A few specs below.

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[Deadspace]

Snowtrekker makes a pretty light hybrid wall tent. Not sure how packable it is though. I used their boondock one this year in Alaska with a four dog stove on a lake hunt and loved it. It’s very fast to set up as well. I can set it up by myself in about 15 minutes. Fits three guys on cots with gear and stove with wood just fine.

 

[Chirogrow]

I've taken my kifaru sawtooth 3 times to alaska and loved it for its durability and once you're familiar with the set up its really quick. the last two hunts we had 3 guys so I went with the seek outside 8 man tipi and It's not terrible to set up but i can be a pain to find an area with a big enough space for the footprint.

 

[Snowwolfe]

Alaska Gear has a new model out, the Ursa. I ordered one but have not yet received it. My thoughts are it should be perfect for moose or float hunts where major winds are not a factor. It is reasonably lightweight and stove ready. Add one of their fold up titanium wood stoves and call it good.

 

[cfdjay]

I took the Argali Selway (6P) with stove and absolutely loved it. You said "we" so I assume you'll have a couple guys with you. I would ABSOLUTELY take a stove despite the set up/tear down. Having a couple guys to split chores you won't even notice it.

 

[WMR]

Wife & I have used the SO 8 person Tipi on 3 Alaskan hunts. It’s worked well and has stood up to some vicious winds. For us, the woodstove is a must as we like to dry out wet stuff (including ourselves). We’ve had rain most of our days hunting moose.

The footprint is pretty big and I don’t love the wasted space around the edges, but the thing has been good overall. You’ll need a half liner to reduce condensation. Two of them might even be better. We bought the combo with the XL stove. The firebox is still pretty small and if requires frequent feeding, especially with the wood available up there.

I’m intrigued by the SO Redcliff and might look into it before next year’s hunt. It’s just hard to go away from our current setup as we know it works.,

 

[Slugz]

We have used a Redcliffe, Tipi and this year the Courthouse. All worked great and filled the need.

Stoves. I'd highly recommend the Winnerwell Fast-fold titanium for a hunt where you are setting up and taking down multiple times.

 

[Nontyp]

We took the argali Yukon eight man tent this year for our moose lake hunt. I also used a seek outside XL stove. My buddy has the seek eight man which I believe is a great tent although I do like the rectangle shape of the Yukon better. I think you have more usable space when setting up cots

 

[280rem]

Tried the seek 8 man tipi, for float hunting. After 2 trips I might possibly choose a beating over taking it a third time. Floorless tents in a super wet and sandy river environment are a disaster waiting to happen, especially of such cheap build quality. I am now 3 trips with a nunatak apex still not entirely sold on floorless being a great idea in wet country but atleast its better have far better material extremely better condensation barrier and actually has a door with a high quality zipper over a “birthing slit” with a cheep light duty zipper. Although the 3 trips consist of 2 caribou hunts and 1 moose hunt that was a stationary camp on a river.

 

[william schmaltz]

The best is a classic arctic oven with vestibule. No one that’s used one would argue that. A 10x10 AO weights about 25lbs more than the cabelas guide tent 90% of guys end up using. Leave behind the cook stovetop, pots/pans, table, potatoes, onions, pancakes, oranges, etc that everyone thinks they need and bring a comfy tent instead. I bring a small Mr Buddy and just using that thing maybe 30-45 minutes a day we got through a maximum of 3lbs of fuel. Propane does great pushing moisture out of your clothes and through that AO inner liner.

We took an AO Nunatak this year because we floated and needed to really drop weight. It was good. A bit of a PITA setting that thing up 4 times, but at least we were off the sand and dry. I’ve taken a floor less SO on one moose hunt. It worked fine. Killed a few shrews in it and the condensation sucks, but it worked. A transporter friend had to drop a few replacement tents to clients after a large typhoon during moose season a few years ago. All the tents that failed had one thing in common - single pole floorless.

 

[ganngus]

I loved my Argali Selway in Alaska a month ago.

 

[fishslap]

Alaska Gear has a new model out, the Ursa. I ordered one but have not yet received it. My thoughts are it should be perfect for moose or float hunts where major winds are not a factor. It is reasonably lightweight and stove ready. Add one of their fold up titanium wood stoves and call it good.

I’ve had my eye on this as a new truck/base camp tent for 1 man with a small cot and stove. Let me know what you think of it.

 

[jofes]

Has anyone converted an Alaska guide tent to have a stove jack in the main tent or vestibule?

 

[AK Troutbum]

I agree 100% with what William Schmaltz says about the AO tents, they are absolutely the best tent made and second best doesn't even come close. But, since you mentioned that the tent you were interested in had to be light wt. (AO's are NOT light wt.), my suggestion would be a large floorless tipi. I have a SO 12 person model that I've used on a few hunts where wt. was a pretty big consideration and it's worked great.