Can't decide - M or L Stove for Cimarron??

[aaronoto]

I'm hemming and hawing on what size to get... Both will need to be stoked fairly frequently at night and both will heat the tent just fine. Anyone have any input? Gone large and wish you'd gone medium, or vice versa? I'd carry means to cut down wood for both sizes regardless.

Thanks!

 

[sneaky]

Large. Less cutting to deal with, longer burn times, and if you ever decide to get a bigger shelter, you're already set.

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[reaper]

Large

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[MtnMuley]

Neither the M or L burns very long. Just long enough to make them very worth while at certain times. If you're not ounce counter go XL. When I need a heated tent in the back country I use a M.

 

[Ross]

Large no way to stuff more wood in if no room to do so...I had a stove too small once never again....this 18 inch cylinder does nicely in a cimarron

 

[aaronoto]

Thanks everyone! Hadn’t thought about going bigger in case of a tent upgrade down the road. Sounds the like large it is.

 

[RockChucker30]

Medium ~ 10" long.
Large ~ 14" long.

Cut or break 100 feet of firewood into stove length pieces.

Medium = 120 cuts/breaks
Large = 86 cuts/breaks

Large is nearly 30% less work to feed.

 

[Salmonchaser]

Damn math. I have both, go large.

 

[rayporter]

i have had both in box stoves. the large was a pain to pack, so i kept the medium.

 

[*zap*]

If you start with a m you can always get the convertor package to large from SO and then have the ability to go m or l.

 

[archp625]

I have a medium and wished I got a large. Like someone else mentioned, the large doesn't weight much more than the medium and you do not have to cut the wood as short. The medium burns through wood pretty dang fast. I'm rethinking my stove situation.

 

[DavePwns]

I'd go large, if you do any scouting that's the time to break, cut and stock pile your wood prior to the hunt.

 

[AKDoc]

If you start with a m you can always get the convertor package to large from SO and then have the ability to go m or l.

I've run a SO titanium box (M) in my SO 4-man tipi for the past several years, and it has been just fine for my needs up here, e.g., warm-up and dry the gear after repeated days of rain and colder temps on extended two-week trips. I prefer sleeping at lower temps in the tent, so I don't use it to sleep warm at night.

Zap got me thinking about checking out that L conversion kit idea just to give myself some options based upon the intended stove use that trip. However, I just checked with SO, and they no longer offer the conversion kit for M to L for the box.

 

[KHntr]

I'm hemming and hawing on what size to get... Both will need to be stoked fairly frequently at night and both will heat the tent just fine. Anyone have any input? Gone large and wish you'd gone medium, or vice versa? I'd carry means to cut down wood for both sizes regardless.

Thanks!

You may want to rethink your expectations. If by "stoked fairly frequently" you mean you want to rely on the stove to keep the tent warm all night long to offset using a bag that isn’t up to the temperatures you will be out in you probably won’t be happy.

When these little stoves burn up all the fuel in them they cool down FAST.

The real benefit to a titanium stove as part of your “sleep system” (that term makes me cringe every time I read it, but it definitely fits) is being able to dry out gear, and crawl into your bag warm. And to be able to have your shelter warm when you are getting out of your bag in the morning.
I don’t know about anyone else, but waking up shivering every two hours and rebuilding the fire in the stove doesn’t make for a real restful sleep for me. Going to sleep warm and dry in the same bag/pad I would use for the conditions if I didn’t have a stove at all makes for a great sleep. And I REALLY like poking out an arm and starting a fire when I start the jetboil for coffee, and having it ignorantly warm in the shelter when I crawl out of my bag.
That said, the Large will hold more wood and require less prep. But for how I use my Cimarron and stove, I could likely get away with less stove (and probably less shelter...)

 

[Peak a Week]

I agree with a large stove. We recently camped in -10F in a Cimarron Light, and the large stove was definitely pushing the limit! It did keep it comfortable inside the tipi and we were happy with it.