AdamW
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- Oct 27, 2015
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Things have been busy at work, holidays, I've been working on a basement finishing project, deer hunting, excuses, excuses, etc.
Today I had some free time so I just went out back in the woods on the back side of our yard where we have a dog romping yard to set up the Hudson and burn in my medium wifi stove from TiGoat. Had a bunch of small wood blocks from pre-cut wall studs and burnt some hickory and oak twigs as well to play with the stove.
Pitch wasn't ideal, but pretty good and the longer pole extension from Jimmy was a big help.
The pitch.
And the first stove setup inside. The stove pipe I ordered with my wifi is 7 feet long and reaches just to the top of the pic. I ordered it long to be safe and I think I'll just leave it as is instead of trimming it down.
Nice tight stove jack to pipe fit on the first try. The jack comes with the silpoly not cut off it on the inside in case you don't want to use the jack or not use it right away at least.
Outside view of the stove jack. The silpoly cover rolls up and is secured by a small piece of weather-resistant hook and loop.
TiGoat throwin' some BTUs. Even got the wife to come out and sit with me for a minute.
My preliminary thoughts just based on playing with the setup so far:
1. Quality of craftsmanship, materials, etc. all seems great out of the package and this thing is impressively light weight. I took my square of silpoly that I cut out of the stove jack square and did the "slit and and rip it" test to see how tear resistant it feels. I'd like to compare it to a sample of the Kifaru material without cutting up one of my pull outs or game bags.
2. I'd like to see the stove jack on the side opposite the door zipper as shown in my picture. This would give you more options of where a solo person could sleep without having to maneuver around the stove. If I rotated the stove 90 degrees, I could lay with my head by the zipper (body oriented east/west in picture) for easiest entry and exit. But, if the jack were on the other side, I could also lay with my feet at the zipper (body oriented north/south in picture) without having the stove pipe on my "half" of the shelter, if that makes sense. I may be missing something that makes this a non-issue.
3. The stove jack is kind of small, enough that it makes me a little nervous being my first stove shelter. The silpoly is about 1" (or maybe a bit less) away from the stove pipe and that is if I angle the pipe away from the shelter a bit. I may talk to Jimmy to see if I can buy a maybe 6x8" piece of jack material with a piece of female velcro at the top that I can cut a U-notch in to fit over the stove pipe for some extra protection. May be a non-issue, but if I get the stove rolling I'd like to be better safe than sorry for the tiny weight penalty. I took a piece of the silpoly and touched it to the pipe by the jack when it was burning and it shrunk a little, but no melting, etc.
4. Guy outs on the corner seams? I know pyramids aren't the most wind-worthy so they might be nice to have. Maybe. Interested to see how it does in the wind.
5. The size is pretty nice overall and the height is just enough for you to stand and put on your pants, etc. if you duck your head. I think the height is a good balance of low profile and ability to stretch your legs.
6. The door has a middle tie for tying it halfway open and a lower tie for tying it all the way open. Reversing those or adding an additional tie to support the material when it is fully open would be nice tweak.
Overall, pretty slick little system so far based on my playing with it, looking forward to getting it in the field, maybe as soon as this weekend. Jimmy has been great to correspond with and in case there's any question, I paid full price obviously and this is my first Jimmy Tarps product.
Today I had some free time so I just went out back in the woods on the back side of our yard where we have a dog romping yard to set up the Hudson and burn in my medium wifi stove from TiGoat. Had a bunch of small wood blocks from pre-cut wall studs and burnt some hickory and oak twigs as well to play with the stove.
Pitch wasn't ideal, but pretty good and the longer pole extension from Jimmy was a big help.
The pitch.
And the first stove setup inside. The stove pipe I ordered with my wifi is 7 feet long and reaches just to the top of the pic. I ordered it long to be safe and I think I'll just leave it as is instead of trimming it down.
Nice tight stove jack to pipe fit on the first try. The jack comes with the silpoly not cut off it on the inside in case you don't want to use the jack or not use it right away at least.
Outside view of the stove jack. The silpoly cover rolls up and is secured by a small piece of weather-resistant hook and loop.
TiGoat throwin' some BTUs. Even got the wife to come out and sit with me for a minute.
My preliminary thoughts just based on playing with the setup so far:
1. Quality of craftsmanship, materials, etc. all seems great out of the package and this thing is impressively light weight. I took my square of silpoly that I cut out of the stove jack square and did the "slit and and rip it" test to see how tear resistant it feels. I'd like to compare it to a sample of the Kifaru material without cutting up one of my pull outs or game bags.
2. I'd like to see the stove jack on the side opposite the door zipper as shown in my picture. This would give you more options of where a solo person could sleep without having to maneuver around the stove. If I rotated the stove 90 degrees, I could lay with my head by the zipper (body oriented east/west in picture) for easiest entry and exit. But, if the jack were on the other side, I could also lay with my feet at the zipper (body oriented north/south in picture) without having the stove pipe on my "half" of the shelter, if that makes sense. I may be missing something that makes this a non-issue.
3. The stove jack is kind of small, enough that it makes me a little nervous being my first stove shelter. The silpoly is about 1" (or maybe a bit less) away from the stove pipe and that is if I angle the pipe away from the shelter a bit. I may talk to Jimmy to see if I can buy a maybe 6x8" piece of jack material with a piece of female velcro at the top that I can cut a U-notch in to fit over the stove pipe for some extra protection. May be a non-issue, but if I get the stove rolling I'd like to be better safe than sorry for the tiny weight penalty. I took a piece of the silpoly and touched it to the pipe by the jack when it was burning and it shrunk a little, but no melting, etc.
4. Guy outs on the corner seams? I know pyramids aren't the most wind-worthy so they might be nice to have. Maybe. Interested to see how it does in the wind.
5. The size is pretty nice overall and the height is just enough for you to stand and put on your pants, etc. if you duck your head. I think the height is a good balance of low profile and ability to stretch your legs.
6. The door has a middle tie for tying it halfway open and a lower tie for tying it all the way open. Reversing those or adding an additional tie to support the material when it is fully open would be nice tweak.
Overall, pretty slick little system so far based on my playing with it, looking forward to getting it in the field, maybe as soon as this weekend. Jimmy has been great to correspond with and in case there's any question, I paid full price obviously and this is my first Jimmy Tarps product.
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