most wind-proof backpacking hot tent?

[Nimrod85]

Does anyone have any advice on the best backpack-able hot tent for windy or severe weather conditions? I have a Silex, and it's pretty great--but with only four stakes and no floor it's vulnerable to the wind and to rain splatter under the tarp.

I also have a Kifaru Sawtooth. It's also great, though a bit heavier. The size lets me sleep away from the edges to minimize rain splatter, but it's so tall that it didn't stand up well in a windstorm on last year's elk hunt. Rather than staying warm inside, I was constantly going out to fix stakes.

What I'd really like is something like a Hilleberg Namatj 2GT except built with a stove jack. Or--better yet--some kind of free-standing geodesic-dome tent with a stove jack that's still relatively light (8 lbs is heavy but would be okay for what I'm thinking).

I'm also considering buying a backpacking dome tent and then sewing in a stove jack--probably to an attached vestibule.

Anyone have any ideas? Does anyone manufacture this kind of thing?

 

[ADKHTR]

Does anyone have any advice on the best backpack-able hot tent for windy or severe weather conditions? I have a Silex, and it's pretty great--but with only four stakes and no floor it's vulnerable to the wind and to rain splatter under the tarp.

I also have a Kifaru Sawtooth. It's also great, though a bit heavier. The size lets me sleep away from the edges to minimize rain splatter, but it's so tall that it didn't stand up well in a windstorm on last year's elk hunt. Rather than staying warm inside, I was constantly going out to fix stakes.

What I'd really like is something like a Hilleberg Namatj 2GT except built with a stove jack. Or--better yet--some kind of free-standing geodesic-dome tent with a stove jack that's still relatively light (8 lbs is heavy but would be okay for what I'm thinking).

I'm also considering buying a backpacking dome tent and then sewing in a stove jack--probably to an attached vestibule.

Anyone have any ideas? Does anyone manufacture this kind of thing?

I’m right there with you, for all the same reasons, I have a Hille Kaitum 2 GT for sale right now in the classifieds that I bought originally to purposely convert to a hot tent but I’m not super excited about cutting a hole in a $1,500 tent that has no fire retardant added and then using a wood stove, hence why it’s for sale, but I still mite do it…..

 

[Ice-kub]

I have a pomoly locomotive 3, they make a smaller version (locomotive 20), it was very sturdy through a wind storm for us.

 

[Yukon Cornelius]

Have you tried a tipi? With your current gear, I don’t think you will be happy with a cheap Chinese option. Seek makes tipis that are pretty amazing in wind.

 

[ADKHTR]

I have a pomoly locomotive 3, they make a smaller version (locomotive 20), it was very sturdy through a wind storm for us.

Does heat, when running your tunnel tent with a stove, make it to the far end, at least enough to burn off any condensation?

 

[Ice-kub]

Does heat, when running your tunnel tent with a stove, make it to the far end, at least enough to burn off any condensation?

It's only about 4 feet high so it gets pretty warm, we didn't have any troubles with condensation

 

[ADKHTR]

It's only about 4 feet high so it gets pretty warm, we didn't have any troubles with condensation

I’m familiar with your tent, I’ve researched it quite a bit, it’s basically a Hille knock off with a stove jack, it’s a genius idea if you ask me, I also know my Hille Nallo 2 GT was a wet SOB with condensation so that’s why I asked, if nothing else I can burn the condensation off, dry things out, with a stove quick it would be a success for me in that type of tent, a tunnel tent.

 

[passinggas33]

This whole pomoly thing…how come I’ve never heard of it? I assume cheap Chinese knockoff? Would people ever trust these? I see that 8p dome tent and think of the stone glacier tent that runs significantly more than that. And these hilleberg knock offs as a hot tent. Anybody other than @Ice-kub ever used one? Looking for a nice big shelter for my next Alaska adventure and wondering if these would work or leave me in a world of hurt.

 

[Ice-kub]

I’m familiar with your tent, I’ve researched it quite a bit, it’s basically a Hille knock off with a stove jack, it’s a genius idea if you ask me, I also know my Hille Nallo 2 GT was a wet SOB with condensation so that’s why I asked, if nothing else I can burn the condensation off, dry things out, with a stove quick it would be a success for me in that type of tent, a tunnel tent.

There's not a lot of room for activities but it's definitely worth checking out, the stitching around the stake out points is very robust. I thought the wind was going to pull the thing right off us but it never did. Was a little sketchy with the stove in the wind, actually pulled the pipe out of the stove at one point, got a little western for a minute but the tent heats up real quick with the short roof height

 

[Ice-kub]

This whole pomoly thing…how come I’ve never heard of it? I assume cheap Chinese knockoff? Would people ever trust these? I see that 8p dome tent and think of the stone glacier tent that runs significantly more than that. And these hilleberg knock offs as a hot tent. Anybody other than @Ice-kub ever used one? Looking for a nice big shelter for my next Alaska adventure and wondering if these would work or leave me in a world of hurt.

For a quarter of the price in Canada with out outrageous exchange rate, why not give it a try?

 

[Bull_n_heat]

This whole pomoly thing…how come I’ve never heard of it? I assume cheap Chinese knockoff? Would people ever trust these? I see that 8p dome tent and think of the stone glacier tent that runs significantly more than that. And these hilleberg knock offs as a hot tent. Anybody other than @Ice-kub ever used one? Looking for a nice big shelter for my next Alaska adventure and wondering if these would work or leave me in a world of hurt.

I made the dive on one last summer and put together a review. I think there are perhaps better options out there, but for the money, the Circle 6 was no slouch. I would assume their other models are on par with that

Pomoly Circle 6 review

I have a fair amount of experience with hot tents, having both used a wall tent for years and a smaller Seek Outside Redcliff for a handful of seasons as well. Don’t get me wrong; that Seek tent is excellent for what it is, but when it that sil-nylon gets wet, it sags to the point that it’s no...

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