Propane heater

[TradLife406]

Anyone using a little buddy in their tipi style tents? I've got a stove but for truck camping it'd be easier to just turn a heater on.

Ive got an Argali 4p so it wouldn't take much to warm it up.

Whats a good model?

Figure a tipi is basically an ice fishing shelter and everyone uses propane for those.

Did a search for old posts. Most were four years old.

 

[Mangata]

I use the little buddy 3800 BTU heater to warm up the tent in the am in my arctic oven.
Pros; Heats the tent up quickly, compact, simple, runs longer than expected on the green bottle.
Cons; not the most stable platform ever made and thus prone to tipping if not careful in placement, always the possibility of CO poisoning and death if run all night long…

 

[Wprinkle]

I used one once in a Kifaru Supertarp. Not sure the correct words but it was a very wet heat. Very hot and humid/wet unlike a dry heat of a wood stove.

 

[SwiftShot]

Propane will throw out a lot of moisture.

 

[Paladin]

I've got the Kovea Cupid and it works great. It's nice to be able to roll over and turn it on and let it warm the tent up for a few minutes before you get out of the bag. I've never used it all night so I can't comment on that. Most I have ever needed it is maybe 20 minutes because it will heat up a 4 man tent fast. It is moist heat but for that amount of time it hasn't been an issue for me.

 

[brian wagar]

Propane heat is wet and clammy, hate it wood stove is the ticket....

 

[Pulleye16]

it'll be okay at best. I'd at least run a normal Buddy size heater minimum. That said, and as mentioned, CO is going to be your biggest threat. I'd have a CO detector in any area. Unstable as someone mentioned and running pounders is going to suck.