4th season deer hunt this year in Colorado was darned cold. I was running an HPG sheepherder's stove in my 8-man SO. It was able to warm the tipi plenty but only when it was burning hot. Even with a deep bed of coals it wouldn't radiate heat. So, I've got a Scout model Cylinder Stove on order. I'm hoping the cast iron mass will retain and radiate heat better.
I have a 10' 3" diameter stove pipe I was running on the HPG reducing it from 4" to 3". I never had smoke come back in when I opened the door so I'm assuming the long length helped with the draft even though it was reduced.
The Cylinder stove has a 4" pipe cutout as well. I can pretty easily get 4" pipe from Kifaru at $17 per foot but $170 for 10' of pipe is nearly the cost of the stove. I'm hoping someone here has some experience and can tell me if I'm that much better off with the 4" over reducing 3". I know I don't need 10' of pipe but I'd like to reduce burn holes as much as possible. The 10' pipe didn't cause much issue with the heavy winds we had the first night which surprised me.
Anyone?
I have a 10' 3" diameter stove pipe I was running on the HPG reducing it from 4" to 3". I never had smoke come back in when I opened the door so I'm assuming the long length helped with the draft even though it was reduced.
The Cylinder stove has a 4" pipe cutout as well. I can pretty easily get 4" pipe from Kifaru at $17 per foot but $170 for 10' of pipe is nearly the cost of the stove. I'm hoping someone here has some experience and can tell me if I'm that much better off with the 4" over reducing 3". I know I don't need 10' of pipe but I'd like to reduce burn holes as much as possible. The 10' pipe didn't cause much issue with the heavy winds we had the first night which surprised me.
Anyone?
