Tent heaters

[jalire01]

I have a cow hunt in November. I'm looking for the best portable heaters to use in my tent during the hunt.

 

[Bubblehide]

Type of tent/material?

 

[jalire01]

I believe it's polyester. It's a 6 person tent.

 

[SpringM1A]

Get a good winter sleeping bag. IMHO, I wouldn't roll those dice.

Gas heaters, stoves and lanterns will kill you. Even those with O2 sensors.

 

[kwackkillncrew]

Oh christ dont let anyone scare you about the 02 stuff. Sure stuff happens but just be smart. We run 2 big buddies while sleeping in our eskimo in 30 below. Crack a couple vents and you will be fine. We are hunting kodiak this year and bringing a buddy heater. Going to run it on low in the vestibule in the mornings to take the chill off while getting up. Wont be a issue.

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[Rob5589]

Buddy heater, we warm up the tent for about an hour then kill it when we rack out. Once in a while we'll use in for a bit throughout the night but not often. I will crank it on when the wake up alarm goes off to take off the chill before climbing out of the bag.

 

[ScreamingPotato]

Buddy heater, we warm up the tent for about an hour then kill it when we rack out. Once in a while we'll use in for a bit throughout the night but not often. I will crank it on when the wake up alarm goes off to take off the chill before climbing out of the bag.

Exactly what we do. Little Buddy adds a lot of heat. We fire it up before getting undressed to crawl in the bags, then fire it up when the alarm goes off and snooze alarm for 10 mins then crawl out and get dressed.

 

[Bubblehide]

If the air is humid, you will have condensation issues in a nylon/polyester tent. An inner tent/netting can greatly help with it not being an issue for you, but the condensation will still be there. My choice would be to install a stove jack and use a wood burning stove. However, if you are truck camping, i.e., camping near your vehicle, I would use a canvas tent with a stove jack and wood burning stove, or propane stove. Canvas breathes so you should not have a condensation issue, other than on a metal internal frame, when using a propane stove. A wood burning stove removes moisture from the air, so there are no condensation issues when using wood burning stoves.

Kodiak Canvas has tents with stove jacks. It's an option on their spring bar tents. Their 10x10 and 12x12 cabin tents come with a stove jack. There are many other options, but these are about the most compact yet durable canvas tents.

 

[H2O Dogs]

We use a Buddy Heater as well. Works extremely well.

 

[Stinky Coyote]

for super efficient heating option just a little less hp than the buddy heaters and even less likely to co2 scare you try the Olympia Wave 3000, get the little angled feet, a 20 lb bottle will run it a long long time. It has 2 settings, 1600 btu and 3000 btw...the buddy junior runs 4000-9000 btu but it uses a pilot flame which is far less efficient, they put out great heat but burn up propane, the Olympia Waves are 99.98% efficient, I've used both ice fishing and otherwise in smaller cargo trailer build, I had 2 initially but ice fishing so much fun I installed a diesel heater in trailer but still keep one wave 3000 on wall with a grate above it for keeping water warm for thawing ice in holes and it's fantastic for warming up meals but at 1600 btu on low would be an ideal tent overnight setting, crank to high when you get up, keep a couple vents open and you're all set, the wave 3000 I'm thinking more for the hot tents sizes, cimarrons etc. and I will run one in mine when truck camping from tent, for larger wall tents you'll need way more btu's

coghlans makes a small campfire grill about 6" wide that's super cheap and in every sporting goods section that modify to easily slap on top of a buddy heater or the wave...the buddy junior can percolate coffee in a 6 cup, those little buggers get super hot, you will only warm food over time on the lower outputs of the wave 3000

Olympia wave's aren't cheap, but this forum has super fat wallets so good place to mention them , they are used in lots of rv applications and longer running more permanent installations but they are the most efficient things out there for propane heating and will give the most output with least co2 produced and lpg consumed, the van lifer crowd put me onto these. Dry heat is better but wet heat is better than no heat. They have bigger models also, 6000+ btu but the little 3000 is pretty versatile little set up for smaller tents/cargo trailer/van size spaces.

 

[Whitty]

If you are truck camping, make a few "paint can" heaters with toilet paper and iso alcohol. Cheap, easy, and very effective while being safe as well. Fire one or two up an hour before you get up and it'll be toasty inside.

 

[mustang50]

Buddy heater works well before you go to bed and in the morning when you wake up. I wouldn't leave it on overnight.

 

[duck]

If you have a stove jack, nu-way propane burner