What stove for wall tent?

[ChrisA]

Not much results using search function so asking here. Just found out I'm on the hook for a wall tent stove. Too late for me to make one now. I'd like the option to burn coal at times. Wall tent is 12x14 and you drive right up to it so weight isn't a big concern.

Any recommendations?

 

[sdr]

Take a look at 4 Dogs stoves. Very efficient and it keeps the heat well.

 

[Mad Mountain Mike]

Hey Chris, in a normal year I spend a few months in a wall tent, and at least one of those months is in the winter. I've always built my own stoves ( just finished one yesterday ) so I can't speak to brands but what I can tell you is to make sure you get an air tight and not one of those cheap tin stoves. With an air tight you can choke it back enough to hold heat all night . I wouldn't go with a box smaller than 16"w x14"h x 18"d for a tent of the size you mentioned.

 

[Mark]

My only experience with a wood stove is a Davis Tent stove.

Had mine for years, never any problems.

 

[Jason Snyder]

I've used the Riley stoves out of Townsend, Montana for many years with good results.

 

[2rocky]

I'll throw the Kni-co Stoves atcha. I'd use the Alaskan if Weight and size is a concern. Still horse packable.

 

[Zbowman1]

I have two of these. http://www.walltentshop.com/woodcampingstoves.html The largest size one and the Medium one. I used the big one to heat a 12x20' Cabalas Alagnac tent on a couple of winter whitetail hunts. Now it is used in a 12x14' Montana Canvas and it is awesome in that tent. I use the medium one in a 10x12 Wilderness tent and I think it would be fine in my big tent for any season but winter.

 

[couesbitten]

Don't have one, but I have never heard anything but good reviews for Cylinder Stoves out of UT. http://www.cylinderstoves.com/
I personally use a Kwik Kamp stove and absolutely love it. http://www.kwikkamp.com/

 

[tim tarras]

I have a 12 X 14 Davis tent and I use the 3 dog stove from 4 dog stoves. It has kept us warm for the last 3 years without a problem. Last year we did push it to its limit with 19 below temps, not including wind chill, during Wisconsin Rifle Deer season.

 

[Ross]

Another vote for dog stoves...been using a 2 dog for years in my 8x10 heavy duty they are

 

[pyroducksx3]

I have a 16x20 wall tent and went with the 5 dog stove by four dogs. I have never used it before but it came down to this or a kwik camp stove. These seem to be the two most recommended stoves. I have used a kwik camp ,smaller size, in a 10x14 and it worked very well but the burn times were fast. The four dogs are designed to use a stove pipe damper along with the front damper while the kwik camp is just a front damper. In hoping the four dogs with stove damper will provide longer burns. You can't make a mistake with either stove.

 

[Jason Snyder]

Regardless of what kind of stove you get, I'd highly recommend getting a pipe damper.

 

[Mad Mountain Mike]

Jason if you use an air tight stove a pipe dampner is not needed. You can completely control the burn from the draft on the stove. When I load my burn box and close down the draft on the stove I can achieve an 8 to 10 hour burn with no dampner in the pipe. I can completely choke off the stove and extinguish the fire if need be with the draft control on the stove.

 

[flyinsquirel]

I know you said you would like the option of burning coal, but does anyone have any insight on a propane stove? I haven't used one, but the idea of constant no fuss heat doesn't sound too bad. I know, nothing feels like wood heat, but when you're tired and cold from being out all day hunting just flipping a switch/turning a knob would be pretty cool.

I found this site and the price seems reasonable if they are big enoughhttp://www.nuwaystove.com/

Just a thought.

 

[pyroducksx3]

I heard that burning propane causes moisture which you don't want in your tent

 

[Jason Snyder]

Jason if you use an air tight stove a pipe dampner is not needed. You can completely control the burn from the draft on the stove. When I load my burn box and close down the draft on the stove I can achieve an 8 to 10 hour burn with no dampner in the pipe. I can completely choke off the stove and extinguish the fire if need be with the draft control on the stove.

What if the wind is howling, doesn't that increase your burn rate?

My stove is a pack stove that has taken a tumble or two down a mountain and been kicked by a horse. It's anything but airtight anymore.....

 

[rayporter]

i have spent several nights in wall tents with propane catalytic heaters running all night in single digit temps with no moisture build up. none. thats just my experience and others may disagree.

put a propane heater in a nylon tipi and there is a little extra moisture, but not unbearable in a 12 man at a few degrees below freezing, with no liner. you do know it is not a wood fire but it is heat.

 

[Mad Mountain Mike]

What if the wind is howling, doesn't that increase your burn rate?

My stove is a pack stove that has taken a tumble or two down a mountain and been kicked by a horse. It's anything but airtight anymore.....

Lol, yes if your stove is not air tight a dampner in the stove pipe definitely helps control the burn. The stoves I build for my tents aren't real heavy but they are definitely not packable.

 

[Beendare]

The sheet metal non air tight stoves benefit only slightly with a damper- in my experience, cracks in the stove let out smoke into the tent if you shut it completely. SM stoves are best all out and just feed it regularly.

IME, the sheet metal stoves work well to take the edge off the cold and they pack real easy. This is really all a guy needs in early hunts [non snowy conditions] late rifle hunts would benefit from an airtight stove. The airtight stoves are MUCH more efficient [I like the Cylinder stove]

SM stove with good load of wood burns for about an hour, equivalent in a Cylinder stove burns for 5 hours- to give you an idea.

 

[Jason Snyder]

The Riley sheet metal stoves will give you a lot better burn time than an hour. I've used it in minus 20 conditions and would be able to go two to three hours between having to feed it.

I agree, an airtight stove is better if you don't mind the weight.