Wood Stove

[Backpack Hunter]

Looking for a sturdy yet relatively lightweight wood stove for a wall tent. It will be used strictly for "car" camping, never packed in. Looking to heat a 12'x12' with ease, and minimal stoking throughout the night. What works for you?

 

[Ross]

I have a 8x10 with 5 walls using a two dog stove. It burns about 5 hrs...for all night check out a three or four dog stove...heavy duty stoves that will serve you for many years..all parts go in the stove...nothing beats a wall tent stove and fall weather!

 

[PJG]

I'd personally recommend looking at a Riley Pellet Stove (http://www.rileycampstoves.com/pelletstoves.html)
We used to use wood burners, but nothing burns as clean as a wood pellet stove. With a full hopper the stove will run all night. 10 days of use will typically yield only about a 1/2 cup of ash, super clean burning.

 

[LaHunter]

Check out Colorado Cylinder Stoves. Get a larger size than you need so you can get longer burn times. The better ones are not light weight, however.

 

[Backpack Hunter]

I'd personally recommend looking at a Riley Pellet Stove (http://www.rileycampstoves.com/pelletstoves.html)
We used to use wood burners, but nothing burns as clean as a wood pellet stove. With a full hopper the stove will run all night. 10 days of use will typically yield only about a 1/2 cup of ash, super clean burning.

How high up have you used it? The website says you can't use it above 8,000ft?

 

[Hunt'nFish]

I went with the cheap Cabela's cylinder stove knock off.
I've seen the same stove under the Camp Chef badge.
Cost me $199 on sale and included nesting pipe & damper.
I run it in a 14x14 Beckel TT and if I get a good coal bed, bank it with good wood and close it down, it'll hold fire all night.
Hunt'nFish

 

[PJG]

We only use it in Montana, defiantly below 8,000 ft. I can see where that would be an issue, the whole system works around forced air. That's what feeds the pellets into the fire box. I would follow the website as far as that goes.

 

[neverquit]

I went with the cheap Cabela's cylinder stove knock off.
I've seen the same stove under the Camp Chef badge.
Cost me $199 on sale and included nesting pipe & damper.
I run it in a 14x14 Beckel TT and if I get a good coal bed, bank it with good wood and close it down, it'll hold fire all night.
Hunt'nFish

I run the camp chief alpine in my 14x16. Works great and it's around 200 on Amazon.

 

[5MilesBack]

How high up have you used it? The website says you can't use it above 8,000ft?

Ya, I actually checked those pellet stoves out as they would be super easy and clean to use. But I always camp at 10k and up when hunting, so wouldn't be able to make them work.

I have the largest size Colorado Cylinder Stove.

 

[Heat]

I run a 3 Dog Stove from 4 Dog in a 12x14 wall tent. With good dry hard wood I can keep a bed of coals over 6 hours approaching 8. That's usually plenty for a good nights rest for me. This stove does not meet your lightweight requirement but I think the baffle incorporated in this stove's design is a good one.

 

[Hunt'nFish]

Another suggestion that is a bit more compact & lighter than the 1/8" thick models...... Kni-Co Tundra Takedown. Huge size for it's weight. We use them as packer stoves but no reason it can't work for truck camping. Benefits are capacity, light-weight & compactness, but also parts are replaceable when the floor pan rusts/burns out. Which is huge. But if you put a couple inches of dirt in the bottom, it'll last many years. My brother's is going on 10yrs old and no signs of rusting out.

Just remember bigger is almost always better.
Hunt'nFish

 

[Backpack Hunter]

Thanks guys, I'll give them all a look. We have used an old cast iron stove for years, and I'm tired of lugging those 100lbs around!

 

[dotman]

Four dog has a titanium stove that might work but it's spendy.

 

[Backpack Hunter]

I don't mind 50-75lbs. I agree that titanium is expensive.

 

[5MilesBack]

I don't even know what my Large Colorado Cylinder stove weighs. But once I get it set up, I don't really care. A minute to load it in the truck and a minute to unload it at camp.

 

[Scotto]

I have the Four Dog 4 Dog for my 12x14 Davis tent. No complaints.