Killy,you make me leading for a winter mountain camp.

Canvas tents and wood stoves are made for each other!      It's just so nice to be able to sit inside toasty warm and dry no matter what the weather.

I've been using a vented propane heater for the last few years.  It has 2 burners kind of like what you see in a BBQ grill.  With the vent, there is no problem with fumes and very little moisture.

 Propane stove  

 

would the propane heater make as much moisture if used in a pop up camper? We are thinking of buying a camper over the tent we currently use so this may be an issue for us. Anyone know the answer?

The stove sucks every 2 to 3 hours your fixing the fire from hot to cold and it smells like a smoke bomb .Then i tried the Mr heater single burner ahhh perfect heat on low and no getting up every couple hours.Try it out you wont be sorry.

I made a couple sized wood stoves using stainless from a old resterant dishwasher. A bigger one for real cold and smaller airtight for fall weather.
I'm not a fan of the propane heaters, worked for a outfitter that used them. I'd way rather have a good wood stove that will get thru the night on one or two loads of wood.

No problem to throw a few sicks in on the coals and then get a half hour more sleep and get up to a toasty tent.

I've heard good things about the cylinder stoves.

Ben,

You must have a pretty crappy wood stove.  I'd load mine up before bed, close down the damper on the stove pipe and on the door and would still have coals burning in the morning.

What Steve-O said.I don't know how we had icicles on the inside of the tent Killdeer but I can assure you they were there hanging down about 4 inches long and dripping.It may make a difference how much humidity there is in the air, we were in Idaho in Nov. with temps. to -15 degrees far. with weather alternating between snowstorms and clear and cold.Some of the things to consider is if you are in a wall tent without floor and the ground is wet it will create moisture in the air and if you bring things in to dry out it will do the same. Just my experience. Bill

On our Idaho moose hunt we had to do some road clearing.







I am a huge fan of cylinder stoves!!  Best I have ever used.

Bob

I can't think of anything I want to give up to haul a chainsaw and fuel on horseback. I've cut plenty of wood with a hand saw though. I've read the buddy heater doesn't work above so many feet, I forget exactly what it is.

I use a buddy heater when I hunt out of the back of my truck and a wood stove in the high country.

if you have a wood stove; find a large rock; as large as the stove will support; and leave it on the stove. After the wood burns off - the heat from the rock will still keep the tent warm...

I dont remember which stove.But like i said push a button light and set the temp and instant heat, and no ice on the ceiling way to hot for that. 2 -20lb bottles lasted 8 days in colorado at 10500 ft .

ttt

Killdeer,
Is that an air bed?
Not going soft on us are you?

I use the big buddy heater all the time in my 8 person alaskan guide tent and love it.  Best $100 I ever spent. Hook it up to my bulk propane most of the time.  Coldest I have used it was 10 degrees and was nice and toasty in my tent.

I do NOT do three weeks sleeping on the ground.
I once had a foam pad about three inches thick. That was the best pad I ever used! But they take up a lot of storage room, and it was just wide enough for me. My husband likes to spend a week out there, and the wider air bed takes up less space when not in use. I have an air bed at home, too, so I sleep like a baby no matter where.

No need to set yourself up to suffer. The weather will do that all by itself!

Killdeer~old softy.

 

I used the Mr. Heat this last fall. It works well, but heat rises so be sure you have a cot. It is warmer off the ground! Oh yeah, use a winter tent not a cheap summer version.

-Charlie

just looking at all that snow makes me cold. I HATE SNOW!!!!

This is one of the spots I'll be camping at.

I use a small Mr. Heater in my Kodiak canvas tent and it does ok, wish I had the big buddy with the fan on it though.