Hot tent camping in the OneTigris Rock Fortress hot tent. Camera battery failure!

[@dennismain8030]

Good job brother cheers

[@noahriding5780]

I hoped you might have some information and thoughts on how to keep a hot tent wood stove going at night? The reason I ask this is that people show many, many hot tent videos but usually they'll slip in something like don't run your stove at night because of CO poisoning fears. But people are not realizing that people have to run their stoves at night in the winter, especially with the way the utilities are destabilizing this will be a bigger need and issue in the future. So it seems you can't avoid using a wood stove. And its very possible that it will increase, especially as the g o v continues its downward spiral. So I hoped you or others might be able to comment on how to safely keep your wood/hot stove going either in a cabin or tent at night. Because it looks like we might really have to know this in the future and be able to do it safely. ... Probably this should be done with a carbon monoxide monitor. But that seems tricky too in that if its like smoke alarms, you need one that won't go off with every puff of smoke, but only go off at critical levels. Thanks for any thoughts.

[@terrybattle7053]

So In this camping video I did keep the stove going all night. We didn't take sleeping pads with any kind of R rating. And the sleeping bags we took only had a rating of 50 degrees. We wanted to really test out the hot tent. So I had to keep the stove going all night. So with that being said. The stove I took is small, I loaded it with wood first to see how long it lasted and it was about one hour burn time. So used the saw dust logs and got a good burn time. I loaded the stove up at midnight with two logs and I started getting cold around 3:15 AM, but I was sleeping on the ground. I loaded it up and made it to 6:30 AM with just two logs. I did check the stove pipe when I got home to see if it was full of soot, and it didn't seem more than it would have been with wood. As far as carbon monoxide if you use a tester instead of a detector you will get a better understanding of the levels. The tester shows how many PPM (parts per million) not just an alarm, it will alarm once it reaches dangerous levels. I do understand the frustration with the detector going off over a puff of smoke or opening the stove door to add wood. I feel better about having both. If the detector goes off I turn on the tester and check the actual levels just to make sure. I did have the vents at the top of the tent open all night and never got an alarm. People have been heating homes for years with wood burning stoves. Making sure the stove pipe is not leaking and only opening the door when adding wood will help keep carbon monoxide down.

[@noahriding5780]

Thank you very much for the information. And salutes. I do think this will be very important information in the future because society is going downhill economically. Its possible it will help people to see what you said. I hope others get a chance to read it. @@terrybattle7053

[@wasperminingco]

How much does the tent and stove weigh? I'm trying to picture how someone could carry it a few miles in Appalachia. I'd like to hot tent, but I'd like to do it several miles in the backcountry. Let me suggest something, please be careful with those sawdust logs. The embers will burn the shit out of your tent if you're not careful. The potatoes looked good! I've packed potatoes and foil with me on section hikes. Can't go wrong with a couple potatoes and some salt & pepper packets.

[@terrybattle7053]

The stove by it's self is 20.2lbs. The tent is 9.4lbs with the center pole, or you can leave it at home and run a ridge line for the tent. The tent and the insert together are 12.4lbs. Now take in mind I got the weights with my bathroom scale. I did transport all the items in my car right to my campsite. And yes i was very careful with sawdust logs.

[@Will-wf5zo]

Enjoy yourself out there 👍 watch out for idiots 💯