Wall tent stove
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Bruinbrewin
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if weight is not an issue I bought the barrel stove from Cabela's for about $240 with the side racks on it that worked awesome on my sheep hunt. I stoked it full before I went to bed and it would run out about 3 in the Am so I would get up and stoke it once more so it was toasty for breakfast. It is really durable s i had it red hot across the top and half way up the flue cause I had the damper open too much. That got me out of bed pretty fast once I saw the cherry red! It is important to keep the spark arrester cleaned out every couple days as well. it's not much fun waking up at 1 AM with a tent full of smoke :-(
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Cabela's has a sale on their barrel stove for $199 starts Aug 16
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LAST EDITED ON Aug-10-12 AT 11:16AM (MST)[p]Any of the tent stoves are great when the weather gets cold. I have used probably six different stoves over the past 20 years and they all served their purpose and kept me warm and comfortable.
Folding stove if you are going to do much packing other than that choose one that fits your needs (size, weight, style and personal preference).
Size means more wood to last longer through the night, which means getting up once during the night or a half a dozen time throughout the night. Size also matters if you are going to be using it for heating the tent and cooking you meals. The bigger ones are much nicer to cook on top of with several pans and have warming plates that attach to extend the top surface. We cook outside in warm weather, but it is great to cook inside while heating the tent at the same time with plenty of light with a lantern in the tent durning cold weather trips.
The large heavy cylinder stoves are the best once camp is set up. They hold lots of wood, have large cooking area's and maintain heat longer then the light thin stoves, but they are big and heavy to haul and set up. You can also burn coal in them if you desire, which should last throughout the night.
The lighter/thin metal stoves heat up the tent a little quicker and are much easier to haul and set up.
That all being said, choose what fits your needs. My hunting partners and myself have three different stoves and we don't always use the same one. We pick and choose according to the hunt and the weather. If we go on a warmer weather hunt that we plan to cook outside and may not even need a stove for warming the tent at night we will take a smaller lighter stove just in case it gets cold or wet and we wish to have a fire to take off the chill or dry out us, equipment and the tent.
Good luck and I hope this helps. Like I said when it gets down below freezing a stove is a must and will keep the trip enjoyable. The only real problem I could see is if you had a 25 plus foot wall tent and only had a extremely small stove, you would wish you had figured a little different, but even the little stove would be sweet compare to nothing!!!
Folding stove if you are going to do much packing other than that choose one that fits your needs (size, weight, style and personal preference).
Size means more wood to last longer through the night, which means getting up once during the night or a half a dozen time throughout the night. Size also matters if you are going to be using it for heating the tent and cooking you meals. The bigger ones are much nicer to cook on top of with several pans and have warming plates that attach to extend the top surface. We cook outside in warm weather, but it is great to cook inside while heating the tent at the same time with plenty of light with a lantern in the tent durning cold weather trips.
The large heavy cylinder stoves are the best once camp is set up. They hold lots of wood, have large cooking area's and maintain heat longer then the light thin stoves, but they are big and heavy to haul and set up. You can also burn coal in them if you desire, which should last throughout the night.
The lighter/thin metal stoves heat up the tent a little quicker and are much easier to haul and set up.
That all being said, choose what fits your needs. My hunting partners and myself have three different stoves and we don't always use the same one. We pick and choose according to the hunt and the weather. If we go on a warmer weather hunt that we plan to cook outside and may not even need a stove for warming the tent at night we will take a smaller lighter stove just in case it gets cold or wet and we wish to have a fire to take off the chill or dry out us, equipment and the tent.
Good luck and I hope this helps. Like I said when it gets down below freezing a stove is a must and will keep the trip enjoyable. The only real problem I could see is if you had a 25 plus foot wall tent and only had a extremely small stove, you would wish you had figured a little different, but even the little stove would be sweet compare to nothing!!!
Foreman4x4
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Davis Tents and Cylinder Stoves. Doesn't get any better than that!
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I bought the 12x12 alaknak last year for Nov Whitetail hunt in N idaho. They had the smaller, lightweight "Packer" stove(8x10") in the bargain bin about 1/2 off. I picked it up.
It had no problem heating up the tent, but would only last about 2 hours. Maybe better wood would have lasted a little longer. Still happy with the purchase if I do a true horse pack, but as said on here, look at that $200 cabelas cylinder stove. Ratings are great and price is good.
It had no problem heating up the tent, but would only last about 2 hours. Maybe better wood would have lasted a little longer. Still happy with the purchase if I do a true horse pack, but as said on here, look at that $200 cabelas cylinder stove. Ratings are great and price is good.
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Just know that the barrel stove Cabela's currently sells is not a true Cylinder Stove.
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I have 2 Riley stoves and both will hold a fire overnight. I put as big of unsplit wood as I can in just before I go to bed and close the damper. It doesn't keep the tent very warm BUT in the morning, I just open the damper and put dry kindling in, turn the coffee on and jump back in the sleeping bag. When the coffee perks, the tent is warm.
