Im interested to see what people are using to heat their tents in the winter. Any additional info like weight, preformance, cost would be nice to hear as well! Anyone build their own stove as well???

Sorry, I cold camp.

I use this... but I have to keep the vestibule open so all the heat escapes. Makes a mean oatmeal though. I too cold camp only.

Snowtrekker medium sized stove make by KniCo

Sheet metal stove sold by Princess Auto in Canada. Cool ain't it(not mine)

Awbrown,
That is a cool stove. Have you had any experience with it? How is the quality on it? Heavy?
Looking at the dimensions on Princess Auto, I think that size stove would fit nicer in my homemade solo tent.

quote Minnesotian: "
Awbrown,
That is a cool stove. Have you had any experience with it? How is the quality on it? Heavy?
Looking at the dimensions on Princess Auto, I think that size stove would fit nicer in my homemade solo tent. "

Hey Minnesotian, this stove is not mine. It belonged to a fellow camper at the 2012 Winter Camping Symposium. I have no knowledge of how well it worked for him.

These stoves have been sold forever up in Canada. They are cheap and light weight. They are so cheap and light weight that their reputation isn't all that great. They have a tendency to burn out fairly quickly. However, a sheet metal stove is not a cast iron stove, so you can't expect them to last forever.

Wood is fed through the hole in the top (where the pot is sitting) and the goofy looking round thing on the front is the air damper.

I think it's pretty cool looking. I have attached a link for Princess Auto, so you can take a look.




Sheet metal stove

moonman's stove
Moonman's homemade stove looks cool to me. Scroll down.

Another ammo can stove...






Thought about putting it in this shelter:

But since it is silnylon and might burn down, I picked up a canvas one of the same style that I still need to sew a stove jack in.

PortageK,
I have to ask...I see you spot welded the door to the hing but rivets were used for the hing/stove connection...? why?

quote Doughboy12: "PortageK,
I have to ask...I see you spot welded the door to the hing but rivets were used for the hing/stove connection...? why?"

good eye - looking at I'm betting ease of construction due size and position...

Looks like a neat rig! If we didn't already have a canvas tent and woodstove I'd be all over rigging up the tarp/tepee type thing with an ammo can stove. Tempted to make an ammo can stove just because... not enough time right now though, too many other projects started...

As to the OP mine looks like a couple of the others above - but a small size KniCo in an 8x10 tent

I am seriously considering building one of these from the best of PK's and Moonman's.

quote Doughboy12: "PortageK,
I have to ask...I see you spot welded the door to the hing but rivets were used for the hing/stove connection...? why?"

Well, my welder was a little hot (and new to me), and I didn't want to take a chance on burning a hole through. I had no choice on the hinges as they were too short to rivet. It's not that I am that fond of the rivet idea. Welding is faster, easier and cheaper.

quote schollmeier: "

quote Doughboy12: "PortageK,
I have to ask...I see you spot welded the door to the hing but rivets were used for the hing/stove connection...? why?"

good eye - looking at I'm betting ease of construction due size and position...


Looks like a neat rig! If we didn't already have a canvas tent and woodstove I'd be all over rigging up the tarp/tepee type thing with an ammo can stove. Tempted to make an ammo can stove just because... not enough time right now though, too many other projects started..."

It was a fun project and to be honest, I made it more for fun than anything.

quote Doughboy12: "I am seriously considering building one of these from the best of PK's and Moonman's."

I went with the 3" stove pipe as I already had it here. If you choose to do the same, go to an auto parts store to get a base for the stove pipe. A 3" exhaust fitting works perfect for the stove pipe base. Dropping the stove pipe base into the stove an inch or so before welding it has the same effect as an internal baffle.

quote Doughboy12: "I use this... but I have to keep the vestibule open so all the heat escapes. Makes a mean oatmeal though. I too cold camp only. "

Mr. Doughboy--

I was looking for a liquid gas (cook)stove that has a fuel pump made with something BESIDES plastic. MSR gifts you with a plastic pump for their Whisperlite model, but I heard rumors that Optimus did better, perhaps with an aluminum pump? Any complaints about its performance?

Thanks!
Ben

I use the kni co Alaskan stove in my 8x8 mountain spike tent. It's an ideal set up for two people but could get three if necessary. Check out this link for more info on the stove: Stove

quote hubben: "

quote Doughboy12: "I use this... but I have to keep the vestibule open so all the heat escapes. Makes a mean oatmeal though. I too cold camp only. "

Mr. Doughboy--


I was looking for a liquid gas (cook)stove that has a fuel pump made with something BESIDES plastic. MSR gifts you with a plastic pump for their Whisperlite model, but I heard rumors that Optimus did better, perhaps with an aluminum pump? Any complaints about its performance?


Thanks!
Ben "

Not one...the only trouble i had was the trip i had "forgot" to lube the pump leather. You really need to do that often. I do bring it with so a quick disassembly and assembly and all was good to go.
Mine is the Nova plus so the hose spins to adjust the flame. I like that you aren't reaching under a hot pot of water/food to adjust the flame. You do need to be mindful when flipping the fuel bottle over to let the pressure bleed off. It will turn the hose, and shut the flow off. You just have to remember to hold the hose.

To make a long story longer... i would recommend the stove.

EDIT: One other tip (from the instructions no less) do NOT tighten the fuel flow regulator to shut the stove off. Shut it down from the "black" fuel knob on the pump. If you tighten the fuel flow regulator it is VERY hard to break it free. Something about expansion / contraction during heating and cooling.

Sorry to expand on the hijack...

Thanks, Doughboy! The advert for the Optimus Nova had me at "Swedish engineering".

Here is my Kni-Co stove.

She ain't pretty but she's reliable.

kifaru large stove, 8 man tipi on a deer hunting trip in SNF

There are some very nice and toasty looking stoves pictured here. If I spent one night with any one of them, I'd probably never go back to cold camping again.

A friends 4 dog night Titanium

quote DanCooke: "A friends 4 dog night Titanium "

Neat picture!

Muskratmetalworks!

LL

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LL "

A happy, smiling stove. That's great!