I was shown a video from a guy in Michigan who, based on necessity, created a hot shelter with is hammock, a cheap tarp, and plastic drop cloth. Set up looked rough but got me thinking......has anyone seen a tarp set up where backside is normal but front side is a clear/opaqued plastic sheet that traps your fires infrared heat and there by eliminates the need for a UQ?
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I gotta check this out. Off to youtube...
Actual hot tents are great, but I just can't justify the cost. And even if I could, I don't have that kind of effort in me...selecting, cutting, splitting wood. And having gear smell like smoke no matter how well it's burning/venting. Dirty ash, etc. Just can't do it.
I have a zeplin but am very interested in this if anyone has knowledge...
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There's a few of us up here in Michigan who are using hammock hot tents, built from silnylon. If you look for the Green Timbers Big Tree Hang trip reports, you'll see a few of them. Lots of work, but great to have for multi day winter trips. You don't run the stove all night and don't depend on it to keep warm, so you always need the right gear for the conditions.
The bushcraft guys have them for ground dwelling.
Last edited by michigandave; 06-09-2018 at 17:26.
It's a bushcraft/survival trick. It's called a super shelter. The clear plastic allows the radiant heat of the fire to warm your shelter. I've watched videos of folks doing this in some extreme cold and were able to warm the shelter into the 60's while outside temps were sub-zero.
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I might need to clarify I am not looking for a stove in the shelter but a set up that traps IR heat from fire. I have a 0* zeplin but this concept opens up doors, creates flexibility with a winter tarp/tarp with doors possibly.
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Yeah I got ya, just mentioned the actual hot tents and how elaborate they can get. This clear plastic setup is more of a survival technique as I know it. Seen it on at least one of the survival shows, sans hammock. I think it was Dual Survival, maybe Survivorman too.
If I need a quick warm-me-up, I could always haul out a portable genny, gallon of gasoline and this portable sauna...
Shug's the man - this is part 2 of the video I have seen I believe - and it works but......I was hoping somebody in here played with it a bit more with "a real winter tarp" - I believe I would set up in almost a porch mode with the plastic drop cloth from the top of tarp to the ground. And use a wool blanket as a heat barrier/spark shield on front/top of the tarp?..... Anyhow thanks for feed back Shug.
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