A fine looking winter hot hammocking shelter! Very nice report, as usual MichDave!
Looking forward to seeing it during the next 6+ months of cooler weather.
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A fine looking winter hot hammocking shelter! Very nice report, as usual MichDave!
Looking forward to seeing it during the next 6+ months of cooler weather.
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This is hardcore...looks like a real nice winter shelter for ice fishing/car camping.
Fyi, prototype #1 is sold! I had a chance over the weekend to use the tent and my knico packer stove together for the first time. Spent the evening tending a fire, enjoying a special beer and listening to jazz. Nice way to spend the evening and kept the tent warm and toasty, until I let it die down so I could retire to my hammock. Heading out this weekend for 3 nights and 4 days with the Cabin.
Jazz with a little RAIN Accompaniment was the way I heard the story.... /Smile
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This is all i need in life! Lol looks like a good time ive done someting close with an old army parachute and always stayed warm! +1 for jazz aswell
Cabin in the Woods! YEAH MAYNE!
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"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us" - Ralph Waldo Emerson
In my pursuit of creating the perfect winter hot tent setup, the one thing missing is a way to organize all the pieces. And, I wanted it to look good and match the current accessory bags (stakes, poles) that came with the tent.
So, I contacted Jared with my ideas to hold the tent, stove and other items all together as a all in one solution that can be packed on my toboggan. Thus, the stove sack was born (stove is a knico packer). It has carrying handles on both ends, an inner flap with buckles to separate the stove from the hot tent, end flaps that flip in plus a large oversized top flap that can be tightened down with buckles. This thing is built like a tank and is the perfect solution! Once again, Jared at SLD has come through with a well thought out and executed design!
Wow, that setup looks awesome!
Had another 3 day outing with the Cabin and the custom stove/tent bag worked out great. Plus I could use it to store stray gear inside.
Set a new high for interior temp then started venting like crazy to avoid a potential melt down. Temps were in the high teens outside at the time. Even when the stove would burn out in the night I still had an extra 10 degrees over outside temp. I also learned that when I wake up for my 5 am water the tree break, spending a few minutes getting the old coals out and prepping for wake up fire was well worth it. Just get out of the hammock, light the fire then put the coffee pot on my small propane stove. Winter camping has never been this good!
Note: the wood stack was around the stove to start drying it out and un-freezing it. We brought it in and it immediately sucked the heat out of stove and tent. We struggled to get it over 50 degrees inside, then all of the sudden, the temps shot right up. The next morning I had a fire going within minutes, since we had good, dry split hardwood to work with.
Thanks for all the pictures, looks very nice.
I also have a 'prototype' of that configuration. Got it from a HF member a couple of years ago. It is made from black fabric, still plenty light weight, fits great on a sled. But, your pictures show some possible modifications, mine does need a clear window. Stove pipe sparks are however an on going concern.
Since I retired, some times I stay awake all day, some times all night.
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