Pyramid Tent

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pat i posted this 30 October 2013

I just ordered a 10x10 Panther Primitive canvas pyramid tent. I've always had nylon wedge tents in the past but have a hankering to do some cold weather camping and would like to be able to stretch a bit. I'm going to heat it with a Mr. Heater one panel Buddy heater. The one inside pole system and ease of setup is what drew me to the tent. Does anyone have any experience with a pyramid tent? If so do you think a 9000 BTU heater would knock the chill off? I thought about a stove but then it would just be more stuff to haul and more work to set up plus I'd have to cut or buy logs. The most that would ever sleep in it would be two with minimal gear. Opinions please?  

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delmarskid1 posted this 30 October 2013

It should work. The big thing with winter camping is to get off of the ground or use a good thick insulated pad. I had a nice 4' self inflating pad at one time and slept out to -6F without a heater. Getting up to pee was a real S.O.B. I have a Ready Heater infrared propane and it throws good heat. I put a hose and a 20lb. bottle on it. It will go steady for a couple of days at least. 10'x10' should be easy to keep warm.

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John Alexander posted this 31 October 2013

Pat

This isn't going to be useful since you already have the tent but may be of interest.

While living in Montana I made a Whelen (yes the same Whelen) lean to (google it) out of light weight coated nylon. It is a great way to winter camp.

With a reflector fire in front (as shown in Boy Scout Handbooks (at least 60 year old ones) you can be warm in a tee shirt sitting roasting things in the fire and warm at night at least down to ten below. Of course you have to be far enough into the willywags with no rules against open fires and you have to get up and feed the fire every two hours (peeing is no hardship.)

Advantages are: When made of light wt. coated nylon it weighs less than 5 pounds for one with sleeping space for three. You are really outdoors instead of in a canvas bag. No CO danger.

Disadvantages in addition to feeding the fire include not so good if the wind changes or for summer where there are things that bite.

John

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99 Strajght posted this 31 October 2013

I second the Whelen. They work better than you think in most situations. Wind seems to be the only problem.

Glenn

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gnoahhh posted this 31 October 2013

I just spent a week camping by putting an air mattress and down bag in the back of my Jimmy. Best darn tent I ever owned!

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joeb33050 posted this 01 November 2013

Cold weather camping? Or warm weather camping? Motel 6

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pat i posted this 01 November 2013

joeb33050 wrote: Cold weather camping? Or warm weather camping? Motel 6 I think you'd probably find less bugs in the woods and a camp sight won't glow like Times Square if you shine a black light on it...........................unless you're a lucky camper.

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badgeredd posted this 03 November 2013

Pat,

Two friends and I went bear hunting in the upper in a canvas wall tent made of canvas. Although bigger than your tent, I'd think our system would work well for you too. We DID take more stuff since we knew we'd be living there for a couple weeks. Our heat sources were a catalytic propane heater and a home-made mini-barrel stove. The primary was the barrel stove we made from a 40 gallon water heater cut into 2 barrels and attached to each other with a slip fit pipe and supports. The temps at night were in the low teens but we did well. Our “beds” were straw filled bags on some modified pallets to keep us off of the ground. I think keeping oneself insulated from the ground is the most important detail to stay warm at night. Also fresh air to feed the heater is a good idea to stave off the CO and CO2 build up.

Edd

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pat i posted this 03 November 2013

Edd,

There's no way in hell I'm sleeping on the ground. A cot's definitely on the horizon. I think the thing that really drew me to the pyramid style tent, besides the ease of putting one up that I keep hearing about, is the fact that after 25 years working on a truck dock and having arthritis is both knees, one hip, and my back to show for my efforts I can use the center pole to help hoist myself up in the morning. That might not be the best reason to choose a tent design but either is having to crawl out of your tent to the nearest tree or fence so you can get upright for a bit more room.

I think I'll be happy with the tent and if I ever do decide to start going to rendezvous and they don't let me in because of the tent I'm using I'll just figure it's not a bunch I'd want to hang with anyway and move on down the road.

I spent plenty a week in a 2 man Eureka Timberline when I used to go to S.D. prairie dog shooting every year so this thing should be like a ballroom to me.

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sbhg posted this 14 November 2013

I have an 8x8 from Reliable. With a fly of an old canvas tarp and a kerosene heater (10,000 btu), I have to tie the door open even in -20 weather at night.

I think you should rethink your inside pole. I cut 2 poles long enough one year at a logged area (lots of small trees down)for the outside  and would not go back to that damn inside pole.

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joeb33050 posted this 14 November 2013

Choice Motels have a FREE DELUXE CONTINENTAL breakfast, and a big color TV to watch National Geographic wilderness movies.Sometimes indoor swimming pools. Hot showers.

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joeb33050 posted this 14 November 2013

joeb33050 wrote: Choice Motels have a FREE DELUXE CONTINENTAL breakfast, and a big color TV to watch National Geographic wilderness movies.Sometimes indoor swimming pools. Hot showers. Flush toilet! Zowie!

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pat i posted this 14 November 2013

Bed bugs, head lice, body fluid and soil stained mattresses, urine polluted swimming pools (for no extra fee), television controllers that would make a doctor at the CDC cringe, blankets that who knows what was done on or under them the night before.

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Ed Harris posted this 14 November 2013

When I lived in New Hampshire we had a winter camp on the far side of the lake in which two wall tents were erected, an 8x10 ft. inside a 9x12 ft., with a raised floor of wooden pallets, and an A frame 10 ft. high, 20 ft. wide and 20 ft. long, over which a 20x30 tarp was drawn as a fly over the whole thing, as protection from wind blown embers and snow. The A frame had a steep slope and rafter poles spaced every 20 inches so that it would not collapse with snow load. Fellow who set up the camp was a Cree Indian from Manitoba, Canada who came south to work in the gun plant during the winter to escape the cold!

The large fly had a stove jack through it and gave a sheltered cooking area with ample room for gear storage so that you had more room in the tent and firewood could be stacked close to the stove. A couple double-mantle Coleman lanterns were sufficient to heat the sleeping area, and even with it below zero outside, inside the double-wall tent was cozy. We lived in it for weeks at a time during hunting season, carting it across the ice on pulk sleds and breaking camp before ice-out.

73 de KE4SKY In Home Mix We Trust From the Home of Ed's Red in "Almost Heaven" West Virginia

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joeb33050 posted this 14 November 2013

I never thought of the romantic benefits

pat i. wrote: Bed bugs, head lice, body fluid and soil stained mattresses, urine polluted swimming pools (for no extra fee), television controllers that would make a doctor at the CDC cringe, blankets that who knows what was done on or under them the night before.

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