How to make a stove for a tent with your own hands. Winter tent with stove for hunting and tourism

For those who go out into nature not only in summer, but also in winter, in the off-season, the problem of heating a tent is acute. If you don’t want to go to the store and buy a ready-made stove, then you can easily make it yourself.

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Stove models in demand for manufacturing work on:

• gas;
• alcohol;
• firewood

Each stove has its own advantages and disadvantages, season of use, and fuel consumption. Let's look at each in more detail.

Gas infrared

In this method we will tell you how to assemble such an installation yourself, because... building an infrared burner is very difficult.

Materials and tools

For production you will need:

When choosing a ceramic heating pad, it is better to give preference to small models - gas is consumed more economically. The peculiarity of infrared heating is that it heats objects, not air, so if possible, it is good to have a stand under the heating pad, which will allow you to direct the energy.

Manufacturing instructions

The diagram clearly describes the principle of operation of the stove. The gas-air mixture allows you to achieve high temperatures with the least risk of fire.

Principle of operation

Essential elements

1. Place the nozzle into the connection hole of the infrared burner.
2. Attach the retaining ring on the reverse side.
3. Place a clamp on the oxygen hose to prevent gas leakage.
4. Connect to the nozzle, tighten the clamp with a screwdriver.
5. Connect the gas cylinder to the hose, also using a clamp.
6. To light the heater, you need to hold a match to the ceramic heating pad. It is forbidden to ignite gas near the nozzle. Fuel can be propane, argon and natural gas. When replacing fuel, you need to change the type of injector. The gas camp stove is ready.

Type of infrared gas stove for a tent

Operating rules

A camp stove for a tent should not only heat the space, but also serve as an assistant in cooking.

Infrared heaters are not intended for this, but craftsmen have learned to cook on the following tiles:

• You need to place the heating pad with the radiating side up, and place two stones or bricks on the sides.
• Place metal rods or skewers on the bricks.
• Place dishes on top for cooking and heating canned goods.

A 200g can will last for 2 hours, after which you need to replace it with a new one. The gas cylinder must stand upright. It is prohibited to leave the stove unattended. Ventilate the tent from time to time. The surface temperature of the ceramic heater is 800-900 degrees.

From a can of alcohol

The debate about how best to use alcohol, for indoor or outdoor heating, will never end. This does not prevent tourists all over the world from using it as fuel for mini stoves for tents. The weight and dimensions of this design are insignificant; it is convenient to take on a hiking trip.

Materials and tools

To make a homemade camping stove you will need:

1. Any tin can.
2. Nail or awl for making holes.
3. Alcohol 96%. Vodka won't do.
4. Metal cover
5. Knife and scissors for even cutting of a tin can.
6. Ruler.

Manufacturing instructions

To make an alcohol stove, no complex diagrams are needed; the principle is simple and accessible, as are the materials.

From a beer can:

Operating rules

Such a burner must be ignited in a special way:

Such camp stoves for tents are used in the off-season; the design will not give a large increase in temperature, but it will allow you to heat canned food and boil water. The stove will boil one liter of water in 9 minutes at home; when camping it will take longer, depending on the ambient temperature.

From a pipe on wood

If the trip is planned for the winter, you cannot do without a serious heating device. Any stove should not be left unattended, especially a wood stove. Purchased models of the best tent stoves are equipped with a spark arrester and an additional chamber for complete combustion of gases. It is difficult to make additional cameras in homemade structures.

If you remove the chimney not vertically, but at an angle of 30 degrees, you can increase the efficiency by 30%. A simple mesh in the chimney is used as a spark arrestor. Thanks to the installation, you won’t have to wait long for heat; the stove heats up the space instantly.

Materials and tools

When making a stove for winter fishing with your own hands you will need:

• Chimney pipe 200mm.
• Clamp for plugs 200mm – 2 pcs.
• The chimney pipe is 80mm, the length depends on the height of the tent.
• Plugs 200mm – 2 pcs.
• 80mm clamp.
• Legs from a travel chair.
• Sheet of tin.

Manufacturing instructions

The diagram is quite general, but shows the principle of operation. The shape of the oven depends on the available materials and capabilities. If you don’t want to weld parts, you can use a simpler method described below in the instructions. Tourist stoves for tents should be collapsible and light in weight.

Operating rules

The operating rules are simple:

• The stove must not be left unattended; non-flammable materials must be placed under the structure, and the chimney pipe must be insulated from the tent. This stove will easily heat a 4*4m tent.
• After use, allow the metal to cool, pour out the ash, and disassemble the stove into parts for transportation.
• Ventilate the tent, check the draft and tightness in safe conditions before leaving.
• All openings must be precisely adjusted to prevent smoke leakage.

A stove for a winter tent is made with your own hands in a day, and lasts for several years.

Which stove is best to use in summer?

In summer, the oven is needed more for heating and preparing food, tea, coffee. There is no point in pulling gas cylinders or wood stoves - heating the tent is not needed.

The best solution would be a mini-alcohol stove for a tent. Light weight and compact dimensions allow each member of the camping trip to take their own homemade stove.

The only drawback in comparison with ready-made branded designs is the inability to transport the stove with filled fuel. But this is not a significant drawback - putting a bottle of alcohol in your backpack is not difficult. Long-burning stoves are used for winter tents.

Which stove is best to use in winter?

All three types of stoves are suitable for a winter tent. Winter fishing involves staying at low temperatures for a long time; the holes should not freeze, otherwise fishing will not take place. The difference in temperature in the tent and outside without heating devices will not exceed 2-3 degrees, which is not noticeable at -20C.

• Most often, a long-burning gas infrared heater and a wood-burning stove are used. They provide good heating and increase the temperature in the tent by at least 15-20 degrees. The gas model is suitable as a camp stove for cooking, it heats up the space perfectly, it is compact and lightweight.
• A more economical option would be a wood stove. The steel structure is easy to transport. The folding stove can be quickly assembled and disassembled. If fishing is planned near plantings or forests, there will be no problems with collecting firewood, otherwise you will have to bring fuel with you. There is also a risk of carbon monoxide poisoning if the chimney pipe is not sealed. Even if a homemade stove for a tent is made according to technology, it is necessary to ventilate. Wood stoves for winter fishing tents are used for large tents, and gas stoves for small ones.

Conclusion

The stove brings warmth and a subtle aroma of tea into the tent. With a huge selection of ready-made models, tourists and fishermen still prefer to make long-burning camp stoves with their own hands.

Each model described above has advantages and disadvantages, although camping stoves for tents cope with their duties no worse than expensive branded ones. A tent without an awning retains heat worse, but a real tourist will not be stopped by the cold when his soul calls for a hike.

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Heating a winter tent is an extremely important topic. Both the possibility of fishing in the cold season and its results directly depend on the warmth inside the fishing shelter. In this review article, we tried to collect all the known options for heating a tent for winter fishing - with the obligatory indication of the disadvantages and advantages of each of them. With all that, we tested and evaluated some of the methods personally, which will also be mentioned in the following narrative.

Solid fuel mini-stove

Long gone are the days when modern portable gas stoves did not exist, and primus stoves were a rarity. Fishermen at that time used homemade mini-stoves to heat their winter tents - welded from sheet iron, or hastily welded together from some metal containers. Such stoves usually ran on wood, although other solid fuels, such as coal, could also be used.

One of my acquaintances, a railway worker, an avid bream fisherman in the world, in the late 80s regularly fished in our surrounding reservoirs - the Revda city pond and. He heated his tent with a homemade coal stove. According to his reviews, “it was so hot that I was sitting in a T-shirt.”

There were a great variety of designs for these stoves. Here, as they say, who was good at what. However, the principle was the same everywhere - a firebox, a stand (so as not to melt the ice) and a chimney pipe that went outside through a special hole in the wall of the tent, edged with non-flammable material like fiberglass. Simply put, a miniature potbelly stove.

Nowadays, mini-stoves are being pushed out of use by more efficient and compact devices for heating a tent. However, this does not mean that no one heats their tent with wood these days. In rural areas, especially in some villages far from cities, this is still a very popular method, sometimes the only possible one.

• Pros: cheap or free fuel, good calorific value.
• Minuses: cumbersome design, complete uselessness if there is no firewood in the fishing area, the need for a large amount of fuel (the above-mentioned acquaintance carried a medium bucket of coal on fishing trips). In addition to this, I had to periodically throw firewood into the stove, distracting myself from fishing.

Primus

With the advent of “lights”, “bumblebees” and other gasoline burners, wood stoves began to gradually fade into the background. And for quite a long period of time, fishing tents were heated with primus stoves. Even now there are still many adherents of this method.

On several fishing trips I had the opportunity to use a rather consumer-grade primus "Dastan". I will say this: power. This is probably the warmest way to heat a winter tent, and even preliminary fuss with lighting the primus, as well as some stench of fuel, does not overshadow this fact.

• Pros: compactness, excellent calorific value.
• Minuses: difficulty to use. And to this day there are legends about the “reliability” of primus stoves, but here - again - everything depends on the manufacturer, the specific model and the specific product. For example, imported Primus stoves are quite well made, as are some Soviet ones.

Liquid fuel burners (multi-fuel)

In fact, these are the same Primuses, only a high-tech version. They are devoid of most of the disadvantages of “bumblebees”; you can also use all sorts of afterburner diffusers with them (which you cannot install on a regular primus stove), thereby increasing their efficiency.

• Pros: excellent calorific value, versatility in terms of fuel used.
• Minuses: high price.

Gas stove with five-liter propane cylinder

Another old proven method of heating a tent, which is still in full use today. If the cylinder is left outside, the tile itself takes up very little space.

A fisherman I know has been using this tile for a long time, and it doesn’t blow his mind.

• Pros: long operation from one refill, excellent calorific value (models existing on the market are very powerful), greater reliability and safety compared to a Primus stove.
• Minuses: the bulkiness of the structure and its increased weight, the likelihood of gas freezing in severe frosts (especially if the cylinder did not contain pure propane, but its mixture with other gases).

Gas stove or heater with disposable cylinders

They appeared relatively recently and have gained quite a bit of popularity. They could even supplant other methods of heating tents, if not for one significant drawback, which is discussed below.

The author of this article actively uses a gas heater (with a power of about a kilowatt) during winter fishing, and knows fishermen who also heat themselves with similar equipment. Previously, I had to use the tiles several times - they heat quite well.

One could also include in this category gas lamps, however, their calorific value leaves much to be desired, so if they are suitable for heating a winter tent, it is only during mild cold weather.

• Pros: compactness; you can also add accessible and relatively inexpensive fuel here.
• Minuses: the main thing is the likelihood of gas freezing even in light frosts (thin-walled cans are designed for gas mixtures with lower vapor pressure, evaporating at higher temperatures). How to deal with this is written in. On top of that, some stoves and heaters are very limited in power, which somewhat reduces their effectiveness during severe frosts.

Paraffin candles

The power of one candle is about 40 watt/hour. Not such a small figure. It turns out that four dozen candles can easily compete in the heat generated with a portable gas heater.

The author of these lines more than once had to heat a fishing tent with ordinary candles. It’s safe to say that this method works great in mild frosts with the right number of candles: the holes don’t freeze, and it’s quite comfortable in the tent.

• Pros: lighting, simplicity, no need for additional equipment.
• Minuses: low power (the stronger the frost, the more candles are needed).

Dry fuel

Some types of dry fuel, for example, “dry alcohol” tablets, burn for 10-15 minutes without soot or odor. The specific heat of combustion of this fuel is 30 mJ/kg, which corresponds to 8.3 kilowatts. You can go further and calculate the “power” of one tablet. It is approximately 332-498 W/h. Therefore, dry fuel can be used to heat a winter tent.

A fisherman I know once had the opportunity to heat a tent with dry fuel while winter fishing (on a river), and not just anyhow, but during an overnight stay. I took a lot of tablets with me - several packages, but only three were needed for heating. It was not possible to freeze at that overnight stay (considering that the thermometer outside did not drop below -10°C). How to get proper sleep.

• Pros: high calorific value, ease of use.
• Minuses: the need to be distracted every 15-20 minutes to light a new tablet. It is possible that this problem could be solved by a special stove, where several tablets could be loaded at once, and then the combustion process could be “stretched out” by limiting the oxygen supply. However, no one has invented it yet.

Alcohol

The specific heat of combustion of alcohol is 27 mJ/kg - this is almost half that of natural gas, but it is quite enough to use alcohol as fuel for a tent heater. And some fishermen - who have constant access to supplies of this substance - do just that, using homemade alcohol lamps made from tin cans as a heater. Nevertheless, most fishermen consider this approach to be unreasonably wasteful, or even blasphemous, and it is clear for what reason.

• Pros: good calorific value.
• Minuses: relatively high cost of fuel, or difficulties in acquiring it.

The fisherman himself

The human body, it turns out, can also be considered as a heater. When at rest, it emits an average of 60 watts of heat per hour. Therefore, with a small “minus” - after installing the tent - the holes usually stop freezing, and a heater is not required.

• Pros: nothing additional is needed.
• Minuses: low power, sufficient only for “warm” winter weather.

Sun

To some, this point may seem even more frivolous, but in fact, the sun's rays have a very high calorific potential. Especially considering the fact that during winter in our hemisphere the Earth is at its closest distance from the Sun.

On clear, windless days - even in 30-degree frosts - you can notice the appearance of icicles on dark objects partially covered with snow. This is due to the fact that the sun heats them to a low above-zero temperature, at which the snow begins to melt. And the temperature difference here clearly exceeds 30 degrees, which is quite a lot.

The sun also slightly warms up the fishing tent, although with a very tiny part of the heat of its rays. And the lion's share of this heat is dissipated into the external space - due to reflection from the fabric and its cooling by the cold air constantly circulating outside.

Somehow it is necessary to direct the sun's heat inside the tent, but at the same time minimize its return to the outside. The prospects for this heating method are obvious, and it is quite feasible even with modern technologies. But so far there are no practical developments in this direction. Who will do this?

• Pros: free energy.
• Minuses: useless in cloudy weather and at night. Well, as mentioned above, at the moment the full use of solar heat to heat a winter tent is only a theory. But in practice, it turns out that in sunny weather we have a small bonus - five degrees to the main heating source, be it a stove, kerosene stove, burner, or heater.

Bottom screen

The lower stationary screen is present in the design of all Bereg stoves. Prevents heating of the surface under the stove.

Rear screen

Each stove is equipped with a rear stationary screen for safer use in a tent.

Screen fastening mechanism

The mechanism for installing removable screens for ovens has been changed. They provide reliable fixation of screens

Legs

The 2 folding legs were replaced by 4 removable legs with a nut fastening mechanism.

Also among the improvements:

The edge of the inlet to the combustion chamber now consists of 2 layers of metal. This prevents distortion of the steel during constant use;

To reduce deformation of the cooking surface of the stove, an amplifier was added to the upper part of the combustion chamber;

The combustion doors of the Vector and Army stoves are additionally sealed with a fire-resistant seal.

Autumn, first ice, deep winter, last ice, spring. For every fisherman, all these periods are associated with a time of hope, anticipation of a catch, for which he sacrifices comfort. Is it worth the sacrifice? After all, there is an inexpensive, lightweight, wood-burning camping stove, the design of which will allow you to safely heat a tent, cook divine fish soup, and just sleep in the warmth, without thinking about the need to add firewood.

Hiking and tourist stoves for tents - keep warm in any weather

The main thing that distinguishes camping and folding stoves is the ability to provide heat using any of the existing available natural resources. That is, dry wood, firewood of any condition, even raw. After all, you hardly have the time or opportunity to conduct gas or look for coal! You will only have the opportunity to use wood as fuel.

Therefore, our design department has developed, and we offer you, a successful design of a mobile stove that can warm you up in any bad weather. Rain, wind, prolonged snowstorm, or any other bad weather will not be a reason for you to interrupt your vacation or trip.

The main thing in the design we propose, which was developed with a large number of field tests, is the following:

Light weight and compact dimensions of the product when folded (assembled). It is easy to move such a stove to any distance; it will not become a burden to you.

The ability to use even raw firewood, you will never experience difficulties in finding fuel for such a stove, it is practically under your feet.

The high heat output of the tent stove heats the air in the tent in 2-3 minutes when the operating operating mode is reached. At the same time, minimal firewood consumption will not force you to get up at night for additional fuel.

Fire safety while observing the rules for operating the stove. You can use it for heating, or create any culinary camping masterpiece, rest assured that our stove for saunas and fishing tents will not cause a fire and will not pose a threat to your life.

Camping folding stove - the best for a fishing tent

Fishing in the autumn-winter period, what could be better, you, nature, catch. But it might be better if you have a light camping stove burning in your tent, your hands will always warm up, you can drink hot tea or even make a mug of coffee.

It is for winter or autumn (spring) fishing, when dampness or cold is driving you home, that such a camp stove for a winter tent is good for the following reasons:

The design using reflective screens circulates warm air throughout the entire volume of the fishing tent.

Protective screens ensure the safety of installation in a small tent.

The ability to clearly and accurately regulate the intensity of firewood combustion. By simply opening or closing the control device you can control the combustion process.

If necessary, the mini-stove can be extinguished almost instantly; it is enough to simply block the access of oxygen (air) to the combustion zone and wait for the coals to cool.

You will spend the whole night waiting for a bite at one point, or fish several catchable places with the transfer of a tent and our camp stove, without losing comfort and warmth. And also keep in mind that thanks to such a camp stove, you are provided with boiling water and warmed homemade sandwiches; not a single fisherman should have to explain the meaning of such little things.

Tourist mini stove for fishing - just one load of firewood for the whole night

What is good about a small mini stove for a winter tent, if you can buy it at the manufacturer’s price, that is, from us. In addition to favorable prices, we offer:

1. Well-thought-out ergonomic design, when folded, our mini oven will not take up extra space in the trunk of a car. Such a camping stove is easy to transport on ice or off-road, the minimal weight will not become a burden for you, and the benefit from such luggage is maximum.

2.High heat transfer and versatility. You can always warm up, heat up dinner or boil tea. The oven's capabilities are enough even to prepare a full dinner.

3.Maximum efficiency, one stack of firewood at night, and this will provide you with a restful sleep while waiting for the morning bite. Prepare 2-3 times less fuel than you are used to using conventional mobile stoves.

4. Guaranteed safety when used in tents of various types. Even with strong heating of the combustion chamber, all external surfaces intended for carrying and adjusting draft do not become hot. Adjust the intensity of firewood burning or move the stove to any place convenient for you.

By purchasing products from us, from a manufacturing company, you are guaranteed to protect yourself from counterfeits, which can be potentially dangerous when used in a confined tent space. Remember, any fake will not only not keep you warm, but will also become a threat to your life.

Stoves for winter hiking and fishing have been certified and recommended for operation at subzero temperatures – 400 C and below. Beware of fakes, place your order here. Call or fill out the form provided, we will take care of the rest.

On a hike, the tent becomes shelter from bad weather. It protects from moisture and wind, but in cold weather even a good sleeping bag will not save you from the cold.

Therefore, lovers of nomadic holidays come up with various mobile heating systems.

Types of heating for tents

Which tasks heating must solve:

1. Heating and lighting tents in moderate frost without providing sleep. Ideal for fishermen - so that the holes do not freeze. Open fire systems are suitable - gas burner, multi-wick candle in a tin can casing, kerosene lantern“bat” with a heat exchange nozzle. Some fishermen use catalytic heaters - disposable chemical heaters based on aluminum alum (they do not provide a significant increase in heat).

Photo 1. When installing a metal stove in a tent, you must take care of a safe chimney.

1. Heating overnight stays during short hikes. A massive stainless steel metal stove or a gas infrared heater with a chimney are suitable.
2. Heating tents using wood for long hikes. The main characteristics are lightness, reliability, absence of carbon monoxide, and the ability to use local fuel.
3. Tent heating in extreme conditions of mountain passes. The main thing here is ease and efficiency. Gas burners with tourist gas are ideal 5 liter bottle.

Attention! Problem carbon monoxide- the main thing you should pay attention to! Just three breaths lead to severe poisoning, loss of consciousness and death! Don't neglect common sense for the sake of momentary comfort.

Heating the tent depending on the location of the firebox can be internal and external.

• Internal heating requires removal of combustion products, as well as placing the stove in a tight space.
• External heating - transfer of temperature from the combustion source to the tent without the admixture of carbon monoxide.

Is it possible to install an economy stove?

A potbelly stove is suitable for a short winter hike. made of thin-walled steel. It will heat a large tent, and transporting a heavy stove in winter makes it easier to use a sled or drag.

She consists of a firebox and a chimney. The firebox door must provide regulation of combustion intensity, the entire structure must be sealed.

Frame ovens gets very hot. On the one hand, it is a plus; it is used as a camp stove for heating a kettle or food. The downside is the risk of fire. The wall of the tent near the stove should be lined with foil insulation; the valve at the outlet of the chimney should be made of heat-resistant fabric - a fire hose or a fireman's suit.

Install and heat such a stove Just- retractable legs are installed, the chimney is passed through a valve on the roof, firewood is laid.

Minus - short battery life, opportunity reverse smoke when throwing wood and strong wind, sparks from the pipe with a strong flame, relatively large weight.

Efficient heating with a dry pipe system. Drawing

An original and proven method of heating can be a dry pipe laid through a Finnish candle fire. If the tent is large, you can run the pipe into a fire or smoldering coal pit. This method is just gaining popularity, but it outperforms others in its simplicity, efficiency, safety and transportability.

Photo 2. Drawing of heating a tent using a dry pipe system. Cold air moves through the pipe, being heated by the fire along the way.

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How to make a dry pipe with your own hands: materials and tools

No special tools are required. Enough metal files, files, sealants made of heat-resistant silicone.

It is better to use as pipes aluminum rods from a vacuum cleaner and a bracket from an armored bed, having a shaped shape, which is ideal for installation in a “Finnish candle”. All joints must be tight and open with noticeable force.

How the system works. Does it burn for a long time?

Finnish candle - a fire inside a log. It's done like this: log 50-70 cm long splits, with an ax the middle is selected and instead of it, kindling is laid. The log is collected and tied with wire. The candle is installed above the ground, the draft of burning gases passes through the burning channel. The intensity of combustion is regulated by the lid and installation height.

You can adapt a Finnish candle for heating a tent, passing the pipe through the burning center log. The pipe should be shaped, the log is “put on” on the vertical section.

Cold air is taken in through the lower horizontal section, heated in a smoldering log and supplied through an air duct into the tent.

In severe frosts, the air duct is better insulate with non-flammable basalt wool insulation. Then heat loss will be minimal.

Advantages this heating method:

• Safety. The firebox is located outside the tent, combustion products do not mix with the heated air. The possibility of fire or suffocation is practically eliminated, and by increasing the lower air duct, we move the air intake away from the combustion source.
• Ease of manufacture. Ready-made tubes connected into sockets are commercially available.
• Transportability. The weight of the entire installation, including the axe, is total 2 kilograms.
• Versatility use. Wherever there is a log of a certain length, you can light a Finnish candle. The heartwood of a tree burns better - it has a certain moisture content.
• Duration burning log - from 3 to 6 hours depending on thickness. This is quite enough to sleep warm.

What to consider when using dry pipes

When heating a tent using a dry pipe passed through a Finnish candle, a simple fire or a coal pit, the following difficulties may arise:

1. Inappropriate pipe diameter. The larger the tent, the larger the diameter of the pipes.
2. Leaks at joints pipes Carbon monoxide enters through them. The diameter is selected so as to fit perfectly tightly. There should be no joints inside the fire pit.
3. The air intake is located too close to the fire. Ideally, it should be extended and taken out of the tent. Air exchange will be ideal, this will save heat.
4. It is better to use as a heating pipe stainless steel 1-2 mm thick. For lightness, supply pipes are made from aluminum or thin stainless steel.
5. You can protect the fabric from fire by stretching it between the fire and the tent screen made of frozen wet gauze.
6. To the fire did not tilt and did not fall, it is advisable to prop it up or tie it to a support.

In descriptions of the adventures of geologists, the method of heating a hut using clay pipes is considered a curiosity. However, if you have a sealed dry pipe system in this way You can heat a small two or three person tent.

A homemade stove for heating a tent can be used so that tourists can spend the night warm and even in cases where they need to heat a steam room while camping. The author of this model uses it mainly in the off-season at temperatures at not very low temperatures - about minus 5 degrees, and only sometimes tested it in frostier conditions, when going on ski trips.

But such a stove (photo below) can be purchased in this Chinese store.

Necessary stove elements and materials:
– Steel pipe 0.2 mm thick, weight 360 grams. Made from 4 foam cans.
– Chimney made of steel 0.2 mm thick (a cover on the pipe to protect it from snow or rain on the street), weight 20 grams. Made from one foam can, weight 20 grams; an electrode with a diameter of 3 mm was also used.
– Housing made of galvanized steel sheet 0.4 mm thick, weight 1 kg; steel blind rivets 3.2x6 mm.
– Stove legs made of galvanized steel rods for suspended ceilings, length 1 m, diameter 4 mm, weight 160 grams.
– The passage through the roof of the tent is made of tinned steel, 0.2 mm thick, made from the bottom of a can, weight 120 grams.
– A cover made of terpowling (reinforced polyethylene, plus a sling - nylon thread, weight 160 grams.

In general, the weight of the entire camp stove for the tent was 1.86 kg. Folded size 320x240x150 mm. The stove can be conveniently placed in a light 80 liter backpack.

About the design and features of the forest stove

The stove has an afterburning chamber, pay attention to the row of rivets on top; this is the chamber partition riveted (at a distance of 38 mm from the top, close to the front wall and 26 mm from the rear wall). The pipe is at the end of the chamber. Gases go to the rear wall, rise into the chamber, and then go to the front wall and into the pipe. All passages with a cross-section not less than the cross-section of the pipe. Thanks to the afterburner, fuel is used more efficiently and sparks do not fly from the pipe. There is no grate.

Before using the stove in a tent, you must first heat it outside to completely remove the zinc coating. If after this there is zinc left in some places, burn it with a gas torch.
The developer of this tourist mini-stove has been successfully using it since 2009 in tents specially made for the stove; the total operating time by 2012 was about 200 hours. The photo shows a drawing of a camp stove.

If you are going to spend winter nights in a tent while hiking, then the author does not recommend relying only on this stove. It is better to have a sleeping bag with an appropriate comfort temperature. A stove like this can only dry you and your things and create a comfortable temperature in the tent for a short time.

However, even with a good sleeping bag, a stove still won’t hurt. It makes it much easier in cold weather.
Find out more (up to 40 degrees), with which you can sleep even without covering yourself with a blanket.
Why is the top of this stove not flat, because you could cook food on the stove? According to the author of the stove, the thin flat steel sheet from which the stove is made becomes somewhat deformed after the first heating. The plane of contact with the bottom of the pan is reduced. To maintain the boiling temperature of water, you have to overheat the stove, which is dangerous in a small tent. since its radiation overheats surrounding things. And it becomes uncomfortable for people in a small tent to be near the stove.

Special tents for camp stoves

Two tents - houses - were made for this stove. Three-slope 1.5x2.6 meters, and gable 1.3x2.0 meters. Both tents have high sides of 0.6 m and a height of 1.4 m. The bottom of the gable tent is unfastened; it without a bottom with a stove is used as a bathhouse and for winter ski picnics. A gable with a bottom is used for storing things and food.
This development can be used as a camp stove for a bath, but only at above-zero temperatures, preferably in the summer. For the bath, the stove was heated at an outside temperature of up to plus 4 degrees.