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Does Anybody Hot Tent?

neonomad

neonomad

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I’ve been eyeballing canvas tents for about a year now and finally pulled the trigger on a Springbar Classic Jack 140 with the Winnerwell stove. Figure it’s cheaper than a popup camper. I’m hoping about 60% use for family camping and 40% my own wilderness adventures. Set it up in the backyard this past weekend, pretty sweet rig. Now figuring out sleep situation for family of four and other stuff like carbon monoxide detector, how to get longer burns. etc etc. Nothings simple once you dive in but I’m excited, that’s all.
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I sold my spring bar. Great tent but VERY heavy. Now we use an otter pop up ice shanty. It is great.

After a lot of research I will be picking up a large Winnerwell woodlander.

How do you like the nomad? What size is it?
 
Wirrex said:
I sold my spring bar. Great tent but VERY heavy. Now we use an otter pop up ice shanty. It is great.

After a lot of research I will be picking up a large Winnerwell woodlander.

How do you like the nomad? What size is it?
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I haven’t even done a burn yet, but seems great, it’s the large w one side pane of view glass. I went back and forth between that and the woodlander for maybe 2 months, ha. I’m gonna experiment with bio blocks, the compressed hard wood with no additives.

I knew this thing was gonna be heavy but trying to glam things up a bit for the wife, and it’s nice that this tent is configured for a stove from the factory.
 
I recently went down the rabbit hole about canvas tents (thank you trafitionalbowhuntingandwilderness YouTube) about a year maybe 1.5 ago I got a Davis wall tent and stove that came with it, 8x10 with floor and front awning, I used it once in a full hunting scenario me and 2 friends for 7 days and twice with the family for 2 and 4 day outings and love it. I tried to convince my wife we could easily get a big one and put it under our awning and just sell the house and live in it but she’s at a hard no on it, the boys are on board though (for obvious reasons).
 
I have the backpacking version- an argali tent and winnerwell fastfold folding stove. Haven't used them a ton since my main trip last year got weathered out and we slept on the boat instead but a few test runs have been great.
 
Davis makes a great tent, along with many others. I have a couple Davis tents that are close to 15 years old that are still holding their own, a 10x12 and 14x16, I ran a Kifaru Sawtooth last season solo in an attempt to go lighter and have since decided I’m done with tipis, I know some folks like them but they’re not for me, I need space, and the ability to stand straight up and move around some. So this year I’m running a Snowtrekker Basecamp, I’ve set it up once in the yard quick, I just got it, the build quality is great, the frame design and ease of setup is impressive, I had it up alone in 30 minutes no problem, the owner of the place is a hunter too and answered the phone himself and was a blast to talk with. Any of you guys looking at stoves I can’t recommend “ A Metal Werks” enough, that guy builds one heck of a stove, the best I have ever used, he is affiliated with Don at Four Dog Stoves who also builds one of, if not the best tent stoves made. If I had a group of guys willing to help I would have just stuck with my Davis tents, but as is, hunting solo all the time I went with a Snowtrekker, and so far I think it will be perfect.
 
@The_Fit_Ness_Monster indeed it was traditional Bowhunting And Wilderness Podcast, Jason talking about his camping setup, that turned me on to the idea too… but I didn’t want to modify a Kodiak for a stove so went with the Springbar. I wish I could live in the tent too. @Topdog youve peeled off a few more layers of the onion than me, I just checked out A Metal Werks website they look bullet proof.
 
neonomad said:
@The_Fit_Ness_Monster indeed it was traditional Bowhunting And Wilderness Podcast, Jason talking about his camping setup, that turned me on to the idea too… but I didn’t want to modify a Kodiak for a stove so went with the Springbar. I wish I could live in the tent too. @Topdog youve peeled off a few more layers of the onion than me, I just checked out A Metal Werks website they look bullet proof.
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Enjoy your tent, there’s no better way to get a million dollar view for free than a nice hot tent, sometimes I just dream of owning the spots I’m able to camp for free, I figure whatever I spend on my gear to do so is a fraction of the cost versus property taxes, which I already pay enough of!
 
I’ve been using a poor man’s setup for the past 4 years….preself tipi 4 man and guide gear stove. While great for 1-2 people, I am seriously considering the CJ 140 + nomad for year round use with the family. Are you happy with the 140 or do you now want the Skyliner? Why nomad over woodlander?
 
Saddleboy said:
I’ve been using a poor man’s setup for the past 4 years….preself tipi 4 man and guide gear stove. While great for 1-2 people, I am seriously considering the CJ 140 + nomad for year round use with the family. Are you happy with the 140 or do you now want the Skyliner? Why nomad over woodlander?
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I’ve only set the thing up in the yard so I don’t have much to report other than it seems like a really great tent, no buyers remorse. I sat in indecision for over six months but finally went with the CJ over the Skyliner because it has a much larger vestibule ( I did add the portico panels), you can buy a rain fly for it (I didn’t buy) and then of course I can add the stove and be at the same total price as just the skyliner. I did wish to buy american made though, and the skyliner is real tempting with cool colors.

I bought some lag bolts to drill in rather than stake, but our ground is so soft right now the stakes were faster.

Wife wanted the stove glass fire view, I wanted the option to add a hot water tank in the future, near as I can tell only the Nomad with glass on one side accomplishes both. I also thought - just guessing - the flat bottom of the Nomad might be easier to clean ashes from. Overall though I kinda like the style of the Woodlander more and if you look closely at the air intakes between the two, the Woodlander looks like it’s more adjustable than the Nomad. Get a tent!

Correction: the water tank can sit on top of a Woodlander no problem, just not sure if it can hang on the side.
 
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neonomad said:
I’ve only set the thing up in the yard so I don’t have much to report other than it seems like a really great tent, no buyers remorse. I sat in indecision for over six months but finally went with the CJ over the Skyliner because it has a much larger vestibule ( I did add the portico panels), you can buy a rain fly for it (I didn’t buy) and then of course I can add the stove and be at the same total price as just the skyliner. I did wish to buy american made though, and the skyliner is real tempting with cool colors.

I bought some lag bolts to drill in rather than stake, but our ground is so soft right now the stakes were faster.

Wife wanted the stove glass fire view, I wanted the option to add a hot water tank in the future, near as I can tell only the Nomad with glass on one side accomplishes both. I also thought - just guessing - the flat bottom of the Nomad might be easier to clean ashes from. Overall though I kinda like the style of the Woodlander more and if you look closely at the air intakes between the two, the Woodlander looks like it’s more adjustable than the Nomad. Get a tent!

Correction: the water tank can sit on top of a Woodlander no problem, just not sure if it can hang on the side.
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Thanks for the insight and I definitely follow your same logic on the 140 vs Skyliner. Man this site is terrible for my bank account!
 
Given the stakes and how cheap they are, I'd run 2 CO detectors in a tent or other confined space with a fire. My family cabin has a wood burner and we have a CO detector there, but I bring my home one also and run both.
 
raisins said:
Given the stakes and how cheap they are, I'd run 2 CO detectors in a tent or other confined space with a fire. My family cabin has a wood burner and we have a CO detector there, but I bring my home one also and run both.
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Thanks ordered two today, did elk camps w wood stoves in 2014 and 2017 never even gave that a thought. These days I’ve got fire / CO / gas alarms peppered all through the house.
 
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This is deer camp, 20 ft dia. very easy to heat with a propane single tank, single burner. Half hour setup with 2 guys.
Sleeps 3 easily with gear. Tentipi is the manufacturer, there are vents at the bottom for fresh air, do not run the heater at night, Wiggy's bags
keep us warm.
 
I bought a kodiak flex bow 2 Black Fridays ago. I absolutely love it and plan on using it for a lifetime. I thought about putting a stove jack and stove in it but I think I'll make do with a propane heater for now.
I have a Seek outside LBO that has a stove jack that I have used and still use for backpacking. I run a stove in it the I really enjoy, it is a great little tent and system for backpack camping
 
This has me thinking. Could I equip my “hotel” rainfly with some heat shield to allow a chimney and keep my same ultralight tent?
 

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Here’s a pic of mine from a few years ago. I’ve since bought a bigger stove but my DIY stove works great (just a little small)
Gonna run a big buddy heater with a 20lb propane tank hookup in my Kodiak


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