Hot Tenting part 1 Pre-training

 I got all parts to my Hot Tent gear in late November and I went outdoors to do the pre training in daylight. It was enough of snow so I could have all gear in my big expedition sled. The tent was still in its original pouch and the stove didn’t take much place, so I had all stuff packed in a IKEA bag.

I did a lot of research about the right hot tent model and found one via YouTube. One Tigris Rockdomus got the most points of all. The tent is aprox 2x3 meters and easy to use in forests. Tepee was also an option and I might get one. The 1-2 persons tepee is smaller – and the hot stove produces then more heat compared to the tent size.

Rockdomus – large Alaska hot tent style tent. Large indoors, 2 can sleep easy in the tent, up to 4 persons is possible without backpacks. Possible to use camp beds in the tent.

I walked about 20 min when I came to my spot and started to rise the tent. The tent is really easy to rise, you need only 2 trees aprox 5-6 meter in between. You get the tent directly stiff and then you only attach the side lines, in my case to trees. Hint: don’t rise the tent to high – then the tents sides doesn’t touch the ground.

I rolled the chimney out and it got its form directly. Hint: do a test burn of your hot stove in your yard. Roll the chimney, 2 persons, and attach it to the stove – so it gets its form. I had my chimney rolled aprox 4 days in a storage to get the form nicely. Check that the chimney is attached to the hot stove etc.

Pic above: the tent is to high and cold air is coming in to the tent! 

I put some wood in the hot stove and felt the difference between outside and inside temperature. The hot stove burned nicely without problems.

I packed away my camp after a while and walked back to my car. I had now the knowledge that the tent and the hot stove works and I also had a place ready for the real test.

Links:

Tent: https://www.amazon.de/OneTigris-ROCDOMUS-Survival-H%C3%A4ngematte-wasserdicht/dp/B09NLSRY3S