I'm looking for a back-packable tent heater. Coleman used to have one called the extremecat.
I know it's kinda whimpy and lady like to want a tent heater...but...
The allergy I have is much more tolerable if I can take a bit of the chill off first thing.

Need one that runs off the Propane/Isobutane/butane blended fuel types. Small, compact and light weight.

Any fossil fuel will DUMP moisture into your shelter. What is wrong with wood heat? Stoves have gotten mighty light these days. Also, have you checked out "wearable" bags, like the Feathered Friends Winter Wren? A bag like that makes getting up in the cold a lot more bearable.

I hear what you're sayin. The tent I use is a Alps mountaineering jagged peak 2 man. It really doesn't lend we'll to a wood stove.

With the vents in this tent I think the moisture build up would be minimal.

I haven't looked real closely but the blackcat from Coleman was the smallest I remember seeing. REI have anything for those metro type campers

Sounds like the perfect excuse to buy a floorless tent with a stove jack. I know they work damn good in NW Montana.


It's helps a lot with my allergies too. I'm allergic to living in a tent that sucks. Really, a wood stove in a tent is like having a hot tub, it takes away aches and pains that come with years of real life. I'm betting it would weigh less than your current setup as well.

Cocadori:

I think you're SOL for backpack sized space heaters. I checked REI, Cabelas and Campmor. This is the best that I could find. It uses 16 oz. propane canisters. Not exactly what I would call backpack sized equipment.



http://www.campmor.com/outdoor/gear/Product___81337

I own a small cheap single-burner propane space heater made by Texsport. You can get them at Amazon.com for $25-$30.



http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&am...b&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_8zqrmss3qh_b

Isobutane would be the smallest and lightest way to go but I couldn't find any heaters that use Isobutane. You might consider a small butane lantern like this one.




http://www.rei.com/product/643063/snow-peak-giga-power-lantern

Or you could just use a candle lantern. Might take a long time to make a difference to the temp inside a tent though.

If all you're going to do is run it for a few minutes to heat up your tent before you get out of the sleeping bag, then why not just use a butane canister stove?

KC

I have two of the Kifaru wood stoves and absolutely love them. Does require wood though, and there are hunts, open country caribou for instance, where wood is scare or non-existant.

For a number of reasons I am leary of non-vented liquid fuel or gas stoves. Death from CO poisoning for instance, would be inconvenient. Being dead AND wet due to using a non-vented, liquid fuel stove would be really irritating.

It would be interesting to explore a hybrid option ... a vented liquid fuel or gas stove or a mod to use with a wood stove when the situation fits.

Or... You could use one of these




I used that a lot before I bought one of these....


2 Lbs 7 Oz.

Put that in a BCS 2 or a Sawtooth and it would still weigh less than your current tent.

BTDT, its called the Yukon Stove, Uses five gallon cans of gasoline. It sucks balls. Wood is a LOT smarter and safer.

Some of the AK crew have posted about the "Arctic Oven" tents they've used on winter fly in hunts, not for backpack use though.

They have wood in SW Montana....

I've seen it.

Wood is only smarter if you can obtain it.

Lotsa good feedback. I appreciate it.
Might have to rethink...