Got a small winter tent for use as a spike tent for a couple of guys, now I'm checking our sims,tundra and a few other fold up / collapsable and packable tent stoves.

Anyone used some of these new ones and are they improvements over the sims?

Spot

I can't help you with the new ones but I've used the Sims Sheepherder folding stove in my 14'x16'x5' A Wall tent for many years and it has always worked just fine for me. Easy to set up and take down. It'll heat a tent that large without any problem.


If you buy a Sims, be sure and buy the spark arrester for the chimney, as those are required in many Nat'l, Forest areas.

Best of luck.

L.W.

I'm comparing (right now) the Sim's to the KNI tundra takedown stove - I think the KNI is winning out due to the powder finish that helps it not rust like the sims version.

As with all takedown stoves i'll need to get a damper due to the air tight issue, and a spark arrestor as well.

Thanks,
Spot

We use a cyclinder stove in our tent. But I have stayed in other tents that used the Riley box stoves. They are light and worked just fine. Other than we had to stoke them more often than our cyclinder stove.

Riley and Ellis - looking at them too now.

I have a big cylinder stove for my cpwall tent, this one is for an arctic 5 man ten so a really small stove is fine.

Hard to beat a sims!

Spot

Those links for Sims turned up nothing but software packages. Here's the Sims website: SIMS STOVES

I have the light weight collapsible version: http://www.walltentshop.com/Mtncollstove.html

It is too small for my 14 x 16 wall tent (I am a sound sleeper and don't get up to fill it back up). At least for winter.

It works very well for my 10 x 12 though. I bought the extended legs and the side table. The first year I had the big tent (and I guess this stove too) my daughter got the inside up to the low/mid 90's. The thing was literally roaring -- and red. And sucked a couple of embers onto the roof. My eyes were glowing as well.

Anyhow, the slider vent on the front is a bit of a pain to move due to some warping. You do not need a damper with vent control on the front. And a piece of hardware cloth wrapped in a shape like a sugar cone makes a dandy spark arrester (bend the high side tab back over so you have a bit of a handle). I use a small tin (Altoids) to put the nuts and bolts in for the extender legs.

I put a layer of dirt in the bottom of it to keep any concerns over burn through. Also holds some residual heat. And with it up in the air on the extenders I put wood under it to help dry it out.

I know this is a late response, but there you go!