Hot Tent Wood Stove: Jack, Pipe and Draft
Hot tent camping is the one setup where a cold weekend stops being something you endure. A small wood stove …
Heat, Fire & Climate
Tent heaters, propane fire pits, wood stoves, fans and portable AC. Clearances and ventilation come from NFPA and the maker, not from us.
Winter Camping Tent: Four Season or Hot Tent
Two very different tents get sold as winter tents, and buying the wrong one is an expensive way to find …
Tent AC Port: Fitting a Unit to a Tent Without One
Most people discover the problem after the air conditioner is already in the trunk. The unit works, the campground has …
Tent Heater Safety: CO Alarms and Clearances
Most tent heater accidents are not exotic. They are a sleeping bag that slumped against a hot reflector, a cylinder …
Tent Heater: What Is Actually Safe Inside a Tent
The first cold night of the season is the one that sends people shopping for a tent heater. You wake …
Rechargeable Tent Fan That Runs All Night
The fan that matters at two in the morning is not the big one on the tent floor. It is …
Propane Heater in a Tent: Ventilation Rules First
Ask whether a propane heater belongs in a tent and you will get two confident answers, both wrong. One camp …
Propane Fire Pit or Wood: Heat, Mess and Rules
This argument runs at every campsite where somebody shows up with a propane fire pit. One side says it is …
Portable Propane Fire Pit for Fire Ban Season
The reason propane fire pits sell out in July is not that anybody prefers them to a wood fire. It …
Portable AC for a Tent: What Actually Cools
Anyone who has tried to sleep in a tent in July already knows the problem. The sun hits the fly …
Mr Heater Buddy in a Tent: Sizes and Clearances
Walk any campground loop in October and the small chrome grille of a Buddy heater shows up in half the …
Camp Fire Pit: Elevated, Collapsible or Pan
You pull into a dispersed site in the national forest, and there is no fire ring. Or you pull into …