[Ansteorra] Tent Heaters (was GW camping in cold/hot weather tips)

[Albin_oil_de_larrun]

If you have a gander mountain store nearby, they sell a small heate for tents. It's supposed to be able to be run in a closed tent. I saw them in the fall and thought it would be great on cold days. 

Ld. Albin Oil de Larrun
Shire Adlersruhe
Kingsom Ansteorra

On Feb 2, 2010, at 10:56 AM, Cisco Cividanes <engtrktwo at gmail.com> wrote:

I'm sort of jumping into this, so if this has been said already my apologies.

If anyone is going to get a tent heater, please make sure to consider
ventilation. Combustion, by definition requires oxygen, and a lot of
heaters give off gasses that can be highly poisonous. I am not
familiar with all of the models, or all of the safety features
currently in stock.

However, I do recall reading about an event (Pensic, I think) where a
couple were fatally poisoned in their tent in the night due to a
mishap with their tent heater.

I urge anyone who is looking to buy a tent heater to consider this
risk and account for it themselves, or ask someone more knowledgeable
in such things for advice.


Sorry if this sounds like a rant.

In service,
Lord Ivo Blackhawk

On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Mike Wyvill <wyvillmike at gmail.com> wrote:
All of what Lord Tomas said is good advice. I would however dip into my
experience as a Scoutmaster in regions colder than ours to add this. If you
are going to purchase a heater, make sure you get one that will shut itself
off if tipped. No you shouldn't leave the heater unattended but there may be
a time where your friend just got back with a steal from Midnight Madness
and you just have to go and see.

Engenulf de Vienville
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