TENT WOOD STOVES

If a customer orders a Wilderness or Camp tent log burner before noon Pacific time, it can possibly ship the same day. However, a customer must request immediate shipping to ship the same day or the next day. A Wilderness tent can also possibly ship the same day, depending on other orders received.

Do not believe any manufacturer's listed stove tent burn times. Stove companies greatly exaggerate canvas tent stove burn times up to 50-100%.

To compare burn times between tent wood burning stove models, you must compare the size of the stove firebox in cubic feet and whether the stove has a door gasket. The more wood you can put in a tent log burner, the longer the tent wood stove will burn.

A tent stove must have a DOOR GASKET TO BE AIRTIGHT. A door gasket (airtight stove) allows you to control the rate of burn better. Some companies claim their stoves are airtight without having a door gasket. With no gasket, a wall tent stove is not airtight.

Bottom line: The tent wood stove with a door gasket and with the largest fire box will provide the most heat and have the longest burning time, regardless of what a salesman states.

The Wilderness and Camp are the best tent stoves for sale and have the longest stove tent burn times. Both will burn longer than any other model. Both have the largest fire boxes available, measured by cubic feet, and have a gasket on the door.

Based on personal experience, the best location is on the roof. A stove jack in the roof allows the use of a nesting pipe that can easily be stored inside the firebox. Additionally, no pipe elbows are required. In my 12’ x 14’ tent, I have a stove jack in the roof, a sidewall, and an end wall. I use the roof stove jack every time after experimenting with the other tent wood stove jack locations. — Rich, owner. 

A stove jack in any side wall requires 2 pipe elbows for changing from the horizontal to vertical pipe direction. Change to a vertical pipe going up is required to have the top of the stove pipe higher to prevent sparks from landing on a tent roof. When the stove jack in a side wall is used, a metal support must be used to support the stove pipe. If not, the stove pipe will become loose and fall apart.

A hot tent stove is any tent stove that is compatible with use in a tent. The size and weight requirements of all hot tent stoves for sale are dependent on how the hot tent is being used. Stationary camping can accommodate the heavier, more durable tent wood-burning stoves. Or use a lightweight or portable stove. Mobile hot tent campers normally use a lightweight tent log burner.

Hot tent stoves need to have a tent stove jack and be located a safe distance from the wall. Especially, if a hot tent stove is used in a synthetic tent. Synthetic tents billow in the wind and will melt if the synthetic side wall fabric touches a hot tent stove.

Never allow your tent stove to burn red hot. Normally, the stove starts becoming red hot at the bottom of the firebox. As soon as you notice any part of your stove burning red hot, immediately shut off the air intake on the door. Hopefully, the tent log burner will return to its normal color within 5 minutes.

Sometimes there's so much wood in the tent stove that the entire stove will turn red hot. During extreme heat, the stove pipe also turns red. There is not much you can do at this time except have a fire extinguisher ready.

You must always monitor and air intake to ensure your tent wood stove never turns red hot. Normally, a stove only becomes red hot if you have a full stove of wood and the air intake is too open.

A tent stove will probably warp when it turns red hot. Our Wilderness and Idaho tent stoves for sale have metal rods welded inside the stove to help prevent warping if you accidentally allow your stove to become red hot.