How to heat a tent in winter. Heating in a tent in winter
In winter fishing, when fishing from ice, heating the tent with a gas stove is an excellent and most popular option. The whole problem is only in the efficiency of this heat, and it often heats not so much the fisherman as the "street", as a result, the gas consumption is large, but there is little heat, especially in a single-layer tent. An afterburner is needed, which fundamentally solves the problem, and even a simple single-burner camping stove turns into a real stove - in severe frosts it is impossible to overestimate its capabilities!
What is the meaning of the afterburner? When an ordinary gas stove burns, almost all the heat goes up, and given that the tent needs ventilation in order not to suffocate, a lot of heat quickly disappears outside the "fisherman's house". The afterburner, placed on the burner, sharply increases the amount of heat generated, distributing it evenly over the sides. If a metal screen is placed on the reverse side of the tile, then the main heat will be directed towards the angler.
As a result, a tile with an afterburner gives more heat, and it is better distributed even with a minimum gas supply, compared to a tile without an afterburner with a maximum gas supply. As a result, we also significantly save gas, which is so important when fishing for many hours with an overnight stay.
You can look for Chinese afterburners for sale, but there is no problem making an excellent afterburner yourself. I made from two stainless steel cups different diameter. One is inserted into the other, the gap between the walls is about 0.5-1cm. In the inner cup there are a large number of drilled holes (the exact diameter is not important) for the active release of heat. In the outer cup, I made chaotic cuts with a grinder, you can replace them with holes, but I like the cuts more (photo).
After that, two cups were fastened with two bolts closer to the necks (photo). On top of the bottom of the outer cup there is a small holder (a screw with a nut) so that you can grab it with pliers and remove it from the stove, because when the afterburner warms up, you can get burned even through a rag.
That's it, I put the afterburner on the tile with the necks of the cups down (photo).
Now about the nuances. The heat released into the tent is so intense that the surface of the tile itself is very hot. And what is especially unpleasant, do not touch the plastic knob for adjusting the gas supply. The problem was solved by installing a protective screen on the surface of the plate, the petals of which cover both the handle and the exit from the gas hose tile. For the screen I used a mirror stainless steel 0.7mm thick. It has a good reflection of heat, well protecting the entire tile from overheating.
I also use a heat-reflecting collapsible metal screen, installing it vertically behind the tile. In principle, its main task is not even to supply additional heat to me (with an afterburner it is already enough), but to protect the fabric of the tent from burning through. After all, it is most convenient when the tile is not in the middle of the tent, where the fisherman catches fish, but somewhere in the corner, and there the screen protects the fabric well.
That's it, you can go fishing - an afterburner paired with a regular tile will not let you freeze even in the absence of bite. There is only one unpleasant moment: if you want to sleep a little, then in cold weather you don’t really want to turn off the tiles, because with proper ventilation you won’t burn the tent. But a working gas stove is unpleasant to leave unattended. You never know the fire will go out for some reason, and the gas will slowly go out into the tent, which is fraught with trouble!
Therefore, he insured himself and put the so-called “gas control” on our usual stove, which automatically shuts off the gas supply if the flame goes out for some reason. I had to buy another tap from a different "Hephaestus" stove, which initially provided for "gas control", and install it on my simple tile (photo).
If someone is interested in the idea of \u200b\u200b"gas control", but in gas equipment is not very strong, I strongly recommend that you consult with a person who knows a lot about this so that everything is done correctly. Or just do without this "gas control".
And about the gas cylinder. I liked the Polish model for 3 kilograms of gas the most, which is about 7 liters. I fill it up at a gas station. Enough for two nights, usually on winter fishing from 8 pm to 8 am the stove heats non-stop. And during the day, as a rule, it’s already so warm, and you don’t want to hang around in the tent all the time, especially when there is no sensible bite. Then I’d better run on the ice, look for a perch with a mormyshka, some kind of linen, or try my luck in hunting for a decent pike - it often works out.
In the cold season, you need to take care of its heating, especially if the trip is planned with children.
Of course, an important role for a comfortable sleep is played by right choice and, but you must admit, even if the whole body is warm, and the nose and ears are cold - this is not very pleasant. Children are known to toss and turn in their sleep and open up, so it is better to heat the entire tent to be calm and not worry that the little ones will catch a cold. So consider individual heaters, such as a catalytic heating pad, a bottle of hot water in a sleeping bag or other chemical heaters I will not.
So, what are the safe options for heating a tent. One of the most common ways is to heat the “home” with cobblestone well heated on a fire.
There is a trick here - if you simply heat the stone on a fire and bring it into the tent, then at first it will be stuffy there, but after an hour the stone will gradually cool down and it will become cold again in the tent. You can put a stone in a bowl with a lid - this will increase the time to 3 hours, but this is not enough for a good sleep. It is necessary to increase the thermal inertia of the stone so that it keeps heat for 8-10 hours, cooling down gradually. To do this, use a non-combustible, lightweight and small-sized heat insulator - ordinary aluminum foil. A stone wrapped in several layers of foil will cool down much more slowly and will not create stuffiness in the tent in the first hours. When the stone starts to cool down, it will be enough just to unscrew the foil layer by layer - and it will become warm in the tent again. Heat is retained by the air between the foil layers.
In order not to burn the bottom of the tent with a red-hot stone, it is placed in a pan (it is better that the stone is approximately the size of a human head and fits snugly in the socket of the pan, and does not rest on its bottom). Under the pan, you can additionally put an inverted frying pan or a wooden plank.
Important note: you need to heat the stone gradually in order to prevent its destruction due to a sharp temperature drop on its surface and inside.
If possible, you can heat a 10-20 liter can of water and put in a tent. The effect of the battery for 3-4 hours is provided.
Another equally common option is set up a tent at the place where the fire burned. Ideally, the turf is removed according to the size of the tent, a deepening of 20 centimeters is dug, and a fire is burned at this place for several hours. When large coals burn out, the fire is covered with a layer of earth 7-10 centimeters, spruce branches or dry grass are placed on top and a tent is set up. But many do not bother with digging, but simply remove the coals from the fire and put spruce branches on the hot ground. You can sleep peacefully until morning.
More confusing heating option with the help of a fire and a duralumin collapsible pipe. For such a heater, you will need six meter lengths of a duralumin tube with a diameter of 5 cm (the weight of the kit is a little more than a kilogram) and a small sheet of asbestos. About 5 meters from the tent, a fire is kindled and a pipe is pulled through it into the tent. The place where the pipe comes into contact with the fire is wrapped with asbestos. One end of the pipe is directed into the tent, the other - outside the fire, protrudes so that the smoke does not get inside. The clean air entering the pipe is heated, passing through the fire, and goes into the tent. The difference between the lower - inlet end of the pipe and the upper - outlet should be at least 1.5-2 meters. The steeper the slope, the stronger the air circulation. The temperature of the incoming air depends on the heating of the pipe in the fire. If it gets too hot, you can close the outlet in the tent or reduce the fire.
All these methods are time-consuming and not very convenient when you are traveling with children or moving from place to place and you arrive late and already tired to the next parking lot.
Help is here special travel heaters. They are gasoline, kerosene or gas.
Burners are very popular in recent times among tourists, as everyone can choose what he likes from a wide range of specimens on the market. Such a stove can combine not only a heater, but also a tile for cooking, and sometimes also illuminate the space. Such burners are usually compact, reliable and silent. Using such heaters in a tent, you need to take care of the access of fresh air inside. It will not be superfluous to have an oxygen sensor in the stove, which will turn off the gas supply when the oxygen level is low. A prerequisite is that such a heater must be certified for use in residential premises.
SHOWHOLD
All fishermen and hunters sooner or later think about a high-quality, reliable tent heater. Today, there are many different models on the store shelves with different characteristics. Craftsmen offer many of their own ways to make a heater with their own hands. You can see and familiarize yourself with which you can on our website - videos and photos, fortunately, are enough.
spirit lamp
Alcohol has an excellent property - it does not smoke when burned. That is why it was often used as a "raw material" for heaters in tents. The spirit lamp does not differ in a complex design. You can make it from improvised materials without any special tools.
Almost any can for a heater is suitable - from beer, baby food or paint, for example
Tools and materials for the manufacture of alcohol lamps:
- Tin can - can be from under beer;
- A strip of leaf in a cage;
- Marker, knife and ruler.
On the bank, you need to step back a third from the top down and draw the most even strip. The existing leaf must be attached to the jar with glue or tape.
It is important to learn how to properly light a homemade heater and follow fire safety rules in a tent.
How to fire up a heater?
Pour alcohol into the jar. Then the heater must be placed on a non-combustible surface and shaken so that a little alcohol spills out of the holes. Then it is necessary to ignite the existing alcohol from the outside. When the spirit lamp goes out, these steps must be repeated several times.
A beautiful flame, even mesmerizing, right?
Gas heater
This version of the heater is a little more difficult to make with your own hands. However, a homemade heater has many undeniable advantages, thanks to which it is popular with our fishermen.
Advantages of a gas heater:
- Large heating area - they can even heat a small cave;
- More heat compared to similar homemade heaters.
Materials for the manufacture of a gas heater:
- Small infrared ceramic heater;
- Gas spray - you can "dichlorvos";
- Burner-nozzle with a special tap;
- A small piece of 4-6mm oxygen tubing.
"Semi-finished products" for the manufacture of a gas heater
When choosing a ceramic burner, you need to pay attention to small models, because they will not be powered by a large cylinder, but by a small cartridge. Plus, you don't need to spend extra money on the trip.
How to make a small gas heater?
First you need to unscrew the nozzle from the nozzle burner. You only need to leave the pipe itself and the faucet. Hose to put on the pipe and fitting infrared burner. The length of the hose should be at least 55 cm. After all, the can must be in a vertical position - this is how the gas enters in a gaseous, not a liquid state.
Thus, the user receives a portable, powerful and convenient gas heater. A regular spray can (200 grams) lasts up to about 2 hours. A supply of spray cans will help you spend the night comfortably and warmly in a tent for more than one night. In addition, the design is as safe as possible - an open flame appears only at the moment of ignition. In just 10 minutes, the ceramic becomes hot and begins to give off heat.
They gave heating!
It is possible to make a homemade heater from improvised means. The main thing is to stock up on a good mood and enthusiasm. You can watch the video of folk craftsmen below.
In the manufacture and use of homemade heaters, safety rules must be observed. Warm nights, gentlemen!
In this article, we tried to collect all the known ways to heat a tent for winter fishing.
At a time when there were no modern portable gas stoves stoves were a rarity - fishermen used homemade mini-stoves welded from sheet iron to heat winter tents. Such stoves were usually fired with wood, although other types could also be used. solid fuel such as coal. I even know one bream dweller who, in the late 80s, regularly sat on the city pond, heating his tent with a stove on coal. According to his reviews - "it was so hot that he was sitting in a T-shirt."
There were a great many designs of these stoves. Here, as they say - who was much for what. However, the principle was the same everywhere - a firebox, a stand (so that the ice does not melt) and a chimney pipe that went out through a special hole in the tent wall, edged with non-combustible material like fiberglass. In other words, a miniature potbelly stove.
Nowadays, mini-stoves have been superseded by more efficient and compact devices for heating a tent. However, this does not mean at all that no one now heats a tent with firewood. In rural areas, especially in some villages far from cities, this is still a very popular method, sometimes the only possible one.
- Pros: cheap or free fuel, good calorific value.
- Minuses: cumbersome design, complete uselessness in the absence of firewood in the place of fishing, the need for a large amount of fuel (the aforementioned acquaintance dragged an average bucket of coal for fishing). In addition, I had to periodically throw firewood into the stove, distracting from fishing.
Primus
With the advent of "lights", "bumblebees" and other gasoline burners, wood stoves began to gradually fade into the background. And for quite a long period of time, the fishing tents were heated with stoves. Even now, there are still many adherents of this method.
- Pros: compactness, excellent calorific value.
- Minuses: difficulty in use. And to this day there are legends about the "reliability" of primus stoves.
Oil burners (multi-fuel)
In fact, these are the same stoves, only a high-tech version. Deprived of most of the shortcomings of "bumblebees".
- Pros: excellent calorific value, versatility in terms of fuel used.
- Minuses: high price.
Gas hob with 5 liter propane tank
Another old proven method of heating a tent, which is still in full use today. If the balloon is left outside, the tile itself takes up very little space.
- Pros: long work from one refueling, excellent calorific value, greater reliability and safety in comparison with stoves.
- Minuses: the bulkiness of the structure and its increased weight, the likelihood of gas freezing in severe frosts (especially if the cylinder was not pure propane, but its mixture with other gases).
Gas stove or heater on disposable cylinders
Appeared relatively recently and gained good popularity. They could even supplant other methods of heating tents, if not for one significant drawback, which is discussed below.
This category could also include gas lamps However, their calorific value leaves much to be desired, so if they are suitable for heating a winter tent, then only during mild cold weather.
- Pros: compactness, you can also add affordable and relatively inexpensive fuel here.
- Minuses: the main one is the probability of gas freezing already in light frosts (thin-walled cartridges are designed for gas mixtures with a lower vapor pressure, evaporating at more high temperatures). How to deal with this is written in a separate article. In addition, some tiles and heaters are very limited in power, which somewhat reduces their effectiveness during severe frosts.
Paraffin candles
The power of one candle is about 40 watts / hour. Not such a small number. It turns out that four dozen candles may well compete in terms of heat generated with a portable gas heater.
- Pros: lighting, simplicity, no need for additional equipment.
- Minuses: low power(the stronger the frost - the more candles are needed).
Dry fuel
Some types of dry fuel, for example, "dry alcohol" tablets, burn for 10-15 minutes without soot and odor. The specific heat of combustion of this fuel is 30 mJ / kg, which corresponds to 8.3 kilowatts. You can go further and calculate the "power" of one tablet. It is approximately 332-498 W / h. Therefore, dry fuel can be used to heat a winter tent, for example, in an emergency when there is nothing else to heat.
- Pros: high calorific value, ease of use.
- Minuses: the need to be distracted every 15-20 minutes to ignite a new tablet. It is possible that a special stove could solve this problem, where several tablets could be loaded at once, and then “stretch” the process of their combustion, limiting the supply of oxygen. However, so far no one has invented it.
Alcohol
The specific heat of combustion of alcohol is 27 mJ/kg, which is almost two times less than that of natural gas, but it is quite enough to use alcohol as a fuel for a tent heater. And some - who have constant access to supplies of this substance - do so, using home-made tin can alcohol lamps as a heater. Nevertheless, most anglers consider this approach to be unreasonably wasteful, if not sacrilegious, and it is understandable for what reason.
- Pros: good calorific value.
- Minuses: relatively high cost of fuel, or difficulty in acquiring it.
The angler himself
The human body, it turns out, can also be considered as a heater. At rest, it produces an average of 60 watts of heat per hour. Therefore, with a small "minus" - after setting up the tent - the holes usually stop freezing, and a heater is not required.
- Pros: nothing extra is needed.
- Minuses: small power, sufficient only for "warm" winter weather.
Sun
To some, this point will seem even more frivolous, but in fact Sun rays have a very high calorific value. Especially when you consider the fact that during the winter in our hemisphere, the Earth is at its closest distance from the Sun.
On clear windless days - even in 30-degree frosts - you can notice the appearance of icicles on dark objects partially covered with snow. This is due to the fact that the sun heats them up to a low positive temperature, at which the snow begins to melt. But the temperature difference here clearly exceeds 30 degrees, which is quite a lot.
The sun also warms up the fisherman's tent a little, though with a very tiny part of the heat of its rays. And the lion's share of this heat is dissipated into the external space - due to reflection from the fabric and cooling it with cold air constantly circulating outside.
Somehow it is necessary to direct the solar heat inside the tent, but at the same time minimize its return to the outside. The prospects for this method of heating are obvious, and it is quite feasible even with modern technologies. But so far there are no practical developments in this direction. Who will take care of it?
- Pros: free energy.
- Minuses: useless in cloudy weather and at night. Well, as mentioned above - at the moment, the full use of solar heat to heat a winter tent is just a theory. But in practice, it turns out that in sunny weather we have a small bonus - five degrees to the main source of heating, whether it is a stove, stove, burner, or a heater.
Simple gas cylinder 220gr.
Gas heaters for heating tents in conditions winter fishing produced by several manufacturers. These are Kovea, Coleman, Elekon, ISH, others are less common.
Korean Kovea presents several heaters that differ in fuel source, power and design. The power of Kovea devices is from 0.9kW to 1.67kW. Two of them work from collet cylinders (using a push-and-turn system), and two from threaded cylinders (they are screwed into a designated connector). Threaded devices often come with an adapter for switching to a collet cylinder. Kovea heaters cost from 4,000 to 5,000 rubles, depending on the model.
The heaters of the American company Coleman use threaded cartridges (cylinders). The power of these devices is 0.85 kW, 1 kW, 0.5 kW and 1.1 kW. All of them are catalytic, that is, they do not have a ceramic plate, but a platinum-coated canvas. The devices of this company have cartridges that cannot be replaced by cylinders from other manufacturers. This must be taken into account when buying. Prices for Coleman from 2,670 rubles to 7,710 depending on the model.
Produced somewhere in China or Korea, but under the brand of the Novosibirsk company Elekon, the heaters of the same name produce 2 kW of power and cost from 2000 to 2500 rubles, depending on the store. But they work, like some Kovea, on the most common high collet cylinders in Russia 220gr. for 50 rubles. Elekon have an unpleasant feature - in the first 10 minutes they give out flames 20-30 cm high. Then it lights up fine. Be careful with him. One cylinder is enough for 3-4 hours of continuous operation on medium gas.
If you have a gas burner, you can purchase a special nozzle made of metal mesh, which gives off heat better to the air.
Liquefied gas, on which gas heaters operate, burns well at ambient temperatures down to minus 10 degrees, if the temperature is lower, then the cylinders should be preheated, for example, in the inner pocket of clothing. Some heaters provide heating of cylinders with a copper plate for gas heating. All cylinders are disposable and cannot be recharged.
Kovea, Elekon and ISH gas heaters are relatively harmless, they can heat a tent without the risk of getting burned. They do not burn oxygen, but they dry the air a little. The tent must be with a breathable top, or open the window. It is necessary to change the cylinders on the street so that there are no leaks inside the tent. Coleman heaters have a platinum-coated heater plate just to ensure that more complete combustion of the gas occurs and combustion residues are not released into the small space of the tent. Burning in the truest sense of the word does not occur here. On platinum, the propane mixture is oxidized with oxygen, which is in the air, and due to this, heat is released. However, there were no negative cases from the use of heaters of any of the listed companies.
Depending on what kind of tent you have, temperature limits for fishing trips and plans for spending the night in a tent, a heater of this power should be used. Tents, as a rule, use small ones, so they do not need especially powerful heaters. Depending on the air temperature and the size of the tent, a 1.4 kW heater will warm up the tent in 5-10 minutes, then the heater can be switched to low mode. It warms up - it means it will create a positive temperature inside so that the hole and fishing line do not freeze. And you can fish without gloves.
About cylinders for gas heaters. If a gas cylinders threaded, branded Kovea RGF and 2-pack Propane can be used. The latter is suitable only for Coleman devices and costs about a thousand rubles per liter. On sale there are cylinders of the European standard 450 grams and 230 grams, and cost 250 rubles and 150 rubles, respectively. Gas containers Kovea KGF 0230 and KGF 0450 with a volume of 230 grams and 450 grams, respectively, cost 150 rubles and 200 rubles. The most common in Russia high collet cylinder KGF 0220 with a volume of 220 grams costs 50-60 rubles.
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Greetings to all. As promised, I edited and posted a video about heating in a tent during winter fishing. I'll try to answer any questions you may have after watching!
1. The balloon was made for me by a specialist who knows a lot about all these things. The cylinder has been tested in accordance with all the rules, which is stamped by a certified organization.
2. Assembled by the same specialist, again according to all the rules. So on the safety of the cylinder, questions should disappear.
3.Sled under the gas I made on hastily, because I didn't know if they would be of any use or not. Therefore, they do not look presentable! From the bottom, she sheathed them with plastic (cut a large canister of paint) to improve the sliding properties.
4. Burner consumption for the night + - 2 liters, so that is enough for fishing with two overnight stays, for the eyes.
5. I heat the Penguin 3.5 tent (two-layer). Heat, I personally ENOUGH! (in the video, an old, two-person tent, for daytime fishing)
If you have any questions, I'll be happy to answer!
Watch here:
Winter shelter for fishing,
Winter fishing tents
Siberian frosts this winter are especially evil. If last year I used a winter tent only once, now I have to take it with me almost every fishing trip. Someone catches in tents, and someone finds other options for shelters from frost and wind.
Shelters for winter fishing
The first thing an angler needs to decide is whether he needs shelter at all. If you are fishing with balancers or spinners, then the need for shelter is practically eliminated. Fishing for these baits is active and it is extremely rare to sit in one place for a long time. And the influence of the wind on this stronger tackle is minimal.
But even if you are fishing with rods, you do not always need a tent, you can get by with the most primitive shelters. One of the most simple options: make a "stretch" of tarpaulin or polyethylene on two ski poles measuring 1 x 1.5 m. This design is removed and twisted easily and transferred from place to place without problems.
Of course, such a "stretch" is not relevant for the European part of Russia, where there is little snow on the ice, but we have a lot of snow in Siberia in the middle of winter and it is not difficult to find snow 40-50 cm deep for reliable fastening of this "stretch". Due to the small area, this simple shelter can not be blown away by every wind, and even if it does, the wind will not carry such a "tent" far away.
Another proven combat option is to build a shelter out of fishing sleds. In a sleigh, it is not only convenient to transport various fishing belongings and catches, but it is also quite tolerable to hide from the wind with them.
Another and most popular hiking option is to hide in a transparent plastic bag, which is worn like a cap on top of the angler. Making this cover is easy. From a roll of double film 2 m wide, a piece 2 m long is cut off and sealed with an iron through a newspaper. The result is a square bag measuring 2x2 m. This cap is convenient to put in a box, and it weighs very little.
The back of the bag is pressed with the box, and the front is pressed with the feet. And it’s even better to cover the bottom of this bag with snow around the perimeter and it will not only sit comfortably without wind, but after a while it will even become warm. There is no bite - he rolled up the bag and walked on. The only drawback in such a bag is poor ventilation. It is not recommended to burn or smoke something inside it. Periodically, the cap must be ventilated, otherwise, from smells and fumes, the head begins to spin.
Choosing a tent for winter fishing
If all the shelter options listed above do not suit you, and you want not only to find protection from frost and wind, but also warmth and comfort, then you face the problem of choosing a tent for winter fishing. There are currently a lot of tents for winter fishing, both Russian and Chinese, and some other foreign companies. All of them look solid in appearance, but the appearance of the tent, although important, is not as important as its design features. What are the characteristics of a modern tent for winter fishing:
1. Design. There are two main types of winter tents for fishing - "automatic" and frame type. Machine guns are quickly assembled and disassembled, but, as in everything soon at hand, there are drawbacks - this is the fragility of the whole structure and fragility. The second disadvantage of "automatic machines" is that in a strong wind the tent shakes noticeably. So if you really choose an “automatic” tent for yourself, then it’s better to have the best quality from a reputable manufacturer, otherwise your money, literally and figuratively, will fly into the wind in a very short time.
Frame-type tents are much more reliable and stable, but they take longer to set up. First, the arcs are installed, and only then, according to the principle of many summer tents, the tent itself is attached to the arcs. This design is devoid of all sorts of unnecessary connections inherent in automatic machines, and therefore much more reliable.
2. Material. First of all, the tent must be windproof and at the same time the material must "breathe". Non-breathable materials of fishing tents contribute to the formation of condensation on the walls of the tent. In addition, due to the high content of carbon dioxide, when you stay inside the tent for a long time, your well-being can seriously deteriorate.
3. Bottom. There is winter tents without a bottom and with a bottom. Each of them has its pros and cons. A tent with a bottom is more convenient for long fishing trips and even overnight stays on the ice, or when there is no snow on the ice. The wind does not blow from the bottom of the tent, and the heat in the tent lasts longer. On the other hand, a tent without a bottom is more convenient to use, there is no floor, which means there is nothing to freeze to the ice, especially when ice appears. You can insulate a tent without a bottom by simply sprinkling it around the perimeter with snow.
I repeat: there is no unequivocal answer in choosing this option and it is up to you to decide what to stop at.
4. The size and shape of the tent: the most running 1.5x1.5 m, 2x2m. Less is warmer, more is more comfortable. Every man to his own taste. The windage is less for a tent with a round base, but a square tent can also be set up stably if you put it not with the back wall to the wind, but with any blind angle.
5. The arcs of the tent are made of metal and plastic. The former, of course, are more expensive, but more durable, the latter are cheaper, but at sub-zero temperatures and strong gusts of wind they can break at the most inopportune moment.
6. Pay attention to the attachments to the ice. The best option when stretch marks are attached to the arcs that stretch the fabric. Stretch marks that are simply attached to the cloth will tear very soon.
7. Windows, pockets. In order to achieve air circulation in the tent for winter fishing, valves must be provided in the design, in the form of opening windows + a vent in the ceiling of the tent. The presence of transparent windows creates additional illumination inside, and the curtains on them will relieve direct sunlight. Existing inside pockets and a towel rack keep you cozy, while a hook at the top helps secure the lantern. In a word, the more amenities provided for the angler, the better.
8. Color. The tent must be of a light color (white, yellow, etc.) so that it is light inside the tent. No dark tomes, otherwise, on cloudy days, you will also have to turn on the flashlight to see the bite.
9. Doors. Sometimes two entrances and exits come in handy in a tent - this is convenient for long fishing in one place, when the wind can change direction several times a day. The door with a zipper should be equipped with two locks, which allows you to open the tent both from the outside and from the inside.
10. Transport characteristics. When choosing a tent for winter fishing, look at what dimensions it has when folded, how it fits in a backpack, whether it is possible to carry a folded tent on your shoulder, and so on.
Operation of the tent for winter fishing
Installation. Determine which side the wind is blowing from, and position the handkerchief so that the inlet and open valves for ventilation are on the opposite side.
Tents for winter fishing are usually equipped with various pegs and metal crutches, but they are not effective. The best option is to purchase metal gimlets or screws that screw into the ice and hold firmly in it themselves and, accordingly, confidently hold the tent.
If the wind is especially strong, and there is nothing to additionally strengthen the tent, then an ice screw can be used to secure the tent by drilling a hole on the leeward side and fastening the top of the tent and the ice screw handle.
At home, before fishing or at the beginning of fishing on a pond, wipe the locks with paraffin (candle or soap) for them better work. Never open the locks to the end, very often the locks freeze in these extreme positions.
Heating. When setting up an ice fishing tent, make sure that the underskirt is covered with snow. For strength, it can be tamped down with your feet. You can lay a piece of cellophane on the bottom and put 1-2 tourist rugs on top.
To heat the tent, the best to use will be a gasoline burner, which works stably in any frost, but it is quite expensive. Most anglers use gas burners. Normal gas burner 2-3 half-liter bottles are enough for the night for heating and boiling tea. At least 5-6 pieces of such cylinders are needed per day.
Ventilation. When staying in a tent, it is necessary to leave at least one of the valves open for ventilation, no matter how cold it is. It will be damp in the tent, it will be even colder. Be sure to open the valves if you use different burners for heating. Do not use candles for lighting, a headlamp is both more convenient and safer for health.
And the last. After fishing, be sure to remove everything that you brought with you from the ice.
Heating tent for winter fishing
One of the main problems that anglers face on ice fishing is the heating of the tent. Even if you are very warm with the help of special clothes, it is likely that on cold winter nights the fisherman will get frostbite. Heating a tent in this regard is very similar to heating country house- Requires thoroughness and consistency.
On winter fishing, heating is necessary for comfort in a tent
One option for solving this problem is to purchase a mobile home or tent that will provide warmth to the frozen fisherman. A properly set up and heated tent is the perfect place to keep the fisherman happy and, of course, healthy.
You can add warmth to your ice fishing tent with a variety of accessories.
Candles for heating are the most economical and convenient way heat the tent. When burning, they perfectly maintain a sufficient temperature inside and allow the fisherman to warm up. Candles completely lose their effectiveness if the outside temperature is below -15 degrees. In this case, you need to select other attributes.
Gas stoves. Today it is one of the most popular ways not only to heat a tent. With their help, even the heating of a private house is organized. when the main heating system is not yet connected. Representing this design is a balloon with tiles. It will quickly heat up the mobile house.
Dry fuel is used very often. It is enough just to put dry fuel on a plate, set it on fire and the fireplace and stove are ready at the same time. The disadvantage of this method is an unpleasant and unhealthy odor.
Primus. This method has not lost its relevance for years, since it allows you to heat the tent around the clock.