How to keep warm in a tent on winter fishing. Heating tent for winter fishing

Overnight in a tent is great. But when it's cold outside, it requires special preparation, especially if children are taking part in the hike. Today we will find out what are the ways to heat the tent in the cold season. Let's start with the simplest and finish with the most technologically advanced and costly.

Clothes and sleeping bag

An important role in the issue of heating is played by the tourist's clothing, his and the mattress. If all these attributes are chosen correctly and performed with high quality, then they will be enough to comfortably spend the night in the autumn forest. However, with the advent of real cold weather, such heat will not be enough. There will also be little of it for children, and there are two reasons for this. First, children get colder. And secondly, they like to toss and turn and open up in a dream. Therefore, it is important to heat the entire tent.

By the way, if you spend the night in and in principle, and in any other case, try to make sure that the parts of your body are in contact with each other as much as possible. At the very least, take your hands out of your sleeves. The principle of mittens works here, which, as you know, warms (or it would be more correct to say, retains body heat) much more efficiently than a glove. To keep your sleeping bag warmer before the bitter cold sets in, a simple bottle of hot water to carry in your bag will help. Get a kind of heating pad.

Candles

The second easiest way is to heat the tent with candles. It is suitable in the fall, when you need to slightly warm it up, but in winter, candles will not be enough. Live fire in a tent is very dangerous, so it can only be used in two cases. The first is when you are awake and can follow the burning of the candle and its vertical position. Usually lovers use candles winter fishing who put up a tent not at all for sleeping, but for protection from wind and precipitation. Well, the second case is when the candle is in a safe burner. The design of such a burner was invented by tourists. You just need to take a metal shell from an old thermos flask and put a candle in it. Such a burner has a number of advantages. Firstly, if the thermos falls, the candle will remain in it and will not cause harm. Secondly, the candle heats the thermos, which means that the heat transfer surface increases several times.

stones

Heating the tent with stone / stones is an old method, distinguished by its simplicity and reliability. It is suitable for more severe cold weather than the previous two. But here, as in everything, there are nuances.

If you just take a heated stone and bring it into the tent, it will be hot, but not for long. Literally in an hour the stone will cool down and the cold will come again. The first way to increase the cooling time of the stone is to place it in a pot and close the lid. Such a simple manipulation will provide heating of the tent for three hours, but this is not enough for a comfortable sleep. It is necessary to slow down the heat transfer of the stone so that it remains hot for at least 6-8 hours. For this purpose, simple aluminum foil is used. It is non-flammable, lightweight and very compact. If you wrap the stone in several layers of foil, it will cool much more slowly and will not create stuffiness in the first hours of cooling. Heat will be retained due to the air gap between the layers. If you feel that the tent has become cold, just remove one layer of foil.

A red-hot stone can burn through the bottom of the tent, so it is placed in a pot or pan. It is good if the stone gets stuck in the socket of the container and does not heat up its bottom. Otherwise, a wooden plank should be placed under the pan. Another important nuance: do not heat the stone too intensely in the fire. Due to a sharp temperature drop on the surface and inside, it may crack.

A canister of hot water also works like a stone. Only heat transfer occurs much faster.

Ground heating

Now we will learn how to heat a tent on a hike in severe cold weather. An old and reliable way is to put up a tent in the place of a fire. There are two options here. The first takes more time and energy. To begin with, at the place where the tent will be set up in the future, you need to remove the sod. Dig should be to a depth of 20 centimeters. Then a huge fire with wide logs is lit in this pit. The main goal at this stage is to dry and warm the earth, as well as to get large coals. When the coals are ready, they are evenly distributed over the pit and covered with a 7-10 cm layer of earth. It is important that the ground is dry. If there is none, you need to use the second method below. Dry grass or spruce branches are laid on the ground, and a tent is placed on top. The tent is heated throughout the night.

The second option is less energy intensive. In this case, there is no need to dig a hole. All that needs to be done is to kindle a large fire, and when it burns out, carefully remove the coals to the side. On the ground hot from the fire, spruce branches are laid and a tent is put up.

Heating a tent with a pipe

Let's move on to more sophisticated and technological methods. To bring this idea to life, you need to take 5-6 meters of duralumin pipe with you on a hike. It can be divided into meter lengths for easy transportation. It is even better to take segments of different diameters and fold them into each other. But do not forget about the seal at the joints, otherwise all the heat will go into the air. The weight of such a set will not be significant at all.

So, for starters, a fire is kindled a few meters from the entrance to the tent. The pipe is placed on the fire in such a way that one end goes into the tent, and the other protrudes beyond the flame so that smoke does not get into it. The end of the pipe that goes into the tent should be 1.5 meters higher than the second end. This design works very simply: cold air, entering the pipe, heats up and rises, getting into the tent. The steeper the slope of the pipe, the more air will circulate. And the closer the fire is to the tent, the hotter this air will become.

To provide yourself with efficient heating, you can go further and make two pits, as in the figure below. The first is needed to protect the tent from fire, and the second - to ensure good airflow. If the tent is too hot, you can simply close the chimney.

Heating a tent with the above methods requires energy and time. In conditions when every day you move to a new place and get very tired, this is quite inconvenient. It is also uncomfortable if there are children in the hiking group. Therefore, many prefer to use modern technologies. We will talk about them below.

Gas heater

Heater with a metal working fluid

Such a camping heater can be either an attachment to a gas primus stove or an independent device. The first option requires special care, because its hot surface, as a rule, is not protected. Therefore, leaving such a heater overnight is not recommended.

Independent designs are more acceptable for night heating of the tent. They are more stable on the surface and have protection of the danger zone from objects from the outside. Such heaters may have one or two independent burners. Thanks to the parabolic reflector (reflector) from the working fluid can be directed in the right direction. On sale there are a lot of such heaters, both foreign and domestic production. The advantages of the device are simplicity of design, low cost, safety. Cons - low return, insufficient efficiency.

Heater with ceramic working medium

A portable heater of this type has a stronger heat dissipation, and therefore, it is more economical. The combustion process takes place on the surface of a ceramic plate that has a shape similar to a honeycomb. Heat is removed much more efficiently than with an open flame. Up to 50% of the combustion energy is converted into thermal radiation. The advantages of ceramic burners are efficiency, compactness, unpretentiousness, a little carbon monoxide is released during operation, directional action. Unfortunately, domestic heaters lose to imported ones on all fronts.

Gasoline Tent Heater

Gasoline heaters work on the same principle as gas heaters. The main advantages of such products are availability and the ability to work in any weather. The gas burner for heating the tent at a temperature of -5 degrees and below starts to act up. However, along with all the advantages, gasoline heaters also have significant disadvantages. The main one is danger. If not used correctly, the balloon can do much harm. And the fuel itself - gasoline - requires careful transportation.

Safety precautions when working with gas and gasoline heaters

Using these products in a tent, it is worth Special attention pay attention to the following safety rules:

1. There must be at least a little ventilation in the tent to remove combustion products.

2. The heater for the tent should be at least half a meter away from the wall.

4. It is desirable to have sleeping area at a height of up to 25 cm from the floor. Carbon monoxide is heavier than air, so it accumulates at the bottom.

5. Only special cylinders are suitable for use in a tent, which are equipped with protective automation. It blocks the gas supply if the burner goes out or overheats. Also, the cylinder must have a certificate allowing its use in residential premises.

6. The heater must be installed on a non-combustible support with an area exceeding the area of ​​the burner by at least 30%.

Well, the most effective way to heat a tent is to put a potbelly stove in it. This is the method used in army tents. Of course, it has more modest dimensions than the army, but the essence is the same. This method of heating is not suitable for a small tent. You will have to tinker with the stove, but the result will be more than worthy. There are few such products on the market, but they still exist. And some even adapt to gas and gasoline. The stove, as a rule, comes with a collapsible chimney. It is made of light metal and does not weigh much. The advantages of the stove - it gives a lot of heat, has a simple but reliable design of the hood, is inexpensive, does not require refueling.

Conclusion

Today we figured out how to heat a tent on a camping trip. There are many ways to make camping life more comfortable and safer, from the use of simple candles to full-fledged stoves. Which one to choose from this variety depends on the season, the place of rest, the composition of the group and the personal characteristics of each person. Someone wears a T-shirt in winter and sleeps in the same sleeping bag, but someone in the summer will not hurt.

Fishermen are more often worried low temperatures overboard, which are very difficult to deal with when fishing. A winter suit with a fleece, mittens with fur, felt boots and even special thermal underwear as for astronauts it is unlikely that they will significantly help even in a 20-degree frost. Therefore, in order not to die on ice, in a piercing wind, additional means of heating are simply necessary.

The thought immediately comes to mind mobile home or tent, it is very difficult to do without it on an open reservoir in the winter and you can freeze in a matter of minutes. Stiff legs and arms do not at all add sympathy to winter fishing. Plus, freezing long time very harmful to health. Therefore, choosing a good winter fishing tent will guarantee that you will not survive in the forest in winter, but turn winter fishing into a comfortable and exciting experience.

Setting up a tent for winter fishing

First thing to do before setting up a tent for ice fishing- this is to determine which side the wind is blowing from and position the tent so that the entrance and ventilation holes go to opposite side. Thanks to this, the tent will be protected from direct penetration of cold air and will be more stable.

Being inside the tent, the angler must leave open at least one air vent no matter how hard the frost is. Otherwise, condensation will quickly form inside the tent, which will lead to more cooling. When setting up a tent for winter fishing, be sure to make sure that it the lower part was covered with snow. In this case, you will not only insulate it, but also give it greater stability. You can freeze the lower part to the ice, but just be careful when removing the tent later.

Heating tent for winter fishing

One winter tent for ice fishing will not be enough and very inefficient in terms of keeping warm. There are different ways to get out of this situation. Usually anglers use:

• candles for heating tents for winter fishing

Candles for heating a tent for ice fishing are the most economical and compact way, they are cheap and take up little space. Wax or paraffin candles give off enough heat when burned to keep the temperature inside the tent, but only up to a certain temperature outside. But from experience it is known that even at minus 15 on the street, this wax option does not save much. Plus, it is possible for a fishing line to get on fire from a candle.

• gas stoves for ice fishing

For lovers of winter fishing, special heaters are produced. They differ in fuel, due to which the tent is heated, as well as in the working volume. Some copies work without refueling for two to three hours, others a little longer. Most often, these heaters run on gas fuel. The most popular means of gas equipment is a cylinder with a tile. The tile gives off much more heat, quickly warms up the tent space, but it should be remembered that the tile with a balloon is rather bulky equipment.

• dry fuel for heating the tent on winter fishing

Other anglers use dry fuel heaters to heat their tents while ice fishing. You can easily make such a heating pad yourself. To do this, in an ordinary tin, we make holes for air to enter and the oven is ready. It is suitable for both heating the tent and for heating food. But dry fuel emits a lot of unpleasant odors, and if you burn it, for example, all night, you can get poisoned and even lose consciousness. Therefore, it is not recommended to use this method of heating.

How to heat a tent for winter fishing

In addition to the aforementioned methods, many fishermen use a primus stove to heat their scarves during winter fishing. Some fishermen, going on a trip by car, take cast-iron stoves for the tent. They run on either gas or wood. And in order not to burn out, a pipe is attached to the furnace, which goes out into the street. Such a stove is heated all night long, the temperature in the tent will be very comfortable.

It is extremely important to remember safety when ice fishing! Heated dry tents ignite easily from the slightest spark or overheating of heaters, be very careful!

How to insulate a tent for winter fishing

However, warming up the tent is half the battle, you still need to keep it warm in it. To keep warm, some manufacturers make double-walled tents. In such designs it is noticeably warmer. But if you have the most common scarf, then you can try to upgrade it. You can use any non-toxic building material intended for hydrothermal and noise insulation. This material can be used to cover the floor in a tent, keeping a place for holes, then the cold from the ice will enter the house much less. Also from this material you can make capes on the tent in the form of caps. And then a wonderful winter fishing for pike, burbot, bream, carp, perch, carp will be provided to you!

For those who are really interested in the topic, we suggest watching a video about heating tents for winter fishing.

Video - winter fishing tent heating

Happy winter fishing and remember to be safe on the ice and in a heated tent!

Our trip to Altai has ended. Since I am writing these lines, it means that I successfully survived it. And thanks in large part to the advice given to me by dear readers. The campaign turned out to be warm, or rather its daytime running gear. During the day, the sun, if not warm, then did not allow to die completely. But at night, starting actually from the first night, there was a noticeable frost. I am a cold person, but I think that everyone wants to spend the night warm)
So, how did we not freeze in the tent:

In the photo, our tent at the Stone Hut parking lot, at an altitude of 2700 meters

The first couple of nights were not very cold. There was a minus, but very small, although during the stop near the Akkem River, light snow fell. But these were all flowers compared to five nights at Belukha, on the shore of Lake Akkem. There, the night temperature was no higher than 8 degrees below zero. The dubak itself was at 10 degrees below zero. The surface of the lake was covered with ice, the bushes and grass were covered with a thick layer of hoarfrost. It was impossible to get out of the tent until 10 am, until the sun came out from behind the ridge and warmed the air. From the inside, the tent, or rather the awning, was also covered with a layer of frost. While you put on your shoes and get out of the vestibule - all white))
But the most important feat was going to the toilet at night. And try not to get out when four cups of evening tea are sitting in you .... At such moments, I could pass the standards for unfastening and zipping a sleeping bag and a tent)))

We solved the problem of insulation very simply. We bought synthetic sleeping bags with -4 comfort (in Barnaul it turned out to be a problem to buy something better) and took a third sleeping bag with us, which we covered from above. I will tell you that it was he who became the salvation from the cold. The rest of the heat, which could seep through the sleeping bags, was delayed by him.

The top of the tent was additionally covered with an awning, which in parallel protected the food packages. At night, some creature came and rustled the packages sooo loudly. Did not touch the meat, sausage. chocolates. cookies, and gnawed only black bread. It's a strange choice with such an assortment))

I put pants, fleeces on the mat - from the floor I felt such a good chill. But with clothes under the sleeping bag it was much more comfortable. Remains of clothes, a backpack. I put foam pop and other small things against the wall of the tent - it isolated the cold air a little.

I slept in thermal underwear a couple of times, then mated and slept only in the upper part of it. He never wore socks - it seems like his legs would not rest a damn thing. But he always slept in a hat, and pulled the sleeping bag over himself so that only the piglet looked out. Usually you wake up in the morning, and the piece of the sleeping bag you breathed on was disgustingly damp...
In fact, we didn’t freeze at night, once when we pressed against the wall of the tent, and everything was very comfortable. It would be possible to additionally insulate the floor, put spruce branches or moss, but we decided not to do so. We also had a gas burner, but we never warmed up the air in the tent. Hot stones were not brought in either, although the idea was to try to do this for the sake of the experiment))

And now the actual advice, comprehended on own experience and tips from readers:

1. Need a warm sleeping bag. When choosing, look at the temperature of comfort, not extreme. There is a misconception that if the temperature is extreme -20. then you will be fine in it. Nevermind. This means that at -20 you have a chance to survive in such a sleeping bag, actively trembling with all limbs.

3. Insulate the bottom of the tent dry!!! moss or spruce branches

4. If it is very cold - sleep in a dry set of thermal underwear, warm socks and a hat. I would especially note the hat - the loss of heat from the sleeping bag is just from uncovered parts of the body - that is, your bowler hat)

5. Lies closer - the back of a friend is awesomely warm. It is easier to survive together in a tent than alone. Checked several times by the participants of the campaign)) Alone in a tent is not a warrior))

6. To maintain the temperature - catalytic heating pad in a sleeping bag. Bottle hot water will help for a couple of hours, and then it will terribly cool your body (checked!)

7. Carefully use an open fire such as burners and candles in a tent - it burns out instantly, clasping the burning plastic around the body .. Better not even try ..

8. Very Important keep the ventilation window open to allow the condensate to escape. Otherwise, all the moisture will settle inside the tent on things.

In principle, the main points are everything. If I forgot something - correct and supplement! Post will be updated

In the photo, our tent is in a forest on the shore of Lake Akkem. Light frost has already melted

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Hello, dear readers of the site. The theme of heating a tent in winter is extremely relevant for those who like to fish from the ice - as they say, fish is fish, and no one has canceled the comfort and pleasure from the process. When the frost gets stronger, and the wind tears so that warm clothes do not save, many fishermen decide .

The very first fishing trip with a tent will make you think - how to heat the tent on winter fishing? How to insulate, what heating devices are better to use? This article aims to reveal the topic of heating and answer these questions.

Statement of the problem of heating a tent for fishing in winter

Choosing a device for heating is a two-level task:

1. Determine the size of the heated tent- it will be single or for a team of fishermen (since tents are often made square, 4 people is the standard). The required power of the heater sets the many possible options for burners, tiles and other fixtures.
2. Choosing a unit for heating a winter tent- the stage is the most responsible, as it is associated with financial costs and the fisherman's hope for a happy, safe and, most importantly, long-term use of the heating device.

Personally, I have experience with winter tents for fishing of both sizes, so I will briefly talk about each type of tent and possible heating devices.

Heating of a single tent for winter fishing

I started with a self-unfolding tent for 500 r (a traditional purchase in the Chinese market), shown in the photo:

I’ll explain right away: although formally this tent is for two people, only one person has enough space to fish in it. The tent has been modified with a three-meter zipper that allows you to unzip and bend the bottom segment for access to the holes. As a rule, two holes were used both in freshwater reservoirs and at sea, for and flounder. Enough of such a tent for one to three seasons. I tried many heating options in this tent and came to one, but everything is in order.

Heating the tent with stoves and burners based on gas cartridges

In Primorye and the surrounding regions (up to the Vologda region), Chinese portable gas cylinders with liquefied gas have spread like cockroaches. Prices for spray cans are growing, but the stick is not going too far - the popularity of tins does not subside.

Gas canisters and burners for heating the tent in winter

The tempting cost of burners and simplicity are the panacea for winter heating tents for fishing! But it wasn’t there - in the garage and at home, gas and burners of this type are relevant, but as soon as things go below -10-15 degrees Celsius, these devices will let you down. The can freezes and requires heating to work.

I share my experience, and before my eyes are memories of how, at 5 in the morning, after setting up the tent in a furious wind, I hoped for heating from a gas burner, and vainly kindled it - it takes chills.

Burners give a lot of heat, but extremely flammable! Even in mild conditions (10 degrees of frost and above), the burner can sneeze with emissions of gas and, accordingly, fire. During transportation, the burner should be carefully isolated from other things - a mote can get into it and the heating will end before it starts. In front of my eyes, one comrade tried to clean his burner, and as a result, his eyebrows disappeared ... It could have been worse.

Gas stove on spray cans - a great option only in the summer

The option of a gas stove in a convenient black suitcase looks tempting - you can warm up and boil coffee, or even fry fish. But gas cartridges entail the same troubles as with burners - they do not work in the cold. Cylinders require systematic heating, while hissing ominously when heated over an open fire.

A familiar fisherman, when heating the tent, found this way out: he took two cylinders from the package - one was inserted into the tile, and the second was hidden in the bosom. As soon as the fire on the burner weakened, he made a replacement. However, an ice belt is formed on the canister according to the gas level, it can “wet” your well-being, and in general, sitting with ice under a winter suit is a controversial pleasure.

There are options for solving the problem of freezing a gas canister. look short video about heating a fishing tent in winter using gas from a small cylinder with one of these options:

To sum it up: burners and stoves are a mess, you need something more reliable to heat your tent in winter.

Let's move on to the next option - liquid fuel stoves, spirit stoves, burners.

Heating the tent with liquid fuel stoves and burners

Many devices on kerosene and gasoline are produced by the industry. Domestic (often still Soviet) "Bumblebee" and "Spark", as well as imported "Coleman" and, of course, Chinese ones were widely used.

Gasoline and kerosene burners and stoves for heating the tent in winter

I used Bumblebee - orange in the picture. Everything in it is wonderful: it burns well, it is frost-resistant, it is convenient to cook food and heat the tent. Perhaps I would recommend that you also get one, like other storytellers on the topic "How to heat a tent." But there is an experience not of a couch character, but of a fisherman, both at sea and on the river. He says that the disadvantages of gasoline and kerosene are strong:

Kerosene lantern heater for winter tent

1. There is a need haul a canister of fuel(it's not for me to tell you about the price of good, reliable canisters). One and a half, five-liter - a temporary solution, bringing the smell of gasoline (kerosene) and a non-zero probability of leakage.
2. Hand contact with fuel is inevitable. Wearing gloves, working with the details of a primus stove is almost fantastic, which means you will stink of gasoline or kerosene !!! No, not for fishermen (I wiped my hands and it seems normal), but for fish. You adjusted the light, adjusted the bait (worm, scallop or shrimp) with your hand and you start to tell: “ At first it didn’t peck, and then it chopped off ...«.
3. Gasoline and kerosene are higher hydrocarbons than gas, often burn with soot and soot on pots and kettles. Yes, and it smells in tents with such heating, frankly, not very much. You will get used to it, but an outside observer will immediately smell it. At home, from clothes and all fishing junk equipment will be carried in such a way that there is no need to tell further.

In a separate seductive category, I will single out kerosene heaters-lanterns. It will warm a single tent and give light to the hole - just fantastic! But they are fully inherent in all the above disadvantages. These problems are not sucked out of a finger, I myself encountered. No matter how carefully you use gasoline and kerosene heaters for a fishing tent in winter - the fish knows about it!

Tent heating with dry fuel devices

Dry fuel is suitable for heating the tent and preparing food, however, if you are not the head of a warehouse with dry rations and an unlimited supply of fuel tablets, you will have to purchase large enough volumes of tablets (briquettes) in order to warm up all night. It is tritely inconvenient and dangerous to use, constantly underlay, control ... To warm up food - yes, to heat the tent - no.

Using candles to heat a tent

We have come to a very interesting, trouble-free and quite effective way to heat a single tent. The candle is ideal for heating small tents in any environment. If the frost is not strong, then Gelendzhik in the tent will create an ordinary tea or paraffin candle.

If the frost is stronger than -15 degrees, then such a candle is enough to create a buffer thermal zone in the upper part of the tent. They took out the fish, wet their hands - raised it up for a few seconds and you're done. There will be objectors, of course, but I myself checked - it’s enough to warm the limbs at -30, and what else is needed? After all, they didn’t come to the ice in sneakers.

While I was traveling with a single tent, I always used such candles for heating - they are inexpensive, they burn for a long time, there is enough heat. Many devices have been invented to store heat from candles. For example, here are short but capacious videos about making a heater based on a candle with your own hands:

I did not make a stove, I took paraffin candles and a candlestick - and there was enough light and warmth at night.