11 Responses to “Are there any recommendations for winter camping tents that can be heated and are big enough for two cots?”

1. c_kayak_fun says:

   August 1, 2011 at 12:48 am

   The canvas wall tents used by hunting outfitters can be rigged with a small propane or woodburning stove. The 9 x 9 versions are a cozy retreat with room for a couple of cots, two folding chairs and the stove.

   There are packing outfitters that sell them but this company probably makes one of the best, including made of fire-retardant canvas:

   ttp://www.tentsmiths.com/period-tents-wall-tents.html
2. Bobo says:

   August 1, 2011 at 1:36 am

   Get a canvas wall tent and a wood burning sheepherders stove. There is a metal ring that fits through the tent roof to keep from setting it on fire. These tents are a little pricey, but well worth it for the comfort. Be careful with small tents and coleman fuel or propane heaters. There is a real danger of carbon monoxide poisoning. you need to have a lot of ventilation or you may die. The canvas tents come with or without floors. You are bringing back memories of deer camp in the mountains with 20″ of snow.
3. Ashlee says:

   August 1, 2011 at 1:53 am

   There are a lot of unknows here like weight, portability etc. but i’ll give it a shot.

   -When you are looking at a tent for winter camping you should be looking at a 3 or 4 season tent. These tents have multiple tie downs and reinforced poles, this is needed for the strong winds and heavy snow that can be incountered in the winter.

   -When you say heating a tent do you mean like with a small portable heater….or something like a wood burning stove? There are some small portable heaters that are “tent safe” but they don’t suggest leaving it on over night, you could knock it over and cause a fire. I have used a catalytic heater in Colorado during a recent trip (night temps were in the teens) here are a few that might fit your needs. http://www.campingcomfortably.com/coleman-catalytic-propane-heaters.html But these will only heat up to a 4 man tent depending on the outside temps.

   But if you are looking for a heat that will stand up to anything, weight is not an issue and you want to be hot in -50 degrees check out this tent. http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?_DARGS=/cabelas/en/common/catalog/item-link.jsp_A&_DAV=MainCatcat20075-cat550002_TGP&id=0055731518440a&navCount=4&podId=0055731&parentId=cat550002&masterpathid=&navAction=push&catalogCode=9IS&rid=&parentType=index&indexId=cat550002&hasJS=true

   I would suggest something like this (in fact it is what I use). With this and one of those catalytic heaters we stayed warm the whole trip, even when it snowed on us the last night. http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp?id=0055294518215a&type=product&cmCat=SEARCH_all&returnPage=search-results1.jsp&Ntt=xpg+tent&Ntk=Products&sort=all&_D%3AhasJS=+&N=0&_D%3Asort=+&Nty=1&hasJS=true&_DARGS=%2Fcabelas%2Fen%2Fcommon%2Fsearch%2Fsearch-box.jsp.form1&_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1 I know it is a 4 man tent but I always suggest going +1, so if two of you are camping get a 4 man tent. This way you can keep all your gear inside where it is dry and out of the elements. Well hope that helps.
4. ShortyG says:

   August 1, 2011 at 2:19 am

   I don’t trust any heater inside a tent regardless how safe it is rated. If you want to be warm and still not have to worry look at http://www.zodi.com/web-content/Consumer/zodihotvent.html for a heater you don’t have to worry about. It can be used with any tent.
5. Rusty Nail says:

   August 1, 2011 at 2:35 am

   Cabelas has them They almost look like a house. Plenty large and have roof hole to put in stove vent pipe.
6. chris w says:

   August 1, 2011 at 2:53 am

   If you camp at full service campgrounds the ones that have hook ups, electric, water, sewer etc. You can use an electric heater in your tent and not worry about carbon monoxide poisoning. All other methods as warm and toasty as they can be put you at risk. You don’t have to have an RV to camp in these sites as I have seen a lot of folks do these days. The neatest set up I recently saw was a big three room tent with a heater in each room and the biggest room had chairs a table and a small dvd/tv. It was poooring ran outside and these folks were as snug as the rich folk up the road in their $500,000. rig. Note that if no hook ups are available you can use a generator.

   Now some folks will tell you that’s not camping but if your car camping and can fit all that stuff in the car who’s business is it but yours. Another method is using the winter grade rated tents either made out of canvas or high grade nylons and getting the models with the built in chimney to use a wood burning stove. The problem with these is cost by the time you lay out all that cash to get everything you need you will have spent enough to get your self a nice used RV which would be better for winter camping in the first place.

   Wall tent $750
   wall tent floor $150
   Rain fly $199
   Tent frame $579
   Stove $180
   stove accessories $150
   total $2008

   Now my recommendation is to get the full hook up sites or a generator and use a nice three season or better tent. I recommend a Colman Legacy at $200. It has a keep you dry guarantee and is a strong 5 pole design, three season tent, Non better. Electric heaters can be found for less then $50. and generators for $300.

   http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp?id=0066796518974a&type=product&cmCat=SEARCH_all&returnPage=search-results1.jsp&Ntt=Colman+tents&Ntk=Product_liberal&sort=all&Go.y=9&_D%3AhasJS=+&N=0&_D%3Asort=+&Nty=1&hasJS=true&Go.x=19&_DARGS=%2Fcabelas%2Fen%2Fcommon%2Fsearch%2Fsearch-box.jsp.form1&_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1

   or you can go look on Craigslist for a used camper/tent trailer with the $2000 you would have spent on the outfitter tent. Any way the choice is yours and have fun always, if it ain’t fun why do it?
7. William B says:

   August 1, 2011 at 3:37 am

   at a army surplus , get a GP tent it can be heated and comes in different sizes
8. Mountain Man says:

   August 1, 2011 at 4:09 am

   if you decide on a canvas wall tent get a tent no smaller than 10×12 and no higher than 7 ft.
   you can cut poles to erect your tent and drive 60d nails in the ends for the grommet holes,
   for a floor use almost anything ,plastic canvas chunks pallets with plywood over it. dont forget that a good wall tent has a vinyl skirt ( and for the life of me I cant remember what they are called) so you can tuck it inside and lay the flooring over it.
   also, you can get a stove kit for about $ 75.00 and make a stove out of a small barrel and then pipe runs about $5.00 a section ..dont use galvanised….it could poison you. I made mine using a drill to drill out the shape of the door and pipe hole and then with a very sharp hatchet and a 2 lb. pole axe ..cut it out.
   Finally, take some 6mil. plastic tarp and cover most of the tent except for the roof panel where the stove pipe goes through.to give a dead air space for insulation and make sure to leave a hole so air can get in through the ridge pole area to for ventilation so you dont die from carbon dioxide poisoning………..
   I spent an entire winter living in such a contraption in the foot hills of the rockies and was quite comfortable… where the snow got 5 ft. deep and tempertures went down to 20 below zero at night for most of the winter. .you might get one of those large thermometers like on RV’s so you can see at a glance how hot it’s getting in there so as to not burn the place down……
   lots a luck in your endever to live off the grid…….;)
9. Don says:

   August 1, 2011 at 4:42 am

   Forget a tent that can be heated. Canvas or nylon tent walls wont allow a heat source to efficiently heat the inside of the tent. If you want to be warm inside a tent, you must rely on the sleeping bag and the foam pad that insulates you. You must have an appropriate pad between you and the ground/air (since all of the sleeping bag’s insulation will be crushed by your sleeping on it). Use either a closed-cell foam pad, or a self-inflating open cell pad (like Thermarest) under your sleeping bag. On a cot, without the pad, you will freeze.
10. Lennie M says:

    August 1, 2011 at 4:56 am

    canvas wall tents google it
11. Paddy Boy says:

    August 1, 2011 at 5:36 am

    the question is not the tent, it’s the sleeping bag, look up on amazon, or ebay for a good winter sleepingbag, they shouldn’t be more than $50