Which tent stove

[Larry S.]

I'm replacing my old tent stove and have, pretty much, narrowed my choice down to two stoves. These being the Colorado Cylinder Stove Spruce Model (complete package approx. $400) and the Two Dog Stove pkg from Four Dog Stoves (complete pkg approx. $400). Both seem sturdy and dependable. Both have the ability to heat my 12' x 12' wall tent.

I'm just looking for anyone with experience with either stove (or any other stove I haven't mentioned). Looking for good points and bad, how long they'll hold a banked fire at night, any glaring problems, any great features, etc.

What say you???

[92xj]

Four dog.
I really enjoy mine.

[birddogdad]

largest you can find, less you like to stoke several times a night in cold season..

[92xj]

largest you can find, less you like to stoke several times a night in cold season..

Buy 2 north Idaho energy logs for a dollar a piece. Build up a nice coal bed during the evening time. At bed time throw the logs in and go to sleep, wake up 9 hours later and still have plenty of heat from stove and coals to start the new days fire.

[Duckslayer89]

largest you can find, less you like to stoke several times a night in cold season..

Buy 2 north Idaho energy logs for a dollar a piece. Build up a nice coal bed during the evening time. At bed time throw the logs in and go to sleep, wake up 9 hours later and still have plenty of heat from stove and coals to start the new days fire.

Where do you get those logs?

[92xj]

largest you can find, less you like to stoke several times a night in cold season..

Buy 2 north Idaho energy logs for a dollar a piece. Build up a nice coal bed during the evening time. At bed time throw the logs in and go to sleep, wake up 9 hours later and still have plenty of heat from stove and coals to start the new days fire.

Where do you get those logs?

They sell them here at ranch and home, singles, case or pallet.  I think on the North Idaho energy log website they have a dealer locator.

[92xj]

"Find a dealer"
Top right of screen.
http://www.northidahoenergylogs.com/

[BULLBLASTER]

I have a kni-co with side table and water heater for my tent. It's a lightweight sheet metal stove and works very well. Can't comment on the other brands since I haven't used any. I do like the energy logs also but they will really plug a spark arrester. 

[Duckslayer89]

"Find a dealer"
Top right of screen.
http://www.northidahoenergylogs.com/

Dang there's one about 1 minute away from me can walk there. So do you just throw 2 in before bed with a little fire starter or something? Last longer then regular wood?

[92xj]

"Find a dealer"
Top right of screen.
http://www.northidahoenergylogs.com/

Dang there's one about 1 minute away from me can walk there. So do you just throw 2 in before bed with a little fire starter or something? Last longer then regular wood?

Burn normal wood, limbs, trees, whatever in the stove for a few hours before bed to build up a good red coal bed, no big flames needed to ignite the energy logs, but a coal bed is.  Place logs in and that's about it.  They last a long time.  Im my 10x14 when it's 25 degrees out, the tent will be mid 70s at bedtime, when I wake up in the morning it's been 60-66 degrees.

I've not had a spark arrester plugging issue,  maybe my screen is a little bigger 
I do clean it often, daily when doing a multi day trip.

[Duckslayer89]

"Find a dealer"
Top right of screen.
http://www.northidahoenergylogs.com/

Dang there's one about 1 minute away from me can walk there. So do you just throw 2 in before bed with a little fire starter or something? Last longer then regular wood?

Burn normal wood, limbs, trees, whatever in the stove for a few hours before bed to build up a good red coal bed, no big flames needed to ignite the energy logs, but a coal bed is.  Place logs in and that's about it.  They last a long time.  Im my 10x14 when it's 25 degrees out, the tent will be mid 70s at bedtime, when I wake up in the morning it's been 60-66 degrees.

I've not had a spark arrester plugging issue,  maybe my screen is a little bigger 
I do clean it often, daily when doing a multi day trip.

Ok sweet. I'm trying to figure out which stove pipe I would need for a four dog stove in a cabelas alaknek tent. Any suggestions?

[92xj]

"Find a dealer"
Top right of screen.
http://www.northidahoenergylogs.com/

Dang there's one about 1 minute away from me can walk there. So do you just throw 2 in before bed with a little fire starter or something? Last longer then regular wood?

Burn normal wood, limbs, trees, whatever in the stove for a few hours before bed to build up a good red coal bed, no big flames needed to ignite the energy logs, but a coal bed is.  Place logs in and that's about it.  They last a long time.  Im my 10x14 when it's 25 degrees out, the tent will be mid 70s at bedtime, when I wake up in the morning it's been 60-66 degrees.

I've not had a spark arrester plugging issue,  maybe my screen is a little bigger 
I do clean it often, daily when doing a multi day trip.

Ok sweet. I'm trying to figure out which stove pipe I would need for a four dog stove in a cabelas alaknek tent. Any suggestions?

I bought the fourdog brand nesting stove pipe for my 3dog stove.  I have to install my stove jack so I measured the pipe diameter where it hit the canvas and bought that size stove jack to have sewn in.  I'd say whatever size your stove jack is on your tent, buy that size pipe as long as it fits on the stove itself.  If not, buy whatever fits the stove and it should be a little bit smaller diameter than the stove jack in the tent.

[BULLBLASTER]

Maybe that's my issue with the spark arrest or. I don't clean it. 

[Colville]

I have a cylinder stoves brand outfitter model. 15 years going strong.

Suggestion for spark arresting.  My damper is in the second pipe section as close to the roof as possible keeping more heat down in the pipe, in the tent.  I had poor arrester results in snowy wet weather, they would plug up bad.  Now I use hardware cloth that I cut to fit inside the pipe.  I hang this from the spindle of the spark arrester.  It's in the hot part of the pipe and doesn't plug up seems to provide comparable results.

[skeeter 20i]

largest you can find, less you like to stoke several times a night in cold season..

Buy 2 north Idaho energy logs for a dollar a piece. Build up a nice coal bed during the evening time. At bed time throw the logs in and go to sleep, wake up 9 hours later and still have plenty of heat from stove and coals to start the new days fire.

  +1  these work great for the last stoke of the night.  Another member turned me on to these.  I use a 4 dog in my 12 x 14 tent.