Saturday, December 26, 2020

The Winter Tipi Hot Tent Antarctic sleeping bag experiment at 20 below zero Windchill Fahrenheit

 

The stove really kicks out heat once it gets going. Too hot!

So the tent maker recommended using wood to save the stove jack - from burning.


Stove jack burned anyway.


Cheap glove emitted toxic fumes


Hand print on stove - so I scrapped off as much toxic waste as possible.


So it was quite windy out and below zero - so 20 below zero Fahrenheit. At times my hands were numb as were my feet. So the stove did get the feeling back into my feet - I took my boots off. Then I got the stove to stop burning. I put it outside. I crawled into the sleeping bag. Once I completely shut down the sleeping bag then I stayed warm.

The bag is rated to 40 below I think - with a sleeping pad.

https://www.wiggys.com/sleeping-bags/hunter-antarctic-rectangular-sleeping-bag/

60 below. Well I kept my boots on and jacket on, etc. I can see if you had all your gear on and with a sleeping pad - then you could survive if you had the wood stove going!! Without the wood stove - I could stay warm. I had no sleeping pad - just the bag on the snow/ice.

I did tummo breathing and activated internal heat against the cold.

So I used the Estwing 4 pound hammer maul to pound in the spikes into the frozen ground.

The spikes that came with the tent did not hold up against frozen ground. I got them in solid but the spikes bent.

So I'll need to buy bigger spikes - nail tie rods or whatever. 

Grip-Rite 12-in x 3/8-in Spike

So 1.25 each - and need 10 of them. So about $13.As for stove jack - not sure what will be better. I thought it was fiberglass but I think it was just silicone coated cotton for their stove jack. Maybe it was silicone coated fiberglass? I don't think so.So I can get another silicone baking mat - to see if it holds up better to the heat. It worked on my other stove pipe. But this is very thin metal so it gets real hot. https://ripstopbytheroll.com/products/stove-jack-material

rubberized fiberglass

Yeah so it's the same - silicone fiberglass. Not sure if that is what this stove is.

So I think if I add a silicone mat - that should be good enough.

 Our stove jacks are constructed of fire-proof 17-ounce NASA approved silicone-coated glass material

what Does Pomoly say?

https://www.pomoly.com/How-to-use-the-stove-jack-of-hot-tent-correctly-a57661.html 

And don't let the pipe touch any fabric

 Well that's NOT how a stove jack is supposed to work! 

In this case, you can use branches as barriers to separate them.

Yeah right the branches CATCH ON FIRE!! No way.


 charred wood "protecting" the stove jack! It's on fire!!

Yeah so the edge of the stove jack definitely is NOT silicone covered or "rubberized" fiberglass.

The jack cloth is fireproof, but the stitched thread are not fireproof because we can't find such thread.
That's hilarious - that's NOT how you make a stove jack. OK so a silicone mat and spikes - OH and one of the "stretch" material tie off straps BROKE. The advertisement showed a heavy duty webbing strap - not a cheap "stretch" strap. oops. So I should try to strengthen the straps somehow - make my own maybe?



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