After losing my previous winter tent (It fell off the car while I was unloading the toboggan at the end of a trip) this season I am going to be using a new Seek Outside 4 person Teepee for the first time.
In my previous tent I put my stove jack in the middle of one of the wall panels. Since my stove baffle puts the chimney in the front side of my stove this pushed the back of the stove in the "knee" space and left me with a fair amount of the "tall" space in the tent. From the top of the tent pole I would dangle all of my big gear (coats, pants, etc) to dry.
In the Seek Outside teepee the jack is pre-installed just off the center taking up a significant amount of the "tall space". I seems like I won't be able to hang anything big or heavy off the center pole without risking it contacting the chimney.
Am I overthinking this or is this design (center chimney) poorly suited for 4 person teepee?
I can imagine this is less of an issue when in teepees that are bigger(8 or more person) as there is more standing space and more ability to make use of the walls to dry clothes.
I have a few ideas on how to handle it
1. Cut a new stove jack hole further out. I would rather not do this to a new tent for some reason.
2. Add a angled junction to the pipe and poke it out the center hole on a outward angle (so it doesn't bump the tip of the teepee fly.). This can open up the center and also leave more pipe in the tent to add heat.
3. Add guard that maybe attaches to the center pole to prevent things hung up from swinging into the chimney. I am not sure how much this will interfere with normal tent life.
One note, I use a roll up style pipe so I won't be able to clamp to it directly.
Has anyone else run into this sort of issue?
Yes, I know, many will say get a 8x10 SnowTreker, I used one before and it is super nice. I would much rather deal with a 6 lbs setup that fits in a small dry bag than a 20-30lbs setup. I do significant distances every day including up an over portages almost every day.
Thanks for any ideas or experiences.
In my previous tent I put my stove jack in the middle of one of the wall panels. Since my stove baffle puts the chimney in the front side of my stove this pushed the back of the stove in the "knee" space and left me with a fair amount of the "tall" space in the tent. From the top of the tent pole I would dangle all of my big gear (coats, pants, etc) to dry.
In the Seek Outside teepee the jack is pre-installed just off the center taking up a significant amount of the "tall space". I seems like I won't be able to hang anything big or heavy off the center pole without risking it contacting the chimney.
Am I overthinking this or is this design (center chimney) poorly suited for 4 person teepee?
I can imagine this is less of an issue when in teepees that are bigger(8 or more person) as there is more standing space and more ability to make use of the walls to dry clothes.
I have a few ideas on how to handle it
1. Cut a new stove jack hole further out. I would rather not do this to a new tent for some reason.
2. Add a angled junction to the pipe and poke it out the center hole on a outward angle (so it doesn't bump the tip of the teepee fly.). This can open up the center and also leave more pipe in the tent to add heat.
3. Add guard that maybe attaches to the center pole to prevent things hung up from swinging into the chimney. I am not sure how much this will interfere with normal tent life.
One note, I use a roll up style pipe so I won't be able to clamp to it directly.
Has anyone else run into this sort of issue?
Yes, I know, many will say get a 8x10 SnowTreker, I used one before and it is super nice. I would much rather deal with a 6 lbs setup that fits in a small dry bag than a 20-30lbs setup. I do significant distances every day including up an over portages almost every day.
Thanks for any ideas or experiences.
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