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22/1/2019 at 8:20pm
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I've camped in February in the Brecon Beacons in sub zero temps in a 10 man canvas ridge tent. Used an old paraffin heater and was plenty warm enough. It was 50 years ago now so no H&S worries back then.
Did have a double sleeping bag as well.
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22/2/2019 at 11:16am
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Ooh, paraffin heaters - those were the days eh?! That particular whiff... I remember our old Valor (I think it was called?) that used to take the chill off our hallway, with the front that lifted off (the heater not the hall!), and how proud I was to be allowed to trim the circular wick.
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15/3/2019 at 5:42pm
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Quote: Originally posted by evej24 on 15/3/2019
I'm just about to purchase a 5m polyester bell tent, I had one of these before and did my first ever camping in it. We had no ehu and it was freezing. Now our caravan has gone, my husband doesn't want the hassle of towing and suggested we give it another try with our fan heater and ehu. Been asked to go away this easter but really worried tent will still be too cold with heater on as we don't want sleeping bags, just duvet under us on airbed and on top, what do you think, too cold for April, I'm in the south?
camping experience at end of April and was so cold I said never again
Eve, I'm sure you already realise that you shouldn't even think of a woodburner in a plastic tent, and these tents are by their very construction material, colder than cotton or polycotton. I would be reluctant to use any heater with a flame therein, but one could use (heaven forbid!!) an electric supply for a heater, depending on where you go?
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Topic: Hot tenting
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