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Quote: Originally posted by Fiona W on 11/9/2013
You're brave! and I'm intrigued. Stoves in houses have to have fireproof hearths beyond the spark-spitting distance - do you just take the risk camping? A massive disasterous fire on Arran started when the tinder-dry peat caught fire (albeit from an open campfire on one of the campsites), and it spread through the heather below the surface, during the bird nesting season. A local pub was razed to the ground last year when a spark coming out of the chimney set fire to the new thatch. I love my multifuel stoves at home for the deep heat they put out, but I've only seen campers use braziers and chiminerias (I've probably spelt that wrong) outside, away from the canvas and on hardstanding. A stove must be quite heavy and bulky too? I've also seen the sorry effects of inconsiderate people cutting wood to burn, though that won't apply to anyone on this forum of course; but dry wood is bulky to travel with, compared to a gas cylinder - not many sites are by a beach with driftwood or a wood with fallen timber. And I nearly started a house fire in my own chimney, when I opened it up after a slow overnight burn and the accumulated gases ignited - I had a mushroom shaped cloud above the house and a scary loud roaring in the lounge. But canvas above, uneven ground below, and a fire ticking over while I sleep just seems a bit risky - I think I'd be awake all night worrying! There again, maybe I'm just a wimp.
Well, yes the wood is quite bulky but I want a stove in the tent, it will make it nice and cosy and hopefully we are going away again at the end of this month, or early October at least so we need to decide on where in the tent the stove needs to be and be brave and make the hole.
Im not that worried about fire, we have the heat proof mat, we have a fire extinguisher, we are responsible, sensible people. We're probably at more risk in the journey to and from the campsite to be honest. The stove is quite neat, folds up inside itself, yes its a lot to carry but so is the rest of the equipment I insist on taking, hence why Im now looking at other options for carrying things!
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Topic: Wood stove operational temperature?
