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Do you use electric?   If so, any 2KW fan heater will do the job.  Avoid gas for the sake of poisening your family whilst asleep with Carbon Monoxide, or burning the tent down if it gets knocked over.

Steve.

My personal preference is the parabolic type heater on a Camping Gaz bottle. They run slightly hotter than the catalytics, but I think they're more stable - they're a lot cheaper to run too! Camping Gaz is only good down to about 5 degrees, but honestly if it's colder than that for camping you'll probably want something more powerful anyway*! FOr taht it would be a Calor type propane bottle and a commercial type heater.

If using a heater in the tent though you do need to be careful. Make sure kids (and pets) are kept away and don't run around near the heater. Make sure you've got a good mix of high and low level ventilation. If in doubt get a carbon monoxide detector as well.

Glen

*For family camping that is - I've been known to camp at -10 before now without any heating other than the camp fire.

Electric oil filled radiator

We leave ours on over night and really keeps the chill off. I wouldn't like to leave a fan heater ion all night.

We got one from Argos for about £50 odd with a timer ect. Only use a fan heater to boost for a while.    

Any gas burning appliance works by converting the gas burnt into Carbon Dioxide & water.  This is ok if a bit damp in a well ventilated area.  A tent isn't well ventilated enough for all of the fuel gas to burn efficiently, under these circumstances Carbon Monoxide can be given off.  This gas is deadly & can put you to sleep without you noticing for good.  Even the cat type heaters can suffer the same problems as those with a traditional flame.  This combined with the risk of setting fire to the tent with radiated heat or worse still, contact with the tent really rule gas out inside a tent.  All of the little cartridge heaters as well as those running off butane/propane say in the instructions for outdoor use only.  There is no gas heater on the market that is safe inside a tent.

Steve.

Quote: Originally posted by uptheiron69 on 12/12/2009

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Go for a cheap Argos own brand fan heater, I think the make is Chanllenge. As stated above they will easily heat a large family tent (like ours). It has several heat settings, a cool fan setting and a safety switch underneath to kill the power should it get knocked over. Ours works a treat and was a real bargain. <IMG alt=24 src="https://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/chatter/forum_images/smiley20.gif" width=31 align=absMiddle>

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Quote: Originally posted by uptheiron69 on 12/12/2009

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Go for a cheap Argos own brand fan heater, I think the make is Chanllenge. As stated above they will easily heat a large family tent (like ours).

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