Hot Vent Tent Heater

Anyone try one of these?

I do a fair amount of overnights in my hub house.
Managing the Carbon Monoxide levels and good sleeping heat can be tricky. I presently use a sunflower heater; double sunflower when really cold. I error on the side of caution and keep the house colder and make sure there is a constant draft of air coming into the house to play it safe. Been close to a CO death once before.

Anyway, this looks interesting. Keeps the Carbon Monoxide outside, and appears to be fairly portable to boot.

Any experience?

http://zodi.com/dealer/tent-heaters/hot-vent-tent-heater

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That is the only way to be safe. I would never sleep with any heater that did not vent. Too many people die senselessly because of CO poisoning.

Looks like it would work well, the question is how much $$$?

I agree icenutz. Better safe than sorry.
I haven’t researched it enough to find a price. Just kind of ran across it this morning and thought it is a novel idea.

It’s got a heck of a price tag!

Retails for $219.95.

Not cheap, but if you consider the alternative it is a bargin

If you have a stovepipe jack in your house(easy to have done…..not expensive) a nu-way stove is simple and reliable and available at fleet farm for a little over $100. They work well, if a stovepipe isn’t an issue.

Vented heat is a must for sleeping, IMO.

Sunflowers give off a high level of co. I use a Mr heater big buddy as it is rated for enclosed spaces with ventilation. I would still be very cautious because even though it has a low oxygen shutdown feature, that to me is not enough. I also incorporate a battery operated co detector and provide both high and low ventilation. But even still, I would advise to look at heaters that exhaust to the outside.

So nobody’s seen or used one of these huh?

i believe cabelas carries outline but i’ve only seen them in a hot water heater version.see if you can find that brand on Cabelas website even though its for a hot water heater you can still see the reviews to see if the quality is there overall.

Biggest concern would be wind blowing it out. I’m an ‘all weather kind of guy, just give me the time and i’ll be fishing, 40mph wind or whatever. I don’t care.

Buddy heaters puss out with a draft
SUnflower heaters can sit right out in the breeze.
This hot vent thing; looks great, but only if the thing don’t need a wind break.

My next thought is how can i adapt this heater style to my sunflower. Create a box above the sunflower, some vent pipe, fan…