Otter resort

Does anyone have any experience setting this house up by themselves? Looking at using it with a cot for overnight trips instead of a hotel room.

I can whip mine up in no time by myself. Unless it’s very windy, then I struggle. Just put in a stake before you try and open it.

Flip over or hub?

The hub, sorry.

Thanks epg!

Very doable solo. As mentioned if windy anchor a side or 2 in before even trying by yourself.

It is very easy, and very nice hub. I love mine. I bought it with the same intentions as you, but was advised against sleeping in it due to not having a vented heat source. Please check into some sort of carbon monoxide detector before you sleep in it. I scrapped the whole idea of sleeping in it. Just my opinion.

Drifter.

Drifter, Do you set it up next to the wheelhouse and use it as your beer warehouse?

MNdrifter wrote:

It is very easy, and very nice hub. I love mine. I bought it with the same intentions as you, but was advised against sleeping in it due to not having a vented heat source. Please check into some sort of carbon monoxide detector before you sleep in it. I scrapped the whole idea of sleeping in it. Just my opinion.

Drifter.

Very good advice drifter. Sleeping in a non vented environment has bad news all over it. That being said you can still sleep in the hub with a high quality sleeping bag and a cot. If you wake up and it’s cold simply turn the big buddy on and it will warm up quickly

Eelpoutguy wrote:

Drifter, Do you set it up next to the wheelhouse and use it as your beer warehouse?

I do set it up next to wheelhouse for that reason, and other things……

Just to chime in on sleeping in hub houses, I have an 8×8 Gander Mountain hub that I’ve slept in a couple times. I do have a CO detector (that I test before I go out each time), but I also like to open the doors/windows and get a bunch of circulation to get out as much CO as possible before I sleep. I usually only nap for a few hours a night anyway, on and off, so I’m never asleep long enough to be in much danger. I forget where I read it, but I do remember seeing a chart somewhere that gave general ideas of CO accumulation from different devices (including propane heaters), and I’ve also seen charts detailing how long a person would have to be inhaling X amount of CO in order to do damage. I can’t remember the exact numbers, but I do remember finding out that as long as you don’t spend like 8 hours with zero ventilation and the heater burning on high, you should be fine.

Obviously don’t take anything I’ve said as gospel, I’m not a trained engineer or health specialist or anything, but I can say that I’ve spent nights out there (and know several other people who have) with no ill effects. Try to flush out the air as much as possible before you sleep, keep the heater on low, and don’t pass out for more than 5-6 hours, and in my experience you should do alright. I plan on doing it several more times on URL and Mille Lacs this winter!

Thanks guys!!

I’m definitely NOT going to be sleeping with the heater on. Heavy duty sleeping bag in a bivy sack and some long underwear is my go to.

Went to Cabelas today to pick up this house. They do not carry it. Lodge hub sure and every other otter house yeah, but not the resort. I talked to a couple employees and they looked it up and no dice. They didn’t have a reason for not carrying it either. I’m pretty frustrated about this. I’ve been saving my cabelas points for a few years now just waiting for that item I can’t justify spending cash on. I priced it at L&M Fleet for 399.00 and I do know cabelas price matches so I was pretty excited.