Camp heater advice?

Hiya Ron
I have no info about heaters except to say I would steer well clear of anything connected with petrol. too dangerous where kids are and if burns occur where do you go , a good drizabone jacket of which i have really keeps one warm ,I know the atmosphere is not there but what else ya gonna do

Doug

Take a half a dozen nice small pieces of redgum with you. Dig a small hole and use that. It's amazing how a very small campfire can be just as nice as a big one.

I just can't see anything replacing the real thing.

Ron,

Buy yourself a cheap chainsaw, (I've got a Talon that cost me $160), go for a drive and collect some perfectly sized logs.

Kero heaters stink and do not produce the campfire experience.

A camp without a campfire is like a day without sunshine.

Cheers,

Jim.

What about a collapsable brazier and a buying heatbeads in bulk to get the cost down or brickette type fuel.. Michael

quote;
"I regularly camp with my kids and fish," end quote;

I wanna know how he goes camping with fish, does he take them in a bowl or has he a fish tank in the back of the 4b ;-))

Never heard of anyone camping with fish.

Baz.

looked at those Ron but never got one.

Apon investigation they delievered only about 8000 BTU
about as much as a little fan heater, and its simply not enough.

Same applies to all the other standard type heating attachments
for camping.

The only really effective unit are those patio heaters in various
sizes but there a bit over the top.

While its also not adequate, I have small coleman shellite single
burner stove. These things deliver the most energy/size you can buy.
Have a stainless steel strainer which I put over the element and it
radiates slightly more heat than the kero unit you refer to.

Great hand warmer, but thats it.

Forgot, the coleman stove/strainer saved the day for our group
once at a cold windy Coongie lakes where fires were banned.

Those Kero stoves vary a lot in price, down to $29.95 once but even
at that I thought it would just end up in a corner unused.

A chainsaw is our most commomly used track aid and we never go
anywhere without it so usually we find wood.
However it can be an issue and if you have to buy something
have found that those logs you buy from reject shops etc
can be very effective when obtained at a sale, in fact because
the burn so effectively you can carry enough in a small bag
along with kindling for a few ours of warmth in the bush.

Robin Miller

Heatbeads are good, even without a brazier.

Plenty of heat, last a long time and no smoke.

Thanks for replies.

Think I'll prob go the chainsaw and just go 4bying to find some when close to camp

Ron