looking for suggestions on hub tent for 2 guys. and heat source i have buddy heater but leaning towards wood at night. any tips or tricks or tips would be great have done winter camping with no heat but not on lake with winds etc .
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looking for suggestions on hub tent for 2 guys. and heat source i have buddy heater but leaning towards wood at night. any tips or tricks or tips would be great have done winter camping with no heat but not on lake with winds etc .
big buddy heater, insulated tent along with interlocking foam mats for the flooring should be fine for overnight camping on the ice
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Originally Posted by warningshot
A canvas prospector tent with a stove pipe plate and a galvanized wood stove will keep you toasty warm on ripping cold winter nights,especially,with using rubber mats as flooring. Use a camp cot with carpet underlay between the cot and your sleeping bag and you'll sleep like a baby. Be careful with fuel burning buddy heaters in enclosed areas. A small wood stove throws much more heat plus you can cook on it. Winter camping whether hunting or ice fishing is a hoot.Quote:
Originally Posted by m1k3_88
Make sure you have a good indoor/outdoor co detector!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by warningshot
Check out these guys for hot tents. They have stoves for them too.
https://www.canadianoutdoorequipment...hot-tents.html
I’m looking to get into ice camping as well. Ive ordered a Eskimo Outbreak 450 XD insulated pop up shelter. I have the interlocking foam pads, big Buddy heater, cot, 5-star sleeping bag, stove and cooking stuff, and a power pack. I need to purchase some interior lights… not sure what to get yet.
Once my hut arrives, I’ll set it up on the deck and try a dry run to see how it goes.
The challenge will be be getting everything out on the ice. Probably will have to make 2 trips.
You can pile a lot of gear in one or two of these and tow them behind a snowmachine or ATV.https://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/p...5134p.html#srpQuote:
Originally Posted by Sam Menard
For lights, if your power pack is 12 volts there are all kinds of hanging lights you can get and charge again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sam Menard
Check out CTC, Princess auto, Walmart.....etc
I have one of those (Trek 75) and one the next size up (Trek 82). Once all hitched up with both behind the Scandic my conga train is 31 feet long (each toboggan and hitch add about 10 feet) but can carry all gear, shelter (Eskimo 450 same as Sam's), food, fuel, augers, batteries, heater, stove, cots etc. needed for a weekend on the ice in one trip. That is everything for 2 people. Scandic is a 2up as well with the long track and a decent on board cargo area behind the second seat.Quote:
Originally Posted by trimmer21
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Originally Posted by Sam Menard
The Eskimo Outbreak 450 insulated is a great shelter with two caveats. It is marketed as a 5-6 person shelter. For camping it is a 2 person shelter. Day use 4 is pushing it and 3 people is comfortable. The second is that it is big and bulky even packed up. It weighs close to 50 lbs dry and even folded up it is too long for the Pelican Trek 75 that Trimmer linked. It does fit in the Pelican Trek 82 but takes about 40% of the toboggan space. This is a pic of the 450 set up with Scandic hooked up to the Pelican 82:
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...d7c28650_k.jpg
Look at WalMart Dorcy 2000 lumens 4D battery operated lantern.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sam Menard
It is excellent,and easy on batteries.
a small fan goes a long way too.
I was hoping to sleep on simcoe sat night, lol but she was singing way too loud for my liking.
Thx I’ll check it out.Quote:
Originally Posted by gbk
Thanks for the info and pic. Do you have any ice camping stories?Quote:
Originally Posted by Species8472
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Originally Posted by warningshot
I was on Lake Scugog many years ago in a home made collapsible plywood hut with an orange tarp covering. When we lit the Coleman lanterns inside,the hut could be seen all over the lake. We put automotive reflector tape on the outside. Lots of times,there'd be snow machines roaring up and down the lake. We were the only hut that was lit up. Other huts used to get thumped on regular basis,but,ours didn't.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sam Menard
Just bought an Otter Resort insulated hub. Over 100 sq. ft. of space. Been watching YouTube videos to see different ice setups and equipment. Like watching Clayton Schick fishing/camping videos. Already have a Pelican 75 sled, but based on the size of the hub, wondering if I should upgrade to the 94.Quote:
Originally Posted by warningshot
Keep the 75 for day tripping and get a 94 for camping. I very much doubt the 75 will hold that shelter and even if it fits my guess is there will be very little room left for other items.Quote:
Originally Posted by delmer
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Just googled the dimensions and collapsed that shelter is too long for the 75 - same issue i had with Eskimo 450. I went with the 82 instead of the 94 as the 94 is too long for the box of my truck. Regardless it looks like a bomber shelter that will serve you well.
Only camped in it once as i have only had it for 3 years and our place is only 10 minutes by sled from Nip. Being 10 minutes from a great fishery with a heated cottage equipped with all the amenities makes it hard to bother staying on the ice when i can just head back each night to a queen bed, room temp, full kitchen, sat TV, internet etc..Quote:
Originally Posted by Sam Menard
The time i did camp was mid January last year during a cold snap. Very comfortable (not as comfy as the cottage though). It was on Nip but by design it was to a part of Nip that is a long way from where we get on the ice. It was definitely chilly as i am paranoid about CO even with a detector so i typically turn the heat off when i retire for the night. Camping that way i use a -29C mummy bag with an added fleece inner liner with two R5 thermarests between the bag and the cot. Was about -25 ish both nights and that worked fine other than cold getting going in the morning. Fishing on that trip was slow so never bothered posting a trip report.
Going back more years though i used to do it regularly with a small pop up to run and gun combined with a 4 season tent set up as a base. Back in those days i used a 4 season Northface mountaineering tent as they can take a lot more wind than any hub shelter or prospector type heated tent. If was heading to back lakes i would probably still consider this method as the small pop up and the Northface tent combined take less space and are lighter. Fishing would have to be real good though as no room for a cot in that Northface so thermarests are directly on floor and my days of sleeping like that require great incentive.
As for craziness my most recent craziness was actually not on a camping trip but a day trip on the season closer on Nip last year. Riding 14 km back to the landing on hard glare ice at dusk. Had everything you see in that pic. The Scandic, the 82 loaded with the 450, auger, drill, clam plate, batteries, 20 lb propane bottle, big buddy heater etc.. All together between the toboggan, hitch and all contents pushing 250 lbs in tow. Was riding with my son on the 2up. All told 800 lb sled, 250 lb toboggan, 400+ lbs of rider - combined almost 1500 lbs. Well came up on open pressure crack that was hard to see. Glare ice so no way to stop or turn in time. Just pinned it (thanked the snow gods my track was studded) and hoped for the best and hit the water doing about 80 or 90 km/hour. Skipped the whole works across 25 or 30 feet of open water and made it across. Kept it pinned all the way back to the landing. Everything in the toboggan was soaked. Haven't had that much adrenaline flowing since nearly flush drowning on a class 5 rapid in the Andes about 10 years ago.
I have never had the heat on overnight but during the day for 8 hours with heat on (inside heated to about +10C) and outside between -10 to -20 there is very minor condensation but not enough to ever bother us. That is in the Eskimo 450.Quote:
Originally Posted by warningshot
I don't think you can really go wrong with either of those choices (just $$$$). I know even solo i can set up the 450 in the wind in less than 5 minutes and from what i have heard the Otter is just as or perhaps even easier.
thanks for info
ohh this sounds crazy ! my hand was shaking reading thisQuote:
Originally Posted by Species8472
we just had a machine go through last night at north simcoe.
If you are looking to buy this year, your biggest obstacle will be availability. I went through the same process as you a year ago, and anything I had interest in was sold out. Ended up waiting until this year when stock was available before I bought a shelter, so I could get what I wanted.Quote:
Originally Posted by warningshot
could u set 2 cots in that eskimo and still fish? how is humidity in that thanks
2 cots left setup inside would make it tight for fishing but if pushed up against the walls you would probably have an alley 3 feet by 7 feet between them that you could fish through.Quote:
Originally Posted by warningshot
Was that you Tom helped ? .Quote:
Originally Posted by Ata83
Heard an Argo went in the north side of Georgina Sunday maybe 2 more sleds today.
Thin ice out there you can see the satellite today it shifted a bit yesterday from the wind. Only a few inches before the storm in many places.
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