Fire in Tent

[remington]

How safe is it and what precations should be taken when starting a fire inside a Konza tipi?

[sheen_estevez]

Depends on the size and type of the tent, a large tent such as a walled tent with no floor in many cases have a place for a wood stove in them. I'm sure you're not talking about this kind.

I don't think I would try it in my Coleman 6 man.

They do have propane heaters that might do what your looking for without having to build a fire in it

[longshot]

do you havea pic or at least a discription of a konza tipi?

ls

[sheen_estevez]

How safe is it and what precations should be taken when starting a fire inside a Konza tipi?
Helps if I read everything, too long with the kids over the weekend with temps -20 and windchills -40.
I would say most tipi's by design are made so that you can build a fire inside.

[clawhammerdan]

tipis have a smoke flap that is very effective at drawing potentially fatal smoke out, safely. Perhaps the manufacturer of your tent can give you some information. Personally, I would think it wise to take along a smoke detector, and place it slightly higher than the faces of those sleeping in the tent.

[tufhelp]

A Konza Tipi is a one pole nylon tipi. I'm not familiar with them directly, but if the single pole is in the middle, I don't quite see how a fire would work inside. Any way here is the addy for Ol'e Buff Archery from which yu can email them for information:
http://www.kansas.net/~barchery/ol'ebuff.html/personal.htm

For some reason this addy will not completely highlight, so you'll have to cut and paste the whole thing to get to their site.

[nancy1340]

I don't know about a Tipi but I have used a coffee can, roll of toilet tissue and a bottle of denatured alcohol to heat a 4-6 man tent. Never had a problem in over 20 years.

[shadowwalker]

I am not framiliar with the tipi. But with anything nylon be very careful of fire. I was elk hunting on time and had the fire to close to the tent. Real close. I had something, either a ember or lick of flame start it on fire. I had the three man tent go up so fast I couldn't put it out. Luckly there was snow on the ground and all that happened was the tent burned. I did singe alot of the stuff in it. But nothing beyond immediate use, anyway.
It was a light weight tent with a floor so I couldn't pull it off the contents and away from them.

[frost_bite]

I find a nylon tents less then ideal for winter use, more so with a fire inside.

My mainstay is a Snow Walker with a small sheep herder stove...

http://www.tentsmiths.com/egyptian-cotton-snow-walker.html

[Mac_Muz]

I haven't been around here in a while.... This nylon tee pee after looking at one I seached up in google ain't nuthing to have a fire with in 50 feet of.....

If i wanted a tee pee I would use tent smiths and get a good quailty tee pee you can have a fire inside of.

I lived in a tee pee 1,095 days in a row so, I have a few valid opinions... During that time I saw as high a temps as 115, and as low as minus 50'F.

I'll admit the one pole is nice and handy, and the nylon is light, so it is easy to set up, but after that, that think is junk IMO... nuthing like a real tee pee, which has a ozan, and a liner...

Open flames of any kind in nylon is just begging for disaster.... That thing is no more than a childs toy...

[Archer]

A Tipi has a smoke flap up top that is adjustible for different fire sizes and heat requirements, and it also has a base within the base that is designed to allow a upward draft to carry the smoke out.. it actually uses cold air from outside, and uses the draw created from the heat moving upwards to carry out the smoke, and yet still allows for a cone of heat to stay within the Tipi keeping the inside warm.. they are a amazing technology..