Hello!

I went camping for the second time with the girlfriend this weekend. It was nice and warm during the day but at night, it went down to 6 C (40 F). The gf was slightly cold so I took the candle out of my PSK and made a simple holder using two plastic beer cups. It did seem to warm up the tent a little, probably because of the tent design : even though there are two large mesh windows on the tent, the rain fly that covers it goes down beyond the windows to make them less prone to letting warm air escape. Here is the tent i'm talking about, it's a Columbia Mt. Bachelor.

Tent without rain fly

Tent with rain fly

You can see what it looks like when it has the rain fly on it.

Does anyone have any recommendations to warm this specific tent up? We both already have good sleeping bags, but the gf would appreciate if I could warm up the air a little when we get ready for sleep. We will *not* go to sleep with the heat source on. My current options are :

-UCO candle lantern
-Home-made candle lantern (that would be fun to make)
-Coleman Sportcat catalytic heater
-Century infrared heater

Any tips or suggestions? I'm interested in hearing from people that have experience with some of these... (Please, no comments saying "use fleece blankets, better sleeping pads/bags"... I am looking for some help finding an external heat source to warm up the tent)

Thanks!


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