I know this isn't a hunting forum, but I thought some of you may find my Siwash rig that I use when hunting interesting. The shelter is a GoLite Lair 2 (sil tarp) and weighs about 1lb. The stove is a TI Goat Vortex (titainium) and weighs 1.5 lbs. Heated shelter for 2.5 lbs hard to beat. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Total cost is just under $300.

Your shelter looks like it is completely open on one side. How can you heat that? The slightest breeze seems like it would just blow all of your heat away.

Looks pretty neat, though.

I like that stove! I have been debating buying a stove like that. The first ones I ever saw were the ones from Kifaru and Cabela's.

Harrkev,

Well you point the rear of the shelter into the wind, and that will keep most of the wind off off you and the stove sits in the opening. True there is no door but heat will reflect and build up in the shelter. The stove sits in the shelter and you angle the stove pipe out the opening in the front. It won't be 80 degrees, but it will be much warmer than exposer <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

The wife is getting a digital camera for CHRISTmas. I will try and get some real world pics posted, in a week or so. <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Very interesting device. Thanks for sharing that. Reminds me of the setup George Sears (Nessmuk) described for his Adirondack travels. He would use a canvas Forrester tent or a debris shelter. Both are the same general shape as your tarp. In front he would have a fire that refected into the shelter. To increase heat reflection into the tent, he would build a log "wall" behind the fire. I bet you could also do something similar to increase heat relection. He wrote about these methods in 1880s, and they are still in print. Good ideas never change!

BlackSwan,
Good observation. I was acctually thinking of rigging some sort of Annex similar to that of the Kifaru Para Tarp Annex. Here is a pick of the Kifaru.

Looks dangerous with the stovepipe passing through a flammable substance (the fly). I was taught that you could only have stoves and stovepipes inside canvas tents. If the tarp caught fire, you would be under melting, burning plastic.

Yes, it is a flame resistant stove boot, made for exactely that.