Anyone using a diesel heater for winter fishing here or abroad?
Thought it worth asking as it seems like a excellent option for comfort providing it's quiet enough.

Edit, might also help me stave off the Mrs changing our camping tent for a safer log burner version

Check out honest carpy blogs he did a review of one

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Thank you 👍

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They're not quiet enough unless you are miles from anyone.

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Are you talking about the unit, the exhaust, or both?
I've seen dampers for the exhaust and some noise testing on youtube, didn't seem that bad to me. Some units operate at 55-65db as standard without extra dampers, dou t you could hear that a swim away.

Our old Sharan had a auxiliary diesel heater for cold days, I dont even remember hearing it outside the car.

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Dont listen they are virtually silent,you get a slight ticking noise.Even if the heater is by your head end of bivvy when youre in bed you cant hear it at all

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Absolute nonsense,I dont know which one youve heard but my nephews has a slight ticking noise and unless you are knelt down by it you cant hear a thing

These must kick out some fumes if they are burning diesel? An extra layer and a hot water bottle would be a bit more considerate on the other anglers trying to enjoy their slice of nature and tranquility.

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If i could only upload pictures

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How i remember posting pictures is as follows:-
Post a photo as follows:
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Have been using a diesel heater for several years, often when we go abroad early or late in the year.
An absolute excellent piece of kit.
I have an exhaust about 1.5 meters long and have 2 silencers in it, this quitens the exhaust noise and takes the noise that far away, so doesn't annoy.
The air intake and exhaust deal with the fumes, the hot air blown out is clean warmed air and no fumes or smell.
If i could get the picture to work, this would show you how i use it.

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Post a link to the picture. Looking at your earlier attempt it seemed to be an account restriction maybe, or the url not being direct to the pic

This example shows what i mean about direct to the pic, see the picname.jpg

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Some people can't just warm up by adding a extra layer. Then there's the point that if you do a weeks session in winter or colder temps your sleeping bag slowly loses it's efficiency due to moisture being trapped in it.

Obviously you wouldn't want to use these where you might impact on other people, I thought that was taken forgranted, though I'm sure there will be a meme somewehere of 20 bivvies 10 yards apart all with diesel heaters and clouds of smoke belching from behind

These could be very useful if on a drive and survive whole lake only, or cold camping.

I've used a diesel heater this winter for the first time. It's been a game changer for me, i generally do 48 to 72hr sessions and it has been great. Instead of being locked into a sleeping bag just trying to stay warm i can be more proactive keeping the door open watching the water more and just being comfortable. There's no extra award for fishing cold. All the people saying they are loud obviously havent seen the modern silent ones, no noise is detectable at all after 10 yards and even then its just the noise of the quiet fan which blows the air. No noticeable air fumes.

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Great feed back, thank you