In reply to Post #16
Coleman Blackcat if you can find one.
Coleman Blackcat if you can find one.
In reply to Post #16
So one goes off, bivvy fills with gas and you have explosion... It is unbelieveable how people that didnt ever use new, modern heaters with all the safety that is build into them have so much to say and know all about them... Everytime new thread about them comes on here... All issues you talk about are issues of stoves, black cat heaters and similar... They got nothing to do with modern heaters... Technology advanced and now thank god we have proper, safe heaters to use...
So one goes off, bivvy fills with gas and you have explosion... It is unbelieveable how people that didnt ever use new, modern heaters with all the safety that is build into them have so much to say and know all about them... Everytime new thread about them comes on here... All issues you talk about are issues of stoves, black cat heaters and similar... They got nothing to do with modern heaters... Technology advanced and now thank god we have proper, safe heaters to use...
In reply to Post #19
anyone used this sort of contraption...?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heating-attachment-portable-stove-heater/dp/B071R22RWX
anyone used this sort of contraption...?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heating-attachment-portable-stove-heater/dp/B071R22RWX
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In reply to Post #1
Hiya mate not excatley what you asked for but perhaps look at electric heat pads or heated clothing? might work for you . just a thought.
Hiya mate not excatley what you asked for but perhaps look at electric heat pads or heated clothing? might work for you . just a thought.
In reply to Post #1
I don't think you will ever find a safe heating option which relies on some sort of fuel, especially in a confined space like a bivvy and you would NEVER go to sleep and leave it on.
I use this very occasionally whilst I'm wide awake and watching it like a hawk with a bit of ventilation. It's just enough for me to get warm before getting in a bag, but it would never be left on un-monitored.
In those limited circumstances it does work for me and uses fairly cheap gas cartridges.
I don't think you will ever find a safe heating option which relies on some sort of fuel, especially in a confined space like a bivvy and you would NEVER go to sleep and leave it on.
I use this very occasionally whilst I'm wide awake and watching it like a hawk with a bit of ventilation. It's just enough for me to get warm before getting in a bag, but it would never be left on un-monitored.
In those limited circumstances it does work for me and uses fairly cheap gas cartridges.
In reply to Post #23
I bought one of those to use in my caravan awning
and took it on a winter fishing week in France where it got below freezing with a bitter North east wind it was a pile of shyte !!!
when you really NEEDED a heater it would not work in the freezing temps as it uses butane gas that does not vaporise into gas in sub zero temps
you need a heater that runs on propane or paraffin for proper cold that we rarely get in this country
I bought one of those to use in my caravan awning
and took it on a winter fishing week in France where it got below freezing with a bitter North east wind it was a pile of shyte !!!
when you really NEEDED a heater it would not work in the freezing temps as it uses butane gas that does not vaporise into gas in sub zero temps
you need a heater that runs on propane or paraffin for proper cold that we rarely get in this country
In reply to Post #24
To be fair Gerry I don't do much winter fishing but on the occasions I've used it over the years, it's been spot on for me.
To be fair Gerry I don't do much winter fishing but on the occasions I've used it over the years, it's been spot on for me.
In reply to Post #1
Lad I know who fished Elstow for years ran a proper vented stove from his Armo for years during winter with zero issues. Buckets were filled with coal rather than bait en route to the swim . . .!
A bit like this but without the gas - Vented Bivvy Heater
Lad I know who fished Elstow for years ran a proper vented stove from his Armo for years during winter with zero issues. Buckets were filled with coal rather than bait en route to the swim . . .!
A bit like this but without the gas - Vented Bivvy Heater
In reply to Post #1
camping gaz double burner for my winter fishing, doubles up as an aga,perfect
camping gaz double burner for my winter fishing, doubles up as an aga,perfect
In reply to Post #8
I take your point, each to their own. I go fishing to feel alive and be in the outdoors which to some extent means snubbing the comforts of every day life.
Nick summed it up for me though, get your layering right and there's no need.
I take your point, each to their own. I go fishing to feel alive and be in the outdoors which to some extent means snubbing the comforts of every day life.
Nick summed it up for me though, get your layering right and there's no need.
In reply to Post #29
thats just terrible
my mate Chris was winter fishing 2 young lads were opposite very hard cold frost that night
next day it got to lunch time and no sign of them bivvys both zipped shut
he got worried reeled in went round one was dead the other nearly he was in a coma think he did recover in the end but had brain damage they had gone to sleep leaving their stoves on
thats just terrible
my mate Chris was winter fishing 2 young lads were opposite very hard cold frost that night
next day it got to lunch time and no sign of them bivvys both zipped shut
he got worried reeled in went round one was dead the other nearly he was in a coma think he did recover in the end but had brain damage they had gone to sleep leaving their stoves on
In reply to Post #30
Just awful. terrible...
Not that many year's ago, some people on holiday nr Newquay, a family in a big tent ,got cold at night,. . (this beggars belief)....brought a lit bbq into the tent to warm them up ,it didn't end well either....
Just awful. terrible...
Not that many year's ago, some people on holiday nr Newquay, a family in a big tent ,got cold at night,. . (this beggars belief)....brought a lit bbq into the tent to warm them up ,it didn't end well either....
The only heater I will ever use in a bivvy is an electric heater with a generator far away outside and a timer. It's so dangerous with a fuel heater plus the risk of falling asleep without turning off the heater is also great because they quickly get all the oxygen out of bivvies even with an open window, in winter you also have a lot of wind quiet days very dangerous combo.