Yes, I understand the rationale here. But these house stoves are usually quite heavy and large in size. The location of my camp is on the back side of a lake and I am by myself. I would first have to get it from my car (oh, and I only have a compact car to transport it with) across the parking lot at the public dock, down the ramp, into my kayak (that won't work, I'll have to rent a boat) and then haul it across the lake to my dock. Then cart it up my ramp and gang plank to my current workshop/shelter.
Additionally,
wood stoves that are designed or rated for homes are very expensive from what I've seen. It's the difference between $300 and $1200-$1500. I have money to spend but there is a limited amount.
Also, the stove I currently have has done a great job. With a few tweeks, I think I could extend the life of the next one, especially now since the new tips I've gotten from this forum will be interesting to see how much more life I can squeeze out of my current stove. If I could extend another winter out of the little stove I have that will be great.
There may come a time when I make the effort (and shell out the cost) for a much larger stove, but at this time I don't think it is warranted. Though I have been eyeing the old
wood stove on my neighbor's deck on the other side of the lake. Not sure if there is something wrong with it or if he just didn't want to go through the trouble of
cutting firewood. Not to mention I haven't seen them at their place in I think 2 years.
What I don't understand is why these camp stoves or tent stove manufactures are bent on using odd ball stove pipe. The first stove I was looking at was a 2 inch diameter pipe. To get elbows for it you had to go to a muffler shop to get a tailpipe crimped to the right angle. The one I purchased has a 3" pipe with no elbows. But a duravent 3" elbow was close, but one end I had to mangle to get it to fit (and it doesn't look pretty, but at least it works). This new one I'm looking at has a 5.5inch pipe. A retailer online said he'd never heard of a stovepipe that size before! Why not just make the stove pipe 5" or 6"? Why make it so difficult for the end user to have to custom fab something together? I think I will be able to use 6" pipe instead and just secure it to the stove collar with some screws. But it will be trial and error at best. I realize these types of stoves are mostly for tents where the jack is in the roof, but I've seen several winter tents that have jacks in the side, too.
I guess that's what happens when your civilization begins to die. Odd stove pipe sizes.
Isaac
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