Making a Tipi Style Hot Tent

5 comments to Making a Tipi Style Hot Tent

• Richard

  June 14, 2013 at 7:47 pm · Reply

  Thanks for the awesome write-up! I am looking to make one very similar to yours and this page has been really helpful!

  Couple of quick questions if you have some time. Was the offset center pole worth it and did the design make it harder to put together? Did you use webbing for the stake holes?

• Richard

  July 30, 2013 at 8:26 pm · Reply

  Finally finished my one… here is some pics from the trial run:

  https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/579546_10200874367475106_773132639_n.jpg
  https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/538982_10200874367515107_1189835910_n.jpg

  Thanks once again for your site – it made making this a lot easier!

• Shawn

  September 17, 2016 at 9:05 pm · Reply

  Awesome write up I am currently building my own tipi. What did you decide on for a center pole? I am going back and forth between carbon fiber or aluminum. Also I don’t see anyone talking about where to buy center poles.

  Thanks for the write up.

  • bryce

    September 20, 2016 at 3:35 pm · Reply

    Hi Shawn,
    I used this pole: https://kelty.com/adjustable-pole/ It works very well! I haven’t tried any carbon poles so I don’t know what diameter you’d need. Also to think about is your pole can get warm/hot from the stove so carbon might have issues with that?

    Bryce

• Shawn

  October 12, 2016 at 5:46 pm · Reply

  Thanks. I am almost finished with the tipi. I still need center cone and one zipper. I ended up buying my center pole from bear paw wilderness designs. I will try to do a write up when I’m finished