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Shelter and Heater Advice


BigSling

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So after a bit of research, I've narrowed my next shelter down to either the Clam Base Camp Thermal or the Shappell 6000. They're similarly sized but I wonder if the thermal material is worth the extra $80 over the 600d material in the 6000. I mostly fish the clear waters of W. Okoboji and I'm also a little worried the blue inside of the Clam will ruin sight fishing. I'm leaning towards the Clam but would love input from folks who have used one/both.

As for heating the shelter, I'm looking at either a portable buddy or a mr. heater/cooker. I think a big buddy would be overkill. What do y'all think?

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My Clam Command Post 6x12 has a black inside. Are you sure the Base Camp is blue inside? - wait, just looked at the picture on-line, yep, it's blue. I'd say all zipped up, window flaps shut, the Thermal will let less light through than the black/non-thermal.

I use the Big Buddy to heat my 6x12 w/o any issue on a 0 degree day. The Big Buddy has 3 settings for heat output (4k, 9k, 18k), so it may not be a bad choice to heat the Camp on a sub-zero day. Question of space I guess. I don't like the exposed heater/cooker's. The regular buddy is 4000/9000 setting

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Thanks for the input. Since the command post is basically the size of two of these 6x6s, makes me a bit more confident that the regular buddy would be enough, either with the Shappell with the same 600d fabric as the command post or the thermal stuff in the base camp.

Did you have to keep the Big Buddy on high to keep it fine on a 0 degree day? The only way I'll be able to keep the wife out there for several hours is if I can find the right setup that will keep it warm enough for t-shirt fishing most of the time.

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I just got the Clam Base Camp Thermal and its great. But I think servo may have the light issue backwards. The thermal is stiched up like a quilt, and each of those little needle holes lets in light. There is a lot of light. If i was going to go out sight fishing i would probably take my old Clam 2000 or my Pak Shak if i was by myself.

The thermal is going to be great though, and a portable buddy would be sufficient i would think. I'm planning on heating mine with the newer little buddy heater. But with the portable or big buddy you can control the heat output however you like, so if you wanted one of those two they would be great.

If sight fishing is your thing though, i would reconsider the thermal...

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BigSling,

On the 0 degree day (was actually about -2 not including wind chill and evening/night), yes, I had it on high. However, on other days, say 10 degrees with ~10mph wind, I start on high, and end up on low.

Far-I - my black interrior is like staring in to the night sky during the day - you can see the stars. Let me see if I can find a picture.

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Yea, the non-thermals keep out waaaaaay more light. And with a big buddy heater who cares, you'll be warm no matter what!

That being said, Big Sling, if you can get the big buddy or portable buddy, and do quite a bit of sight fishing, i would recommend a non-thermal with a black interior like servo's. My thermal lets in a ton of light.

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