Best Ways to Keep a Tent Warm While Camping

As winter gets closer, we are all going to have to break out the cold weather gear for our camping trips! Camping is a great way to get outdoors with friends and family, but camping can turn from fun to miserable pretty quickly if the tent is cold. So in this post, we are going to go over all the ways you can keep your tent warm this winter.

Keep it Dry

The first step to keeping your tent warm is keeping it dry. You could make your tent as insulated as possible, but if water gets inside, or on you then it is going to get cold. Even if you do not expect there to be rain, it is always a good idea to bring an extra tarp with you.

Many tents are waterproof, although some tent designs will allow water to get through in areas designed for airflow. If it is colder out, that airflow may not be the best. So make sure you put a tarp on top of your tent at night to stay dry!

Use Plenty of Insulation

Tents are fairly thin. Without any other insulation, the inside of your tent is going to be just about the same as the outside. So you want to use plenty of insulation to keep it warm inside. Without a heater in your tent, your body is still going to produce heat and if you are able to trap that heat, your tent will stay warm throughout the night.

One piece of insulation that many people skip out on is a pad underneath the tent. The ground is really good at soaking up those cold temperatures, so during the winter, it can suck what little heat you have in your tent right out. Buy a simple insulating pad and put it under your tent, you will feel the difference for sure.

The next item you can put in your tent are mylar blankets. These are the shiny thermal blankets that come in many medical kits. These blankets are extremely good at reflecting heat, and if you hang them along the walls of your tent, they can keep the heat in. You still want to make sure that you have some sort of airway when you hang these blankets though. A warm tent won’t help if you can't get significant airflow to sleep.

Of course, you also want to use personal insulation equipment, like a sleeping bag. Sleeping bags are the best thing you could use to keep you warm on a personal level. This is especially true if it gets super cold out. Once it gets below about 60 degrees, mylar and pads will not be enough to keep you warm at night.

Get a Safe Heater

One of the most obvious options is to get a heater. There are dozens of battery-powered heaters out there that are made specifically for campers. These heaters work great and they are super effective. They can keep you and everyone else in your tent warm, although there are a few things to worry about when you use these heaters.

The most important thing is that you have good ventilation. If you have this heater blowing all night with less than ideal airflow, your tent is going to get extremely hot and stuffy. If your tent is not ventilated enough by design, try unzipping a portion of the door for extra airflow.

The next thing you want to do is make sure that the area in front of the heater is clear. We all know that heaters can catch fire if they are not placed correctly. Fire is bad enough inside a home, but in a small place like a tent, it could be even worse.

When you are picking out your heater, consider the battery life. It only gets colder as the night goes on, so make sure you pick one out that is capable of keeping you warm all night. Keeping a little insulation around the tent will also help. With the insulation, you can avoid having to keep the heater on high all night.

Get Creative

There are hundreds of ways to keep a tent warm, we only named a few here. Any combination of heat or insulation is a good way to stay warm. Maybe you only need a good underlayer on when you climb in your sleeping bag. It all depends on the weather and your setup.

Although if you want to get a little creative and save some money, you can get creative like this guy on Youtube and create your own all-natural heater!

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