Making a portable mini heater do it yourself

A small portable heater occupies a small amount of space, but, despite its minimal dimensions, it is able to come to the rescue in difficult times and warm the frozen parts of the body.

Features of the device

Portable convector will be relevant not only in everyday life, but also when traveling on fishing or during outdoor recreation. In order not to freeze in extreme situations, it is useful to have information on how to make a mini heater yourself. Such units can be assembled from scrap materials, with very little effort, and use the result of their labors at the right moment.

What should be the heater for the tent? The device must combine the following qualities:

• ease of installation;
• high productivity;
• low energy consumption;
• security;
• minimum production costs;
• convenience;
• portability and compactness.

If we take into account all these qualities, then it is safe to say that in today's market only infrared heaterscorrespond to all these parameters. As a heater for a tent - this is the best option, since it works according to a special principle, giving warmth to surrounding objects, not airspace.

Infrared devices are most effective and have the highest efficiency.

The tent heater may be of the following type:

• gasoline;
• gas;
• alcoholic.

The latter are the cheapest option. Their power is quite low, and if the temperature is below 7-5 degrees, then they may be completely useless. There are also models that work on kerosene and diesel fuel.

Apparatus for gasoline

The gasoline-based heater has been known to many since the days of Soviet hiking. Moreover, all modern models are exact copies of their Soviet predecessors. The main advantage of such a device is its availability and low cost.

As for flaws, a gasoline floor heater can be very unsafe when used improperly, and can cause a fire or even an explosion if overheated or poorly assembled.

Despite the fact that it is portable, its transportation is fraught with great danger and must be carried out in an airtight strong container.

Gas Heater

A gas-fired hand warmer should be as stable as possible. Often, such devices have more than one burner, which increases their efficiency. However, the efficiency of such an installation is small. About the economy, too, can be argued. But be that as it may, gas heaters still popular due to the simplicity of the design and relatively low cost.

When you purchase a small heater, you need to know as much as possible about its safety.

Master the device do it yourself

It turns out that buying a heater is not at all necessary; you can do it yourself. This will require a minimum set of items:

• ceramic medium depth dishes;
• 2 flower pots of different diameters, for example, 23 and 25 cm;
• 4 candles (tablets);
• a refractory object, such as a pebble;
• lighter.

Naturally, such a "heater" will give relatively little heat, but may be indispensable in the campaign. It will work about 4 hours.

Before you start work, you need to make sure that everything you need is available, and then you can proceed. At the bottom of the ceramic dishes you need to put 4 candles and light them. Cover the candle with a small diameter pot on top of it, and then put a pebble on its bottom, where there is usually a drainage hole, thereby closing it. After that, a large diameter pot is placed upside down. Done! This simple device you can warm yourself in a tent or in the open air.

In addition to self-made options, portable infrared units have long been on sale.

In order to use them in the wild, simply insert the usb heater cord into a portable battery or Power Bank. The duration of operation will depend on how powerful your battery is. An interesting option are also infrared foot warmers.