- We've got the ducted camping heater from Gasmate.
It's a safe way to heat your tent
or other confined spaces.
Let's check it out.
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G'day, guys, it's Lauren from Snowy's here.
Today I've got the Gasmate ducted camping heater.
It's a really safe option
for heating your tent or camper trailer.
Being that the combustion unit is on the outside
whilst ducting warm air into your tent.
Now it comes in this oversized storage bag here.
With extra room for your gas cylinders down the end.
Now let's have a look at what you get.
Your carry bag does come
with this optional shoulder strap here.
We have some instructions and a manual there.
Which is important to have read through.
We have your main unit.
And also down the end here,
we have some space for the small gas canisters.
Now whilst the unit is designed
to primarily run from these canisters,
you can get some optional extra hoses
to connect to a larger gas bottle and run it from that.
Now the unit itself is 8.6 kilos.
So nice and light to move around.
We have 43 centimetres from end-to-end,
21 centimetres across the top
and 39 centimetres from the top of the handle down.
Now on the back here,
we have this nifty little storage compartment.
And in it you'll find your 240 volt charger.
Now this is charging the battery
which runs the fan in your heater.
It takes approximately five hours of charge time
to get around six hours of battery life out of the fan.
We also have the regulator.
Now the regulator is what connects
the gas bottle to your unit.
It connects in here.
Now I forgot to mention before,
but these propane cylinders
are actually available separately.
They connect to the unit here
but as I have already mentioned,
you do have the option of connecting a normal gas bottle
through an additional hose but it's essential
that you keep this regulator in use.
Now we've got the gas connected,
the last thing in our storage compartment
is our ducted tubing.
We'll shut this back up.
It's really important to keep it empty whilst in use
because the underside can get quite hot in here.
Now you might be wondering about the insulation
of the ducted tube.
It's not insulated like you'd expect your heating
or air conditioning at home.
However, it is double layered on the silver lining.
This connects to the other end of the unit.
However, on this side here is where we find
our air intake valve.
Our battery charging port and also our fuse.
Now I'm gonna spin the unit around
and connect the ducting tube up.
Now the ducting connects on the other end of the unit.
We have a little safety switch here
where the unit won't engage without the ducting connected.
Whilst we're on the safety features,
there's actually three.
The oxygen deprivation system,
where the unit will cut out in levels of low oxygen.
We have the tip switch, where the gas disconnects
as soon as the unit is tilted.
And we also have the flame failure.
Which means if the flame goes out,
the gas automatically disconnects.
Right, let's connect this ducting.
It's approximately 1.6 metres long
and it just connects onto the end of the unit like this.
And connect the other end to the tent.
Now I've got a gap in the side of the rooftop tent here
which you can pop the duct through.
However, you can also fit it through a window gap
or a door gap or some tents might even have a vent flap
that you can use it with.
Right, now let's fire the unit up.
One the front here, we have a switch.
When pushed to the right-hand side,
and the unit is charging, the red light will flash.
When the red light is solid,
the unit is fully charged.
Move the switch over to the left-hand side here,
and your green light will engage.
You'll hear the fan come on and then you're ready
to ignite your pilot light.
Press down your button for about 10 seconds.
Then through this viewing window here,
you'll see your pilot light come on.
After about 2 to 3 minutes,
once the burner's had a chance to heat up and get red,
you'll be able to see it glowing through this window here.
So with reference to the gas run time,
you'll get about 7 to 8 hours
out of a 450 gramme propane bottle.
The unit has 2,654 Btu which puts out
a maximum 58 degree air temperature measured
at the outlet of the unit.
Now it's been a couple of minutes,
it's had time to heat up,
let's have a check out of our burner window
and we'll jump in the tent and see how it's going.
Right, now using our super technical
air flow detection device,
we can see the duct's putting out
a reasonable amount of air here.
Now, it's actually surprisingly pretty warm in here.
Even with the window vent rolled down.
Obviously, the kind of tent you have
and the amount of space you have to heat
will vary a little bit.
However, if you're a cold frog,
this is a really safe way to heat your tent
while you're camping.
You can get this at Snowys.com.au
at our everyday lowest prices.
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