The dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning from using barbecues and gas heaters inside your tent are well known. But camping enthusiast Holly Freemantle could have come up with a solution.
After living in a tent for three months last summer, the 22-year-old from Somerset has created a unique camping accessory that can warm a tent – and is totally safe.
Holly, an Industrial Design and Technology student at Loughborough University, came up with the idea for a portable camping heater – called Heata – after reading about a teenage girl who died from CO poisoning after her family brought a disposable barbecue into their tent.
Her prototype consists of soapstone block which is placed on to a barbecue to heat up before being transferred with a handheld transporter and guard into a case made of toughened glass.
That can then be used to keep your tent warm for up to five hours. Holly said: “I wanted to help protect campers from CO poisoning by coming up with an idea to heat tents in a safe way. Heata does away with the need for a naked flame.”
From: Out&About Live