Please check your local fire department rules and regulations with regard to portable outdoor fireplaces. In most states you can legally use SweatTent in the backyard of your single-family home. ONLY USE SWEATTENT OUTDOORS at least 2 feet away from structures, brush, and low-hanging branches.

Sweat Tent has a built-in skirt running along both the interior and exterior of the base. We recommend weighing down the skirt with heavy weights such as cinder blocks, bricks, or sandbags. It also comes with ground stakes and ropes to tie it down and secure it further in windier conditions.

Ensure the rectangular air intake vent at the bottom of your tent is open to allow fresh air to continuously flow into the front of your stove. Also make sure the air control vent on the ash tray is in the fully open position. Light a fire in the stove using fire starter squares and 1-2 pieces of dry hardwood firewood (maximum 16 inches long - we recommend using 12 inch long pieces).

Close the stove door and latch it shut. Let the fire get going and run for about 15 minutes before opening the stove door and adding another 1-2 pieces of hardwood firewood. Close the stove door, latch it shut, and wait another 15 minutes. Now your SweatTent should be nice and hot (180°F-200°F). If it's not, pull the ash tray out slightly and/or add another piece of wood.

It does not smell, and there is not much cleaning required. Moisture runs down the sides of the tent walls and drains onto the ground. Any residual moisture is evaporated due to the high heat inside the tent. We recommend emptying the ash tray and removing excess soot from the chimney after every 3-4 uses.