lightweight CO detectors

[rob]

Has anybody used a lightweight carbon monoxide detector in their tents while cooking?

 

I'm referring mainly to chemical spot detectors, like the "sticker" type detectors used by pilots. These seem lightweight and cheap enough to justify throwing one in my tent, but I'm wondering if there are any performance problems at cold temperatures.

 

Anybody used one?

[Dr_Flush_Amazing]

 

I just look for that rosy-lipped, sleepy-eyed, "come-hither" look on my partner's face.

[Mr_Phil]

Just reverse the polarity in a stud detector.

[wfinley]

I just leave the vestibule unzipped while cooking.

[David Trippett]

[hanman]

My experience has been with the single use chemical buttons in industrial settings-

 

Humidity seems to play a large part in the frequency of false positives, so a tent setting may not be the ideal environment for this product. While working for a construction company as a safety consultant, we used these "personal detectors" on an enclosed and propane heated scaffold in the winter. Indications on the buttons appeared quite different from calibrated electronic equipment (causing major havoc). Check the manufacturer's stated threshold for humidity vs accuracy before using.

 

 

 

MH

[dylan_taylor]

There was someone doing an academic study on CO and cooking in tents on Denali two season ago. They took blood tests from volunteers, and created an email mailing list to send out the results of their study, but I never got it.