Heating for sleeping

[Nomadman8]

I recently took an overland trip to the northernmost point of Wisconsin. I have camped in the cold before and just dealt with it with my low degree rated sleeping bag which I used on this trip as well. I was wondering if anyone has any ideas on a way to heat the sleeping quarters besides warm blankets.

 

[Sam Wedzinga]

I use a little buddy tent heater for a little time to get the chill off before bed and a bit in the morning before getting out of the sleeping bag

 

[giarc1234]

I use a little buddy tent heater for a little time to get the chill off before bed and a bit in the morning before getting out of the sleeping bag

I was going to suggest the same thing. These are amazing in a small space.

 

[gurkang]

I don't know if it is usefull for you. I use eberspacher airtronic heater (webasto) with remote control. It is fuel operated. You can connect a hose between your tent and heater in your car. You can see the hose in the picture (between window and tent). It was -15 degrees that night, and I slept with t-shirt :)

http://www.eberspacher.com/products/fuel-operated-heaters/air-heating/airtronic-d2.html

 

[Scott]

I use a little buddy tent heater for a little time to get the chill off before bed and a bit in the morning before getting out of the sleeping bag

This is what I do too. I have the larger version of this and it's amazeballs.

 

[vegasjeepguy]

We picked up a Coleman ProCat on a trip to Utah. As was said above, preheat the tent before bed and then take the chill out in the morning when you wake up. It is a fairly large unit, so if size is an issue the smaller version might be better.

 

[Nomadman8]

I'll have to look into the tent heater. I ended up turning my jeep on for about 30 minutes in the middle of the night last trip because the girlfriend got a little cold. I'm trying to look for some sort of insulation idea for the jeep as the top is not very thick against the elements. Thanks for the replies guys!

 

[The other Sean]

I always pack disposable hand warmers when I cold weather camp. If I wake up cold, I open up one or two and toss them in the bottom of my sleeping bag. if that doesn't help enough, I open one or two more and put one in each front pocket of my pants. That normally keeps me plenty warm.

Also, I always have some of those cheap fleece throw blankets along. pull one in the bag with you and that helps as well.

 

[mep1811]

I have found by using a small heater in my RTT it only really heats up the roof . Heat rises. Next time I'll try a small fan to circualte the hot air.

 

[Winterpeg]

Some people have taken off their door panels and put regular insulation in them....

 

[Kidd]

I use the Mr. Heater buddy heater. Works great plus it has an auto shut off if there is too much carbon dioxide in the tent or falls over.

 

[1Louder]

Mr Heater is great but run it off of a tank. Green bottles suck. I wish it had a more granular temperature control as well because sometimes something lower than the Low setting would be great. I know a few companies make true refillable "green" bottles but until they come out in mass I always try to use my tank. NOTE: if you get the Mr Heater hose to use with a tank it is VERY pressure sensitive. If you turn the gas on too quickly the internal valve will close. So the trick is to barely open the valve, light the heater or other device, and then open the valve on the tank fully. I really like the $56 11lb tank that Home Depot offers online. It's a good compromise between the traditional 20lb tanks and the smaller 5lb tanks.

 

[Winterpeg]

Mr Heater is great but run it off of a tank. Green bottles suck. I wish it had a more granular temperature control as well because sometimes something lower than the Low setting would be great. I know a few companies make true refillable "green" bottles but until they come out in mass I always try to use my tank. NOTE: if you get the Mr Heater hose to use with a tank it is VERY pressure sensitive. If you turn the gas on too quickly the internal valve will close. So the trick is to barely open the valve, light the heater or other device, and then open the valve on the tank fully. I really like the $56 11lb tank that Home Depot offers online. It's a good compromise between the traditional 20lb tanks and the smaller 5lb tanks.

I use the long hose and big tank as well.... and don't have the problems you note above.
One thing I had to worry about during an initial start-up was how long I had to hold the "Pilot" button the first time. It would take a long time to pressurize the long hose I think.... but once the first time was done I could fire it up with a normal startup amount of time holding the pilot button down.

 

[Caleb Cowan]

I use the Mr. Buddy heater and actually hang a small fan above and behind it and point it at a downward 45ish degree angle.. keeps the tent perfectly toasty. We were in the North Rim of the Grand Canyon with a wind chill of 9 degrees and didn't even have to dig out our additional linens. Only a 30 degree double sleeping bag.

 

[The other Sean]

Mr Heater is great but run it off of a tank. Green bottles suck. I wish it had a more granular temperature control as well because sometimes something lower than the Low setting would be great. I know a few companies make true refillable "green" bottles but until they come out in mass I always try to use my tank. NOTE: if you get the Mr Heater hose to use with a tank it is VERY pressure sensitive. If you turn the gas on too quickly the internal valve will close. So the trick is to barely open the valve, light the heater or other device, and then open the valve on the tank fully. I really like the $56 11lb tank that Home Depot offers online. It's a good compromise between the traditional 20lb tanks and the smaller 5lb tanks.

I've always had issues getting mine started when I hook it to my 20lb tank. I never paid attention to how I opened the valve. Thanks!

 

[Scott]

I've always had issues getting mine started when I hook it to my 20lb tank. I never paid attention to how I opened the valve. Thanks!

Yes.. This is something I will need to remember.. I got to the point where I would light the heater using a bbq lighter on the first time because it took so long to light.. I stopped using the small bottles a long time ago.. That heater sucks up way too much propane to keep using the little bottles.

 

[Nomadman8]

Looks like I'm gonna give myself an early Christmas present this year. Mr buddy heater it is

 

[1Louder]

Yes.. This is something I will need to remember.. I got to the point where I would light the heater using a bbq lighter on the first time because it took so long to light.. I stopped using the small bottles a long time ago.. That heater sucks up way too much propane to keep using the little bottles.

All I can say is when others try the hose they have issues. Every time I have barely cracked the valve open it works. I had the same frustrations initially. This only applies to the one with the built in filter. Some Amazon reviews describe this issue as well.

 

[NetDep]

I use the Mr. Heater buddy heater. Works great plus it has an auto shut off if there is too much carbon dioxide in the tent or falls over.

+1 on this heater!! I've used mine several times in a tent, truck bed and teardrop trailer all with really good and reliable results!! [emoji106][emoji106]

 

[Raul B]

My experience with the Mr buddy heater. I have never had issue with this header until our last trip. On our last trip I was unable to get the rig perfectly level and didn't think it was a big deal until it came to light the heater. I then remembered that it has a anti tip function and because I wasn't perfectly level it would no light....

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