HOW DO YOU STAY WARM IN VAN DURING NIGHT

[wildebus]

Water heater in the garage leave on low warms the bed and the clothes in the wardrobe so put what I’m wearing the next day in the bottom shelf, teddy fleece bedding hot water bottles and a good dog for your feet that will move to warm your back on command. ??

Good tip with the clothes put to pre-warm . I'll remember that one!

 

[Campervanannie]

Good tip with the clothes put to pre-warm . I'll remember that one!

Nothing worse than cold bedding at night and cold clothes in a morning.?

 

[maingate]

Never bothered with heating so far,but then again i have slepet out in snow in a army s/bag at minus 16c.

I had a Royal Marine Arctic Warfare sleeping bag Trev. I have woken up with snow on me and didn't notice until I popped my head out.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Not slept in this van at all yet, but went out to start fitting stuff yesterday morning, but it was minus 1c here, so I popped on the heater, and gave it an hour to warm up, this is the best heater we've had so far, the Truma gas fire type, not combi, I had the door open most of the time as it was quite dark inside, and it was toasty warm.

 

[Lorraine]

I had a Royal Marine Arctic Warfare sleeping bag Trev. I have woken up with snow on me and didn't notice until I popped my head out.

I remember going to Langdale in the Lake District Christmas eve staying over night so we could have christmas dinner in tents (we all where guiders
Brownies, scouts, Girl Guides, Rainbows etc) I slept with all my clothes, coat and a furry hat, the tent had caved in with the snow during the night we were snowed in and the showers where freezing the things we did when we were younger....... the thought of it now

 

[Jeanette]

Water heater in the garage leave on low warms the bed and the clothes in the wardrobe so put what I’m wearing the next day in the bottom shelf, teddy fleece bedding hot water bottles and a good dog for your feet that will move to warm your back on command. ??

Annie I remember you saying once before about the bedding and can’t remember where you said you got it from can you remind me where please and as for the clothes ours are in the wardrobe which is above the fire so we have toasty clothes also

 

[Lefty107]

Don't normally bother leaving on overnight just cuddle under thick ducat. But have noticed it appears to be my job to put kettle on and make tea first thing which also allows me to put blown air heating on for half hour before she gets out of bed. If we have EHU I put my low wattage tubular heater in front of the driving seats which I also do when home for a few days in winter.

 

[BOTCANU]

6 cans of Speckled Hen central heating?

 

[Haaamster]

We just leave the heating on low, I don't like being cold and I also think that the amount of gas you use by doing this as opposed to turning off and the reheating in the morning can't be that different.

You should try knocking the snow off your head before you get into bed. Being tall is not always an advantage.

 

[Crystalight]

We have Blown Warm Air heating that I believe runs off the vans diesel fuel does anyone know if this is an expensive way to heat? We have only used it a few times but its getting cold now!!

 

[Nomad]

TEA LIGHTS!!!
This was something I picked up whilst driving in the winter in Italy.
I know my van is small, but with the thermal curtains drawn and all the hatches battened down; 2 or 3 tea lights certainly keep the chill off.
Each light is about 40 Watts of heat output so 2/3 these is more than adequate.
And before the comments start flowing, yes I am aware of the risks. Fire: I use them in a closed container and Oxygen depletion: vented van. Couple that was an arctic sleeping suit and 4 season sleeping bag warm as toast.
Regards Mike

 

[Rec]

No van yet?but hot water bottles used to keep us lovely and warm. Along with warm quilt and blankets( rarely used) thick quilt on top and summer quilt stored underneath the bottom sheet made a cosy nest!

 

[Beemer]

We leave the heating on all night when/if it gets colder.
I usually set the thermostat very low (No3) and turn it up in the morning if it needs it.
The warmest location in the van is the loo, where the heating get to first, we have to close the vent in there, otherwise it is like a sauna.
There are two vents at the foot end of our bed which directs warm air underneath our mattress too.

 

[Littlemush]

We put a thick blanket across the cab to separate us from the coldest area. We've also added a bit of extra insulation to try to keep the heat in a bit longer.
We don't like it too hot when we are sleeping so we put the heating on to its lowest setting. This has the added bonus of giving us warm water in the morning. We have a cool but not cold nigh - there are also extra blankets on standby just in case. We quite happily survived minus twelve degrees last year.
We also found that keeping the water hot all of the time used our gas up at an extremely high rate. We now just put the water on half an hour before we need it. Doing this has made the 13kg gas bottle last from about ten days of use to about a month. It was a huge eye opener for us.

 

[The laird]

Had my gas it on for four days solid there,heating on low mostly ,cooker used daily ,cost to refill £7’77,no brainier compared to calor

 

[Clunegapyears]

First time ever left heating on overnight last week, set at 15C. This was after a chilly morning where I got dressed under the duvet ... no wash that morning! But still only got the summer duvet and leave a window slightly open for oxygen .... duh!
I’m another lucky one with an OH who gets up and turns up the target temperature and sticks on the electric heater before I even put my nose out from under the duvet.

 

[installer]

We use carp fishing sleeping bags, never yet needed heater on at night time.

 

[Ellendale]

We usually have the van nice, snug and warm and turn the heating off when we go to bed.The van usually stays warm until early morning when we will put the heating on low

Likewise - don't like to have the gas heater going when we are asleep. Have used the "event timer" on the main control board a couple of times but once used I find I cancel it and then can't be bothered to set it up again!

 

[Ellendale]

6 cans of Speckled Hen central heating?

That'll be 3 wake-ups for a visit to the loo!

 

[Sambader]

Wired in a cheap room thermostat to our diesel heater so that if temperature drops below a certain level the heater turns on (and cuts out if goes above a certain level).