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My brother started converting one a couple months ago and gave me the itch to sell my van while the market was hot. I have a 2006 ford f-150 5.4L 4x4 with tow package. Towing my 16ft converted trailer home I got 10mpg going 70MPH on an essentially flat interstate over 2.5 hrs. My vehicle towed...

I ended up buying a 2kw unit and mounted it inside of a 40mm ammo can. It was much tighter than I would have liked, but it did fit. I probably would mount in a toolbox if I did it again.

I am looking at one of these heaters and found what the dimensions of the 2kw heater are so I can make sure the listing is selling the right sized unit, and not just a tuned down 5kw heater. I am stumped now though, because I don't know if the suitcase model (all-in-one unit) has a difference...

Looks like you're ready to rock and roll! This may be a stupid question, but why don't these run on a closed circuit, looping the already heated air back through the heater again?

Yes, as I undersrand it, the diesel heaters use a glow plug ignition point. Based on this, it seems the vented diesel heaters would be safer than a propane or gasoline venter furnace. I suggest this since the propane is poisonous and pressurised into the heater body which is mounted on the van...

Isn't that what the chinese heaters are doing though? Personally, I don't like the idea of a heat source withh a diesel tank over it, so I'm looking at the suit case model. If the unit went up in flames the air inlet would hopefully just melt and the entire unit would be found in the morning...

 The reasoning I heard for the heaters not turning off from this youtuber (excellent watch btw) and as referenced earlier, is that the glow plugs take 9 amps for 5 minutes to properly warm, ignite and maintain the heater in the on state until it runs without, then it maintains its on state at 2...

Thanks for the follow up. If I can convince my wife to camp in those kind of temps I'll spring for such an affordable and compact high power unit.  I'm actually looking into the diesel heat option. My goal is to camp with a single deep cycle battery over a weekend and meet all our needs without...

My only issue with the vornados is that none of them have better than 4 stars on amazon, which tells me that most people like them, but 20% couldn't be convinced. In my mind, at $60-100, people better like it more than the $27 one I just bought with 4.5 stars.

I hadn't seen the baby sleeping bags until yesterday. Those are pretty freaking adorable, and definitely a must have. I'll be ordering today. He is a year old, but he was a premie and that's delayed walking, crawling, eating and growth..... definitely not his mental development though. He wants...

This company did a kickstart a few years back for this purpose. To make a smaller unit. I think the rooftop unit became a no go for you if I read between the lines. I've kept my eye on this startup company for a few years now. They got the crowd funding then couldn't meet the dimensional...

Thanks for the link RvWandering. I'll follow up on the etiquette and policy piece. Those sleeping bags are pretty slick. Now I need to consider if he should be in our bag or have his own that he can't kick the covers off of.

That's a pretty good system actually. And the two heaters combined still won't be tripping a 20amp campsite breaker. I'll give this one a shot and see if a 250 watt one has a place in the mix too. Thanks for the additional detail!

Yeah, he thrashes his head in his sleep (no idea why) so we don't always wake up when he does and he's almost to the stage where he'll be trying to climb out. The pack N play is almost 3 feet tall, so we wouldn't be able to stack it much higher. Using a crib with shorter walls would get us the...

That might work B and C. I'll keep it in mind, but I think the wife would get stressed thinking about him waking up and tipping off the containers.  I just ordered that heater. Thanks Izifaddag! It doesn't have a digital setting, but that shouldn't take more than a few minutes to dial in...

Hello all. New member, long-time lurker to van forums in general.   We took our 1-year old baby boy for his first overnighter and it was an adventure! One issue we ran into was heating. With him on the floor in his Pack N Play, and us in the fold out bed, the heat difference was pretty...