how to keep prius warm?

[abnorm]

We've been using an ElectroWarmth 12 volt BUNK WARMING PAD out in the Quartzsite desert for a COUPLE nights...……….

(I dropped my good-ole-Buddy heater and broke the ceramic)

I've had the Pad in the van for 2 years.....still in the package...….I thought "BackupHeat"...…..it's been the Cat'sMeow for sleeping...…(But Damn the van is cold when you get up !)

It's a Twin 36x60 inches and NOW we have a Full size mattress so we put the pad crosswise at our feet...….UNDER the fitted sheet ON the mattress

0-10 on the control.....they suggest starting at 7....we used 5 to warm the bed and later 2 max while sleeping...….it was 40* outside

POWER ?...….I didn't measure anything......the 120/inverter coffee maker needed help in the AM so I just started the Generator.

YMMV...…..yourmileagemayvary

 

[Neal]

I've never used a gallon of gas in below 0 weather in my Prius. Perhaps 2 night maybe a gallon of gas. You get use to the engine starting and stopping. I'm at 8,0000 feet right now and all I do is crack the window and set the temperature between 68 and 70. The Prius does the rest! I've been in my Prius since December work camping in Bryce Canyon.

 

[SLB_SA]

My son has a 2013 (or 2014) Prius. The one place where my Mazda is far superior to his Prius is the heater; his car takes far longer to warm up than does mine.