jonyjoe303
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For staying warm in cold weather you need to make the van as airtight as possible, I have a removable foam covering my sliding door, the front of the van is seperated from the rear of the van. Foam insulation on the roof/sides/windows. Once I made the van airtight, I got extremely good results, where I don't even use a heater anymore, and I usually sleep on top of a sleeping bag with a light blanket. On the roof of the van I got 6 layers of 1/2" foam, everywhere else maybe 2 layers of foam, so I can definitely increase the performance if I needed by adding more foam insulation. You can never add too much foam especially if you hate freezing.
Any inside temp over 50 degrees is good, below 50 degrees you need a sleeping bag, when outside air is getting in your van, you need 2 sleeping bags and maybe a blanket on top of that. I experience those days even here in southern california, where inside and outside temperatures where the same.
This is the inside/outside temps, I took the pictures in the morning when its the coldest. No heater in use.
Any inside temp over 50 degrees is good, below 50 degrees you need a sleeping bag, when outside air is getting in your van, you need 2 sleeping bags and maybe a blanket on top of that. I experience those days even here in southern california, where inside and outside temperatures where the same.
This is the inside/outside temps, I took the pictures in the morning when its the coldest. No heater in use.