> Up here in the Northeast the nights are getting colder and the days > shorter....I really don't want to call it quits as far as camping in my > Westy goes...but neither do I want to freeze my a$$ off.... > > Right now I have a small electric heater as well as a Black Cat heater. I'm > not quite sure if these will be enough once the outside temp goes below 40 > degrees or so. > > What do you "seasoned" winter campers do to make your Westy "cozy"? The word "cozy" is a subjective term... you'll get many opinions but you will be unable to confirm if their idea of "cozy" matches your idea of "cozy" You certainly won't die in your Vanagon at 30 degrees even with no heat if you have a good sleeping bag... if you run your heater(s) and pop the top you will loose most of the warmth out the top... if you keep the top down you will be okay... down to a certain point..... you did fail to say how far below 40 degrees you planned to be camping.... I say just go out with a warm bag and plenty of hot drinks and see how it goes... you will learn to calibrate your term "cozy" to a mark on the thermometer :) Bill |
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