Ha. I was at Expo East as well. Live about 35 minutes from there. Drove through the campground looking for ideas and saw that. Except his Pelican case was yellow. Looked like he was happy with it.
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I was at Expo East last week a dude in a Jeep had this mounted to his bumper...looked EXACTLY like this...plus you can get the heaters on fleabay for a little over 100 now. what I really like is the whole system is away from the tent...a lot less chance of anything going wrong inside.
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Please provide a link for the $400 version, comrade. I’ve only seen them locally on marine sites for ~$1600 CAN.These are available locally... For about $1700 CAD plus tax. I paid $230 shipped for a Chinese clone in a metal case.
Planar heaters are made in Russia and can be bought for about $400 CAD. These guys import them, add some ducting and switches, package them nicely in a pelican case and sell at the $1700 price. No thanks.
If my Chinese diesel clone ever fails, I'll have family in Russia buy the official Planar unit and ship it to me. It may be just end up a direct replacement.
Please provide a link for the $400 version, comrade. I’ve only seen them locally on marine sites for ~$1600 CAN.
I like the idea of having one but not for that price. Webasto makes an air top but again they are expensive and
from everyone I’ve talked to tend to be too hot!
Thanks. I know a Russian. Have to see how this plays out. I personally won’t heat a roof tent. A ground tentHere is the site: Теплостар. Автономка. ПЖД. Предпусковой подогреватель двигателя, автоподогреватели, воздушные отопители, автомобильные подогреватели. . I'm told this is the actual manufacturer of Planar units, not some re-seller or other knock-off. Problem is they have a policy of not shipping the heaters outside of Russia, so you need someone there to accept the package and forward it to you here.
When viewing the site, make sure to choose the Russian-language option in the top-right corner, and then (from the homepage) scroll down to the 2D-12-S heater to see the price of 21900 rubles ($450 CAD). But do keep in mind this is just the heater, vs the $1600 local product that comes with ducting, hoses, gas tank, switches, and in a case.
Thanks. I know a Russian. Have to see how this plays out. I personally won’t heat a roof tent. A ground tent
base camp is a different thing and this might be ideal. But we are buying real Planar heaters here, they are
just dressed up and profits added. Be fun doing the research
So I've bought & received the TETON Fahrenheit Mammoth double sleeping bag, along with their liner. Rated to -18C (on the "extreme" side of the rating spectrum). Very big, bulky bag that should provide decent warmth.
Also bought a 5KW Chinese diesel heater (clone of Planar) off eBay. Should have that in a few weeks - will see how well it works. The heater and the sleeping bag together will likely be huge overkill, but if the heater fails for any reason, the bag will not.
What did occur to me is with the Planar heater sitting outside using battery clips. It’s
getting it’s ambient temp from outside so it would not shut off on any kind of thermostat
control would it? So could basically heat a guy out of a tent. Can’t even begin to imagine
climbing up and down a tent ladder to adjust the on - off feature! Worth thinking about.
I was contemplating building something like the knock off chinese heater to heat a tent, I think it could work well for winter camping but I don't do enough of it that Id need it, but I'm sure it would heat a RTT well.
I think you will die in a car fire. It will start by melting your tire. Please rethink this idea.I car camp a lot in winter for skiing (SnoParks!) and have made it down to sub-0F with lots of down, but of course hanging out, peeing and waking up all suck. Another big one is the frost that forms inside the car from my breath - even with windows open i can't fully prevent it.
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I was about to buy one of the knock-off diesel heaters, but since I'm usually above 7k feet I was worried about the air/fuel ratio being off and not having a way to adjust it. So I had a similar thought as cody:
This is what I have so far. Propane burner in a toolbox with copper pipe. High-temp silicone gaskets and hoses for outlet / inlet. My plan is to sit it on the rear tire and run the outlet / inlet to and from each of the rear windows. I've got a little 2" circular fan to get flow going.
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I started tinkering with it last winter but didn't finish. I need to test it outside or in my garage with a CO detector before I even think about using it while I sleep. Of course it's not automatic or easily adjustable, but we'll see! Only have like $50 invested and can use the hose for my grill if I need.
Diesel heater arrived today. Well packaged, no shipping damage, and actually seems well made. Took off the case and everything inside is nice and tidy. Clean electrical, routing of hoses and wires, etc. Came with a large and detailed manual (haven't read it yet, only briefly glanced). So far I'm surprisingly impressed. Will test it out in the coming days.
I car camp a lot in winter for skiing (SnoParks!) and have made it down to sub-0F with lots of down, but of course hanging out, peeing and waking up all suck. Another big one is the frost that forms inside the car from my breath - even with windows open i can't fully prevent it
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I started tinkering with it last winter but didn't finish. I need to test it outside or in my garage with a CO detector before I even think about using it while I sleep. Of course it's not automatic or easily adjustable, but we'll see! Only have like $50 invested and can use the hose for my grill if I need.
What model?