chris_the_wrench
Fixer & Builder of Things
I've been working on a new camper plan for the past 2+ years. I have the floor plan and the various systems pretty much committed. It will be based off a flatbed mounted on my dodge 2500. One HUGE decision that I have been going back and forth on is whether to do a popup or hardside. Our current lance camper, is obviously a hard side, and we've taken it into -33f temps. We had issues with freezing pipes and such, but I contribute a lot of that to the lack of any real insulation throughout the whole camper and poor placement of water lines, and totally exposed water heater. When we return to such an environment I would probably dry camp.
Now the question I'm soliciting responses for is what is the coldest you have taken a FWC or similar popup, that is equipped with an Arctic Pack or similar?
I really want to go with a pop-up for the lower profile and capabilities off-road, but I want to make sure it can handle frequent use in COLD weather, in the roof-up configuration. How insulated is the arctic pack compared to the hard walls in the camper? Do you feel a big difference if you ran your hand up the inside of your cabin from the hardwalls over the windows and then across the softside? Any issue with the soft sides folding in extreme cold? I don't plan on using the camper in too many -30 to -40 nights, but I do have atleast one more month long trip planned into BC/Yukon/Alaska during the winter. After that it would see primarily lower 48 winter temps as the extremes.
I need to finalize my plan so I can start the build this June.
Thank you for any input you have on the matter.
-Chris
Now the question I'm soliciting responses for is what is the coldest you have taken a FWC or similar popup, that is equipped with an Arctic Pack or similar?
I really want to go with a pop-up for the lower profile and capabilities off-road, but I want to make sure it can handle frequent use in COLD weather, in the roof-up configuration. How insulated is the arctic pack compared to the hard walls in the camper? Do you feel a big difference if you ran your hand up the inside of your cabin from the hardwalls over the windows and then across the softside? Any issue with the soft sides folding in extreme cold? I don't plan on using the camper in too many -30 to -40 nights, but I do have atleast one more month long trip planned into BC/Yukon/Alaska during the winter. After that it would see primarily lower 48 winter temps as the extremes.
I need to finalize my plan so I can start the build this June.
Thank you for any input you have on the matter.
-Chris