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Jack of all terrain
Insulation
The one night we slept in the van we used our little buddy heater. It was maybe 40-45 degrees outside.
We've used this heater in a tent with great success on cold nights by throwing a tarp over the tent to hold some heat.
Within a half hour it was 175 degrees inside the van. The van was packed with house insulation around all
the walls, blue foam board in the ceiling, nothing in the doors. You could see the fiberglass floating in the sunlight
as I tore it out. I hate that stuff so it's gone.
I understand why to insulate. More efficient heating and cooling and sound damping.
Wife wears hearing aids and I have tinnitus from years of loud machines at work and subwoofers in my younger days
so the sound damping is lost on both of us. Compared to a tent, it's quiet in there.
I don't foresee a problem with heat either. We won't be doing arctic expeditions for extended periods.
We plan to have the bed sideways across the back of the van so leg/head room is at a premium.
The one night we slept in the van we used our little buddy heater. It was maybe 40-45 degrees outside.
We've used this heater in a tent with great success on cold nights by throwing a tarp over the tent to hold some heat.
Within a half hour it was 175 degrees inside the van. The van was packed with house insulation around all
the walls, blue foam board in the ceiling, nothing in the doors. You could see the fiberglass floating in the sunlight
as I tore it out. I hate that stuff so it's gone.
I understand why to insulate. More efficient heating and cooling and sound damping.
Wife wears hearing aids and I have tinnitus from years of loud machines at work and subwoofers in my younger days
so the sound damping is lost on both of us. Compared to a tent, it's quiet in there.
I don't foresee a problem with heat either. We won't be doing arctic expeditions for extended periods.
We plan to have the bed sideways across the back of the van so leg/head room is at a premium.