Anyone using the Mr. Heater "Journey" catalytic heaters?

PerryB67 wrote:

StirCrazy wrote:
I have a hard time believing how may people are actualy using these, there is a reason they were banned from being instaleld in new rv's in the lait 70's or early 80's cant remember exactly when now at my advanced age haha. people were dying from them. yes some people are responcable and crac a windo and a vent, this also sets up a natural convection (or it wouldnt carry any unintentional byproducts of combustion out of the unit.) you would be surprised how much heat loss this convection can cause. plus the fact that inbetween the open windo and the heater will be much colder than the rest of the camper.

You know this from experience?

People die from stupid all the time. If you don't vent you're chances of dying are massively increased, but we all know stupid people exist. A current example is a sports figure who was driving 156 mph on a residential street, with a .16 blood alcohol content, that rear ended another vehicle, causing death to the other car's occupant. Should we judge all sports figures, by this occurrence?

We have experience, vent properly, so I'll refute your claims. Unless you sit directly in front of the 1/4-1/2" vented window there is no cold air moving in our camper causing any unpleasantness. OTOH, we crack our kitchen window, so no one is sitting in that position. What you want to believe happens vs what realistically happens is quite different.

Enjoy,

Perry

yes I do know from experiance and a electric heater how having a window and a vent open about 1" will make a heck of a draft between the two. depending which window/vent you use in your rv you may or may not notice it while your sleeping, but the wrong combo you will.

so aparently you use windows that you wont feel but your still bring cold air into the rv, does it make sence to bring cold air into a space you trying to heat, and for what? what are you gaining doing it this way? well your gining the chace if you make a mistake one night you could forget to open the window, or if the heater gets a small spot dammaged that you dont notice it will be pumping out more gasses than expected..

after markt companies sell them for rv use because the way they word it they have no liability so its all about the dollar. they were baned from being factory installed in rv's maybe thats because there is a different leverl of liability involved there, I dont know..