rug buddy for heating our (cold) floors

I have another class A and will be putting in new flooring (wood and tile).

While I have never stepped on a cold rug and cant quite see the benefit of warming one (well ok if you consider the primordial need to curl up like a cat on a warm floor), I will be using a heating underlayment under the flooring. Pretty much the same thing minus the padding.

I hate ice cold tile. wow.

I have a couple of These that I use in my Lazy Daze. Sure nice, 165w (?) so I can run them on a small inverter, or on my honda 1000 generator, or load shed on my 500w solar. Made in the USA, & sold by a close friend !

pianotuna wrote:
Hi,

This might be just the thing for a cold RV floor!

Rug Buddy

You are going to need another extension cord :?

I do not need this, Never walk barefoot on the small amount of tile I have and the carpeted floor is not cold.... BUT.. I bookmarked it because times do change and I know folks who can use it.

Also the Plug-buddy they showed on the page.. now that can be useful.. I often talk about products not much different.

Not a bad find - around 450 watts for 5x8 rug not all that hard to come up with when camping off the power grid...

Alot simpler than installing hydronic heating coils built into the floors and around the walls with wall board water heaters I guess.

Getting hard to say what is best source of heat - I'm thinking many low heat sources spread out over the trailer might be better than one large heat source like a gas furnace etc...


It is not so much a big deal here in northern Virginia - but being in a real cold area would take some good ideas to keep it warm and cheap..

I believe I could get by just great with three or four hydronic hot water wall board heat zones running through-out the trailer.

Hi Gotsmart,

Thanks. I hate computerized thermostats. I would want something with a temperature probe to measure the actual temperature of the floor, or even just an "on off" switch.

I wish they would list the delta T that the unit is capable of.

Westend good point--but while traveling in my class C the alternator would power the inverter which would power the floor.

Don't bother with the $74 "plugbuddy smartstat". It is identical to the LUX 100 on Amazon for $39.

Pretty good for the purpose and if I was plugged in at -0, I'me sure it would come in handy.
Two downsides that I saw were the electrical draw (if boondocking, the 3x5 would be 13A @12V, too much to run 24/7) and the price of all the bits.

I like this idea, keep the feet warm and I can put the doggy bed on top of it!

Hi,

It is for sale on Amazon.com