Boondocker recommendations?

JHinman wrote:

ReneeG wrote:
When you mainly boondock, a lot of features in current units don't make sense. Islands in kitchen is one feature that I shake my head at. We've been in windy situations that we feel better with all the slides in while we wait out the storm. Had we had an island in the kitchen, either the stove, fridge or sink would not be accessible. Outside kitchens are another crazy idea as are residential fridges and no ovens. For crying out loud, how do you boondock without an oven for those biscuits and rolls, then after they're baked, using the residual oven heat to warm your space?! Our unit is completely self contained, with solar power and heated basement (ducted to). We don't have thermal windows, but our unit can maintain a 30 degree difference from the outside to in. In addition, it is rated for full time use.

Roger! Gotta have an oven! I don’t remember baking rolls, but a pan of lasagna sure is good after fishing or hunting all day.

As far as insulated windows go, the biggest load on my batteries is the fan for the heater. I could keep my previous three-season trailer warm, but want to minimize power requirements. I have not done any heat loss calculations, but thermal pane windows are not expensive and I take that conservative route.

Oven? Yes! We added dual pane windows to ours after purchase. Biggest and best thing about dual pane windows is mitigating the moisture build up on the windows. Good for summer and winter. I love winter camping and like to be able to regularly keep in the teens. We are Buddy heater keeping warm in the evening. Furnace over night. Stove(making coffee)and Buddy Heater in the morning. The solar your rig comes with will need to be revamped to really keep up with the needs of the furnace on a frosty night. My 450w with 4-6v golf cart batteries keeps up with my winter needs easily but it is nothing like ORV designed the factory prewire. I have a generator but have not needed it.