Define ''All Season'' campers please
So what is everyone's view point of ''All Season'' qualified campers? Reason I ask is this weekend we camped up at Leavenworth, WA in our 2011 Arctic Fox 1150. We kept the furnace heat on from lea...
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No, you are not remotely expecting too much. If a TC is advertised as a 4 season unit it sure should be able to be used in all 4 seasons without things/waterlines freezing at zero F or roasting you inside in 100 degree ambient temps. 4 season preformance is what you were sold when you paid for it and it certainly should be 4 season capable or you were cheated by the manufacturer thru false advertising and/or claims.
We wouldn't have had to do anything to our 3 TC afore mentioned for just down to zero F winter camping and still be reasonably comfortable and with no water lines etc freezing. But because we often would be camping in below well zero temps and can't stand a cold mattress or cold floors, I wanted improvements. Our 1988 Lance TC was used for 2 years for cold winter camping and nothing froze up before I decided to find where the cold air leaks were located. Also cut some thick carpet we had left over with tinsnips to fit the floor shape but kept it removable rather than attaching it to the vinyl. One thing led to another until I had the TC as comfortable as a decently insulated home. 1993 was the first year of using AstroFoil as before that it was just caulk and stuffed in the voids, spun fiberglass and maybe some ductape to seal a larger stuffed full leaks. After 1990, all our RV's have been "winterized" to our likings and so will all future RV's. So easy and cheap to do and why not be truely comfortable and not ever worry about an freezeups. down to -20 or -30F?
Caulking, adding insulation, etc for cold also works just as good for hot! It's all about how comfortable you want to be and with no freezeup in cold and how comfortable you want to be in opressive heat.
No, you are not remotely expecting too much. If a TC is advertised as a 4 season unit it sure should be able to be used in all 4 seasons without things/waterlines freezing at zero F or roasting you inside in 100 degree ambient temps. 4 season preformance is what you were sold when you paid for it and it certainly should be 4 season capable or you were cheated by the manufacturer thru false advertising and/or claims.
We wouldn't have had to do anything to our 3 TC afore mentioned for just down to zero F winter camping and still be reasonably comfortable and with no water lines etc freezing. But because we often would be camping in below well zero temps and can't stand a cold mattress or cold floors, I wanted improvements. Our 1988 Lance TC was used for 2 years for cold winter camping and nothing froze up before I decided to find where the cold air leaks were located. Also cut some thick carpet we had left over with tinsnips to fit the floor shape but kept it removable rather than attaching it to the vinyl. One thing led to another until I had the TC as comfortable as a decently insulated home. 1993 was the first year of using AstroFoil as before that it was just caulk and stuffed in the voids, spun fiberglass and maybe some ductape to seal a larger stuffed full leaks. After 1990, all our RV's have been "winterized" to our likings and so will all future RV's. So easy and cheap to do and why not be truely comfortable and not ever worry about an freezeups. down to -20 or -30F?
Caulking, adding insulation, etc for cold also works just as good for hot! It's all about how comfortable you want to be and with no freezeup in cold and how comfortable you want to be in opressive heat.
