Keeping cool while boondocking

The fact is, if you do not like camping that way, do not do it. Also, do not judge those who think it is fine.

When our snow bird friends leave for the winter, I tell them they will be missing some good snowshoeing.

We all have our distortions.

Jay Coe wrote:

Jesshopes wrote:


In third grade math class we learned that the most effective way to get the answer to a story problem is to eliminate the unnecessary information.

It doesn't matter how you spin it or how many years you've been on forums. Several people in this forum proved my point by providing useful information without knowing any of the details that you deem necessary. None of them had to mention their level of expertise by telling me they've been involved in more forums than me for more years than me.

Apparently the charge and strings attached to this advice is that I have to endure condescending, rude comments from people who don't actually have to comment at all if they don't think there is enough information for them to be helpful.

This ain't math honey. Just trying to help you out down the road. You're not interested /willing to learn. I'm done.

Alright sweetie. Thanks a bunch.

Jesshopes wrote:


In third grade math class we learned that the most effective way to get the answer to a story problem is to eliminate the unnecessary information.

It doesn't matter how you spin it or how many years you've been on forums. Several people in this forum proved my point by providing useful information without knowing any of the details that you deem necessary. None of them had to mention their level of expertise by telling me they've been involved in more forums than me for more years than me.

Apparently the charge and strings attached to this advice is that I have to endure condescending, rude comments from people who don't actually have to comment at all if they don't think there is enough information for them to be helpful.

This ain't math honey. Just trying to help you out down the road. You're not interested /willing to learn. I'm done.

toedtoes wrote:
One person interprets warm as 100 degrees, another 70 degrees.

And it only took 9 pages to get that information.

BizmarksMom wrote:
Holy mackarel! They are spending one night without air conditioning. When I was a kid, we spent weeks in a tent - where it got into the 90s. Yes, there was some complaining, but we all survived. Nobody got dehydrated. Nobody got heat stroke. We have all gone on to camp in our adult lives.

Some of you are talking like this will be the worst experience ever for the kids.

I think part of that was to the wording of the OP. The problem with forums is that you can only respond to what you read. The title "keeping cool while boondocking" and the desire to "run a couple fans" because it "will be warm" is subject to how each reader interprets "cool" and "warm". One person interprets warm as 100 degrees, another 70 degrees. One person interprets "keeping cool" as cooling the air another as moving the air around.

Also, as the majority of posters on this forum are middle age and above, they are subjecting their own ability to handle various temperatures to the situation.

I think you can get those fans I mentioned at Home Depot, and maybe Meijer's.

(quote),Back on topic, it was good to be reminded of the power consumption advantages of DC fans vs AC with inverter. I bought a small DC fan with a clip mount and cigarette lighter plug at Flying J. It moves a reasonable amount of air and is quieter than the Fantastic fan. Hope the kids have a great trip! (quote)

Our small 2 x 6v fans sip power even if on for the whole night. Clip them on the window valances. Keeps things bearable in fairly hot conditions(80F low). Dry camp 98.9% of the time. Almost no A/C, no genny time. Of course, you avoid unbearably hot and humid places in the summer.

Dave

Jay Coe wrote:

Jesshopes wrote:

Jay Coe wrote:

Jesshopes wrote:

Jay Coe wrote:
The best lesson of forum etiquette the OP can glean from this novel is to ALWAYS include AS MUCH DETAIL as possible in your original question. That would have prevented about 7 pages of garbage.

I was actually pretty specific. I said I was looking for a way to run a couple of fans for one night without using a generator while boondocking. That is what I was looking for. I think the fact that I was only looking to run a couple of fans should have illustrated that it wasn't going to be smoldering hot. Clearly a couple of fans wouldn't fix that.
It's not my fault most people chose to focus on where I should be staying, how many kids I should have in my camper, how many sites I would need if I was at an actual campground, etc.

Not even close. Your question is way too general hence all the different responses. Try something like this:

Hubby and I (now we know you're a women as MOST members are guys) and our 11 kids will be leaving on a trip Friday evening when he gets off work with our 37' TT. We'll be spending a short first night in a parking lot (arriving after dark) in southern WI and the forecast is for 70's with rain/humidity expected. Looking for ideas for small, cheap fans we can run on batteries just for that one night. We'll have electric hook-up the rest of trip. Thanks! :)

That's ridiculous. You don't have to know ANY of those things to answer my original question. As a matter of fact I probably would've gotten better answers if I had left off the part about 11 kids...which people fixated on. If I had simply said, "I'm looking for a way to run a few fans without the use of a generator while boondocking for a night" people would have focused on my actual problem...and not tried to give me solutions for my lifestyle.

No it's not ridiculous. I've been on vastly more forums for many more years than you and I can PROMISE YOU, the MORE information you provide, the better, more accurate answers you will receive. The LESS you provide, the MORE assumptions need to be made.

The answer to ANY question is "it depends". It's the specifics that the BEST answers will depend on. Instead of trying to justify your vagueness, how bout just learning a little tip that will help immensely the next time you're asking for help from perfect strangers who are offering said help free of charge and with no strings attached.

In third grade math class we learned that the most effective way to get the answer to a story problem is to eliminate the unnecessary information.

It doesn't matter how you spin it or how many years you've been on forums. Several people in this forum proved my point by providing useful information without knowing any of the details that you deem necessary. None of them had to mention their level of expertise by telling me they've been involved in more forums than me for more years than me.

Apparently the charge and strings attached to this advice is that I have to endure condescending, rude comments from people who don't actually have to comment at all if they don't think there is enough information for them to be helpful.

Jesshopes wrote:

Jay Coe wrote:

Jesshopes wrote:

Jay Coe wrote:
The best lesson of forum etiquette the OP can glean from this novel is to ALWAYS include AS MUCH DETAIL as possible in your original question. That would have prevented about 7 pages of garbage.

I was actually pretty specific. I said I was looking for a way to run a couple of fans for one night without using a generator while boondocking. That is what I was looking for. I think the fact that I was only looking to run a couple of fans should have illustrated that it wasn't going to be smoldering hot. Clearly a couple of fans wouldn't fix that.
It's not my fault most people chose to focus on where I should be staying, how many kids I should have in my camper, how many sites I would need if I was at an actual campground, etc.

Not even close. Your question is way too general hence all the different responses. Try something like this:

Hubby and I (now we know you're a women as MOST members are guys) and our 11 kids will be leaving on a trip Friday evening when he gets off work with our 37' TT. We'll be spending a short first night in a parking lot (arriving after dark) in southern WI and the forecast is for 70's with rain/humidity expected. Looking for ideas for small, cheap fans we can run on batteries just for that one night. We'll have electric hook-up the rest of trip. Thanks! :)

That's ridiculous. You don't have to know ANY of those things to answer my original question. As a matter of fact I probably would've gotten better answers if I had left off the part about 11 kids...which people fixated on. If I had simply said, "I'm looking for a way to run a few fans without the use of a generator while boondocking for a night" people would have focused on my actual problem...and not tried to give me solutions for my lifestyle.

No it's not ridiculous. I've been on vastly more forums for many more years than you and I can PROMISE YOU, the MORE information you provide, the better, more accurate answers you will receive. The LESS you provide, the MORE assumptions need to be made.

The answer to ANY question is "it depends". It's the specifics that the BEST answers will depend on. Instead of trying to justify your vagueness, how bout just learning a little tip that will help immensely the next time you're asking for help from perfect strangers who are offering said help free of charge and with no strings attached.

Jesshopes wrote:
As a matter of fact I probably would've gotten better answers if I had left off the part about 11 kids...

Yes, that's probably true. Most folks recognize that these days large families can be a result of two very different mindsets. One is viewed as admirable, based on altruism. The other, egotistical and careless of impact. Probably best to avoid the RV irrelevant, along with religion and politics.:) Back on topic, it was good to be reminded of the power consumption advantages of DC fans vs AC with inverter. I bought a small DC fan with a clip mount and cigarette lighter plug at Flying J. It moves a reasonable amount of air and is quieter than the Fantastic fan. Hope the kids have a great trip!