Wolf Creek/ Artic Fox owners
I am looking at a WC or maybe the lightest AF. I have some general questions about them. Can you make the WC's comfortable in temps as low as freezing and as high as mid 90's? How big is the ge...
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Good questions! Hope to hear about your camping adventures with the TC soon.
My WC840 is fine all the way into the low twenties (so far) using the furnace. We have a down comforter on the bed and a Costco memory foam mattress topper. Seems to keep us toasty. I keep a plug-in oil filled radiator going in there during the colder nights at home to keep the moisture level low.
Ours has the 11K Mach1 PS A/C, which I have been assured will run on the Honda 2000. Don't have the Honda yet so we'll see - others have had good luck in this regard, even at altitude. The 11K specs out at 9.9 amps max. The A/C will cool the camper down in ten minutes and maintain a 20-25 degree differential from outside. The WC's have one inch walls and the AF's have 2 inch walls (reference: the TC Mag article this year). I chose the WC for the weight savings and am glad for it! AF's now have the arched roof and WC's are still flat. Most other features are similar.
I have the long bed model so no genny compartment.
My Norcool fridge makes ice, so why would I carry an ice chest? It is plenty big enough for the two of us so no problems there.
I don't notice the overhead getting that much hotter than the rest of the camper unless someone is cooking on the stovetop. The bath gets way hotter due to the skylight. The fantastic fan can handle the heat extraction from the cabover easily.
Here are some other ideas I have since owning the camper for a couple of seasons:
1. Ditch the microwave to get more storage. It is only usable with shore power or genny.
2. We got the big drawer instead of the oven and LOVE IT! Who uses an oven when you could cook in a dutch oven anyway? That's just us.
3. Wish I had deleted the HDTV antenna. We don't watch TV from networks anyway, we stream from the phone hotspot.
4. We wouldn't trade the Fox Landing for all the tea in China. Get one of those small black folding step stools from camping world for the initial step.
5. Make sure the chairs you get will fold up enough to fit in between the bed and camper wall. I access them through the rear utility door. Maybe that's not available in the short bed version?
6. The bumper storage works great for fishing poles and hiking sticks.
7. Wax the camper immediately after purchase for easier cleaning later. Bugs are a pain on raw fiberglass.
8. The tank gauge indicator lights are highly dependent on the attitude of the camper.
9. Use gel gloss on the shower/bath for easier cleaning. Keeps deposits from forming due to hard water, etc.
10. Refill the propane tanks rather than exchanges. The tanks are in pretty tight, and some replacements can be bigger. Rotate them 90 degrees and tilt for removal. Right tank is first out/last in.
11. Remember the heat doesn't circulate in the basement unless the furnace runs the fans. I want to get them switched independently so I can run other heat on shore power and still have basement heat.
Sorry to get carried away with the post. I get obsessed with my camper easily!
My WC840 is fine all the way into the low twenties (so far) using the furnace. We have a down comforter on the bed and a Costco memory foam mattress topper. Seems to keep us toasty. I keep a plug-in oil filled radiator going in there during the colder nights at home to keep the moisture level low.
Ours has the 11K Mach1 PS A/C, which I have been assured will run on the Honda 2000. Don't have the Honda yet so we'll see - others have had good luck in this regard, even at altitude. The 11K specs out at 9.9 amps max. The A/C will cool the camper down in ten minutes and maintain a 20-25 degree differential from outside. The WC's have one inch walls and the AF's have 2 inch walls (reference: the TC Mag article this year). I chose the WC for the weight savings and am glad for it! AF's now have the arched roof and WC's are still flat. Most other features are similar.
I have the long bed model so no genny compartment.
My Norcool fridge makes ice, so why would I carry an ice chest? It is plenty big enough for the two of us so no problems there.
I don't notice the overhead getting that much hotter than the rest of the camper unless someone is cooking on the stovetop. The bath gets way hotter due to the skylight. The fantastic fan can handle the heat extraction from the cabover easily.
Here are some other ideas I have since owning the camper for a couple of seasons:
1. Ditch the microwave to get more storage. It is only usable with shore power or genny.
2. We got the big drawer instead of the oven and LOVE IT! Who uses an oven when you could cook in a dutch oven anyway? That's just us.
3. Wish I had deleted the HDTV antenna. We don't watch TV from networks anyway, we stream from the phone hotspot.
4. We wouldn't trade the Fox Landing for all the tea in China. Get one of those small black folding step stools from camping world for the initial step.
5. Make sure the chairs you get will fold up enough to fit in between the bed and camper wall. I access them through the rear utility door. Maybe that's not available in the short bed version?
6. The bumper storage works great for fishing poles and hiking sticks.
7. Wax the camper immediately after purchase for easier cleaning later. Bugs are a pain on raw fiberglass.
8. The tank gauge indicator lights are highly dependent on the attitude of the camper.
9. Use gel gloss on the shower/bath for easier cleaning. Keeps deposits from forming due to hard water, etc.
10. Refill the propane tanks rather than exchanges. The tanks are in pretty tight, and some replacements can be bigger. Rotate them 90 degrees and tilt for removal. Right tank is first out/last in.
11. Remember the heat doesn't circulate in the basement unless the furnace runs the fans. I want to get them switched independently so I can run other heat on shore power and still have basement heat.
Sorry to get carried away with the post. I get obsessed with my camper easily!
