Making A Warmer Truck Camper Bed
Today's Project, Making A Warmer Truck Camper Bed. Cedar Lattice For Ventilation. SIKA 1" Insulation Board To Keep Mattress Warmer. Flannel Sheets To Be Warm And Cozy In Bed. I've seen others on the...
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We found a memory foam mattress provides much better insulation than innerspring. Any garden variety queen fits in our AF1140. We stayed in single digit temps several times last year and never felt that our bed itself was cold. The floor, on the other hand, can get a bit chilly but rugs help to manage that - anti-fatigue mats are great to walk on and provide decent insulation. Like Bedlam, I found that the single pane glass in our entry door is the worst offender and we keep it covered with a thick vinyl snap-on cover that came with the camper, which seems to help. We've never had major condensation issues and check under the bed every sheet change for mold and moisture, but never found any.
We're in our fifth wheel now, and recently started using the Eight Sleep Pod Pro mattress cover. We might take it with us when we swap back into the TC. We track all energy usage as we're mostly off-grid, and it uses (AC, not DC) 0.5-2kWh per night depending on ambient conditions and settings. Our overall monthly average so far in January has been 0.998kWh/24hr. For December, slightly more at 1.054kW/24h. Since we're just heating the bed, we need no supplemental heat except to keep things from freezing, so have the propane furnace thermostat on one of the lowest settings. I realize most RV owners (TC especially) don't have large enough systems for this to be a viable option, but I've found it to be one of the most efficient uses of our energy - both for heating, and cooling - where it uses about the same figures as posted above.
We're in our fifth wheel now, and recently started using the Eight Sleep Pod Pro mattress cover. We might take it with us when we swap back into the TC. We track all energy usage as we're mostly off-grid, and it uses (AC, not DC) 0.5-2kWh per night depending on ambient conditions and settings. Our overall monthly average so far in January has been 0.998kWh/24hr. For December, slightly more at 1.054kW/24h. Since we're just heating the bed, we need no supplemental heat except to keep things from freezing, so have the propane furnace thermostat on one of the lowest settings. I realize most RV owners (TC especially) don't have large enough systems for this to be a viable option, but I've found it to be one of the most efficient uses of our energy - both for heating, and cooling - where it uses about the same figures as posted above.
