Boondocking Tips

Roads Less Traveled wrote:
bka0721 - I love hearing about folks full-timing in small RVs. I know of one couple full-timing in a truck camper (for 2+ years)... You're only the 2nd truck camper full-timer I know of. How totally cool is that?! How many years have you been living in your truck camper??

I'm sorry your Wave heater doesn't work above 55 degrees or below 25 degrees. Other people I've met with Wave heaters have found they work really well in a much bigger range of temps. They are the oldest of the vent-free heaters on the market and have a really long history with RVers (some 20+ years).

Hi Mark! Again, welcome to the forum and hope you will post often. Reading through your blog you have had many starts and stops and varied Fulltiming Types. That is something we all will benefit from. While I don't have as many years of Fulltiming as you, mine coming up on 6 years, after selling my home, cars and either giving everything away or selling everything else in 2008. Then hitting the road in 2009.

But I do have more continuous nights in one RV and type. As well as more boondocking nights, these being in excess of 2,000 nights (GPS recorded). Since I don't stay in campgrounds, have a car, attend rallies or have someone traveling with me, or have experience staying in any other type of RV, I refrain from commenting on those topics. Sticking to what I am familiar with and passionate about.

As for the Wave Heater, you misread my earlier comment, as I never stated my Wave Heater didn't work.

What I did state was the limitations of a Radiant/Cat/Wave Heater. When I assist others, I find it helpful to describe the Pros and Cons of a device. But let me rephrase what I had earlier stated. Wave/Radiant heaters have no definitive temperature (thermostat) control, other than proper sizing and turning the dial; High, Med, Low. So when temperatures are moderate outside, say 55*F and above, one must moderate the indoor temperatures by opening a window or vent. A temperature, of 55*F is cold enough to have some radiant heat turned on. Also, when the Outside Temperatures reach 25*F, or lower, A Wave/Radiant heater is unable to keep up with the increasing outside cold. Like when a person is standing at a campfire, the colder the air temperature is, the more the fire is only heating the person's side that is facing the fire, where before the fire was able to heat the air for a greater distance around it.

You have an amazing blog and experience shared within. It is not lost on me, the time and effort it takes to create, maintain and keep current. Thank you for that! While Fulltiming, in RVs, shares many things with all types, there are specific areas where they don't. That is where I am always eager to learn more in how others are Fulltiming and what makes some successful and others not. With your varied experience, I look forward to what you bring here.

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(bryan)