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Nice to see someone actually test these lower-power heaters. it seems everyone thinks bigger is better when it isn't. The downside of these is you need a pretty hefty battery system to go overnight and that also needs more recharging capability. The upside is that for smaller spaces you're not suffering excess heat from the low setting on a bigger heater and you're not paying for more capacity than you need. I like the Honywell's adjustable heat levels; too bad it's discontinued. The others could do that for a dollar or two more cost at the factory but they're too focused on a cheap retail price I guess.

I am not an expert, but you would be better off getting a propane, Mr buddy little buddy. Electric heaters have no value for heat using battery power.

2:38 the noise is the bad fan on it!!

At night time make a cardboard/blanket wall to half off your bed. Then use two of the small 250watt heaters. One under your bed, preferably with out a board base and have a blanet drapped around all sides. Use to do this with a sleeping cote and a 1500 btu propane little buddy at dear camp in a tent. The bed would stay like 100f + using a fan to circulate the air. Then use the other heater open air if you have the power.

Feel for you bro ..been homeless a few times in my life . As a kid i slept outside at the beach or would look for unlocked cars to sleep in for the nights . Recently i did the same mod to my dodge ram truck.... it has a high rise shell and I can sit in a regular camping chair inside of it and not hit my head ....my twin bed goes sideways so I have alot of room . Built a bed platform similar to yours . I built this set up for quick trips ... i moved and im in process of moving all my gear out my storage to my new location 700 miles away . One more trip and I'm done .but yea I like it and i sleep super comfy on the road. Well take care out there and i hope the best for you . Things turned around for me for the better and i ended up with my own property . I live on it now and im slowly building a off grid home here now ....ok adios for now and i pray you find your home soon as well ....peace 👍🏼

Keep your head up stay strong. You're not the only one going through the things you're going through. I'm not currently homeless. But I am in the process of building a homemade camper for my truck. To live in full-time year-round. Taking my time building it nicely so everything is perfect. Just haven't been very eager to post anything on UA-cam for that matter.

I had to change video quality up to straight things out.

Keep that truck as long as you can, the older "Tacos" are one of the best vehicles ever made. Water is pervasive and keeping the weather out of any form of home is an ongoing job. If you keep your eyes open you can often find things you can use either as-is or to modify to make improvements on the cheap. Always think about alternatives- better things await those who are open-minded to the possibilities. Tomorrow can always be better!

Thanks for sharing, I've been full-time living in a travel trailer since 2019, just staying free on BLM land and state land. And same with me, lost it all and survive the best I can. Good luck to you and I hope you have a wonderful day

I love tinkering with home design. One drawback is the family that dont want to go along. Im progressing with my own selfish regime. One huge problem is the cooking. Especially when travelling. So i shrunk the griller and produced this. ua-cam.com/video/TyG-5ghtUU8/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared The best thing is that when I want to cook chicken and sausage on the griller you need low and slow. So all you do is place the griller flat and reduce the oxygen. For steak you raise the griller. Sort of turbo . Im not selling or manufacturing it.its just my secret sauce of getting around the difficulty of getting my meat freshly cooked

I think a buddy heater is the only one for camping with no electricity. Cause those smalls can't keep up and you need a big power bank.

1,000 watts at 12v dc is nearly 100amps. Not happening with a dc plug. Good stuff, though. Good luck in the cold. Amazon has a 200 watt thin oil heater you might want to check out. I have a couple ac heaters, but plan on going with the oil heater for safety.

Forget about electric heater setup. I See that Mr buddy heater but that heater will run you out the camper, or you will play that game turn it on and off all night. Look into Kovea Cupid Gas Heater it’s perfect for smaller applications such as your camper shell. Plus butane is by far the cheapest fuel option.

van lifer here just started following you brother!!

i can relate to you work here... live in a camper B type van and windy city does not work well with the cold and my power is limited feel free to contact me in zello channel camper life i anm in that channel 24/7

I use a kerosene stove it puts out a good amount of heat while cooking, also 2 oil lamps for light and bonus heat. Kerosene is cheaper and easier than 1lb propane cylinders

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Good to see the experimenting in real life. I was worried about the lantern getting too hot and it seems to be happening. I think you should try a larger pot outside on top which doesn't inhibit the top vents on the lantern, that way it doesn't overheat. The holes drilled in the sides of the pot provide some natural convection, but not enough to circulate the heat well in your space. Maybe try the large pot once without the holes then add them for round 2 of the testing. The UCO candles aren't like standard wax candles so they burn brighter and probably hotter but there's no way it would produce 5000 BTU's- not even 500. UCO might warranty the plastic base for you,especially if you mention that you're testing their lantern scientifically for UA-cam videos. Or a replacement may be available from them. If you don't have a mailbox address you can send to some WalMarts or some drug stores for pickup. You can also ask the local Post Office if they do "General Delivery" and if so, you can pick up shipments there. Hiker's use that trick to keep re-supplied on longer trails which have towns nearby. Not all these places do this but it's worth asking if`you don't have the usual options available to you.

Thanks for making this, I’ve been looking into almost the same kind of setup for my tent

Love that you are testing this out. Many of us have the same questions you do.

I build the candle heat type once, and the terracotta can gets really hot i measured 120 degrees celsius. But as you can see on google a candle delivers heat at around 30 watts. So 3 candles give you not 100 watts. Thats not mutch.

I have so many questions!

That weather was zowie! Tornadoes don't fool around and in any vehicle is about the worst place to be, but sometimes there's no other option except laying on the ground or in a ditch. The second one I was in pushed the van I was in onto two wheels twice; thought it was going to get rolled right into the power substation just off the road beside me.

For that price I'll stick with cheap even if it's less efficient.

Nice and better than wasting the cans in the landfill.

Digging the experimentation. I only tried making one once and it didn't do so well but I've learned some things since then. Since it's burning alcohol as a gas and not a liquid, smaller holes will work if there's enough of them and the flames should be lower-at least that's what I've read since I tried mine. And I probably had the T-shirt I used rolled too tight as well.

Liking the real-world testing environment, as well as taking temp readings of the air which is what you feel 👍 I'm not sure what UCO uses for their candles; they do have some different ones. Ordinary wax candles emit about 78 BTU per wick which is also what the average adult human body at rest emits. That's not a lot but a few of them may be enough to survive freezing temperatures if you're nt losing that heat too rapidly. The gelled alcohol (aka "Sterno") will get the can quite hot once most of it has been used, and like the clay pot they can burn you easily so gotta be very careful with both of those. Clay pot adherents point out that those give off radiant heat (true) versus the more convective heat from an exposed flame, but in the end you can't get out more than you put in and that's ~78 BTU's per wick no matter how you use it. On the other side of your enclosure you won't feel the difference, only the air temperature which will be the same either way. The thermal mass of the pot will release it's latent heat slowly after the flame burns out, and it's a good way to keep the darkness which can help with sleeping.

Everyone's a critic , but you're doing real world testing, and on a budget , don't let the commenters get to you.

Diesel heaters are the way to go.

An Olympian Wave 3 uses no electricity and they're on clearance at Camping World's website right now.

If it were I, I would use a 12 volt electric sleeping blanket. I would also have my vehicle rigged with a remote starter and an auxiliary hot water heater time to get out of your warm, cozy bed? Just hit the remote start and wait until it is cozy inside the space.

Great video, enough detail without endless chitchat, like your grandmothers moms 3 rd cousins first sinks.

Nice setup. I still use jugs for my water as the water tank was stripped from my camper before I got it, and I don't know if the pump works. If it does I'll rig another tank of some kind later after fixing the storm damage. I hear you on the singular 'dish' washing. Minimalist but it saves space, time, effort, and money- I do it the same way. Love eating, hate doing dishes- LOL! The first time I was homeless I had an aluminum pot, a metal pancake turner, a pinpoint-flame propane torch, some crisco shortening, and old fashioned pancake mix where you added eggs an milk to it, neither of which I had. I had to more the pot over the flame in small circles very rapidly to keep it from burning but it kept me alive. When you have to you'll always find a way.

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You probably get better heating with better camper insulation.

I have one the 12v fan and element heaters. I was very impressed by it. I use while in shed to knock off chill but, def not enough to heat in my large shed.. I do see they sell several wattage options now. I plan on getting a few. I am think but not sure you can use them with 12 and 24v setups I have to test if I don't get a answer which I asked ebay seller. AS powered heaters just draw to much power and with the conversion dc to ac you lose so much power specially on my little power units. I am starting to look at 12V heated Blankets to take camping.

Dude, by a tripod, stop hand " thinging it "

Honeywell small but mighty. 150 watt low 250 high. 0 degree sleeping bag with will blanket can handle most could days

I hope you don’t normally shower with your clothes on 🫤 Kinda weird… Also don’t think that pump was meant to be immersed in water.

What about a 12V blanket?

Good to know! Thanks 👍

Over time with many situations for experience I've found that the best way to stay warm is to reduce your heat losses; that way you can use less heat instead of throwing away part of more heat. There's a practical limit with this, but it's where your main focus should be. I do like the 'real world' testing but really the only difference with any electric heater of a given wattage is what it does with the heat it makes. A well-designed blower can make less heat feel like more by circulating the heat better than convection does. And since heat rises put the heat source low to better warm the whole enclosure and not just the upper parts. Below there's mention of candles for heat, and yes they can work but with each wick making about 78 BTU's you need a lot of wicks to do more than just not freeze to death. I like the jar-type candles with 3 wicks as they are more stable and safer plus the jar helps keep them from being blown out by wind or drafts. Far more efficient and useful than any 'stick' candles, even the big ones. The glass will get too hot to handle ungloved after awhile though and with all 3 wicks lit you get around 4-5 hours burntime. I isolated the kitchen of my camper with blankets and had plastic on the windows during an ice storm where it was 17F and very windy outside and it was roughly 45F in my 8' by 8' kitchen. It wasn't long ago that I was homeless, and after getting the old camper I still wasn't stable, moving it from job to job. I've finally got it on a friend's property where I'll be till I die and the feeling of peace and relief that brought me is priceless. I hope you can soon find an equal or better peace in your life in the way you want it. Subscribed.

The most efficient heat source is a diesel heater. It's a dry heat and draws very little power. You can pick one up for a hundred bucks.

I love the video, classic!!! But I diffidently have to say that you are the first person I've ever seen take a shower and use soap, with their cloths on...

ecoflow...you better build a nice big lifepo battery bank at 12v and only use 12v devices and only run an inverter when there's no other way. resistive heaters have an close to 100% efficiency, the upconversion from battery voltage to ac kills your efficiency. as long as your inverter is in the same place, it'll convert the electrical losses to heat too :D

Thats brilliant!!! If you had a lid it would heat up faster. Your creative bro

Glad you made it through ok. I like your set up. Its bout like mine but better 😅

Very helpful. Thx 👍 im sub 29 btw.

So which do you recommend for overall efficiency to use when you only have a 1000 watt generator? Looking forward to more reviews like this so I subscribed!