*THE RTT Owners Thread (With BS)*

I haven't tried one, but those things draw a lot of power. I have a Jackery 500, and it can supposedly run a 100W electric blanket for almost 4 hours. A low-wattage heater like that, set on low, is 375W. You'd get maybe an hour run time on it. The biggest Jackery they sell would likely give you a little over 4 hours.

 

buddy heater for 10-15 mins before you get into the tent has worked fine for my winter camping

 

this is what I always do when I go camping in the cold. has worked well everywhere from the desert, to zion when it was snowing, to Colorado in Feb, to camping at the top of the Grand Canyon in December.

 

@infantry317 @TenBeers @dmurph1996 @TacoTyusday Thanks for the feedback, gents. Maybe, I’ll try borrowing a buddy’s Buddy Heater first to see how I like it. I definitely need to figure out the power capacity needed if going the electric heater route. These space heaters draw a lot of juice apparently. I mostly do dispersed camping or go to campgrounds w/o power hookups. Can’t always rely on the weather to provide enough sun to recharge a portable battery.

 

you can also check out Mav on youtube. He sleeps in the bed of his truck with a cap but does weird things to stay warm while camping. He's used like 30 of those little tea candles, electric blankets, etc. Think he finally settled on a diesel heater, but some of his older vids may give you some ideas

 

I tried the heated blanket route and plugged it into a portable battery but it only lasted 1 of 2 nights. The cold isn't good for those guys.

 

Right on. I appreciate the feedback. Pretty much ruling out the e-blanket option for winter camping or in general. Lol

Thanks, man. I haven’t heard of that channel. I’ll go check out his heater vids.

 

Definitely give it a test. Also, layers are your friend. When I'm camping in that kind of cold, I've got on some long johns under jeans or heavy sweatpants, thick hiking socks, upper body will have a t shirt, light pullover, thick hoodie, beanie, and gloves. When I'm sleeping in those temps, the only things that come off usually are the hoodie and beanie. If I'm sleeping in my 0 degree sleeping bag, I can usually just wear the undermost layer of each and still wake up sweating lol.

 

Something I want to try sometime if I'm solo, is a Mr. Buddy inside a small wire dog kennel (to keep it upright and away from bedding) in the RTT. I know I'll need a fair amount of vantilation due to propane's by-product being water.

 

As others have mentioned, you only need to run it for about 10-15 minutes. I close everything up and run mine for about 5 minutes or so, it gets plenty toasty and stays warm for a while. If you wake up cold, run it for another 5.

A buddy built a box with one of those diesel heaters, those are really cool but need a way of piping the air into the tent (he's got a small trailer).

 

I came across this today and am very curious as to where I can get them?

 

I have no idea what I'm looking at.

Are those like springs in place of a mattress?

 

Could be wrong, but I believe they are moisture barriers between the floor and mattress. Sort of like spacers to elevate the mattress off the floor?

I reached out to the Instagram account I saw them on and am waiting a response.

 

Hm Interesting. Never seen one like that, i had one that was a honeycomb rubber that's p standard with most tents. I assume you're looking for something more effective if you came across that picture lol

 

Im intrigued as well. I currently dont have a vapor barrier under my mattress and am looking to do something. I came across this, but cant seem to find a link anywhere, also dont know what I am searching for.

 

They're usually called "anti-condensation mats" or something along those lines. This is the one I had in my old rooftop tent.

https://tuffstuffoverland.com/colle...-overland-roof-top-tent-anti-condensation-mat

 

https://nickleatlantic.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3tZFSB_n3U


Seems to be a bit pricey and not practical for a roof top tent application IMO. Interesting concept though.

 

Tips and tricks to deal with mildew?

 

Idk if my methods helped as I never saw any mildew, maybe I just got lucky. But if i was cold camping and there would be a lot of condensation in the tent upon packing it in, I would first try to wipe it down as much as possible before closing, and then leave it open for most of the day or a couple days upon returning to let it air out. Never had an issue in about 3 years of ownership.

 

Thats normally what i'd do too but i found a small section with some Mildew