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Having just spent our second weekend away in a FC, both of which have been absolutely freezing, we've realised that we need to invest in some form of heating which can be left on all night.  We do have a halogen heater, but don't want to leave it on all night because of the light it creates.

Towsure have 3 types of heater in their catalogue and I've no idea what to buy (or whether Towsure are the best place?). 

Any advice would be greatly appreciated - we hope that our next trip out at the end of May will be warmer at night but I'm not taking any chances!

Hi, we purchased a Sterling from a dear old couple who had a lot of experience camping and provided us with two heaters with the camper. One is a Pyramid electric heater with cut out switch underneath should it topple and the other is a catalytic Propane Gas one of which we haven't tried yet.  Hope it helpd.

Paul

Hi

We dont leave our heater on at night but we have hot water bottles which are great in your sleeping bag and we also put a quilt on top.

We have a fan heater which we plug in and use on a plug timer switch which keeps the camper warm all night but sometimes we use a halogen heater but they only seem to keep warm what the heat touches.

have fun and remember KEEP WARM

cheers jason

Hi,

When on electric we have a blow heater for a quick blast of heat, an oiled filled radiator (1.5kw) for overnight. If no electric then we use the gas hob to take off any chill then once in the sllepping bag then all is usually fine.

We bought some of that under laminate floor white insulation - you know the thin stuff and place some under each bed to add extra insulation.

On our folding camper sometimes you get a draught where the bed slides are so i bought some pipe lagging and place a length down each side of the bed to stop draughts.

Hope this helps

Andy 

Try a low wattage panel heater, like this:

http://66.249.93.104/search?q=cache:Uj8jIsY-BKwJ:www.dealclick.co.uk/product/145294/DIMPLEX-400-Watt-Low-Wattage-Panel-Heater.php+low+wattage+panel+heater&hl=en&gl=uk&ct=clnk&cd=3

Takes up hardly any space, is safe to operate and quiet. Also doesn't trip out the site lecci!

electric blanket and oil-filled radiator all night - toasty!!

We bought a panel heater from one of the stores like Comet for about £10 and it is great. It is switchable from 500 watts to 2 kw but does not have the weight of an oil filled rad.

Overnight it is perfectly safe as the elements are behind metal panels.

The EHU supply on camp sites is usually 10 amps which is 2500 watts or 2.5 kw but we only use it on 500 watts or 2 amps overnight.

We also have a fan heater but it is too noisy for overnight.

I also have a hat which I can wear in bed in emergencies if it is cold.