[Closed] Camping: Electric hookup cable & heater wheres best/cheap?

Go outdoors with a card.. £30 16amp socket to 3 way domestic..

[url= http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/mobile-mains-kit-p155317 ]Here.....[/url]

You don't usually get much by way of current available on a hook up so we went for a cheap camping one simply for the lower power output. [url= http://www.towsure.com/product/Ceramic_Electric_Heater?catargetid=520002630000002094&cadevice=m ]Like this but paid a bit less.[/url]

We use a halogen heater which is very effective, and is also a good light source.

We got ours from Aldi, but it's similar to this. c£15.

http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/quartz-heater-400-800w-p150022

We use this for power, nice and tidy...

http://www.campingworld.co.uk/en/Outwell-Mains-3way-Roller-Kit-w-USBlight/m-11057.aspx

YGM Mark

are you camping in the arctic ?

do you have rheumatism ?

are you camping in the arctic ?

do you have rheumatism ?

I wear thin cotton socks and standard/summer cycling shoes all year round down to -10degrees.

Its not for me, its for a small boy. To give him great memories not 'I remember the nights as freezing/damp etc'.

Get em hooked then they'll be doing it forever I say. Skip' I'll email you this evening about what I said earlier- I'll take the hook up then too. 😉

We managed without using a heater in the Peaks last week. Just put the girls (aged 2, and 6 months) in extra layers and used good quality sleeping bags, and they were absolutely fine.

Hook-up used for powering a coolbox and a nightlight for the kids. I think I paid about £35 from Caseys outdoor leisure (Winfields in Haslingden)

Most important thing for kids is a proper [b]INSULATING[/b] sleeping mat - every colleague/friend I've spoken to that's told me their children were freezing when camping (in summer) in spite of sleeping bags/duvets/blankets etc. had them sleeping on some cheap inflatable air bed on the floor of the tent, nothing to prevent body warmth being leeched groundwards. The other common one is to put kids in a good old fashioned £10 square sleeping bag designed for indoor use and wonder why they're a bit chilly.
Just get a nice £5 roll up foam mat for them to sleep on, they really don't need anything more comfortable when they've spent the day knackering themselves out in the great outdoors.

Sorry if this is a 'suck eggs' post, but once the above is sorted, feel free to take the nip off a Scottish summer night at about minus two with your heater 😀

*Edit for additional rant* Those crazy huge 'family tents' probably don't help in terms of temperature inside the tent - me, me mate and his dad in a two man ridge tent in near freezing temps was never a problem when I was a kid, and me and the missus get some reasonable warmth going in our little dome tent too, even without jiggying.

Its not for me, its for a small boy

FWIW my kids still run round naked in one today

not sure whether it is Dad or Boy TFU

But really it is a problem in your mind and not in his.

Foam mat on an Air bed for their Dad who need to MTFU 😉

I cut the plug off the house extension lead and wired on a 'circular' 240v plug for camping. I then put a domestic plug back on when we got home. Total cost about £5.

is that safe to do marcus? How did you make sure that the join with the cable was watertight?

[quoteHow did you make sure that the join with the cable was watertight?

They have a compression gland on them normally.

Does it rain upwards in your world rob and also every campsite ive been to in many countries has had covered leccy hook ups.

Also if you buy the right 3 prong 16amp unit it has a glanded cable entry.

Junkyard you was a mad wierwolf on 70's London!

Have you thought what will happen when he grows up unable to go camping without a heater and future girlfriends post on mums net about going camping with cityboys ?

I think in the future all boys will pee sat down and will have to be bi-curious as part of the school curricular..

is that safe to do marcus?

You need to have a RCD fitted to use them on any campsite.
Its is probably no more dangerous than using a extension lead but i have never been on a campsite that did not require you to have a RCD
I would not want to use a halogen heater in a tent either

Hora I was In scotland in the 70's we were all feral then

Don't knock sittin down to pee!

I did what marcus did but with a tougher outdoor extension lead into a weather proof round plug. They are designed to be fitted and used outside so just follow the directions. I ran it via an RCD to a power board in the van after that. Cost - under £10

saved for later

ad them sleeping on some cheap inflatable air bed on the floor of the tent, nothing to prevent body warmth being leeched groundwards

We use one from The Range, princely cost of about £15 for a double, all three boys pile in one pod and are plenty toasty. Not going to get any better insulation than being on 300mm of air, sleeping mats are cold and uncomfortable in comparison (have spent many cold nights on them, and given I don't have to carry it to site, I'd always go with an airbed).

You really don't need a heater, ours camped from 12 weeks without. Just wrap them up, maybe a layer extra. All still seem pretty keen on camping holidays.

You really don't need a heater, ours camped from 12 weeks without. Just wrap them up, maybe a layer extra. All still seem pretty keen on camping holidays.

The reason for quilts etc is hes a 'mover'. He doesn't stay in one spot- rotates/moved throughout the night and I've been headbutted in my sleep before by him. Tried putting him in more of a 'onesy' - doesn't work/doesn't like it. I wouldn't have a heater on all night anyway- just too dangerous.

science says otherwise brassneck

basic air matress(with nothing but air inbetween the two layers has an R value of 0.95

a basic cheap closed cell foam mat has an R value of 4

A good airmatress such as the neoair is 4.5-5 depending on model. - noticable warmer

I think your sleeping bags just improved since you last slept on a foam mat.

ps - ive only been to one campsite that even had a remote interest in the cable i used to hook up .... mines is the heavy duty one i use for my welder - as i have a 16amp socket in the garage.

basic air matress(with nothing but air inbetween the two layers has an R value of 0.95

a basic cheap closed cell foam mat has an R value of 4

Hmm, can only go on empirical evidence from my cheap ass airbed vs. my Thermarest 🙂 - I know which I was warmer on. Though I was on the thermarest on a lighter grade bag as I had to carry it.

Main issue though is punctures. Once you get that sinking feeling you now you're in for a cold night. Don't get that with closed cell mats. But then they aren't £100 either.

Hmm, can only go on empirical evidence from my cheap ass airbed vs. my Thermarest - I know which I was warmer on. Though I was on the thermarest on a lighter grade bag as I had to carry it.

I bought an Outwell 7cm self-inflating mat for my recent camping trip - way warmer and comfier than the airbed I had before.