I'm afraid that, having grown up in the damp west of Scotland, I've got truly dreadful sinuses! Any heating that produces dry blown air (like the Truma heater on electric or gas, or a convector heater) plays havoc with said sinuses. A heater that produces a more ambient heat, like our central heating at home, or a wee gas filled heater, is much better. I sleep with the window open wherever I am, summer or winter, to avoid any sense of stuffiness. All a bit complicated!

We used our 430 for the first time at the beginning of Feb and it was pretty cold out. The fixed bed was already prepared with mattress topper and 15 tog duvet, so bedtime was no problem. We used a small ceramic heater during the evening, but then turned it off. We left the roof up overnight and really didn't notice the cold. The little heater worked wonders the next morning and it was really quick to warm the space. Stayed under the duvet with a hot coffee for 30 minutes or so. I guess the hob burner being on for the coffee pot helped raise the temps!!

I have been following this conversation with interest. We are going to Glasgow the weekend after next. However were I to suggest to my other half that we stay in our puck whilst there and that the good folk on this forum have said we would be fine with an extra heater and adequate ventilation, she would be contacting services for an assessment of my mental state!

Dolly will therefore be remaining in hibernation in her snug garage until the weather is such that sane folk would consider spending the night in a field.

Ralph

Take your point Ralph, but we've been bitten by the bug and cannot wait till the next trip (north Norfolk coast over Easter w/e). The campsites are lovely and quiet in the winter, and we even saw two groups under canvas in Somerset. I prefer to be called hardy/quirky/eccentric rather than a mental case!

Indeed...however the line between eccentricity and madness has always been somewhat blurred! Easter weekend is a month away yet and the weather then could be positively balmy.

We will be going away to sunnier climes at Easter and will think of you hardy folk whilst on a beach in my shorts.

Me neither at the moment. The first weekend in February was positively balmy in Somerset compared to this weekend. All the local pubs had roaring log fires and good ales as well. Maybe that's the key to winter camping.

Every winter I get the urge to move south west where it's usually a few degrees warmer than here at the bottom of the Pennine foothills on the edge of the Cheshire Plain. But maybe not this week.

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About to head south to visit the son in Brum. Other half says we'll be fine with just thicker duvets overnight, and no heating on. Remembering back to our first caravan which just had the bog-standard heater, and not the central heating which you could leave on overnight, I wondered just how cold Eribas get at this time of the year without heat? We've only had our Troll since May last year, so this is our first winter sojourn. Any advice, please!

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Every winter I get the urge to move south west where it's usually a few degrees warmer than here at the bottom of the Pennine foothills on the edge of the Cheshire Plain. But maybe not this week.

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13dgs here but windy ( Charente)

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Every winter I get the urge to move south west where it's usually a few degrees warmer than here at the bottom of the Pennine foothills on the edge of the Cheshire Plain. But maybe not this week.

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-4deg at moment in not so sunny Cornwall !

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Think your wind is heading in our direction !

Hi Adelaide
We have used our Troll in freezing temps last year for five nights in York and this is what we did.

We had a small oil-filled radiator on all the time at the dinette end of the van. Sitting at night we had a little fan heater on as well but turned this off before we went to bed. We have a gas heater but only used this a couple of times in the afternoon to heat everything up quickly after we had been for a walk. We would not leave this on during the night.

We were like toast except for a draft blowing from two vents under the bed. Someone else had already mentioned this and we had two plastic wine glasses ready to put over the vents overnight.

Someone also suggested shutting the roof down if it got too cold or snowy. We didn't do this but would have done if the conditions were worse

Oh and we got some drips of condensation on my head from the aluminium frame round the pop-top. A quick wipe round before bed helped

I'm sure you will be fine MikeT