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kapamp

many thanks for all your advice, i will sit down and discuss with my hubby what we want to buy to prepare us for hopefully the snowy slopes of europe.

if we decide to by a generator are any particular models and makes better than the others?

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maddie

Hi Honda or Kipour suitcase genny's
On the subject of how long--why not try the heating on the drive then you will have a good idea as to how long batts and gas last,this would only cost the price of gas used and eliminate the unsure/worry bit as all vans are diffrent. Wink

terry

Cordyline

In our experience (during 3 and a half months in the French Alps last season in a Sprinter conversion) we ran the Propex blown-air heater for most waking hours in the van and were ok for charge for about 3 days stationary. By driving to and from car parks and ski lifts each day we could last over a week without needing a full charge on a campsite. HOWEVER - a lot of motorhomers will advise running the heating on a frost-setting all night, but we found this unnecessary as long as you're warm and snug enough in bed. Assuming you don't need an early, energetic start in the morning simply switch the heating on upon waking and don't get out of bed till the van's warm enough!

On the subject of generators.... we chose the Kipor purely based on initial outlay. I still stand by that decision as we couldn't justify spending the money at the time BUT if you want a reliable generator that will actually generate electricity for you when you want it then bite the bullet and buy a Honda. Our Kipor is currently waiting for us to risk shipping it to an engineer for repair after just 2 months of regular use. Really must get that sorted before this winter season if we want to run laptops....