Using a small electric heater in my truck camper to take the chill off in moderate temps

Electric heating and camping don’t usually go hand in hand, especially when you don’t have “electrical hookups” at your site. And when talking about truck camping, most of us are dispersed or remote camping. In my case it includes hanging out on my lunch breaks at work or at the soccer field with the kids. In moderate temperatures I found a way to warm things up a bit for an hour or two without consuming too much power. Enter the low watt electric heater for camping.

Product Link: Lasko myHeat 200 W space heater

If you have a capable power setup in your rig then it’s possible to use a low wattage electric space heater to take off the morning or evening chill. In my OVRLND camper I have a big Anker Solix C1000 that runs the electronics and a smaller Jackery 300 to help. It all recharges with a 100w solar panel and the ETaker F1000 alternator charger. I never have issues with power in my camper.

In this post I’m absolutely not advocating to use this method overnight. But for a few hours at a time in a small, semi-insulated space, an electric heater such as the one I’m recommending can be enough to warm things up. Oh, and this will only work if your outside temp is above 35F. Anything below that and it just doesn’t do the job.

How I use the Lasko MyHeat to warm up the camper

I like the Lasko MyHeat because it only draws around 200 watts and it pushes hot air. It’s compact and stores easily in the basket shelf of my OVRLND Camper.

Some might worry that it doesn’t have tip-over protection. For us it’s not a problem because we keep it out of the way. None of the body is hot to the touch so we feel it’s very safe.

For twenty bucks and change I was happy to give this a shot and glad I did.

On cold nights below 35F I am currently testing a Wave 6 catalytic heater that runs off of propane. But I’ll save that information for another post.

For now, I just wanted to show you how I use this little electric heater to take the chill off for a few hours. Let me know if you have other ideas without having to bust out the diesel heater.

Cheers and happy camping!