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Old 11-02-2011, 09:20 AM   #1
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Dyson Hot heater

This has Airstream written all over it for those cold winter nights.

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Old 11-02-2011, 10:26 AM   #2
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would be nice to bolt it onto a catalytic - depending on how much draw it had.
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Old 11-02-2011, 11:18 AM   #3
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$400.00? That buys a lot of propane...
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Old 11-02-2011, 11:44 AM   #4
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I fnot for the price, this would be perfect!
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Old 11-02-2011, 12:20 PM   #5
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Well, to be honest, for $399 I would expect Mr Dyson to hand deliver the heater and wax my Airstream while he was at it...

My $39 quartz cube heater makes me nice and toasty.

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Old 11-02-2011, 01:30 PM   #6
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It is expensive that is the main criteria for being Airstream worthy.

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Old 11-02-2011, 04:18 PM   #7
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Well, to be honest, for $399 I would expect Mr Dyson to hand deliver the heater and wax my Airstream while he was at it...

My $39 quartz cube heater makes me nice and toasty.

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Our $29 Ceramic heater makes us nice and toasty too and it's quiet.
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Old 11-03-2011, 05:19 AM   #8
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My oil filled radiator is silent. $50. Sal.
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Old 11-03-2011, 08:02 AM   #9
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It is expensive that is the main criteria for being Airstream worthy.

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LOL! you're not kidding. Here's a joke. We originally thought about getting our AS as a playhouse for the kids. Buy a $3k airstream, let them play in it for a few years, sell it for the same price. Unfortunatley, we found one too nice for a playhouse, and I've been spending all my free time and free money fixing it up!
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Old 11-03-2011, 08:05 AM   #10
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I wonder why that heater looks like a sphincter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Old 11-03-2011, 09:07 AM   #11
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Physics: 1 watt/hr= 3.41 Btuh. It makes absolutely no difference if that watt goes into an incandescent light bulb, a toaster, ceramic heater, quartz heater, oil heater, or overpriced copper coil heater or Dyson heater. A 1000 watt heater of any kind or type or BS claim produces the same 3410 Btuh. The typical 1500 watt produces 5115 Btuh, no matter how it is delivered, even by Sir Henry Dyson.

All claims of "better heat", more efficient heat, more heat or heat produced by Amish mantle fireplaces are best evaluated by the ONE relevant fact in the situation: One watt produces 3.41 Btu, and one watt over one hour produces 3.41 Btuh. Electric heat is electric heat is electric heat.

Sorry, I get worked up over the advertising of electric heaters. I will go sit quietly and take my meds now. Grin
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Old 11-03-2011, 09:49 AM   #12
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@idroba: My neighbor has one of those silly Amish-fireplace things and swears it's the best thing since sliced bread. No amount of facts could convince her that it's just an electric space heater, you might as well tell her the earth turns backward for an hour every third Tuesday.

I suspect the same is true of many devotees of this Dyson thingo... after all, if it's not superWonderful they wasted $350.
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Old 11-03-2011, 10:29 AM   #13
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No, but I think that it is the main criteria for being Dyson.
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Old 11-03-2011, 01:39 PM   #14
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We are Dyson fans and I would love to have one for our Airstream. I won't pay full price tho. My plan is to wait for one to come up on craigslist for half price. I will be patient.
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Old 11-03-2011, 03:49 PM   #15
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One of the problems with space heaters I have had is the temperature controls do not keep an even temp during the night. Go to bed, its perfect, wake up during the night and its way too warm inside. Our winter trips last six months.

The Dyson is expensive but so is the furnace in our Airstream. They don't give propane away either, usually electric is included with hookups. If this thing kept a set temperature as claimed, I would consider it as good as the Airstream central heat (which is good) and buy it. Might give it a try unless someone has experience otherwise?

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Old 11-03-2011, 04:29 PM   #16
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Many of the small cheap space heaters have theromostats on them. It is not perfect digital proportional control though.

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Old 11-03-2011, 05:50 PM   #17
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Our winter trips last six months.

The Dyson is expensive but so is the furnace in our Airstream. They don't give propane away either, usually electric is included with hookups.
Two comments,

1. As idroba points out, all resistance electric heaters give you the same amount of heat per watt-hour of electricity. You do have a choice of how it's delivered, by radiation (glowing coils), natural convection (oil filled radiator) or forced convection (Dyson or $14.95 fan-forced heater from Wal Mart).

At home, our baseboard hot water heating system is inefficient until the weather gets pretty cold, so we use a few of the oil filled radiator type electric heaters in the fall, and they work well for us. In the trailer we use the Wal Mart $14.95 fan-forced heater--which takes up a lot less space--and it also works well for us.

I really don't see any reason to spend $400 on an electric heater unless you are really taken by the styling. I doubt it will do a better job of distributing the heat than a $14.95 fan-forced heater.

2. We have found that most monthly campsite rentals meter your electricity use and bill for it in addition to the space rent.
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Old 11-03-2011, 06:05 PM   #18
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The campsite here in Tucson does not meter electric.

No doubt any resistance heater will provide heat. It's the consistent and comfortable temperature we're looking for. Four winters camping with various cheap heaters (motors don't last the season) have not provided even nighttime temperatures. A radiant heater does not evenly heat the trailer.

Otherwise it would take more than style to spend big bucks on a heater.

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Old 11-03-2011, 07:33 PM   #19
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Using electricity for heating is kind of like burning bird's eye maple wood for heat.... note that an electrically driven heat pump will use 2 or 3 times less electricity to deliver the same number of BTUs into the trailer...

However, since we're not full-timing, a small electric heater is perfect for our Airstream

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Using electricity for heating is kind of like burning bird's eye maple wood for heat.... note that an electrically driven heat pump will use 2 or 3 times less electricity to deliver the same number of BTUs into the trailer...

However, since we're not full-timing, a small electric heater is perfect for our Airstream

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Are you saying I should not be burning birds eye maple for heat? Next thing you'll be telling me to stop using 20 dollar bills in the bathroom...
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