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I think Lockgate, a British company, sets them up for use with kerosene if you use that for cooking already. Hotplate versions have a downside of requiring a 90° angle out the back. Not so advertised is a wall mounting kit for the other designs (with or without a hotplate), and that you can swop their flat bottoms for the same kind of downward draw design as this one. See comment above, Refleks do do a bulkhead mounted one that has a downward flue too, that can then be used to extend downwards and draw from the coldest air in the boat at your feet, otherwise bulkhead models will tend to pool warm air above a certain level. Useful hint though, take a separate tank feed from *above* your engine feed so that if you run your diesel out using the heater, you've still got some left to get you into port.īig pluses no moving parts, no power required, no noise, no draft. Some come with useful hotplates, although mine didn't. Refleks are bigger and have a bigger flue, but can use a passive feed from an external or engine tank.

Taylors are neat and have a small flue, but that is then offset by the size of the tank and the requirement of it to be pumped up. Same boat & sleeping kit 'with', I sleep 'without', I'm restless until exhaustion mugs me. I suspect it's something to do with blood vessels being close to the surface and not insulted down there, and that by heating them, the rest of your body is heated up by the blood as well. Any medical personnel explaining why at this point would be received gratefully. I'm the same in that I find if my feet aren't warm, I don't get to sleep. However, before I feedback, don't forget the value of the humble hot water bottle or two at the bottom of your sleeping bag.

Refleks bases their requirement tables on an outside temp of -20° C, so I guess you can be assured they work.

Drip feeds from diesel tank, so no need for a pressure pot like the Taylors. Built by Danes for fishing boats in similar waters.

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