Thanks Smoke, I like the different perspective and yes age does play a factor. Late 60's for me and early 60's for my partner in adventure.
The Wave 3 "worry" factor is not something to discount and ventilation is healthy in many ways for sure. We'll have the built in furnace and am on the fence about bringing a Wave 3 as an alternative.
We'll be taking our maiden voyage in our Ocelot sometime in November, haven't received the call yet to let us know they are starting on our frame. We're headed initially into northern Nevada and have thoughts of going further south although current Covid trends don't give us a whole lot of confidence we should go to Arizona.
As usual this subject has brought lot's of good comments and suggestions, so let me add a new one the mix-what is your age during winter WTWing! I have had my Granby( with an arctic pack) for 15 years and have spent many a cold snowy night camping in a range of temps and conditions. I have always been one of those "cold nose warm toes types"-window flap near head open while bundled in a warm sleeping bag w/comforter. Okay, usual to bed routine, crack open the side and head windows and turn up my issue heater/furnace full blast warm the place up & climb in the bag! Seldom did I ever use the thermostat-too noisy and ate up the propane.
Okay over time like a lot of us here I added a wave heater for that long term warmth it added while doing things other than sleeping in the camper. Again like allot of us. most of my time out was spent outside not inside the camper (you don't go camping so you can sit inside and watch the tv-you play outside as long as you can and real glad I bought the awning)! It seems that now that I'm getting older-I seem to like it warm and spend less time playing in the snow and sitting around the campfire and more inside reading-I've become a wimp!! My old blast furnace has stopped working of late-sailor valve? But that new Wave 6-yes old one did not give out enough heat it seemed anymore-and the new one I bought has saved the day and kept me warm at night as I read!
I just spent a week up on the Sheldon NWR-.high country with above ave.hot days and nights in the low 20's-felt like the teens. it seemed like it got dark early-no campfires allowed because of fire risk. so I spent allot of the time sitting near the Wave keeping warm and reading, but still had the windows cracked. In the early morning had to get up and turn the heater on low and then climb back in the rack. I still have to get over my fear of leaving it on all night and gassing my self-need to work on that! One of these days might get the blaster fixed and for me that should solve the problem-long time low heat with the wave, and short time instant heat. Yep- that should do it-just got to remember to bring along the extra gas tank and hope summer comes back soon.
Smoke