Cat vs. panel heater: which is better?

Re:Cat vs. panel heater: which is better? by lrissman on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @09:48PM (#24278236)

yup, I go camping in the Canadian winter and have been overnight many nights at below -35C, might have hit a balmy -40C before.. not sure..

Below, is super important.. I use closed-cell mats designed for winter camping and carrying in the backpack.

Somehow I don't think the cats would work so well under the sleeping bags..

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Re:Cat vs. panel heater: which is better? by mark-r on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @11:21PM (#24278768)

Interesting bit of trivia: at -40 it's not necessary to specify C or F, that's the point where they're both the same.

When I was a kid in the boy scouts, they had an award they gave out when the total low (with wind chill) on the days you camped added up to -100F. I got the award one weekend - one day was -60, the other was -40.

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Re:Cat vs. panel heater: which is better? by oh_sigh on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @01:53PM (#24285145)

It is necessary to specify it because what happens if someone tells you it was -40 and then it got 1 degree warmer. How cold is it now?

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Re:Cat vs. panel heater: which is better? by mark-r on Thursday August 27, 2020 @12:00PM (#24294974)

Obviously it's -39, and since -39C and -39F are different you'd now be required to specify. If you knew which scale the 1 degree was from it wouldn't be difficult.

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Re:Cat vs. panel heater: which is better? by oh_sigh on Thursday August 27, 2020 @12:32PM (#24295372)

It's -40 and it got -1 degree F colder. How cold is it now?

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Re:Cat vs. panel heater: which is better? by mark-r on Thursday August 27, 2020 @10:17PM (#24300767)

It's now -41F. It's not really rocket science, unless you're trying to trick me with a double negative.

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