I had one in my van last year before I had to sell the van. These are great pieces of engineering, super efficient, and best of all safe - the exhaust system is room sealed, so you don’t get fumes or smells inside the space and it doesn’t rob you of air. Plus points: room sealed, dry heat, very fuel efficient, tiny power usage on startup, powerful heater, looks gorgeous. Minus points: takes 10 minutes to heat up to usable temperature, heater is too hot for xtra small spaces even on minimum setting, too hot to use in hot climates, constant white noise from the fan and ticking from fuel pump (but not so loud it keeps you awake), and ridiculously high price. Do I recommend? If you live in a cooler climate and have a laid back attitude to brewing up a coffee and aren’t troubled by the threat of diesel being criminalised in a few years: Absolutely yes.
Have you already done any maintenance to it ? Mine is starting to exhibit some flame out issues, so looking for videos on how to service it myself. That's the one issue with this stove, not many places to service them in the USA. Second issue is altitude, they burn really hot at 10k ft. They actually recommend using kerosene instead of diesel for that reason. They are built for sea level, and the "high" elevation setting is for 5k ft.
Hey there! Great question! No maintenance, even with our oldest unit from 2019. We work directly with Scan Marine, they have a lot of knowledge and great support on Wallas products. We lock ours into the high altitude setting in each trailer. They do recommend kerosene, which is a great option because it doesn't freeze and gel up like some diesel fuel at freezing temperatures.
Awesome, thank you for the comment! It runs off of 12v DC and works great as a cooktop. Check out our Winter Camp video at about minute 6:00 for a quick look at the cooking aspect. Thank you!
Surprised! That unit produces quite a bit of sound while running, despite the production backing track. Hard to tell if it's the fan or something else.
That is the great thing, it doesn't get hot! The lid has about an inch of insulation in it. I have ran it on 5/6 to call for more fuel, and even on that level the lid does not get hot.
You need to be a better reader of operating manuals before posting videos 😮 The unit when in heat mode is controlled by a thermostat. You did not show the second step procedure needed to change from cooking mode, which is the standard when it starts up, into the thermostat controlled heater mode used when the lid is down. That heat mode is engaged by turning the temperature dial all the way to high and back to low two times to activate the heater function. You can tell it has been engaged into that mode when the lower symbol on the lower left will light up orange. Each of the numbers on the temperature range is associated with a specific degree of temperature (see the manual for that). When that room temperature is reached the unit will turn down the flame until the room cools and then when the room gets too cold it will turn the burner back on, the same way a regular furnace does. There is an overheat protection if some other heat source gets the room hotter than what you set the thermostat for; then the unit will then go into automatic shut down.
Appreciate the comment! We lock our heaters in cook mode. The reason behind that, and the reason why we skipped the thermostat mode, is because it doesn't work like a thermostat in your home and we don't recommend our customers using the thermostat mode. In thermostat mode, it doesn't turn on and off like your home furnace, it only ever drops to the lowest setting, 1. In the ANTISHANTY, where it is a well-insulated space, between 1-2 is all you will ever want to run it at. In thermostat mode, if the temperature rises above the set temperature for more than 30 min. the whole stove just shuts off and will not turn back on unless you manually turn it back on. This is why we keep it in cook mode and crack some windows, so that it maintains a nice consistent temperature inside and so it doesn't shut off when you don't want it to, like while you are sleeping for example. Again, thank you for the comment, we appreciate it.
I had one in my van last year before I had to sell the van. These are great pieces of engineering, super efficient, and best of all safe - the exhaust system is room sealed, so you don’t get fumes or smells inside the space and it doesn’t rob you of air. Plus points: room sealed, dry heat, very fuel efficient, tiny power usage on startup, powerful heater, looks gorgeous. Minus points: takes 10 minutes to heat up to usable temperature, heater is too hot for xtra small spaces even on minimum setting, too hot to use in hot climates, constant white noise from the fan and ticking from fuel pump (but not so loud it keeps you awake), and ridiculously high price. Do I recommend? If you live in a cooler climate and have a laid back attitude to brewing up a coffee and aren’t troubled by the threat of diesel being criminalised in a few years: Absolutely yes.
Thanks for the comment! Great information from your experience! We have loved using them, they are awesome for cold weather camping!
Hey there, nice video! What's the volume like inside while sleeping with the heater on?
Have you already done any maintenance to it ? Mine is starting to exhibit some flame out issues, so looking for videos on how to service it myself. That's the one issue with this stove, not many places to service them in the USA.
Second issue is altitude, they burn really hot at 10k ft. They actually recommend using kerosene instead of diesel for that reason. They are built for sea level, and the "high" elevation setting is for 5k ft.
Hey there! Great question! No maintenance, even with our oldest unit from 2019. We work directly with Scan Marine, they have a lot of knowledge and great support on Wallas products.
We lock ours into the high altitude setting in each trailer. They do recommend kerosene, which is a great option because it doesn't freeze and gel up like some diesel fuel at freezing temperatures.
Ok, so it works well as a heater, but what is it like to cook on and is the ceramic only operational on AC or DC with inverter? Thanks.
Awesome, thank you for the comment! It runs off of 12v DC and works great as a cooktop. Check out our Winter Camp video at about minute 6:00 for a quick look at the cooking aspect. Thank you!
Surprised! That unit produces quite a bit of sound while running, despite the production backing track. Hard to tell if it's the fan or something else.
The fan is constant, so there's not much variation in sound. Likely the background music and sounds from the shop.
Yeah, it's definitely a constant white noise.
Does the top of the heater get hot when closed? Seems like you would have to be very careful not to hurt yourself
That is the great thing, it doesn't get hot! The lid has about an inch of insulation in it. I have ran it on 5/6 to call for more fuel, and even on that level the lid does not get hot.
The counter around the stove does get warm but nothing too crazy.
Set in a van in hot weather, wouldn´t it be too hot inside?
Would not recommend using the heater in hot weather. We do have an A/C option for the warmer temps.
You need to be a better reader of operating manuals before posting videos 😮
The unit when in heat mode is controlled by a thermostat. You did not show the second step procedure needed to change from cooking mode, which is the standard when it starts up, into the thermostat controlled heater mode used when the lid is down. That heat mode is engaged by turning the temperature dial all the way to high and back to low two times to activate the heater function. You can tell it has been engaged into that mode when the lower symbol on the lower left will light up orange. Each of the numbers on the temperature range is associated with a specific degree of temperature (see the manual for that). When that room temperature is reached the unit will turn down the flame until the room cools and then when the room gets too cold it will turn the burner back on, the same way a regular furnace does. There is an overheat protection if some other heat source gets the room hotter than what you set the thermostat for; then the unit will then go into automatic shut down.
Appreciate the comment! We lock our heaters in cook mode. The reason behind that, and the reason why we skipped the thermostat mode, is because it doesn't work like a thermostat in your home and we don't recommend our customers using the thermostat mode.
In thermostat mode, it doesn't turn on and off like your home furnace, it only ever drops to the lowest setting, 1. In the ANTISHANTY, where it is a well-insulated space, between 1-2 is all you will ever want to run it at.
In thermostat mode, if the temperature rises above the set temperature for more than 30 min. the whole stove just shuts off and will not turn back on unless you manually turn it back on.
This is why we keep it in cook mode and crack some windows, so that it maintains a nice consistent temperature inside and so it doesn't shut off when you don't want it to, like while you are sleeping for example.
Again, thank you for the comment, we appreciate it.