I heated using a K1 heater one cold season.

It heated fine but one night it did something the oil guy I asked called it "sooting up" , it gave off a billion little carbon particles that coated everything , including around my nostrils and mouth !
It's dry soot though.............( not really , it's oily)

Doesn't the stove have a chimney? It appeared so in the first post video inside the van.
Here's the photo in the vendor link- Looks like a chimney


There's a box full of Kerosene lanterns- Probably close to 100 years old- in my basement.
   
It seems they used these things everywhere, enough that somehow this many survive to be in quantity in a random spot.
There's also kerosene lamps used in homes for generations, such as seen on Little House on the Prairie, for instance.

It seems to be in vogue to find a theoretical risk to something to blow to a full stop 'you're gonna assuredly die' by the internet inexperienced.

In short, I  can't imagine something so ubiquitous was that noxious.

The No. 1 problem with the internet is the huge amount of misinformation labeled as 'fact'. You KNOW that many people who buy kerosene for home heating are NOT going to buy the cleanest form (K1), they're going to buy the cheaper K2, which has more sulfur, or an adulterated kerosene with other stuff mixed in. And many people don't know how to handle a fuel properly, or to provide some ventilation, or to vent it outside the vehicle. But they're going to get online, and bitch and moan about how dirty it is. And then more people see what they've posted, and pass it on as 'fact'. Finding the actual Truth is a difficult matter, because it's hard to find anyone who really knows anything. It's like there's no difference whatsoever between fact, theory, assumption and personal opinion.

Here is some information on kerosene from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH):
http://nasdonline.org/1295/d001100/keros...afety.html

Here is a chart on the different BTUs produced by different fuels (info sources included):
http://zenstoves.net/Fuels.htm#FuelComparisons

Some people are actually bright enough to figure out that, in today's obsession for 'perfection', there actually is no perfection. Everything has defects. And if you're going to be living in a van, trailer or RV, you're going to find all of them. It's called REAL LIFE. You just do the best you can with what you can afford. Period.

(10-10-2018, 04:48 AM)rvpopeye Wrote: I heated using a K1 heater one cold season.

It heated fine but one night it did something the oil guy I asked called it "sooting up" , it gave off a billion little carbon particles that coated everything , including around my nostrils and mouth !
It's dry soot though.............( not really , it's oily)

Interesting... Never had that problem.  Do you know what type of wick it used, and the type of fuel you were using?

Sounds like the inside of a couple old tents. Ew.

K1 and it vvas one of the heaters vvith the round vvick .....after living like this for soooo many years . I think I must have tried EVERYTHING !

The best method is just go south ..... No Contest , No Doubt !

(10-10-2018, 12:16 PM)TrainChaser Wrote: The No. 1 problem with the internet is the huge amount of misinformation labeled as 'fact'. 

Unfortunately, this is very very accurate.

That's just one of the reasons that I prefer to post about my real life experiences.  I know beyond any shadow of a doubt that they are accurate.

There are many better choices than those that get the most promotion.

(10-11-2018, 05:40 AM)rvpopeye Wrote: K1 and it vvas one of the heaters vvith the round vvick .....after living like this for soooo many years . I think I must have tried EVERYTHING !

The best method is just go south ..... No Contest , No Doubt !

Moving with the weather is an option for some, but not for everybody. 

All I can offer is that switching from propane to kerosene was a huge improvement for me.