Is your van getting too hot?

[vanVhome]

Been driving around in my new works van recently and have noticed how hot it's getting since I changed from white to dark met grey, starting to regret paying extra now the metallic grey. It obviously doesn't have any insulation so really heats up in the sun.

How do those with dark coloured MH find it in the heat, especially black and even the Lanzarote Grey? (which looks great btw) Is the insulation good enough that the colour makes little difference?

 

[phillipsheila]

I bought an brand new autotrail expedition 67 in black and i kept it for 11 months as it was too hot inside.

 

[EuroTrotters]

Been driving around in my new works van recently and have noticed how hot it's getting since I changed from white to dark met grey, starting to regret paying extra now the metallic grey. It obviously doesn't have any insulation so really heats up in the sun.

How do those with dark coloured MH find it in the heat, especially black and even the Lanzarote Grey? (which looks great btw) Is the insulation good enough that the colour makes little difference?

Try a black window van !

I didn’t have much choice at the time of buying .

 

[Gromett]

Which is why I told Wissel I only like white

 

[Landy Andy]

And why I would have silver, if I could choose. Not standard boring white, but still not effected by the sun/heat.

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[cyberyacht]

My Compactline is very pale grey although I see that Carthago have now switched to white in the past couple of years. The roof is white though, at least the bit that doesn't have black solar panels! Any tin box is going to get hot, no matter how good the insulation, although I think it is the windows that let the heat in.

 

[Guigsy]

Panel vans are sold as a default white for a reason.

 

[Sleuth-Hound]

Or gold…..

 

[Kannon Fodda]

I once had a navy blue car. That learned me never to have a dark paint colour again. Even on mildly sunny spring days it was uncomfortable.

MH, a silver metallic paint PVC seems as good as it's going to get, and can't see that white would make much improvement. There is insulation but driving needs the air con on a sunny summery day, but parked up usually side door and rooflights open is enough to keep it nice.

 

[Reallyretired]

My Hymer is silver and seems to keep cool without being boring white.