Rapid-Heat Supplemental Cab Heater

[ZeroOne]

Originally Posted by jasonmt

We order all of our trucks with dual alternators anyways so the extra $350 list (CDN) for the Rapid Heat which ends up costing around $280 (CDN) once you are done beating down the dealer is money well spent in my books and climate.

When I have found that it really is noticeable is when I am driving to the office when it is below freezing but I am still wearing shorts and sandals, the trucks we have without the Rapid Heat are noticeably uncomfortable for the first 10 minutes after leaving the heated garage compared to the trucks with it.

Interesting to hear a comparison from someone who has driven both regularly.

lol... shorts and sandles in winter? (I feel better knowing I'm not the only one that does that now. )

[jasonmt]

Originally Posted by ZeroOne

Interesting to hear a comparison from someone who has driven both regularly.

lol... shorts and sandles in winter? (I feel better knowing I'm not the only one that does that now. )

A couple of the girls in the office and myself have differing opinions about what temperature is "comfortable" so if I do not have any meetings etc. booked I am trucking around in shorts, sandals and a hoodie all winter.

[First_Ford]

I have a truck with and without, it takes much longer to warm the cab without it. It also helps supplement heat when the truck sits idling for a few minutes, these things run very cool at idle.

['08 F350 FX4]

I bought my '08 from existing dealer inventory and it came with the Supplemental Cab Heater. I can honestly tell you that prior to purchase, I would have never ordered it........however, after having it I wouldn't consider ordering another one without it. If you run the fan at 1 or 2 (preferably 1) you will have almost instantaneous warm (not hot) air. On a cold morning, after scraping ice off the windshield, mildly warm air feels damn good. I would rather have the supplemental heater than heated seats (my '05 had the heated seats).

[geabis]

fords seats are surprisingly slow to heat up. gm's are much faster and they have six settings. i wouldn't bother getting the heated seats in another ford. but in the gm its a must they are so much more convenient the heat is almost instantaneous and the heat is much more constant. fords seem to get too hot and then back off to almost nothing and then turn on again its almost like there is a 20-30 deg difference between where they cycle on and off.

[Shinny]

How do you know if you have it, is ther a separate switch for it?

[First_Ford]

It is part of the system and automatic with the heat. the only wa that I know without taking it apart is to check for heat rite after a cold soak on a cold morning.

[2005josh2006]

Originally Posted by geabis

fords seats are surprisingly slow to heat up. gm's are much faster and they have six settings. i wouldn't bother getting the heated seats in another ford. but in the gm its a must they are so much more convenient the heat is almost instantaneous and the heat is much more constant. fords seem to get too hot and then back off to almost nothing and then turn on again its almost like there is a 20-30 deg difference between where they cycle on and off.

Yea haha almost seems like your *** is on fire for a minute

[Danbonzo]

Originally Posted by 2005josh2006

Yea haha almost seems like your *** is on fire for a minute

I have the rapid heat and heated seats in mine. IMO the rapid heats works really well. When the block is cold soaked it takes quite awhile for the heater core to get up to temp. I only ordered heated seats cause my girl likes them, good that they have seperate controls. I hate them, everytime I've tried using them I feel like I gotta take a $h!t