On what would’ve been the opening day of the 2021 Caravan, Camping and Motorhome Show, Whale hosted their very first virtual RV event live from their Head Office in Bangor, County Down.

The event included a tour of the Whale facilities, an introduction to the new Whale Van Life website, an overview of the Whale heating, water and utility product ranges, and a live Q&A session with Mobile Director Mark Walmsley, and Engineering Director Richard Bovill. In-house Design Manager Andrew Peoples also provided some insight into the Whale Easi-Slide Socket range, explaining where the idea came from and how the range has expanded over the years.

Attendees also heard a testimonial from full-time motorhomers Marmalade Tour, who quit their jobs almost two years ago and now travel the world with their two children and two dogs in their Compass Avantgarde 196 Motorhome. The 6-berth Avantgarde is fitted with the Whale CompleteHeat System comprising of the Whale Expanse 8L Water Heater and Whale Heat Air 5 GTE Space Heater. Talking about one of their very first experiences of the heating system, Michelle from Marmalade Tour said, “We spent two and a half weeks in the Swiss Alps in minus 6 temperatures, and you wouldn’t have even known! We would open the door and we couldn’t believe the snow around us. We’d go out and come back and the van was so toasty and warm.”

Mobile Director Mark Walmsley added: “I’d like to thank everyone who was able to join our first ever virtual event. It was a great success and we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. Congratulations goes to our competition winners Chris Apperley who won a Cadac BBQ and Whale Easi-Slide BBQ Socket, and Sammy Faircloth who won a Whale Goodie Bag.

2020 was an important year for Whale as it marked the 10th anniversary since we first introduced our space and water heaters to the UK RV market. If not for the pandemic we would have celebrated this milestone with you all in person at last year’s Motorhome and Caravan Show, but we are grateful we got to mark the occasion in this unique way.”

The Whale Heating Timeline

Whale’s first heating products to be launched into the UK RV market back in 2010 were the 13L Water Heater and 2kW Gas and Electric Space Heater. In 2014, Whale followed this with the more powerful 4kW Gas and Electric Space heater, designed to be fitted under the floor of the vehicle to free up valuable living and storage space.

2015 was another important milestone for the company; launching their Expanse 8L Underfloor Gas and Electric Water Heater and becoming the first company to offer a complete underfloor LPG heating system to the market.