Portable House Heater Suggestions

After reading the Live from LOW 1-8 post,(very funny), I’m not so sure what I want to buy for a heater. I was looking at the Big Buddy but sounds like people are having problems with them. Have both a 2 man flip over and 4 man Clam house & need a heater. Any suggestions on heaters from all of you experts?

Thanks
Pete

If you want a “Big Buddy” heater, I got one that I have used 5 times. I am going to stay with the sunflower. I will give you a good deal on the buddy!

I’ve been using this style heater forever and have never had any issues and it gives of plenty of heat. Plus they last forever.

http://www.thornebros.com/winter/heaters/mrheater_MH12C.html

IF you need more heat for a monster shack they make a two burner model. I had this heater in the past when I had a larger fold-up style house and it always did the trick.

http://www.thornebros.com/winter/heaters/mrheater_MH24T.html

Yep. Worry free and will heat you out of the house if need be.

I agree with James.
I’ve used the Buddy heaters for hunting and fishing, and I’m done with them.
Heater/Cooker for typical use and Single or double sunflower for larger area.
Good luck
cheers

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I agree with James.
I’ve used the Buddy heaters for hunting and fishing, and I’m done with them.
Heater/Cooker for typical use and Single or double sunflower for larger area.
Good luck
cheers

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I have 2 and have never failed me

Colemen makes a small little 3000 btu heater that sits on top of the green bottles. Stay away from them to. They are junk.

I love the Mr. Heater cooker/heater. I was looking at it last trip, noticing all the rust and such on it and then it dawned on me, I have had it since 98′ and it probly should look worse.
Granted, I have made my repairs and modifications to it.
1. I hate dealing with thremocouples breaking so I epoxied the button in one day. (yes it is a safety feature but i dont sleep with it)
2. The cooking grate kept falling off so i welded it on.
3. One day on Whinnie the 3 set lo-high valve must have developed a leak and started burning out of the valve. Most ppl would have thrown it away at that point, not me. I went to the hardware store and bought a brass needle valve, installed it and i have an awsome way to controll the heat range much better than the old valve. Way hotter to just barely on.
4. I also run mine off a 20# cyl rather ahan the 1#

Im assuming that someday it will finally die on me and theses mods that I have made milking mine along throught the years will be the first things I do to my new one. In the long run i consider the “fixes” to be better than the origional peice of equipment. -mark

I have one of these (the little Coleman one) and it won’t give off enough heat to keep the holes from freezing over in my portable. The sunflower is the way to go. I backed up over it once and it still works fine. Granted, I didn’t back “over” it per say. I backed into it and bent it up real good. Still heats enough to fish in a t-shirt though.

Thanks guys… I’ve had sunflowers (funny how they become your son’s property . Just curious if someone had come up with a better product, but it doesn’t sound like it. Run a long gas line to a 20#er outside the house is a good way to go.

Thanks

Pete

Menards sells a heater (round stand up)that goes to like 30k btu, you add a small gas valve to it and you can get it down to a flame or pretend like you are in Mexico on high.

a sunflower of some type is the only way to go, at least where i am and 40 below is not unheard of. i use the tank mounts. they still break though, don’t leave them on the tank at 50 mph behind a snocat wrapped in a sweatshirt is a much better idea

i have a single burner mr. heater on a small 5lb. tank that has worked great for me for alot of yrs.

I ran a single sunflower this weekend at mille lacs in below zero weather in my clam 6800. kept the holes ice free and warm enough to comfortably fish in a sweatshirt. go with a cooker, single, or double burner.