Heater for da boat

  • kapnjim
    Posts: 112
    February 19, 2003 at 2:26 am #1328101

    I know many of you fish out of your boat almost year-around. What kind of heater do you recommend?

    Thanks!! – jim

    Dave Koonce
    Moderator
    Prairie du Chien Wi.
    Posts: 6946
    February 19, 2003 at 3:29 am #252544

    I use a Mr. Heater. It puts off a nice band of radiant heat. But in addition to this I will be bringing my Sportsman’s Multipurpose heater….. It will heat up my lunch on the cold spring days……I haven’t given it a try exclusively in the boat but I will let you know this spring…..It will be nice if I don’t have to bring both out…

    jeffsedlmayr
    Wisconsin
    Posts: 272
    February 19, 2003 at 4:00 am #252546

    Mr. Heater here as well, it is nicer to have the bigger propane tanks for the boat though, then you don’t have to worry about freezing your hands when you have to unscrew that 1 gallon propane tank

    Dave Koonce
    Moderator
    Prairie du Chien Wi.
    Posts: 6946
    February 19, 2003 at 5:47 am #252553

    yep , here too. I use a little squashed pumpkin sized tank…

    herb
    6ft under
    Posts: 3242
    February 19, 2003 at 7:04 am #252555

    I get almost a whole day on a 1lb. tank.

    Dave Koonce
    Moderator
    Prairie du Chien Wi.
    Posts: 6946
    February 19, 2003 at 9:23 am #252556

    The lowest setting on my Mr. Heater is 3000BTU

    How about yours ? I’m thinking it must be less ?

    Gianni
    Cedar Rapids, IA
    Posts: 2063
    February 19, 2003 at 10:46 am #252558

    I also seem to get three or four hours from a 1lb tank, and I was thinking the settings on mine were 8, 12, and 14,000 BTU’s. Now I’m going to have to go dig up the paperwork.

    jeffsedlmayr
    Wisconsin
    Posts: 272
    February 19, 2003 at 4:49 pm #252569

    yeah but the thing is it is nicer because you don’t have to mess around with it being so tippy and bumping it all the time. It sits pretty solid in the boat when you have that big one.

    TC BIRD
    Eyota Mn
    Posts: 26
    February 19, 2003 at 9:24 pm #252574

    It might be a little bulky for some boats but if you use a 20#
    cilinder ( gas grill type) with your Mr Heater put it in a plastic milk case it fits tight it stays uprightand gas should last a long time

    herb
    6ft under
    Posts: 3242
    February 20, 2003 at 6:47 am #252605

    You’re right Dave, it is 3000 btu. I used to do that with my larger tank and heater, very stabil, but it still seemed to take up too much room in the boat sometimes.

    howler
    bagley wi.
    Posts: 609
    February 20, 2003 at 2:07 pm #252613

    I use a coleman radiant heater,with a 1 lb. tank. It has 3,500 & 5,000 settings, small and will last longer than I will fish.

    Gianni
    Cedar Rapids, IA
    Posts: 2063
    February 20, 2003 at 6:31 pm #252617

    You guys really had me wondering, so I went ahead and looked it up:

    http://www.mrheater.com/new/mh12c.htm

    8, 12, and 14,000 BTU’s, and I know that on the low setting it will last for a few hours on a 1lb tank. I have never bothered to use it on a higher setting, as ‘low’ on that thing means “burn your legs in the fish house.”

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