Portable heating - Mr Heater Protable Buddy Propane heater review and operation.

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In this video, I present a portable heating solution for when the power goes out, when camping in colder environments, or just to boost the warmth in your own home.

[video=youtube_share;KKtyNndhS-I]http://youtu.be/KKtyNndhS-I[/video]
 
Nice job. That think looks great, and the price is not bad. Thanks for the heads up. That's just the kind of thing that Powernoodle needs in his arsenal. [FYI, the review was a little hard to hear, so you might want a lapel mike or something.] Rock on.
 
Thanks. Yep, the sound is a lot lighter than I would have liked. It's a combination a couple things I'm working on. :)
 
Interesting video, thanks. I'll pass though since it seems gimmicky to me. Only 6 hours of heat on the low setting on 1lb tank and it only heats a 200ft area. That's not efficient enough or powerful enough for my needs.

For emergency heat I'll stick with well insulated walls, a winters supply of cut and dry wood and an oven stove like those seen below.
http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2008/12/tile-stoves.html
 
Those oven stoves are a little hard to transport to your grandparents' house when the ice storm hits. I don't think the Mr. Heater is gimmicky. It's just another option in the "don't freeze to death" continuum.
 
No grandparents here to worry about but my folks have wood stoves installed as well. :)

In fact every home should have one. Or two. Or one for every room if you can swing it. I look at multiple forms of heating both with and without electricity as an integral design requirement for a home. it is the heating as an afterthought bit that makes it gimmicky in my view. YMMV ofc and not every home has a stove installed so in that situation it is better than nothing.
 
powernoodle said:
Those oven stoves are a little hard to transport to your grandparents' house when the ice storm hits. I don't think the Mr. Heater is gimmicky. It's just another option in the "don't freeze to death" continuum.
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That's very true. This one is a smaller model and is perfect for bedrooms or tents. One year I used mine in a tent when it was 20 degrees out and I was almost too hot(to the point of sweating) in a T-shirt inside.

Even though it's "rated" for 200 sq ft doesn't mean it won't warm larger spaces to a temp that is manageable.
 
sideways said:
No grandparents here to worry about but my folks have wood stoves installed as well. :)

In fact every home should have one. Or two. Or one for every room if you can swing it. I look at multiple forms of heating both with and without electricity as an integral design requirement for a home. it is the heating as an afterthought bit that makes it gimmicky in my view. YMMV ofc and not every home has a stove installed so in that situation it is better than nothing.
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Well, to be honest, this is marketed as a portable heater. Those home stoves are nice, but not really portable...
 
I would never live in a house without wood heat as the primary source. Those small portable propane heaters are great for spot heat. They will heat a room and they produce a nice heat to warm hands and tools when working out in the cold.
 
I bought one of these to put in our basement utility room, which is unheated. That's where our municipal water feed enters the house, and our first winter here, the pipes froze. A space heater with a thermostat works fine normally, but if the power goes out long enough for the room to get REALLY cold, I'll use the Mr. Heater. I bought a second one for use elsewhere in the house if ever needed. Money well spent, just in case.
 
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