Best tent heater? (2 Viewers)

[greentruck]

The low-oxygen sensor on our Mr Heater Buddy is pretty sensitive.

You can't see it well in the pics above, but we use it in a enclosed awning off the tailgate of our 80, which has a sleeper conversion. Sometimes when we've been in camp we need to run the 80 to charge the batteries, so we have to clear out of the awning and open it to ventilate, because the exhaust pumps right into it. A little tricky, but no big deal.

The Buddy shuts down when we do this, so the sensor works well enough.

Whether you trust it is a different matter. I'm a little leery myself. I suspect the low-oxygen sensor is set up as a fail-safe, so if it were to fail, it kills the heater. Anyone know? It was never cold enough for us to bother running it all night, so we shut it down anyway.

 

[Trollhole]

Looks like not tent safe...

Hunting trip: Missoula teens save dads, grandpa after carbon-monoxide poisoning

Three gents gave themselves carbon monoxide poisoning in a tent. They were using a propane fired heater, but the articles don't tell the type or brand.

It doesn't say. I'm willing to bet it's not a Buddy. Most likely one of those that sit above a big tank.

 

[austintaco]

I have used my heater buddy, all night, in a ventilated tent, with no problems. I also use it when I am working under the car port and its freezing.

For our last trip, I hooked it up to 20lb propane tank that had a propane tree attached to it. I ran a 12 ft section of hose from the tree, to a filter (per Mr. heater instructions) and into the heater. We ran the heater all night and it was very cozy.

We use an SUV tent that sits on the ground and then attaches to my Tacoma's bed and shell. We sleep in the truck, dogs sleep in a crate in the tent, and the heater buddy sits in the middle of the tent, elevated, aimed in our direction.

 

[golf1here]

We use the Big Buddy every time we camp and never had a problem. First time brought a CO2 detecter just to be safe but it never went off. We have been down to 18 degrees F and been in shirt sleeves in the tent.

 

[Skylo]

Mr.Heater and colemans make some good tent heaters.This is a good comparison guide.