perma
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Or who the biggest candy a$$ is.
Mr buddy heater for tent camping
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Hem
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Even better, finding out the biggest guy gets claustrophobic in his first attempt at a double sleeping bag. Threatens to leave in the middle of the night and walk 7 miles back to the boat ramp...Ft Peck, November, -20, frozen boat.
Not just a little claustrophobic either, twitchy , wild- eyed. We had to talk him down from the ledge.
Dunno, we might have cranked Mr.Heater to ease his irrational behavior at 1 a.m.
Still bust his balls.
Addicting
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At what altitude will the buddy heater quit? I’ve never had my big buddy quit and we have been to 7000 with it before.
westbranch
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I was at 9k last year with no issues. Was concerned due to the 7k ft rating, but read about people online using them to 10k+ and said they worked.
perma
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I think they say 8000’. Mine definitely didn’t work at 10000’. Flame fluttered and expired within 10 seconds.
huntin24/7
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We used ours in the bighorns at around 8500-9000’. Worked great. Looks like I’ll keep playing it safe and figure out a better way to stay warm.
DouglasR
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Let her eat.
HuntTalk Freak
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Guilty as charged. My bag is the one thing I really need to upgrade but can’t decide what the hell to get.
HuntTalk Freak
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I’ve used them in tents before and even in my cabin but run several detectors. Been using them in the cabin for about a decade now sometimes during the night if the power is out and I can’t run the electric heater.
I understand the concern though and don’t fault anyone for not wanting to use them. I did have a pack rat build a nest in one and it went up in flames when I lit it. That was fun.
I understand the concern though and don’t fault anyone for not wanting to use them. I did have a pack rat build a nest in one and it went up in flames when I lit it. That was fun.
Caseknife
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We don't run ours at night, but it is within arms reach so it can be lit in the AM without getting out of the bag. We had no problem with it last year in Wyoming at about 8500', but the guy from MN who was with us, his Yetti Ice fishing trailer had issues with both the furnace and oven. Our heater mounts on a 5 gal tank and I built a metal rack that sits above the heater to heat breakfast burritos and dry gloves, etc. Works pretty slick. My hunting buddy's wife made us get a CO2 detector, but it has never gone off. This is in a 10x12 wall tent.
stealthy_bowman
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I run it all night in my Kodiak tent if needed as well. I also use a CO detector in the tent for added safety. Totally comfortable with it.
Riley pellet stove in the tent. Run the Mr.buddy to knock the chill off when you get in at night and while the pellet stove is warming up. Fill the hopper before bed and it will burn almost all night with the Mr.buddy within arms reach for in the morning if all the pellets burn up. That’s what I do
jeff_gibbons
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We ran the buddy with added co detector when it got cold one night in Wyoming. Other nights we just used it to prewarm before bed and at wake up. Must admit I didn’t sleep well the night we ran it through. Kept worrying about waking up dead and not getting an elk
Mallardsx2
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Run ours in a Kodiak canvas with a couple detectors. never had an issue, but we leave the vents open at the top of the tent.
kiwi hunter
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In about 70/71 I worked for the forest service in search and destroy, we worked alone but on a block system, with two to three men per block, depending on size. Usually there would be 5 to 6 huts on the valley floor and above the tree line we had mostly bivis, more like dog boxes, we called them that. To be successful one needed to be on the tops of the range by daylight, like 4am, and if you stayed on the valley floor it took an hour of fast pace to break to the open above timberline. This particular day I crossed the range and dropped down to a bivi,about 3 pm and very hungry as I'd not had breakfast. Scoffed down a heated tin of sausages and gravy and then dozed off with the kerosene cooker left to warm the place as my body was starting to shut down. I woke to a foggy feeling but do you think I could move, I could not move. My mind had some presence as it knew that I had to open that door for fresh air. It took superhuman effort to throw myself off the bunk and smash the door with my fist as I hit the floor. The reason I'm writing this is because the was a wee vent on one end up under the roof.
DouglasR
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Seriously though, I’ve never ran the tank top pictured overnight, but I have fallen asleep with the mr heater buddy on in the cargo trailer and not died.
I think I had the door cracked...
With that being said, in the winter at 8-10k ft I kinda have a hard time keeping that thing running.
I usually have to set it right next to the door with it cracked or it shuts off after like 10min.
