Have always hated the built-in furnace in my 5th wheel. Noisy as hell, sucks propane and drains the battery overnight. I recently slept a couple nights in cold weather with the Hunting buddy and couldnt be happier. Kept the trailer a nice 65* while on low, makes no noise, and sips propane. Best of all I dont have to worry about dead batteries in the morning. Great product!

As long as the low-oxygen (ODS) and tip-over safety shut-off systems are working you are good to go.

And when you tire of the $5 per pound cylinder price try this. cylinder refillthe adaptor is available on amazon for less than $10adaptorAnd it cuts the cost per cylinder down to about $1 per tank. In winter months I find I dont need to refrigerate the tanks, just setting them outside when the temps are below 50 or so is enough .

Im running mine off a 20lb propane tank and 10ft Mr Hearter hose I run through a cracked window. Not a fan of those 1lb cylinders

We too like ours. Heats us out. We mainly use it during the day when we're awake, then use the onboard heater set to 45 to conserve on propane. We like it colder at night anyway.

Do the same thing, use small Mr. Buddy to heat trailer and avoid using the propane and battery on trailer. National Parks we have visited have very limited power hookup. We have a solar charger so keeping battery charged is not a big issue if need to use furnace. Bonus we use the heater in the screen tent that we have three solid panels for and let me say this at Glacier it was nice to sit outside and enjoy the day and night even in the snow.

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ReneeG
Explorer
Jan 20, 2020
roadtoadflorida wrote:
I have the Heating Buddy. I tried using it, but the fumes it gave off was awful. Anybody else have issues with the fumes it produces? Smells Like those Old Coleman Catalyic tub heaters. Maybe my unit is bad or something.

Have never had a problem with fumes on either one of our Heater Buddy models.
drsteve
Explorer
Jan 20, 2020
roadtoadflorida wrote:
I have the Heating Buddy. I tried using it, but the fumes it gave off was awful. Anybody else have issues with the fumes it produces? Smells Like those Old Coleman Catalyic tub heaters. Maybe my unit is bad or something.

Something is not right. We use a Big Buddy when spring boondocking in a popup, never smelled any odors from the heater.
2manytoyz
Explorer
Jan 21, 2020
I've been using a Mr. Buddy "Little Buddy" heater for years. No smell, works great in small spaces. It actually fits inside a 5 gallon bucket, with a couple of propane bottles, for storage.

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