Mr Heater Big Buddy how much gas does it use
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- In this video we will see how long the Mr Heater gas will last.
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Trust me, I’m Texas’ black-out last week, our Big Buddy’s saved us from freezing, totally without power, we remained comfortably warm and safe, inside our living room. Cost was NOT even a remote consideration.
Thanks for sharing.
I have two of these and in my view, they're excellent. The small bottles you've shown have one pound of propane (approx) each. I have the adapter to a 20 pound bottle and it runs about 100 hours per bottle. Very clean heat though there is a mild odor these things generate- not too bad and much better than being cold. When using, crack a window open just a bit if you can. They have a built-in oxygen sensor and they turn off if you tilt them. Had mine for five years or so- strong recommendation for them. Thank you for the vid!
Your welcome thank you for watching.
Thank you Kevin! Just the information I was looking for.
Glad it was helpful!
That's some great information Kevin! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks Paul
Thank you Kevin for this important information.
Very welcome thank you for the comment E James.
Thanks great review exactly what I needed to know because I was considering to buy one of those heaters. Thanks again.
Thank you Kevin. This is the best review of this heater.
glad it was helpful
Thank you for spending the time and the money, on helping us. Much appreciated
Glad to help thanks for the comment and watching.
@@Robinson-Homestead your video is unique. Good job man!
Kevin Robinson ok
A job well done, thanks for your time and effort.
Thank you for watching I'm glad to help
Very good Kevin! I've been thinking about getting the smaller buddy heater and you answered my questions.
Thank you glad to help
Very well done, Thanks for your time and effort!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you Kevin so much for this video, It was so helpful to me as I have just purchased a big Mr. Heater, So thankful for folks like you on here. George :)
your welcome Saddlebum glad i could help.
Good info. Thanks for taking the time to do that test. Seems it will get you thru the night on low. Stay safe and stay healthy.
Thanks Gerard you to my friend.
Thanks for the test that info helps me out alot.👍
Glad to help
Thank you for a very informative video. This is the 4th video I watched, including one from the manufacturer, and your video was by far the most detailed. Really appreciate your post here. I am definitely buying one now that I saw this! Thanks, again!
Awesome, thank you!
Nice review. That Big Buddy really puts the heat out!
Yes it does! thanks for the comment.
I've watched lots of videos where they have done test of these heaters running in RV and they all came up with the same ideal that they are safe indoors. Thanks for taking the time to do this video to help me make the decision to buy one
you are welcome glad to help
Thank you for your great review!👍🏻
Glad it was helpful!
Appreciate the info. We have a little buddy heater. Will have to take a look at this model.
Good heater thanks for the comment.
I love the buddy heater!!! I use it when we go fishing in the winter.... But for around the shop or camper I have the adapter for big tanks... Thanks for the video
Thanks for the comment Wesley
Thanks Kevin I'm buying one for emergencies. Appreciate the tutorial. 🤷
Your welcome thank you for watching.
Thank you. Very informative video.
Hi Kevin, I just found your channel thank you so much for this information I wasn’t sure how to get my heater working. This was perfect. I’m living in North Carolina right now and I am from Tampa. It got down to 14° last night. So I busted out my propane heater that I just got and thanks to you I got it working perfectly and safely. I really appreciate you and your wife.😁😁😁
You are very welcome Thank you for watching montee posey.
I just bought mine. Your video made me make the choice and I don't regret it. Thanks a lot
Thanks for the comment mine is working great to love it.
Thank you so much . I broke mine down too and got the same hours per pound
Glad I could help
Thanks for doing this. Really useful info.
Glad I could help thanks for the comment and watching.
BEST VIDEO!!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO DETAIL ON THIS, YOU ARE MUCH APPRECIATED!!
Thank you very much Mike.
Thanks for all the info, very helpful,!
Glad it was helpful! thank you for the comment and watching Billy.
I followed your steps thanks it was very helpful
Thank you Lisa glad to help
Thank you for your time & effort for this video ! I have one of these heaters & bought the adapter house for 20lb tank & also the adapter to refill the 1lb cylinders. I have only turned it on to make sure it works, not actually had to use it yet. Your video gives me a good idea of what to expect now. Good video & straight to the point.
Do I need to place tiles under unit to protect flooring
Thank you so much for your video. I am a single mom w/ a disabled son. This is my 1st time getting something like this. Very informative and helpful!! Answered all my questions!! Thanks again!
Thank you for the comment Cindy if you need help with anything just let me know I would be glad to help.
Thank you for your time and information.
Thanks for watching and the comment.
Handy info Kevin, THANKS!!! :>)>
Thanks for the comment HemanSr.
Thank you so much, Sir, that was very helpful!
Thank you for the comment and watching glad to help.
Good job. Thanks for posting.
Thanks for watching!
Good job you save us all from doing the same test
Glad I could help thanks for the comment Michael.
THANK YOU for showing me to take that black tab off the canister/bottle before trying to screw them into My Big Buddy. My first time EVER using this type of heater. The Great Outdoors under Covid.
Thank you for the comment glad I could help Leza Mesiah.
I have the original standard size Mr. Buddy from way back and still use it in my ice fishing shelter and duck blind. I was always going to get the bulk tank hose and adapter but never did. I do have an adapter to refill my empty small bottles from a 20 lbs. tank. It saves money. It refills them to about 80% capacity. Hauling a full 20 lbs. tank out on the ice or thru the marsh would be a pain.
I use one of these in the garage when I'm messing around . I love it. I bought an adapter and refill the small tanks from my grill tank.
You can buy a hose that will hook up to a 20# tank.
I just did a video on how to hook it to a 20# tank. studio.th-cam.com/users/videoXXTBy6AAr04/edit
Nice video. Well put together, with just the facts.
Thanks for watching and the comment.
Thanks for the information.
Thanks, I really wanted to know this. Cheers from Montreal!
Thanks for the comment.
They are useful, but they do have their limitations. I’ve used them indoors and out, never had a problem. Great video Kevin, be well my friend.
Thanks for the comment Hatch
Thank you for making this video, my daughter and I were just talking about this last week when we got hit with ice and snow here in Ky. They have one like this and I just bought the smallest one but what we ran into is no one had propane big box stores were out( this town is a joke at best). This came in handy in order to figure out how much to have on hand in the future.
So the big box store is at fault because you decided to wait until the very last minute before you prepared for trouble.
@@jerryshortt2479 They are in the process of remodeling the whole store in order to go fully automated( which they have) so they did not have the same amount of stock they used to keep before the world went to hell in a handbasket. We usually don't have that type of weather very often and even the weather forecasters didn't know exactly how much of anything we were going to get. A tree fell on my house where my equipment and stuff is at and I now live in an apartment and didn't realize that I needed heat and something to cook on if the electric went out. This situation came out of left field for me considering at my house I didn't have to worry about it, I had it covered. Hopefully you never get in a situation that you have to scramble to get things you need to survive because your life was shattered and you are still trying to pick up the pieces then get hit out of left field with unexpected stuff Mr Shortt, it can throw you off balance real quick!
Sheila, glad i could help, if you can buy the propane all year long so you will have it on hand when you need it.
@@jerryshortt2479 hey Jerry - many of us don't need this, or thinking it till trouble comes knocking. How s about not playing the blame game all the time?
Thanks for the info..just bought one haven't opened it yet. Great vid. By the way here in Canada we call the blower a fan. 😉
Thanks John Merry Christmas my friend.
Super helpful! Thank you.
Thanks for the comment glad to help
We have one of these heaters , and it works very well . . We like it very much . They definitely will warm a room up quickly , which helps a lot .
Thanks for the comment George.
Nice upload.. good job on getting the information
Thanks Jacino glad to help.
I love this channel
I appreciate the work you put into giving us this info. I've had one of these for a long time and never really though about how long it took to burn through fuel. Thanks.
Glad I could help! Doug thank you for the comment.
This is a good video for those that don't know,,I have the same and am very happy with especially since it is very portable. I also use it in the camper when camping!!! It is a life saver!!!
Thanks for sharing
I want one of these as a backup heating source in my greenhouse. If we get a power outage it rarely lasts more than 10-12 hours. This smaller version of a "Mr Heater" is much easier to figure out how to put everything together to get it running than the bigger machine by "Mr Heater". I'll be choosing the 20lb tanks of propane though. I will still use my electric heaters though when we have power.
Great video, I just wonder how much a 20lb tank of propane costs now? Over $50 I'm sure.
Good review, thank you. I have this, get a 20-lb tank with the Mr. Heater regulated hose + adapter for the fan and it becomes $ reasonable to run. I use it to heat my small woodshop. It rocks.
Thanks for the tip! will do.
What fan adapter?
@@gman77gas IF your Big Buddy has a fan - I hear they sell them without fans now, what a shame - you can use this instead of buying batteries www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000HE6OAE/
@@trumpingtonfanhurst694 thnks...mine is a old unit without a fan ..its a single tank single heater elime t unit.
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Very good video,thanks for the tips
Glad it was helpful! I put it on a 20# tank studio.th-cam.com/users/videoXXTBy6AAr04/edit
Just what I wanted to know. As for me, I plan to use the Big Buddy to heat the concrete garage floor and use one of those round kerosene heater to heat the air. Actually, I plan to first warm up the place with a salamander heater for five or ten minutes THEN use the round heater to keep the air warm and the Big Buddy to keep the concrete warm. I imagine that I wouldn't have to put the Big Buddy on high for more than a few minutes every once in awhile. Medium and Low should be just fine. I'll find out soon as it is now November, 2021 and getting pretty cold here in upstate New York. I gotta get that brake job done on the '65 Galaxie. I've put it off for too long. Always had an excuse. It's too hot (during the summer) or it's too cold (last Fall and Spring).
Great video. Very helpful
Glad it was helpful! thanks Steve.
I bought one with out the fan as I was just a little short on cash but I like and would buy another Thank you Kevin
You can buy a small fan to put above it to circulate the heat around.
Thank you. Told me a lot.
You're welcome
5.5 to 6 day's and nights straight on low (4k btu) hooked to a 20lb tank.
I can keep my 1250 sq ft house at 65 to 70 when it's 30 outside.
These things are a lifesaver.
Is a 20lb tank like a 5 gallon bottle? So I could hook it up to a small propane tank?
@@arlenechoate3851 20 lb tank is around 5 gallon. It's the standard grill tank you can exchange anywhere. This year it's costing me $10 to fill them, last year was $12. Much cheaper than exchanging.
The m18 big buddy has a quick connection that you can get a mr heater regulator and hose assembly for around $40 to hook the tank.
The smaller heater doesn't have the quick connection and I wouldn't recommend it due to not being able to get a regulated hose. You can get a hose that screws into where the 1lb bottle's go for around $20 but you need a $10 filter to use it and not mess up the heater. So it's only a little cheaper and you have a higher pressure rubber hose trying to burst all the time with no regulator at the tank to cut off the gas if it does develop a leak.
This one little heater by it self kept your whole house warm when it was 30 degrees outside? Where did you place it?
@@joyceanderson3165 not a very good place because of my toddlers. In the kitchen on the other side of a metal gate facing the living room. Ceiling fan in reverse to push it down the walls to the hallway which the bedrooms feed off of. House is well insulated and pretty airtight. Built in 2010.
My parents got one and it doesn't do as good in their old house. They only have about 5" of insulation in the attic and none in the floor. Mine has r38 in the floor and about 10" in the ceiling.
@@joyceanderson3165 at the entrance of the hallway or in the hallway would be the best place for me but not an option with my kid's.
I just want one for when the electricity goes out. So that cost is worth it!! 👍👍😁 No heat in winter is not good!! Sometimes it takes them 4 hours or more to get the electricity back on! I'll love that little heater even if it just heats up one room! 😉Thanks for the video 👍
Thanks for the comment it will work for that Lara.
Thanks for the review :)
No problem! thanks for the comment.
Nice test Kevin thanks
Thanks Thunder19301
I just used a new Big Buddy at a cabin in Alaska during a 5 night stay. It was -42 blow out side at night and -17 by day. We hooked it up to a 30lb tank with the 4ft hose adapter. It was used to rapidly heat until the wood stove got going well. Some nights we needed to use both. We used about 2/3 s of a tank over 5 nights. We had a CO detector on the wall and a smoke detector on the ceiling. I generally don't sleep with it on but have never had a problem with fumes. We used it on full output most of the time. In the smaller ice fishing hut we only need it on the low setting. I have used it in the back of my truck with a small camper shell as well. Love Big Buddy. I have a Little buddy too. Very reliable and safe if you keep material far from the business end of the thing.
Good idea to use a co detector for sure
I just got the next size down and happy with it, I will be using a fan with it
Used mine for hunting working great Thanks for the comment M Langford.
Thanks
I use this Mr. Heater Big Buddy Heater to heat a 10'x10' uninsulated Southern New England greenhouse in late fall through early spring for my wintered over greens as well as my spring seedlings. We have 3 40# tanks which I alternate and refill. It works great and over the past 10 years of doing so we've had no problems. I use, however, a fuel filter (item no. F273699), which traps moisture before it enters the heater and blocks it. LP burning produces water vapor so it is important to have this installed. Since Big Buddies are easily repaired and parts replaced by the consumer we've only had to replace the heaters once over the entire 10 years and that was simply due to rusting of the body from greenhouse moisture. Two caveats: 1) In the off season, we either bring in the heater to a protected area as it is full of nooks and crannies where spiders like to hide. In fact, this is why Mr. Heater does not recommend this for heating a greenhouse. However, a through cleaning in fall and spring with alcohol, pipe cleaners and Q-tips will remove all dust and spiders, as well as, survey all parts for potential replacement. 2) FYI, other than the one pound LP cylinders we do not keep the LP tanks indoors. In our case I have a 6' hose through the wall of the greenhouse to the 3 tanks kept outside. The preceding is not a recommendation but only what I've done with my Big Buddy. Use this as well as any gas heaters at your own risk and only after doing your do diligence research.
Thanks for all the info.
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
Good video Thanks for the info.
Thank you Anthony
I live in a 23 ft. travel trailer in N. Idaho and use the Mr buddy for all my heat. It's February now and while now 12deg f. average temperatures in winter around 35. I use two 100lb tanks at a cost of about 50.00 ea. to fill. One tank will last me 6 - 7 weeks. I generally run on low 14-15 hrs a day, off most of the night except once or twice and when I get up i turn on high for a few minutes to warm up quick. In the back of trailer (small bathroom) I use small elec. heater on low and keep door closed. The elec heat in this small (6×3area) is enough to stop condensation throughout trailer. Mr. Buddy, Very safe, very comfortable, and inexpensive when using large tank and not the small bottles. Love my Mr. Buddy
Thanks for sharing
Ya ya might as well go the full root if you don't want to freeze.
These are great little space heaters. We like ours for sure. They burn clean but do generate a lot of humidity if running it in a camper. We have a carbon monoxide detector in the camper with us while we're running it. Take care Kevin.
Thanks Explorer good info.
@ Explorer 867 Do you leave a window cracked and how big is your camper ? Just curious for my tramper. Please and thank you.
@@gaknskk Yes, What we do for "us" is leave one square inch of fresh air space per thousand BTU's of heater capacity. Take care and stay safe.
I ordered one. I would probably use it in combination with ceiling fan on winter mode since heat rises or with the fireplace and fan only to see if I could extend the heat distance. Great job.
I think that would work great
Your not gonna use ceiling fan if grid goes down.
Great review! I just bought the Mr. Big Buddy heater as a backup heater as we occasionally have power outages where I live. I was even surprised that you got almost 3 and a half hours on the high setting. I would have thought about 2 hours. My house is 2000 square feet and I'm going to purchase another Big Buddy heater. I'm guessing that initially I'd have to run them both on high to warm the house. After that I can run both on a lower setting.
That should work Joe.
You could use the 20lb tanks if needed.
Very good presentation,in Texas people should be educated on these heaters where to put them like kitchen and bathroom and basement
They are nice to have for sure Mike.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the comment Joe.
I got the blower for woodstoves. You place it on the paint tray or front screen hooked up to the top of the heater in reverse, so it sits horizontally; its heat generated motor
Cool thanks for watching.
I have a Little Buddy heater (10,000btu) with no fan. I use a very small desk fan as a blower. I set it about 2 feet behind the unit, about level with the top of the heater aimed slightly up. This helps disperse the warm air around the room much more quickly. Works great and this fan happens to be whisper quiet!
Nice thanks for the comment
What is the BTU capacity for this unit
@@robertbickelmann4284 The Big Buddy heater is adjustable. You can run it at 4,000 9,000 or 18,000 Btu's.
I have this same heater as well and yes the propane is expensive so i put mine on 20 pound tank and just use it for emergency use only. it dose put out nice heat.
It is good for emergency heat, thanks for watching.
thanks for the video, my big buddy is brand new i used jus one time a cuples days ago, i used it low 2 hours and medium 4 hours, so runned for 6 hrs then it die....
I’ve been using one in the house for 7 years. Apparently the dogs and I are still alive.
Thanks for the comment
I like to use the Buddy heater with external hose and 33 pound propane cylinders. Keeps the arctic oven tent warm at -30 below zero.
Cool thanks for watching
I used my Big Buddy out in my wood shop and got about 4and 1/2 hours on high. After the shop is comfortable I run my big buddy on medium.
Good heat bad on gas thanks for the comment.
Thank you!
You're welcome!
Thumbs up buddy. Stay safe
Thank you.
The blower isn't very strong but it makes a big difference in terms of the time it takes to warm up the portable ice house and the air movement helps keep the inside walls from frosting over. There are some videos out there to convert the 'battery' to a USB connection so you can use a portable power pack to run the blower.
thank you for the comment.
Built in fan doesn't do much. I bought a 6" clip on fan that clips right on handle, takes 4 rechargeable AA batteries, and has 2 speeds, for like $12 on ebay.
I use the Big Buddy in living room in winter to keep my oil burner from eating up oil. I use a 20lb. tank with the hose with regulator from Mr. Heater. No problems at all. Medium setting keeps 9000 btu's coming out which is good enough to keep room warm. A 20 lb. tank running around 6 hours a day on medium will last me about a week or so. Small bottles are good for camping, and other portable applications.
yeah the bigger tanks are better for that type of heat.
Does the 20 lb propane talk have to be left outside. And you run cord inside??
@@rondawarwick8132 Tank is 5 feet away from heater in living room.
Thanks for the video 🇺🇸👍🏻 where did you get yours and how much do they cost ?
mine was given to me, not sure on cost, i left a link in the description on it.
Great info, thanks
Thank you
Good video. Thanks.
Thank you for watching.
You can also use the power input jack on the back and input 9 volts to run the fan, it will run a little faster, and circulate more heat off of it. I have had no issues with running the fan on that voltage the past 10 years... just an FYI
Thanks for the info Gary.
Thanks for doing the math appreciate it
No problem thanks for watching
Thank you
You're welcome
Great video. Thank you. How would you compare this in cost and heat required vs a 1400 watt electric heater? Insulated 3 car garage is still very cold up here but looking for something to make it comfortable enough to do some work.
Hard for me to compare not sure if you could use a small wood stove you could save money.
A 1400w heater produces about 4700 btu's so its comparable to this big buddy being on low (which isnt going to heat a 3 car garage). If your electric rate is .15 per kilowatt hour then it would cost you around .21 an hour to run a 1400w heater. I would get one of those 30k btu attachments they sell at harbor freight which you affix to the top of a 20lb propane tank. That would work much better for your use case.
Here is a video to give you an idea of the smaller 15k btu version which might work for your immediate work area:
th-cam.com/video/LptwoVKQeBw/w-d-xo.html
Great review
Thank you Michael.
First again Kevin! Hope y'all are staying safe.
Thanks Gary you to my friend.
Great video
Thanks John
Great video!
Thank you.
Thanks.. I just need it in case we have a blackout, as I can't use the oil heat If the electricity goes out.
It's works great for that thanks for the comment and watching.
“Is it safe? Ehh I don’t know” 🤣💚
They say it is Maddie thanks for the comment.
Yes, if you have some ventilation. I keep a CO2 detector in ceiling. It has sounded on occasion. I used in van, garage and tent.
Great review. Thanks. I just invested in a 20 lb tank and hose. I have 8 1 lb bottles. The initial cost of everything, including the Mr. Heater Little Buddy, was $182. The 20 lb tank actually contains 15 lbs of propane, but only refilled 13 1 lb bottles. I believe new user error is the problem and expect to get at least 15-16 refills in the future. Refilling should yield an average cost of $1.00 per bottle, or less. It will take about 2+ months for me to recoup my investment. After that it becomes cost effective. The average lifespan of a Mr. Heater is about 1 year, as they have a high failure rate, especially if you hook up the 20 lb tank without using the $25 in-line filter (which I don't have yet). I'm looking into a diesel heater which is much more reliable and cost effective. Maybe next winter ... ?
I'm a nomad, using 1 bottle per night in cold weather. 120 nights x $3.50 vs 120 nights x $1.00 = $420 vs $120.
Thanks for the info Painted pony
High failure rate? ... I have two of these heaters that run continuously during the cold months and have used them for the last 7 years without a single problem ... maybe your issues are related to user error, not the quality of the heater itself ... I know at least 6 other people who have used these heaters for years without any issues at all ... if you run a filter these heaters run great and last forever
Run a low pressure regulater and no failures. Better than a filter because you don't have to replace it every year.
@@keithanderson8698 That’s exactly what I was going to say! I have the smaller unit, and it just conked out after about 5 yrs. of daily use in the winter. I also use the 20 lb. tank instead of the small 1lb. But, it’s probably because of “user-error!” I didn’t use the filter for only a couple of those years! I believe it would’ve lasted longer had I used the filter.
it is absolutely safe, that is why they are so popular.
Thank you