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As the pandemic re-surged this Fall, we began discovering socially distanced out of doors get-togethers getting a bit chilly. So I bought a Mr. Heater "Big Buddy" portable propane heater to assist prolong the season. Gas or Electric Heat: Propane heaters are characterized by their heat output in BTUs; electric heaters are sometimes characterized by their power consumption in Watts. You possibly can convert electric heater for bedroom power consumption to BTUs by multiplying it by 3.41. So a 1500W heater (about as huge as you can put on a typical circuit in your own home) will generate the equivalent of 5115 BTUs. For comparison, the massive Buddy alpha heater portable has 3 output settings: 4000, 9000, and 18000 BTU. A typical propane patio heater generates 48000 BTU or more. Bottom line: propane heaters can generate rather more heat than electric heaters. An electric heater is probably insufficient for out of doors heating. 0.22/hour to run. Exchanging an empty 20lb propane tank for a stuffed one prices about $20.

0.18/hour. Note: if you use disposable 1lb propane camping cylinders as a substitute of 20lb refillable tanks, the propane price is way larger… Bottom line: heating with propane can cost about the identical as with electric. How a lot heat: I should begin by saying that I like things warm. It’s also actually robust to heat a considerable space outdoors since the heat dissipates into the atmosphere so shortly. Anyone with a fireplace pit knows that it’s only scorching within a few feet the pit. In our early trials, the massive Buddy on excessive output made a fifty five diploma day acceptable once we have been outdoors and fairly close to it (2-3 ft). I doubt it will be enough when temperatures drop under 50F; that most likely will require the larger patio heaters (and even then, not if it’s windy). I expect the big Buddy would heat any enclosed and correctly ventilated house (e.g. a garage with ventilation) pretty rapidly even on very cold days.

There are many testimonials to that impact. Bottom line: Good for Spring and Fall evenings outdoors and for emergency indoor heat (see extra on indoor use below). Getting Propane: heaters like the massive Buddy can run on the super widespread 20lb refillable propane tanks used for out of doors fuel grills in addition to on one or two 1lb "camping" propane tanks. At Home Depot and Lowes, 1lb disposable tanks value round $5.50 each so heating utilizing them prices around $1/hour (on the low-heat setting). Obviously the 1lb tanks make the heater far more portable. How long will a tank final: propane heaters can generate a lot more heat output, however at their increased outputs, they devour numerous propane. At high output (18K BTU), the BigBuddy consumes roughly 1lb of propane per hour, so it's going to value roughly $1/hour when run from a 20lb tank and more than $5.25/hour when utilizing disposable 1lb tanks.

BTU patio heaters can get expensive to run (several dollars/hour) even when utilizing refillable tanks. Refilling 1lb tanks: individuals attempt to save lots of cash by re-filling disposable 1lb camping cylinders from 20lb refillable tanks. There are a great deal of gadgets on Amazon particularly to do that and tons of youtube movies displaying how. That is a bad Idea. Those cylinders are regulated by the US Department of Transportation (DOT) they usually make it very clear that that is harmful and electric heater for bedroom you should not do it. They even made a video… There is just one company that appears to make a legally refillable 1lb propane tank: Flame King (see here). I suspect they have a patent. You will get them at Lowes and elsewhere, however they're out of inventory all over the place. A pleasant video on the refillable cylinders is right here. Indoor Use: in keeping with the manual (and every part I’ve read), the big Buddy can be used indoors for emergency use only (i.e. if your heat is out attributable to a energy outage).