What is your #1 heater?

[hamms-scooter]

What is the one heater you would take out on the ice...If you could only choose one? mr.htr/ckr for me.

[crothmeier]

big buddy hands down.

[Deerstalker]

i concur.

[Esox_Magnum]

My heater/cookers going on 22 years maybe more, best $15 I ever spent. That said I do have a friends Big Buddy to try out to see if I like. Will know by the end of next weekend.

[hamms-scooter]

15 bucks? What a steal that thing has paid for itself quite a few times! Those big buddy heaters seem so bulky but i bet they kick out some heat.

[icefishing21]

big buddy

[Esox_Magnum]

I got it at a going out of buiseness sale, and things were alot cheaper back then.

[Neiko]

I have always been a big fan of the Heater/Cooker but decided to try out the Big Buddy this year and so far I love it. Less chance of burning the side of the X2 and plus safer fishing with.

[hamms-scooter]

Esox ,would you ever own a tank top mr.heater sunflower? Would you feel ok about having tank in fish house? I suppose its no different from those one pound tanks.The heater itself has to be the same good quality i would think.

[MountainJam]

Mr. Heater Buddy seems to be adequate, unless the wind is whipping then I go to the Sunflower.

[CrappiesNCats]

is the portable big buddy necessary? what about the portable buddy? curious as the portable buddy is on sale for 69.99 this week

[Esox_Magnum]

my buddy runs a tank mounted one, I'll bring my tank in and hang it up when its running low and cold out, sometimes if I'm moving around alot I just leave my tank in the tub. Most flipovers have plenty of vetilation never worried me yet.

[mr_jman]

is the portable big buddy necessary? what about the portable buddy? curious as the portable buddy is on sale for 69.99 this week

It depends on the size of your house. I have 2 smaller portables and the smaller buddy works fine running at either 3000 BTU or 5000 BTU. I usually start it on the higher setting and then keep it on the lower setting the rest of the time. They are nice heaters as well, and one 1 lb. tank will last about 4 - 7 hrs depending on what you set it at.

[walleyeslammer]

I use to have a sunflower, but switched to a big buddy. It is a little bulky, but takes up less fishable area because you can put the back of it against the fabric unlike some other options

[jigginjim]

Depends on which portable and weather. I use a buddy heater in my pro-scout, if it's not enough I'll add a sunspot to the tank and run both. My quik-fish 2, sometimes will require the use of the double sunspot. I like to fish in a lite jacket. My hands been frozen to many times, they don't well out in the cold. I got some really good gloves, but hard to remove and rebait hooks.

[JimmyJames]

Can't beat the Mr. htr/ckr, nothing better then a cup of hot soup and coffee in the HSOList.

[jltimm]

Heater/cooker, never have to question if I'll be warm enough, and unlike the Big Buddy it ALWAYS works!

[Ed Carlson]

What is the one heater you would take out on the ice...If you could only choose one? mr.htr/ckr for me.

For what make/model of ice house?

[hugonian1]

Big Buddy for me.

[Fishapalooza]

Big Buddy. I guess I don't have the problems with it that other people sometimes have. Has never failed me.

[pascooter94]

big buddy for me.

[Mainehazmt]

Big buddy for me! it gets

from me!

[deets22]

I have the smaller portable buddy and it works great for me in my small 2 person ice shack. As long as the wind isn't blowin 500mph it works great.

[KG243]

Big buddy all the way, makes my portable feel like Florida on a frozen lake!

[Sniper07]

I have a regular Buddy heater in my Clam Pro and rarely have it on high. If the winds are honking and windchill gets -25 or so I'll put it on high. I usually have only a t-shirt and maybe a flannel shirt on and NO gloves as I like to be able to feel the rod work.