Best way to heat one man flip over?

[tsande00]

I have a new to me one man flip over I plan to use early and late ice this year. What is the best way to heat these? I have a heater/cooker but I think it is going to be way to warm for that small of a house, even on low.

What do you guys use and what have you found to be best?

[Marcus Taplin]

I have a little buddy that I use in my Scout TC. It works really well

[muc33]

yeah, I have what was called the Base Camp, now the Little Buddy. Great little unit for a one man like that, I use it occasionally in my pro, other times I usually don't need it as I am out hopping.

[LightningBG]

Little buddy or Coleman SportCat.

[amateurfishing]

dido to little buddy, personally always keep it on low and never a problem

[tsande00]

Is the Little Buddy you guys referring to the one that screws right into a 1 lber and has a circular heating area opposed to square? (3800btu)

[CAMAN]

I use the Buddy in mine (square heating element with the single propane tank) and it works really well.

[amateurfishing]

Is the Little Buddy you guys referring to the one that screws right into a 1 lber and has a circular heating element opposed to square? (3800btu)

1 lb. propane, square heating area with wire protector cage, not sure of btu's, thought mine was 12-24

[IamZombie]

I have one of the small sunflower cooker/heaters for my Nanook Thermal and it's way too much. (10,000-15,000 BTU)

Constantly turning it on and off.

I'm thinking of getting either the portable buddy (4,000 - 9,000 BTU) or the little buddy. (3,800 BTU)

Portable: http://www.mrheater.com/product.aspx?catid=41&id=24

Little: http://www.mrheater.com/product.aspx?catid=41&id=338

[tsande00]

1 lb. propane, square heating area with wire protector cage, not sure of btu's, thought mine was 12-24

Hmmm. When I googled "Little Buddy" it came up with something that looked different than the standard buddy heaters, hence the reason for my question.

I see Little Buddy, Portable Buddy, and Big Buddy.

Are there others I'm missing?

EDIT: oops, I see Matt has since answered the question.

[tsande00]

I have one of the small sunflower cooker/heaters for my Nanook Thermal and it's way too much. (10,000-15,000 BTU)

Constantly turning it on and off.

I'm thinking of getting either the portable buddy (4,000 - 9,000 BTU) or the little buddy. (3,800 BTU)

Portable: http://www.mrheater.com/product.aspx?catid=41&id=24

Little: http://www.mrheater.com/product.aspx?catid=41&id=338

You are trying to decide between the same two I am. The "Portable" turns down almost as low as the "Little" making it at first the obvious choice, until you factor it's almost twice the cost and still probably not big enough to heat my three man flip over on a cold day. I already own 2 sunflower style heaters.

I'm leaning towards the "Little", another benefit to the little is it's smaller and I assume even less weight which is an important factor considering the intent of this one man is to walk out and drag the house around.

[Steve Foss]

If it's a really tight one-person flipover, where your shoulders are basically rubbing the sides, then the approx 4,000 btu heater will be fine. I use an Otter Cottage most of the time, which is an ultrawide one-person, and I really need the extra pop of the standard Buddy heater, especially when it's well below zero and windy.

You're right that a heater-cooker is more heater than you'll need whichever one-person size the flipover is. Also, even in the Cottage, I don't like the setup of a heater-cooker. Just feels too exposed and risky to me. And the smaller the shelter, the less room there is on the ice for a heater.

[tsande00]

If it's a really tight one-person flipover, where your shoulders are basically rubbing the sides, then the approx 4,000 btu heater will be fine. I use an Otter Cottage most of the time, which is an ultrawide one-person, and I really need the extra pop of the standard Buddy heater, especially when it's well below zero and windy.

The one I'm using is very small and my intent as of right now is to keep the coat and bibs on to encourage portability. I just want a little heat for the hands and to keep the holes from freezing. I'll leave the jacket unzipped.

[Steve Foss]

I'd go with a Coleman SportCat in that case.

[Rippinlip]

Little Buddy all the way!

Have fished when it was well below 0 and the low setting is enough to sit in a sweatshirt.

You could also buy a hose to connect it to a 20lb cylinder, I may be doing that this year and leave the tank on the wheeler.

I have the older Clam Kenai version.

[tsande00]

My brother in law has a Coleman Sportcat that he no longer uses. If I can get that from him for cheap I'll go that route, otherwise I think I'll check into the Little Buddy.

I wasn't impressed at all with the Sportcat when he first got it but then again we were trying to heat a 2 man flip over on a cold day.