Little Buddy heater + full thermal house

[Stick in Mud]

Is the Little Buddy enough to heat a full thermal two-man flip over fishhouse on a non-frigid evening? Obviously outside temp and wind speed will make a difference, but I'm curious how effective the little heater would be.

[B-man715]

I use one in my non-insultated Kenai when it's decent out (say above 10 with a little wind). So it should keep you alright with the bigger house being insulated.

It won't make it t-shirt weather in there, but definetly take the chill out.

But as you figured, it won't be near enough when it's really cold or windy out. Bring on the Big Buddy

-hope this helps!

[JSK76]

I fished today in an Otter Lodge thermal, 37* out and was just fine with my Mr Heater base camp which is the smallest buddy heater (round head one).

[Stick in Mud]

Thanks for the quick advice, guys. I don't really want it to be a sauna in there.

[MNCPRGUY]

I fished all last winter in my JM thermal X with a little buddy heater, most of the time it is set on low and I never fish with a jacket on.

[Kingfisher55]

How do you like the JM Thermal? What do you think of the features, eaze to put up, weight, durability, etc. Thanks

[MNCPRGUY]

I love it! Have done quite a few mods to it. I'm in Stewartville if you want to check it out sometime shoot me a PM.

[cold one sd]

I fished all last winter in my JM thermal X with a little buddy heater, most of the time it is set on low and I never fish with a jacket on.

A Little Buddy doesn't have any temperature settings and puts out 3,800 BTUs all the time. A Portable Buddy does though.

[Korynta]

A Little Buddy doesn't have any temperature settings and puts out 3,800 BTUs all the time. A Portable Buddy does though.

[MNCPRGUY]

A Little Buddy doesn't have any temperature settings and puts out 3,800 BTUs all the time. A Portable Buddy does though.

You are correct. I use my portable buddy on low most of the time, but it still seems little compared to my big buddy.

[Hardyboy]

I fished in the eskimo fatfish 949i last year and i have a big buddy. I set it in the corner and turned it on high first time out. Ill tell you within a couple of minutes it was toasty in there, too toasty. After that i kept it on low or coldest days maybe medium if i couldnt bank the house to cut the draft down. Bottom line a regular buddy heater should do just fine in an insulated house.

[otterman91105]

I bought a otter lodge thermal and i was hopeing that the big buddy is good enough. I had the otter resort non thermal and i had to run two heaters just to keep it warm.

[Korynta]

I stand corrected. I always have called my little portable a little buddy. The reason i stick with the sunflower is i dont have to bring 3 tanks to fish all day and it takes up less room in the house (more in the sled though).

[cold one sd]

I have a Little Buddy and a Portable Buddy and posted this because it would be a pain for someone to buy a Little Buddy, take it home and find out it didn't have a temperature control. I have a one man portable and the Little Buddy would roast me like a turkey if I ran it all the time.

[cold one sd]

I stand corrected. I always have called my little portable a little buddy. The reason i stick with the sunflower is i dont have to bring 3 tanks to fish all day and it takes up less room in the house (more in the sled though).

I use a eleven pound tank, six foot hose and a filter on my Portable Buddy so I don't have to change tanks during the day. I use sunflower heaters too. Just depends on the weather and which shelter I'm going to use.

[B-man715]

I love the size of the little buddy. Takes up little space and is also pretty light. It would be nice if it had more than just the one setting though.

[Korynta]

I love the size of the little buddy. Takes up little space and is also pretty light. It would be nice if it had more than just the one setting though.

This is why i use the sunflower style. the one that sits on the ice or can be flipped to cook. can run on 1lb or 100lb tank and has high med and low.

[wolf]

I have the otter pro cabin and the portable buddy, granted are temps are a little warm right now but i'm thinking i have to search for something smaller to heat it with t shirt weather for sure in the house!

[rundrave]

I used a the buddy heater last year in my Clam Nanook Thermal. Fishing out here on the prairie potholes in SD with strong winds, I had to turn it off because it was too warm, even on low at times.