Big Buddy Heater- (27)Yea or (21)Nay *Polls Closed*

[mossy_oak_33]

nay, the pilot light always seems to blow out even at the slightest movement or breeze

[McGurk]

Suprising results as all we seem to hear around here is the problems. I talked to a guy last night at Gander (customer) who loved his and had no problems, also. I guess that would also be a "yea".

[Northlander]

Nay. They never seem to work the way they are supposed to. Plus they are heavy.

[charliepete2]

Yea

[DanS.]

Nay - for me personally. They are too bulky for a two person shelter and they use a lot more propane than the buddy lite.

[LaZyDayZ]

Nay - I reserve the right to change my mind as the season progresses.

[fishfart]

yea

[JJN1196]

Yea

[SUNNYD]

Nay... 3/4 in our ice fishing group can attest to this, but we have one person who still uses it. Although I can remember a couple of times with really cold temps he actually had to go into the truck to 'warm-up' his big buddy before it would light up. If you can't depend on your equipment you have unhappy customers.

Take care!

[MASON38]

NAY

[dirtking]

NAY - never used one but looked at them and into how they worked - not for me!

[G_man]

Nay. The sensor is a nice feature though. Can't remember if it is an O2 sensor (basically if the O2 level at the sensor falls out of the 19.5-23.5% range) or if it is a CO sensor but it is a safety point.

[Mr. Pike1]

Nea, Glad to see the Nea sayers finally speaking up. When I first saw the post it was like 15-0. Big, bulky, heavy, blow out, overpriced, and do not put out the heat of a standard Mr. heater head on a 5lb or 20lb tank.

[markzeke]

Big Nay

[cold one sd]

Yea

[Agronomist_at_IA]

Nay, Mine didn't want to work last year on an extremely cold day toward the end of Jan. Lets just say they don't stand up very well to a heavy spud bar. Was so [PoorWordUsage]ed off drug it behind the pickup down a gravel road with a chain. Worse money I spent on a heater, best money I spent to get rid of stress.

[cliffy]

Nay.

[Duffman]

Yea, not a total yea yet, some drawbacks, but I think they beat some of those headache inducing machines.

[The Crumpler]

Yea, so far. . .

[Kodiak]

YEA

[Bobberboy]

I just returned mine for replacement. I was having problems with it shutting off and not wanting to re-light.

Friendly customer service people.

I vote Yea

[Wobbler]

Yesterday ice fishing it was -18 below at LOW. My big buddy heater would not spark and would not light. I had the hose hooked up to my 20# tank. I thought maybe I had a frozen 20# problem so I unscrewed the line and then screwed in 2, 1# tanks. I screwed in the first one no problem. They were both brand new. As I screwed in the second, liquid started pouring out of the little tank and you could hear gas and all of a sudden caught fire and was all over the outside of the little tank. Now mind you the buddy is off and all I am doing is screwing the tank onto the buddy. My 1 friend is fishing over about 25 yards from me heard it light and pop. I quickly threw it down the hole and it quit thank goodness! I did not get burned but it was scary! I used to be a yea now I am a nay! Later I rehooked the big buddy to the 20# tank and it worked! What I learned was when it is cold you either screw in the tanks before hand, keep it in the cab with you to keep your buddy warm, or always use the hose and a bigger tank than a 1# tank. Alwys bring matches to because it sometimes on cold days will not spark to light the heater. It was a good thing fishing was good to kind of forget that I was lucky!

[federline]

Nay - I own a regular Buddy (not Big), it doesn't need or use batteries and is light. That's why I didn't get a Big one. Works good down to 15 degrees, then below that I bring out the sunflower. Sunflower is too hot for me above 15 degrees even on low setting.

[SUNNYD]

MMM....Sounds like a trend. Same thing happened with a 1 lb tank to my father-in-law who almost caught fire. He tried putting the fire out with snow as well as water from a hole we had just drilled in temps below (-10). He tried both before for about 1 minute all the while almost catching fire. He finally gave up and launched the buddy 40 yards through the air(while also launching a couple choice explitives). He let the thing burn completely out before recovering and returning the lump of melted plastic to the store for a full refund.

Never mind that I had been watching the whole incident unfold. I almost wet myself I was laughing so hard.

Take care!

[croixeyes]

Nay.....OVERPRICED........