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Buddy Heater, used cost.

Bullwinkled

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sodajerk Enthusiast

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Menards has new ones on sale for $64.99 including a carrying case. $79.99 at Gander, $94.99 at a sport shop in Red Wing. Those prices are all for the regular size Buddy heater, not the Big Buddy.

Depending on how used the one you're looking at is, I'd offer 30 to 50 bucks.

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I hate to sound negative here, but Fleet Farm had the Big Buddys on sale right now for $94.99, pony up the extra bones and get the big one. I initially bought the portable Buddy, used it once, and returned it and got the Big Buddy. The small one kicks out alot less heat, money well spent, believe me.

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I have a Fish Trap Pro and the regular Buddy heater is plenty in there. If it's windy just bank the sides a bit to keep the wind from sneaking in from the bottom and control the ventilation inside with the velcro flap windows.

With my Ice Armor bibs on and coat off, it almost cooks me outta there in single-digit temps running on low setting, such that I have to turn it off from time to time.

In a bigger shack with below-zero temps and wind, the Big Buddy would be just the ticket, but in a smaller flip-over shack the Buddy heater should do a guy just fine.

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Tell you what, come next season if we dont have the snow like we have nex year, it is sure hard to have that small buddy keep up, was in my SMALL portable (last year) with 2 people and the buddy heater, and did not keep up. but we didnt have the snow like we did this year,and the temp was quite chilly, about -18 or so wind chill, and the wind was blowing through pretty good, so with that said i would say deff go with the Big buddy..

-- SideNote--Whats the difference between the tough buddy and the big buddy???

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I am in the same situation with a voyager and a reg buddy heater. It works fine now with the snow to bank the house with. I guess if there is no snow or it is -20, it would not be the end of the world if I need to break out the sunflower heater for a day. I really like the portability of the regular buddy heater.

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Tell you what, come next season if we dont have the snow like we have nex year, it is sure hard to have that small buddy keep up, was in my SMALL portable (last year) with 2 people and the buddy heater, and did not keep up. but we didnt have the snow like we did this year,and the temp was quite chilly, about -18 or so wind chill, and the wind was blowing through pretty good, so with that said i would say deff go with the Big buddy..

-- SideNote--Whats the difference between the tough buddy and the big buddy???

Only differences are the color, and the Tough Buddy has a thicker cage on the front than the Big Buddy

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