Stuff We Want: Mr. Heater Portable Buddy, a Tiny Campfire With a Handle
A grab-and-go propane heater for ice shanties, cold garages and the sidelines of a youth soccer game in November.
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Every cold-weather crew has That One Person. They show up to the ice-fishing trip, the tailgate or the 7 AM soccer game, open the trunk, and pull out a little red heater. Suddenly everybody is their best friend. Today, that person can be you.
Meet the Mr. Heater Portable Buddy. It's a radiant propane heater about the size of a lunchbox, with a handle on top so you can carry warmth around like a purse. Mr. Heater basically calls it your own personal fire pit, which is accurate, minus the smoke in your hoodie.
There are two settings: 4,000 BTU on low and 9,000 BTU on high. The listing says it heats roughly 225 square feet, which covers an ice shanty, a one-car garage workbench situation, or the corner of the patio where your friends refuse to go inside.
It runs on a 1-lb propane cylinder: about 5.4 hours on low and 2.4 hours on high, per the listing. The cylinder is sold separately, so grab a few before your next trip, not in the parking lot.
The safety list is the reason it's a legend. It's designed and approved for indoor and outdoor use, it has a low-oxygen safety shutoff, and the description lists a tip-over switch and a thermal shutdown too. It's built with self-extinguishing materials and lights with a built-in piezo igniter. Read the manual, follow it, and keep stuff out of its personal space.
Mr. Heater also notes that unauthorized accessories are a hard no, so stick with official Buddy gear if you upgrade later.
Who it's for: ice fishers, tailgaters, campers, garage tinkerers, sideline parents, and that one friend who's cold in every room.
Skip it if you wanted something to run unattended all night. This is a stay-in-the-room, keep-an-eye-on-it heater.
The verdict: hand-picked because it's the heater people text about with "bring the Buddy" in all caps. It turns any freezing hangout into the place everybody crowds around.
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