So when we were preparing to move to Tennessee from New Jersey, I thought the winters would have nothing but rays of sunshine that could melt away the memories of snow. Little did I know, but apparently, it does snow in Tennessee, especially up in the mountains. In fact, our children have already missed more school here due to inclement weather this year than they typically would the entire year in New Jersey. I kid you not! We have seen so much in terms of weather, from violent winds, to hail, to beautifully sunny days. It really does run the full gambit, and I absolutely love it!
Yet, with every storm, I cannot help but wonder if “this will be the day we lose power.” Losing power in our current home is something we dread. Our house doesn’t heat via natural gas. We are all electric here. Electricity is absolutely critical. When those temperatures dip low, and pipes are lined towards the exterior of the house, or in unheated basements, pipes can freeze in a matter of hours. It’s very important to have contingency plans in those situations. There’s a reason why the gas companies pay to market on billboards all across the state. Their motto is, “When the power is out, we’re not,” and they have a picture of a hand with a match in front of the stove. Phenomenal marketing play.
Even if you have natural gas however, it is always good to have a backup plan. Space heaters come in extremely handy. They do so much more than simply chase a chill out, and there are so many out there to choose from. There are electrical ones, but again, if power goes out, they won’t be of much use. Kerosene is an option, but the problem there is the smell. I grew up having to use them in the winter, and I ended up pouring some on my hands, my clothes, the floor… all over the place! It was virtually impossible to get the smell of the gas off! I swear, I’d rather be sprayed by a skunk than go down that road again.
Enter Mr. Heater. Mr. Heater is a company that specializes in portable heaters that run on propane. They come in a variety of sizes, and they really do have varied uses. Propane in and of itself is a much ‘safer’ option when you think about it. There’s no pouring, no spilling, and when you have a sealed canister around, you don’t smell anything. We opted for the Portable Buddy Heater (MH9BX).
For starters, the Portable Buddy Heater is directional heat. So if you wanted to warm up a room, a barn, a workshop, or an office, it’s perfect! With a small press down on the pilot button, it starts right up. Within seconds, the grill glows a bright orange and you can feel the heat flooding out the front of it. There is a safety grill so nothing catches on fire, or you don’t inadvertently reach into it, but I still don’t recommend touching it! It gets REAL hot. We’re talking 4,000 BTU on low, and 9,000 BTU. Basically it can heat up a 225 square foot room fairly easily.
As I said earlier, the Portable Buddy Heater runs on sealed containers of propane. It comes equipped to run on those nice little 1 pound containers (think portable grills). The gas is usually enough to last two hours or so on low, and four on high. The bright side is they are readily available at so many locations, and they come in handy in so many ways.
Now I know what you are thinking. “What about those big ole gas tanks that we fire up our grills with? Can they be used as well?” The answer is, yes they can. You can hook up your typical twenty pound tank to the Portable Buddy Heater with an optional hose and filter. Now there is something to keep in mind if you want to go that route although it’s not recommended for indoor use. Those tanks are refillable, and any refillable tank may not have an air tight connection, and the last thing you want is a room filling up with propane. Consider yourself warned.
Safety is a definite concern, and thankfully, the Portable Buddy Heater is also equipped with a tip over shut off switch. It’s internal, so that’s one thing you don’t have to worry about. That’s a beautiful thing when you have a house full of littles, be they furry or human.
The Portable Buddy Heater has a lot of utility. It weighs in itself at a mere ten pounds, and unlike other spot heaters, it’s usable year round. The warmer months can still get a chill in the air, and with the Portable Buddy Heater, you can still enjoy those nights. It’s like having a camp fire anywhere, at any time, even in your tents when you camp!
All in all, the Portable Buddy Heater is a must have. It’s relatively inexpensive when you consider all the versatility it has. You can pick up your own Portable Buddy Heater, or look at various other models here.
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This looks pretty cool! I might have to try one.
I would use it for the winter to heat up the room I sleep in.
I would use it out at the campground 😊
i would use it on the coldest nights
Can always use the heat.
I would use it mostly on our patio/deck area.
I would use this when camping.
This would work great for my fall camping trips with my family .
I would use it to extend our pool season.
I would use this heater in our backyard as well as on fishing and camping trips.
I would use this primarily in my garage. I spend a lot of time in there, and in the winter it can be pretty cold.
This is a pretty cool lil heater
I would use this in the bathroom – it always seems chilly in there. Thank you
I would use it in the garage while working on a car.
We need portable heater in our backyard. This looks perfect.
This heater would be great for our business. We own a drywall patch and repair company, and in the winter we need to keep the rooms warm so that the drywall mud could dry.
Great for spring -fall on the deck in Idaho!!
This would be great for sitting outside when it’s getting cool at night.
Great for my cold bedroom!
I would use this in our garage.
I would use it in my bathroom. It is so cold in there.
I need a heater in my bedroom to get warmed up in the morning.
It would be great for the living room which is drafty
Camping would definitely be awesome with this!
I live in an rv and freeze, this would really help.
I’d use it when camping!
I would use this to keep my kids warm at ball games and ball practice.
Sometimes we run out of oil in the winter time and our house is freezing, I’d use it on those days
I would use it on our camping trips, we can always use a heater like this on those chilly nights.
I would use it to keep warm in the garage in the winter.
I would use it in my garage while I am working with the power tools.
Our house gets very cold in the winter because our main heat source is a wood burner. There are times when the fire goes out and a burner like this would keep us warm without the work involved.
I’d love to use it to stay warm while I let the dogs out to roam and pee.
Lets heat it up!
I would use it for our basement which is chilly
im always cold- i would carry it everywhere!
Use it to heat my garage
I’d use it in the den. It’s the coldest room in the house.
I would use it in our den because it is chillier in there than the rest of the house.
I’d use this for our garage. My husband often plays board games out there with his friends. If I put a heater out there they’d probably be a bit more comfy.
I would use this when camping on the cooler nights!
If I won I would gift this to my Dad. He works outside in the winter. Thanks for the chance to win!
I would give this to my mom, so she can be warm in the garage while she does wood projects.
It looks perfect for camping.
I would use in our basement/living room area it is about 10 degrees cooler down there than our bedroom up stairs and we spend a lot of time downstairs
We’re very outdoorsy, and this would help with camping and the garage. Our game room is also much colder than the rest of the house, so this would help with that.
Great giveaway! If I won, I would probably bring it out on the boat while my husband and I are fishing.
On the deck.
My husband would use this for working in the garage!
I’d love to use it during the winter.
Great for camping!
I’d use this for night photography!
daughter could use this
I would use it in the RV I converted into a craft shed.
I would use it on camping trips.
I would use this camping!
I would use it to warm up the garage.
Backyard winter music vacay!
If I won, my husband would use this heater when working in the garage
My dad loves to sit outside but because of his disabilities he gets cold easily. I’d put this out by his patio chairs so he can enjoy the property
I would use this in the garage so we can play pool in the winter.
This would be great for working in the garage in the winter
My bedroom, some winter nights just get too cold.
Looks nice
I would use it when I am out in the garage.
I would definitely use this in my garage!
I would use this in my “back room”.
Really need this for my basement when the grandkids come over to play.
It woukd heat my garage .
i would use it to heat my freezing cold bed and bathroom
I would use it in the garage.
I would use it when camping and in our garage.
Does it work like a catalytic heater?
use in garage
I would use this heater when our power goes out. It’s went out twice this winter so far due to storms.
I’d use it to keep my ‘little buddy’ warm…
I think I’ed heat the garage with it
This heater would be great to warm the patio on cool evenings
I would use it in my bedroom.
i’d give this to an avid ice fisherman I know.
Great for checking the grain bins at night. Thanks!
I what do you use this heater to keep my three little ones warm while taking their bath because our bathroom tends to freeze so when I’m giving my four-year-old two year old and nine month old bath this would be very handy to have in the bathroom.
This would be good to bring tailgating!!!
Awesome !!
I would use it on my lanaii in the colder months
I’d use it to heat my house! I haven’t had heat in almost 2 months (trying to get a new system installed with my home warranty). So I need one!!
My husband doesn’t have heat in his little man-shed and he would love having one of these so he can keep warm.
I would keep it in the upstairs bedroom. My boyfriend is always freezing while everyone else in the house is hot. This way we can keep the heat in the house turned down while he is nice and toasty upstairs.
I’d use this heater to warm up my living room when it gets too cool to be comfortable. Upstairs gets too warm and down is freezing.
I would use it for heat in my shop and also for emergency
for camping
i would use it on the back porch, thats the coldest place, and then it would make it the warmest place !!
This heater would be a backup heater, for when the electric power goes out during an ice storm.
Would use this in a power outage
I would use it to keep my RV warm so I can do more winter camping!
I would definately use this for my sunroom. I love hanging out in there but it actually gets very cold.
that has got to be the cutiest heater ever looks like a jukebox lol so want it
I have lots of places I would use this. I would use it when our heat goes out, on my patio on cool fall nights, have my husband take it to the hunting cabin.
I’d use it in our spare room where there’s no heat.
I would love to have a portable Mr. Buddy heater for when we have cookouts and out door activities with family and friends. The kiddos tend to get cold quicker and its no fun for anyone when the kids get cold and cranky.
Heat up my bedroom
Camping with my 2 cub scouts.
I’d use this in my family room, which is a semi-basement. It’s always chilly.
This would be great for when I’m working in the garage.
Waiting to get a furnace fixed right now no heat so the portable heaters are out still very cold. Like 56 degrees in here but I got blankets also.
I would like this for my friend!
Great giveaway! Warm up the night!
This would be great for my husbands shop.
Thanks! I would use this in the winter for ice fishing and to heat my small florida room.
this would be great for cool fall evenings sitting outside
Hopr to win.
This looks super handy!
I would use it to heat my tiny apartment on the rare, but really cold nights where I live
It would be my main source of heat. I live in Arizona ,but it does get chilly at night.
Back yard in fall/winter or for camping!
I’d love to use this on our back porch on those beautiful evenings when it is chilly.
I would use it for camping trips with family and friends.
Thanks for the chance to win!
Would be great to use on our deck.
That heated would be great in our workshop area
I would use it at the backyard. we need this.
I haven’t turned on my central heat in 3 years and heat the living room/kitchen with a portable heater. I would use this new one for the bedrooms.
I would use this for my bedroom. It gets so cold.
We could use this in our tent when we go camping!
I would use it at sporting events.
I would so use this on our enclosed breezeway
It is great for camping
I would use this heater on my back deck!
Would use it in any room in my home or whenever we go camping. Uses are Endless with this portable heater.
This would be great for my house, or just going to a friend’s house since I’m always cold!
My wife and I could use for lots of things like when we are out in the garage working, hunting and fishing, Out on the patio …all kind of uses.
I’d use it while relaxing on our deck in the gazebo or working in the shed.
I would use it in my home. Space heaters are my only source of heat.
I would use it in our outdoor cabin.
Wonderful prize!
my she-shed that’s really just a shed.
I would use it in our basement.
This would be great for heating the garage a bit, when the physical activity of working isn’t adequate.
for cool spring and fall nights on my patio
while camping
I’d use it for when I overnight at The Win Festival in Watkins Glen, NY
As much as I love this heater and would want to gift it to myself, I would give it to my parents. I like that it is lightweight for my dad because since his spinal surgeries, he can not lift a lot. My mom is a cardiovascular patient and is always freezing. She turns the heat up and my dad turns it down. This would be a great heater to help her adjust and my dad not get too hot.
We would probably keep it on low in the bedroom to augment our regular heat,and be thankful we had backup heat if our main system went out.
In our bedroom or our Carolina rooom.
We would use it when we go camping!
I have a 3 seasons room and this would be perfect for the winter!
It would be great for the hunting trips
We would use the heater for sitting out on the deck. Thank you
I would use it in the bedroom or garage, not sure yet.
Would use in the garage
I would use the heater on my deck. I’d love to extend the season for using the deck.
i would carry this around the house with me lol
i would love to win
This would be great for chilly mornings on the front porch.
I would use this heater in my garage. Burrr.. it gets cold out there in the winter time.
I’d use this heater for work! I’d put in near my desk so my feet won’t get cold!
I would use it for my house! Our heater isn’t working that great.
I would take this with my family on early spring camping trips.
id let my son use it when he goes camping and then out in the carport area
I would use it to keep my husbands legs and feet warm. He gets cold easily because of his diabetes
This would be great for my patio!
I would use it heat our bedroom because we don’t have regular heat in the house. We have a pellet stove in the sun room and a heater in the wall in the living room but we have to use personal heater for the bedrooms. So this would be great to keep us warm. I would also use it for when it’s cold outside and I have a home project to do.
I would use it to help warm up my downstairs bathroom in the winter.
My MIL likes the house about 10 degrees warmer than anyone else, so this would be great for keeping her warm so everyone else doesn’t have to swelter.
This would be great for grilling outside in Winter!
My husband would use this for when he works outside and it’s cold.
My husband would use this when he works outside and it’s cold.
People in vans love these
I would love to use this in my garage in the winter time.
I would use this in my office, it’s freezing!
My bedroom has no heat.
My son’s room is like seriously, the coldest room in the house in the winter. I would give this heater to him to help him feel more comfortable during the chilly nights. And *I* would feel better as well, knowing he has a safe heater that is keeping him warm.
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I would use this heater when we are tailgating!!!
Fantastic Heater! I would use it inside and outside the house…very versatile!
I would use this when we camp.
I would use this to heat our early spring dinners in the deck when it is chilly.
nice heater
If I won I would give it to my husband. He likes to make toys from wood and donate them. He works in our garage and it can get pretty cold.
This would work great for my fall camping trips with my family .
I would use it sitting on my deck at night gazing at the stars.
Would use this camping for sure
I would use it for heating my bedroom.
Going camping this year and freezing is out of the question witj this ..
I would use this in my bedroom. It would be perfect..
I would use it when we go camping
This is really cool and could be used almost anywhere. In the part of Arizona I live in the winters only get cold enough sometimes to use something like this to take the chill off but I could certainly see many uses and areas of use. Thank you for this opportunity 🙂
I would use this in my chilly basement when I am down there
i would give it to my sister for her basement.its their game room but it gets real cold in the winter.
My husband would use it in his shop so he could work on projects in the winter.
I would use it in my garage.
I’d give it to my son who does a lot of creative metal work in his garage and it gets mighty chilly in cold weather.
I would use this heater when working in my non-attached garage which is not heated in the winter.
We are converting our garage into an outdoor sitting area/ game room. I would use this heater to heat the garage in the cold winter months!
Outside and garage work.
DUring camping trips and also to eat out on our patio on cooler evenings.
I would use it in emergencies when the power goes off.
Looks like a nice heater. I would use it when my power goes off. Thanks!
I would use this at my desk. My husband is always hot and I am always cold so it would help with the balance
This would be so useful camping!
Perfect for evenings out on our small back patio!
My kids are both in scouts and we go cold weather camping a lot. I would use this to take on camping trips with us.
We have a big older home and this would be great as a back up heater, also on camping trips!
Heating for inside the garage while working on the cars.
It’s handy that it can be moved so easily! Great in tons of places!