reynolds357
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A handfull of twigs keep a box warm all day? I need some of that wood.
Heater for deer blind/box stand
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Geezerbiker
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Something like this can be used with a 1 pound bottle rather than the expensive little ones like shown in the listing.
The heaters like this one used to be cheap and I have 2 of them but they've more than doubled in price since I bought mine. They came with an adapter to use a propane bottle. I bought a couple regulators and I can run one of these full on for a week off a 7.5 gallon bottle...
Tony
The heaters like this one used to be cheap and I have 2 of them but they've more than doubled in price since I bought mine. They came with an adapter to use a propane bottle. I bought a couple regulators and I can run one of these full on for a week off a 7.5 gallon bottle...
Tony
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NoSecondBest
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Just a word of caution:some of the heaters shown DO NOT have auto shut-off if they fall over and DO NOT have a shut-off if you run into a low oxygen situation due to not enough air circulation. It can happen. The Mr. Buddy line of products (I own no stock in the company, but I worked as a safety manager and was trained in low O2/CO2 situations) has both.
I use this type ofMr Buddy Heater in our portable blinds when I'm hunting with kids on a cold morning. I bought them when my daughter was little. The main problem is they work and the kids usually fall asleep, and sometimes I do as well. I haven't had an unsuccessful hunt because if them, but who knows what was missed.
Anything that burns anything can use up oxygen and produce CO2. Even though your blind isn't close to being air tight, if the rate of CO2 production is higher than the rate of air exchange it can KILL.
Here's an alternate, line the inside of the blind with "space blankets". No worry about CO2 and the very reflective sheets can "cook you out" from body heat alone under the right conditions.
Here's an alternate, line the inside of the blind with "space blankets". No worry about CO2 and the very reflective sheets can "cook you out" from body heat alone under the right conditions.
And if it's bitterly cold, a large candle will work wonders when used with the space blankets.
Be careful with the propane heaters. https://wnep.com/2019/12/07/81-year-old-man-dies-in-tree-stand/
reynolds357
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The stand I am going to build this spring will have a bed and electricity in it.
Just for clarity, Carbon Monoxide (CO) and carbon dioxide (CO2) are different.
Carbon dioxide is what we breathe out. Carbon Monoxide is toxic. Our blood hemoglobin easily releases carbon dioxide. Then the hemoglobin is free to transfer oxygen again. Carbon monoxide forms a stable bond with the hemoglobin,which takes the hemoglobin out of action.Your blood quits transporting oxygen for you.
Carbon monoxide from combustion is very dangerous. FWIW,lanterns and coleman fuel stoves make some carbon monoxide. Too much time in a small mountaineering tent with the Svea 123 stove melting snow for water can significantly reduce your effective hemoglobin.That is compounded by being at high altitude.
The effects are cumulative. Breathing a little carbon monoxide every day will get to you. Don't use your trusty Coleman lantern to heat your camper.
CO2, carbon dioxide,actually CAN kill you.Its colorless,odorless,you can't tell you are breathing it,and its not oxygen. If the oxygen in a closed space is displaced by CO2,you can asphyxiate.
A subtle way that can happen is sleeping in a camper with coolers full of dry ice. Dry ice is pure CO2 frozen solid.
I don't think I'd trust my life to a heater made 30 years ago or more,even if it was Grandpa's.
But today's catalytics,if they clearly state they are rated for use indoors and enclosed spaces should be OK. You need some fresh air for yourselves and combustion.
Carbon dioxide is what we breathe out. Carbon Monoxide is toxic. Our blood hemoglobin easily releases carbon dioxide. Then the hemoglobin is free to transfer oxygen again. Carbon monoxide forms a stable bond with the hemoglobin,which takes the hemoglobin out of action.Your blood quits transporting oxygen for you.
Carbon monoxide from combustion is very dangerous. FWIW,lanterns and coleman fuel stoves make some carbon monoxide. Too much time in a small mountaineering tent with the Svea 123 stove melting snow for water can significantly reduce your effective hemoglobin.That is compounded by being at high altitude.
The effects are cumulative. Breathing a little carbon monoxide every day will get to you. Don't use your trusty Coleman lantern to heat your camper.
CO2, carbon dioxide,actually CAN kill you.Its colorless,odorless,you can't tell you are breathing it,and its not oxygen. If the oxygen in a closed space is displaced by CO2,you can asphyxiate.
A subtle way that can happen is sleeping in a camper with coolers full of dry ice. Dry ice is pure CO2 frozen solid.
I don't think I'd trust my life to a heater made 30 years ago or more,even if it was Grandpa's.
But today's catalytics,if they clearly state they are rated for use indoors and enclosed spaces should be OK. You need some fresh air for yourselves and combustion.
onlinebiker
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I saw this thread and had to sign up.
I am currently in my blind. 25 feet up. 8x8 enclosed insulated blind. Carpeted. Flat screen tv. LED lighting. 75 watt solar panel and a car battery for storage.
Heat - I have 2. A small propane with a 20 lbs bottle on the lower open air deck.
The second is a charcoal heater I built out of 28 inches of 6 inch square tubing with 1/4 inch wall. It had a top back exhaust stack - using 1 1/2 inch water pipe for a chimney. You must wrap the chimney with header tape. NOT because it gets too hot - it cools too much - and causes backdrafting.
It works great - delivering dry heat. No fogged windows like propane causes. The top gets about 240fb the sides 400f. A piece of sheet rock protects the wall.
I have 2 carbon monoxide alarms - one with a PPM readout. I can run all day with the windows closed and see zero readings on monoxide.
It takes an hour or so to get really comfortable when first lighting - so I cheat a bit with some propane.
It goes through about 12 briquettes an hour. 4 every 20 minutes. A 16 lbs bag lasts over two full days.
I am currently in my blind. 25 feet up. 8x8 enclosed insulated blind. Carpeted. Flat screen tv. LED lighting. 75 watt solar panel and a car battery for storage.
Heat - I have 2. A small propane with a 20 lbs bottle on the lower open air deck.
The second is a charcoal heater I built out of 28 inches of 6 inch square tubing with 1/4 inch wall. It had a top back exhaust stack - using 1 1/2 inch water pipe for a chimney. You must wrap the chimney with header tape. NOT because it gets too hot - it cools too much - and causes backdrafting.
It works great - delivering dry heat. No fogged windows like propane causes. The top gets about 240fb the sides 400f. A piece of sheet rock protects the wall.
I have 2 carbon monoxide alarms - one with a PPM readout. I can run all day with the windows closed and see zero readings on monoxide.
It takes an hour or so to get really comfortable when first lighting - so I cheat a bit with some propane.
It goes through about 12 briquettes an hour. 4 every 20 minutes. A 16 lbs bag lasts over two full days.
The Hot Hands hand warmers usually produce heat for 8 to 10 hours ..... they are great things to have if you have kids in a blind with you .... it gives them hope and takes their mind off the cold .....
I am really surprised at how spoiled and soft we have become ..... a big screen TV? Seriously?????
Dress for the anticipated temps ...... keeping in mind that the very young, the infirm, and the old can't deal with it as well as the young, healthy, fit people can .....
.... I've been out sitting on a ruck with my back against a tree in the teens ..... sat in a hub blind many times when it's in single digits ...... Dress for it, but don't bundle up so tight on the walk in that you work up a sweat ..... you're toast once you are wet .... pack a blanket (kids brought summer weight sleeping bags to wrap up in), and a cushion to insulate your behind from the cold seat ..... bring some food, maybe a thermos of cocoa or coffee ..... and the most important thing: a positive mindset.....
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A question for those who use various heaters: DO you ever worry that the deer will smell that stuff? I doubt burning propane is a normal smell in the woods ....
onlinebiker
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I had 9 young ones less than 100 yards from me this evening.. I had been running both charcoal and propane - and they were downwind. They did not seem to notice. Nor did they seem to spot the quad - under the white sheet camo - which was in their direct view.
They were there for almost 20 minutes.
Nothing worth wasting a tag over.
Plus - I hunt "mafia rules".
Leave no witnesses.
Edit to add. And its a small flat screen.
Look - any idiot can go out in the woods and be miserable. Comfort isn't a vice. It simply allows you to relax and do a job well.
They were there for almost 20 minutes.
Nothing worth wasting a tag over.
Plus - I hunt "mafia rules".
Leave no witnesses.
Edit to add. And its a small flat screen.
Look - any idiot can go out in the woods and be miserable. Comfort isn't a vice. It simply allows you to relax and do a job well.
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onlinebiker
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Very nice.
That would heat a well insulatef house.
That would heat a well insulatef house.
reynolds357
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I have hunted miserable and I have hunted in comfort. Give me my choice and I prefer the latter.
reynolds357
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Ok. I earn no badge of honor for enduring miserable conditions when I could just as easily be comfortable.
reynolds357
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If I have to endure adverse conditions, I do.
I would rather avoid them when practical