Mr. Heater F270370 MH125KTR & F232000 MH9BX (Portable Buddy) Review -EricTheCarGuy

41 thoughts on “Mr. Heater F270370 MH125KTR & F232000 MH9BX (Portable Buddy) Review -EricTheCarGuy”

1. I'm lucky in my shop I have a Shenandoah waste oil heater that runs on the old motor oil we take out of vehicles…..thank god for heat!

2. Thank you Eric for your clip. I just got this heater today from Rural King. The part you said you didn't know what it was for, in my opinion, it is the safeguard that would be attached to the front top shell. I use kerosene due to health issue.

3. I have the portable buddy and it works great for camping. Keeps the bathroom/shower tent nice and toasty!

4. >>>arah.in/WWULi This heater puts out a ton of heat we have a large sun room and heats it up quickly and with very little propane. Its a greater heater and very poratable

5. for what it may be worth, the kerosene you buy at the pump at a sunoco or speedway gas station will function the same way in that style heater! I pay $4 a gallon. The bottled stuff at Menards is crazy expensive and is nearly the same pure and clean fuel.

6. You should probably get yourself carbon monoxide detectors to play it safe.

7. I had one of those kerosene turbo heaters for one day. Ran a tank of fuel through it, and hauled that stinking junk right back to the store. Bought a propane turbo, and now I can actually breath in the garage when it's running.

8. too noisy man

9. holy shitt! 44 dollars for 5 gallons of kerosene. Here in Ireland you can fill a 10 gallon drum for 6 euro!! I run my car on kerosene its so cheap

10. have you ever thought about getting a waste oil heater

11. that's actually overkill on ventilation, you can just leave the door cracked a few inches and that's more than enough fresh air. Install a carbon monoxide alarm for extra safety and you're fine.
    also you can wire up a 30amp 240v circuit in your garage and use a really heavy duty electric heater that's like 17,000 BTU, more than enough for any insulated 2 car garage, running it costs about a dollar an hour in electricity costs

12. You should probably throw a few carbon monoxide detectors in the shop (the type that just plug in to outlets) just to be safe about the fumes

13. Ah, yes. I came on looking for this specific review to find a way to warm up my 2,000 sqft detail shop. Yeah, I'm in LA where it doesn't get too cold, but detailing cars whenever the shop dips below 55 degrees is a pain literally and figuratively. Not having achy knees in the mornings and being able to dry the first cars of the day would be a nice change.

14. The little buddy heaters are excellent for hunting – ground blinds & shooting houses. They're relatively quiet.

15. When I worked at the plant I worked at every winter they would buy 8 or 10 new ones next year same thing they would not make it all winter we worked on them sometime fix most time trash them.

16. the little buddy is not safe for NON VENTED indoor use people. please use caution and have proper FRESH air flow. DO NOT USE IN A POP UP youll prolly die

17. Definitely get a Carbon monoxide detector at Home Depot and mount it on the wall in the middle of your shop as a cheap Protection for your life & any one else that may be in the shop when u are not there.

18. Good Video ! But, I wish they were made in the U. S. A.

19. If it has not yet been mentioned, do these not have tunnels or ducts available so that you could keep the unit outdoors while directing the heat in? Like inflating those playground bouncers. CO detector a must of course.
    Loved the hub bearing job on Tue Toyota. Unit bearings suck.

20. hey eric why not build a waste oil heater and then you wont be cold and it wont cost you any thing for fuel

21. Eric, let's put a wood stove in your shop!

22. Eric, you can buy the clean, 1-K Kerosene at some gas stations for less than $3 a gallon!

23. Get a CO detector for the garage.  I keep one in mine.  Not expensive.

24. I would still hook up the gas to that big in shop heater.  The big Mr. Heater unit is $450.

25. Used oil burner would be the route I would choose for heat. All you need is an old oil furnace and a pre heater for the oil and some filters.

26. From first hand experience, these heaters produce a lot of water vapor and will cause a significant amount of condensation on tools and bare metal and therefore a lot of rust. Plus, having the door open for ventilation will lead to a uncomfortably cold floor but warm ceiling. A ceiling fan would help significantly. An externally vented NG heater (forced air or radiant system) is the only way to go…

27. It cost you 45 bucks to fill that heater with kerosene and it was going to cost you the same amount for the one that was already installed in the shop per month. Doesn't seem like you're saving any money.

28. everybody calls it torpedo!

29. I'm pretty sure Eric knows well enough he doesn't need to keep the door wide open. He just says that so know one complains he's poisoning himself. Yet, people still complain he's leaving the door open. Poor guy can never win.

30. Enjoy !  I feel that you will end up using diesel like we do, the price will get you eventually. Stay warm.

31. How many hours on medium will the portable run with the small bottles assuming you are heating say 100 SF?

32. why don't you have a waste oil heater?

33. Hi eric, im electrician to make it short. For something that big i would recommend something like a dragon usually but for someone that have electrical bills in mind, i would probably go radiant heating (dont heat the air but the objects in front of it). My best advice would be to think about insulating before heating or cooling, it's always the biggest difference you can feel. My personal garage, i ran some glycol tubes inside the cement slab, pumped to my house stove, to keep somewhat warm in winter but it's unpractical here. Anyway, just to throw some ideas and keep up the good work 🙂 

34. turbine heater has a more complete burn it will also run off a lot of things diesel alcohol gas kerosene 

35. Mr. Heater should supply at least a very basic carbon monoxide detector with their products, not simply a warning in the instructions.
    CO gas is odourless, invisible, tasteless, extremely poisonous even in small concentrations, and most of all DEADLY.

36. I am gonna say that bar you didn't know what it was for may have been a different support bar for the rear back to angle the heater differently. Usually when they put something in the box they don't show in the guide it is an optional thing that may just improve the product for a certain situation.

    Not 100% sure and just a guess. Just looks like some sort of support that is optional.

37.  Good Video We have a similar unit as wellas a straight propane "salamander' or construction heater We also have two coal fired stoves one in each corner We also have insulation everywhere including the overhead doors In the kitchen staff area washroom we have floorl heat pads that use hot water from the chimneys The daily proceedure is to fire the propane heaters to about 50f Then we switch to the coal Gets the edge off! As  you might have guessed we live in Canada One bonus up here is despite being the 3rd largest oil exporting nations we have the highest cost petrolium products in the world Go figure! So we get pretty good at not using "on tap' sources Its a bit of screwing around but we hate to be cold and particularily hate to pay some corp asshole for whats under our feet Next summer were going to build a big block chevy powered drill rig and get our own nat gas Youll see us no the evening news when we have an out of control wild cat well fire!! Mean time keep up the good work we like your videos

38. Can I heat a diesel engine with that in order to start it up in the col weather?

39. Now you just need to get a unit from Mr Cooler for the summer!

40. You already have a chimney put a fan forced hot air wood burner in

41. nice!  Thank you Mr. Heater!

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