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Originally Posted by DKAudio
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Here is what I have. Its 45K but has 2 lower steps which I use a lot. Note it is electric free, no cord to trip over and drag around. I got it in answer to the torpedo propane type with a cord which I hated for many reasons. 125K and it wouldn't SEEM to heat as well as the radiant. It also blew a flame that was concentrated enough to ruin things, the coleman is like a hot sunny day. That is a deal on the construction heater you mention but it only has one setting I can see and it isn't radiant. Mine I just grab by the tank handle and walk around with it where I need it and its out of the way or out in the boonies working fine electric free. No real noise like the torpedo either. I like the way it sits about waist high so its right where you want it and it does angle up and down some. I paid about $95 a few years ago by auction sniping and being patient, they don't seem to go for much under $95 with shipping though. At least that was my experience during Jan feb. The coleman has a nice snap pieze ignition that works well and the safety shut off seems to work very nicely unlike the torpedo which gave me fits quite often. The coleman is pretty vertical and heavy at the bottom so it doesnt get in the way much and doesn't tip over easily at all. I have used mine to heat my house when the power went out and use it all the time to warm it up on cold mornings. It breaks down in about 15 seconds too.
Anyways enough of the sales pitch and I sure don't represent the company as I had a Coleman generator and it was an ABSOLUTE POS. With the clamp on unit though I found something that is handy , portable, and simple which uses no electric. It just works and works really well, just remember with any of these bigger heaters they won't work on less than a barbecue bottle. If you really want to save $$$ get yourself an old 100lb bottle and get it filled in the summer and run off of that. All the gas stations places fill them and most don't look to see the date stamp on the tank. You don't need one of those tip over valves installed in the 100 pounders either. Here one is on Ebay check it out..... gotta go.
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