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Coleman Heater
This is a wonderful heater to own and operate. It is larger than it appears in the listing--about half the height and all the width of an airline carry-on bag. I bought one for myself and liked it so well my friends purchased one, also. We have taken it as high as 8000 feet elevation with no difficulty in performance. The lowest temperature in which it operated was 25 degrees. The unit is easy to operate. Simply screw in a 1 pound can of propane into the back, turn the knob to "on" for a f...
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11/09/2006
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Great tent heater
I do most of my camping up in the High Uinta mountains of Utah starting about the first of June. I camp at the snowline starting at about 6,000 feet and follow it up to the 10,000 foot level later in the summer so the nights are always cold usually in the high 20's to low 30's.
2 years ago I ran across this little heater and decided to give it a try to see if it would help keep me warmer. What a difference it made. I have a Coleman 8' X 8' dome tent that has the large screened si...
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10/28/2006
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High elevation heat
We live at about 6800 ft elevation, so when we go camping it's usually over 7000 ft. We bought this because the Mr. Buddy heater doesn't function over 7000 ft. We've used it twice and each night was in the mid 30s. The first night we didn't know what we were doing so we just fired it up at bedtime. It was already cold at that point and the heater couldn't heat up the air space in our two room tent very much. The next night we started it while it was still warm and we were able to stay ahead...
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09/07/2006
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Results from October Camping in the Midwest
I've had this heater for about two years, and just got back from a tent camping trip in the upper Midwest. We were camping in a Eureka! 8 person three season tent. Temps during the days reached the mid 50s, and nighttime temps were in the low 40s to upper 30s. We could see our breaths in the air before we went to bed.
There was a recent event in our area where a family died in their travel trailer due to CO poisoning. Hence, my wife was a little bit scared when I told her that we ...
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10/31/2007
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Thee best tent heater on the market.... period !
I purchased this catalytic propane heater to heat my tent for winter camping with my son for his Cub Scout winter camps. I tried the heater out on a three night camp out the last week of October, 2006 at 7,000 feet in the San Bernardino Mountains. Those nights dipped in the high 20's. The heater worked very well with only a few concerns, which were easily overcome. I placed the lit heater in my tent well in advance of retiring for the evening and 6 hours later replaced the emptied propane cyl...
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12/19/2006
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Excellent device - not really a "tent" heater
I've owned one of these for more than five years. It is dependable, tough and a good value for the price.
This Catalytic heater is intended to keep you warm in your duck blind, not your tent. During operation the face of the heater is a hot metal screen that will melt Nylon/Rayon/Dacron tent/sail material upon contact - it's not likely to set the material on fire, but melting a big hole in your tent is decidedly a bad idea (and, the residue on the heater would be difficult to remove...
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12/10/2007
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Regard to Coleman Procat
I bought this item for camping purpose. Ofcourse for cold night, I did have an experience once (when I camped at Shenandoah Valley in September 2006). The temperature was dropped to 35 some degree. The Procat has chance to test, I did, at first, a little bit confuse when start, but it turned out good, my tent was warm as I expected. Good one if you can afford.
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11/09/2006
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Warm enough.
I've only lit it to test it but, the first light off was almost traumatic. It threw out a small fire ball. It was probably my own fault somehow but, be prepared for it. After that it seemed to work very well.
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08/05/2006
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HOT and STINKY
Heater puts off a burning oil odor. I called Coleman for assistance they were NOT helpful. The person at Coleman said they have received calls regarding a hot oil smell from the heater and said it was do to oil used in the manufacturing and I should run it in my garage for an hour to see if it would discontinue putting of an odor. I followed his instructions and it made no difference so I let it go for another hour still no change.
Unfortunately I first used it in my house for about 1...
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12/08/2006
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Illegal in California - H&S.C. Sec. 19881(a).
This product cannot legally be sold in California under California Health & Safety Code Section 19881(a), which states ""No person shall sell, or offer for sale, any new or used unvented heater that is designed to be used inside any dwelling house or unit, with the exception of an electric heater, or decorative gas logs for use in a vented fireplace." [emphasis supplied] The ProCat Model 5053's U.S. Patent No. 6,470,876 openly states ""[t]he heater assembly of the present invention can be used a...
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09/28/2008
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52%
(11 of 21) Users Found This Review Helpful
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