That time of year again... - Page 2

I agree with you all about the hands. Putting on clothes is no problem but fingers and toes (even with snow boots some nights) start having issues. I warm the hands up by crouching down every once a while and get them in front of my little space heaters (I screwed up when I had the house built and didn't do the electrical right in the garage-single breaker on both outlets, no wiring in 220 for an overhead big heater but it does have cable out there!). Have a couple of arthritic toes that have come on the last couple of years and they get cold the fastest, even in lined boots. Such is life at mid-century and some change...

I got a heater when needed here in MN it is coooold. Try working on small screws in 0 degrees your hands just dont work. We have a nice electric wall heater works real nice.

The short days are cutting my scrapping more than the cold, and there are shorter days coming, during the Christmas cleanouts.

I've had three or four different propane heaters over the years ranging from 35 - 120 k. btu's. They're generally good but there are some drawbacks. As the temp drops the fuel in the tank doesn't vaporize as well.It's not hard to freeze the regulator or the tank itself.

The other downside is that the thermocouples don't seem to last more than a year or two. ( It's that safety sensor / thingy that allows fuel to flow to the burner.) Once that goes the heater won't stay running.

If you're looking at propane you might want to verify that replacement parts readily are available.

The heater your looking at has 3800 btu, the one I am looking at has 15k btu. It's the same price, I would take a look at the propane top one.