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Cadet Energy Plus CEC163TW Wall Heater with Digital Thermostat
Mr. Heater Portable Buddy 9,000 BTU (MH9BX)
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Our score
Not reviewed yet
SCORE7.0 / 10
Our take
The Com-Pak upgrade for a bedroom: a digital thermostat with Night/Away setback, a variable-speed fan and a five-year warranty, in a heater that fits existing vertical Com-Pak wall cans.
Our pick for one to three people in a fishing hut, tent or truck cap, or one room in an outage: 4,000 or 9,000 BTU/hr on one 1 lb cylinder with half the Big Buddy's vent opening. No thermostat or fan, and the low-oxygen shutoff doesn't detect CO.
Type
240V wall heater
Portable propane
Max heat output
5,460 BTU/h
9,000 BTU/h
Electric rating
1,600 W
n/a
Fuel / power
120/208/240V electric
Propane
Indoor use per manual
Yes; vertical wall mount only
Recreational enclosures + emergency, 1 lb only
Thermostat
Yes
No
Warranty
5 yrbest
3 yr
Watch out for
A wall thermostat may not be used to control it.
Not sold to Massachusetts or Canada from Mr. Heater's page; not for a dwelling home in California. The low-oxygen shutoff does not detect carbon monoxide; run a battery CO alarm listed to UL 2034 wherever the heater runs. Remote tanks stay outdoors on a Mr. Heater hose (F273699 filter yearly unless it's the F273704); for emergency home heat the manual allows 1 lb cylinders only. Never run it while sleeping; vent 9 sq in at the ceiling and at floor level.
