Coleman sportcat heater ?

[fishshack]

I just bought a Coleman Sportcat heater to take the chill out of my 1 man shanty. I am playing with it in the house and the smell when it burns is bad. Is this thing safe in a one man shanty or will I get high from the fumes? I have very few brain cells left and I am trying to conserve them.

[outdoors13]

To check if your gonna die from it, put it in the shanty outside your house overnight, or for as long as you ever would fish, +2 hours. Walk in there with a CO meter and leave in for 10 to 20 minutes. if it dosent beep, your good on CO fumes. As for the propane stink, let the heater burn out a tank one day. Maybe the stink was from leaving the heater on the tank one day without it running. worst comes to worse return it and get a mr. buddy
(oops, better check the other post on this thread before you do that )

[oldstuff]

I've had a sportcat for about 2 years now.  Works ok in my single man fish trap if it is not real cold.  I'm thinking about trading up, but haven't decide on what.  As far as a smell, you might get a little odor when you first light her up, but not enough of a stink to be unbearable or run you out of the shack.  I would suggest running a small cannister of propane through her to break it in and then see what you think. Good luck!

[BrianF]

You should be ok if you pay attention to the signs of CO problems. Headache, dizziness, etc. It says what to watch for in the instructions. If I remember correct that is a catalytic heater and does not putoff much CO.

outdoors13 has some good suggestions on testing the CO levels. Give that a try.

I moved to a buddy two weeks after trying the sportcat.

[beeronice]

i moved up a notch to their Procat. This has a battery operated blower on it. fumeless because its catalyist, and it has push button lighting . not bad