I’m not attempting to preach to anyone but simply a friendly reminder this year about the safety of heaters in a blind especially if you keep the windows closed on cold days. Most modern day heaters have CO2 safety switches that shut them off to keep from poisoning you but some heaters simply don’t have them and anything mechanical can fail and in return it could kill you or a loved one. I’m sure some of you remember that I had a family member pass away last November from CO2 poisoning in a blind so it does and can happen to anyone at any time. All I’m saying is be careful with them and keep your guard up.

I appreciate the reminder Thump and sorry for your loss.

Thanks for the reminder

I always have a window open or partly open.

Thank you

Same

Propane heaters give me a headache, so I always open a blind window.

Extremely good advise !

Good reminder. Thanks. I keep my windows open all the time (non-transparent windows) and the buddy heater still is fairly toasty, even during the 5 degree snow-pocolips.

Thanks for caring enough to remind us.

Always a good reminder!

I'm sure the memory is painful and I thank you for the reminder.

Yes sir, thanks!

Yessir, thanks for the reminder. Just pulled mine out of storage last night

Good reminder. Mine stay in the blind year round. Need to check them and fire them up next trip. And I always crack a window when using.

Thanks Thump. Sorry for your loss.

Although it wasn't a blind, I lost my closest childhood friend to carbon monoxide poisoning in a camper. He was riding ATVs in Colorado with a bunch of friends. First night of the trip, called his new wife and checked on their 3 week old son, went to sleep and never woke up. Authorities said the high altitude, sub freezing weather and lack of a monitor on the stove top, he was probably dead within an hour. The friends found him and said that the propane tanks on his TT were frosted over.

An attorney by the name of Hill died in a travel trailer that way, with a couple of hunting buddies, if I am recalling it right. He and his wife were one of THE first folks to "discover" Fredericksburg and started buying and restoring historic homes and buildings in the late '60s.

I was thinking about this just the other day. My home built blinds have lots of gaps around windows and door, but I still don't run a heater without a window cracked open. This year I bought a fabbed blind and it seals up tight so will definitely be careful running a heater in this one. Thanks for the reminder - in our area, we had three hunters die a couple of years ago sleeping in a converted cargo trailer and using a heater inside. Scary!

I have a little buddy heater. Not only do I crack the blind windows... but I also bring in a carbon monoxide detector. Perhaps it's a bit overkill - better safe than sorry.

Come to think of it, I do have a Mr. Buddy heater. I've used it a few times in Colorado, in the tent, to get dressed and undressed, and of course, to enjoy my coffee. 'Been hunting in Texas since '71. Never used a heater in a blind. But, technically, I am a South Texas boy.

Walmart put the Little Buddy with O2 sensor on sale last week, less than $75 delivered. I ordered 2 because I know that sensor will shut off the heater long before the levels get unsafe.

I used a Buddy Heater in a tent last Fall. I cracked open two windows, and had a CO2/smoke alarm, plus a fire extinguisher. Just can't be to careful. Stay safe.

Good advice. Although I’m sure you meant CO vs. CO2.

One symptom of CO poisoning is an overly pinkish tint in your fingernails.

This is the one I am talking about, they call it a low oxygen sensor

Great post! And don't forget to connect your kill switch on boats and jet skis.

Pinned TTT for a couple of months.
Great thread and reminders of some of the dangers out there that we face. We on THF have also lost member (poisonivie) and his wife from CO poison 12-27. It wasn't a hunting blind but a motel water heater that got them.
https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/6786703/in-memoriam#Post6786703
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Yes sir, I didn’t catch the auto spell correction but your dead on.

As said, great reminder Thumper, years ago we lost a cousin and his fiance when they used a small gas heater while tent camping in California

Buddy of mine was using a CO2 heater in a Montana blind elk hunting. He didn’t make it.

Thank you sir.

Thank you for the reminder thumper. Sorry to learn about the loss of a family member to carbon monoxide.

I do too, this is a good and sad reminder

Good gear, and a wool blanket.

I got lucky once

Great warning

Thanks for the reminder, sir.

Very important message. Thanks for the reminder and the sticky.

Red

Thanks for the reminder! I had a close call twenty years ago and it made me change my thinking and attitude.

Thanks for continuing to spread the awareness! People need to be reminded each year that something so simple can potentially be deadly

This a good thread to bring back as the weather cools. The Mr. Heater series are well known to be safe when functioning properly with enough makeup air. They have a built-in Oxygen sensor to shut down if you have used it all up. They produce very little CO when running right. But remember that you can buy a very small lightweight battery powered Carbon Monoxide alarm for $15 to $25. Might be cheap insurance and worth the effort depending on what you are doing.

FWIW, I tested my Big Buddy heater with less ventilation in a small space than required and it shut down on low O2 and never triggered the carbon monoxide alarm. But, I keep the CO alarm in the same case as the heater. Maybe I'm just just a belt+suspenders type of guy!

Marc

I just recently tested all my Buddy heaters, and they all work, which is good news. While in the blind, there will always be open windows. I trust the Buddy heaters, but don’t trust them with my life.