BlackCat portable Catalytic Heater
Submitted: Wednesday, Jun 28, 2006 at 09:43
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ANyone else tried one? I borrowed one while in the HCountry the other week tryin to keep my right leg from cramping ( bleep ed circulation from the artery repairs)..
Worked
well, although the gas could last a bit longer..
Worth the money $90 at Rays.
Reply By: Member - Pesty (SA) - Wednesday, Jun 28, 2006 at 12:25
Wednesday, Jun 28, 2006 at 12:25
Hi Bruce,
We have a Procat, same thing with a body built around it, and it works ok, not as hot as we expected, but takes the chill off the camper, and is safe and doesnt have any fumes.
If others are getting only about 4 hrs per canister , perhaps ours isnt as hot because the regulator isnt passing enough gas through??
We get around 6-7 hrs from a canister, and havent tried it on the bottle with the hose yet, but cant see that it will be any problem.
We paid around $170 12 months ago.
Cheers Mate Pesty
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Follow Up By: Dave from P7OFFROAD Accredited Driver Training - Wednesday, Jun 28, 2006 at 13:21
Wednesday, Jun 28, 2006 at 13:21
My 4 hour figure wasn't exactley derived from precision timing equipment...
:-)
cheers
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Follow Up By: Truckster (Vic) - Wednesday, Jun 28, 2006 at 15:32
Wednesday, Jun 28, 2006 at 15:32
yours has the auto lighter thing on it Pesty? the coleman one has that for an extra $100, but tats a lot of boxes of matches...
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Follow Up By: Member - Pesty (SA) - Wednesday, Jun 28, 2006 at 15:37
Wednesday, Jun 28, 2006 at 15:37
Yes mate and it also has a fan built in, that runs on 2 d size batteries.
Works good.
Cheers pesty
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Follow Up By: geocacher (djcache) - Sunday, Jul 02, 2006 at 00:14
Sunday, Jul 02, 2006 at 00:14
Just got back from
Broken Hill and Mungo.
We took the Coleman Pro version and it was great.
I bought the hose and ran it of a 4kg cylinder, and before we left I made a 12v - 3v converter (there's a 2.5mm socket next to the battery compartment) so I didn't have to take a bucket of D cells.
It ran all night on the last half of the trip as the kids were both not particularly
well (which was why I bought it) and kept the temp up when the temp outside was frosty.
It's definately going on any future winter trips if the wife has anything to do with it.
Running off a full 4kg cylinder it ran for about 45 hours with a bit to spare - cylinder isn't empty yet. I would guess you would get about 12 hours to the kg which roughly fits the specs which say you would get 6-8 hours off their 680 gram disposable canisters.
Definately a good bit of gear, worth its weight in browny points with the better half.
Dave
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