Bill Dodge Outdoorsmen Associates Catalytic Heater 

This is exactly what I needed! My grandpap got one of these years back at a garage sale and was lending it to me for a camping trip, but we were having difficulty lighting it. This video was incredibly helpful, thank you so much!!! The internet has almost 0 information on this product.

Thank you, very thorough video. (I looked everywhere for exactly what you did.) 🤓👍

Thank You for this upload!!.. My dad(God rest his soul)had one of those catalytic *Coleman model 5138 heaters left in the basement which its been sitting there for years collecting dust and cobwebs, and I have had no idea on how to actually get it working... *UNTIL TODAY!!* Again THANK YOU!!!

Cool I finally found like mine I have a Montgomery ward Riverside the setup is diffrent but the operation is the same so thanks for putting this video on

Great Video, I thought it might work like the Colemens and this confirms it for me. The name brand I bought mine under is NEWCO PORTABLE WHITE GAS HEATER, but there was a listing for one under WHAM O, you might be to young to remember that company.

Got mine today for $5. Had no idea how it worked but knew it was worth the price. Your video was very educational

Not only is this an emergency lightning stove, but if you add yellow bottle heet, denatured alcohol it would make a great cooking stove. These fuels do not leave behind soot. :)

Walmart has a little camping kettle for about $6.50 that is the perfect size for the top of this. Gives you hot water and keeps more heat in the area because you have the kettle full of water radiating heat.

My parents had one that was blue. It worked very well in our 10x10 enclosed canopy. Our neighbor borrowed it and used leaded gasoline in it. We just threw it away after that.

Nice find !!!! Great for a bugout location

You can try denatured alcohol. No soot. :)

cool find and resto of the old heater and demo after how it works, very enjoyable video to watch

I’ve never seen one like that. That’s interesting. Pretty cool.

Just got a couple just like this off of ebay they were Wham O branded.

I have the same heater. Lucky find at $10 in mint condituion except for some of that blackening. They were made by Whamo. White gas (coleman fuel) only is the rule. Check all these types for carbon monoxide because a majority of past owners have probably not taken the effort to get the right fuel and just dumped kerosene or gasoline in and that ruins the catalytic material, which helps to block the CO2. Also, kerosene and regular gas burns too hot, which then produces the poison gas. White gas burns cooler, and high heat is what makes CO2. The cooking grate is really just a warmer. It will make scambled eggs, but very slowly. Or, you can heat up a can of chili in a pinch. It's best used for keeping a pot of hot camp water on hand throuigh out the day for general use. These things will hit peak heat after about 30 minutes after the flame goes away. Works great in the back of my truck. This unit will lburn for about 9 hours on a tank full, so when I hit the rack, I put on a pot of water for my morning coffee and it's hot and ready when I wake up. Keep a good air supply, as they will use oxygen. DO CHECK for CO2. If yours produces it, never sell it at a garage sale. Just send it to the dump, or use it under your ourside camp chair if there's room.

Nice heater, I need a backup for here in Minnesota

You can use regular unleaded gas in the heater, I have done it and have had no problems, the warning is an old one when gasoline had lead in it.

It looks like you could attach a handle to it, by the little holes in the side.

I got a paint roller from a dollar store for a buck and will use the thick wire from it to make a bail handle for my heater that did not come with a handle. Lit these and put about two cups of water in the snuffer lid to see if it would boil. Did not get a full boil but got bottom covered with bubbles. Might get a full boil for a kettle, coffee pot, or little pot with a lid. It will be slow but will work.

Nice little heater. sometimes older is better! lol

Would this be useful for say, keeping warm at outdoor spectator sports (high school soccer games can get cold!) or are these better suited to a more enclosed area: tent, garage, duck blind, etc? Thanks in advance and thanks for the neat video 😊

This was great!

Amzing 60-ties tech, indestructible gear. Wanna have gadget. In principle it's a Zippo fuel pocket warmer in JUMBO size. Unfortunately they did not have special fine mesh membranes back then to get glowing heat out of zippo fluid fumes. The warmer this metal casing gets the more fumes are being pushed out to smolder. This is not a perfect burn and you will have a nasty odor always. Healthy by no means, not even outside. But hey small classic catalytic pocket warmers evaporate zippo gasses while you hold them for a long period of time and definitely have an impact on your health by touching it all the time. People claim they get blood-poisoned by it, drying the skin leaving you with a headache.

I can not seem to find the proper site for the store you bought this heater. Could you please tell me if they have a online store site. Thank you

I know this is 2 years old. I have the same heater, picked up at yard sale for a buck, Mine is by Newco and green. My Q. did you try to take it apart so you could trim the wick? Mine gets hot but the dome does not turn red . Thanks for the tip on the thermometer.

Can you find parts for these still? I found one in a n old shed.

Thank you

Don't they make a ceramic cadillac heater?

good little review & restore! I see your outdoor patio furniture has seen better days, if they are not cracked to much, you can bring new life into them with a heat gun! Just clean them(for best results) then slowly heat the surface just to melting & keep moving! Harbor freight heat gun $9.00 on sale & $200. worth of energy used, will make it 'green' again! LMAO don't let that 'Grechen girl know about it!