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One of the nicest features of spring: warm, sunny days followed by cool, crisp evenings. One of the nastiest features of spring if you like to entertain and eat outdoors: warm, sunny days followed by cool, crisp evenings.
An outdoor patio heater-perhaps one of the three we tested-can help take the chin off those evenings. The heaters worked as promised.
We looked at two large heaters: the Coleman Back Home 5040-750 (now the 5040A-750), $500, and the Endless Summer 230000, $400. We also tested the Endless Summer 90000, $150, a tabletop model All are fueled by propane. The floor heaters use a 20-pound tank like those for gas grills. The tabletop heater uses a small, disposable tank, but it can be connected to a 20-pound tank.
Like sunlight streaming through a window, these heaters warm objects directly, without heating the surrounding air. In ...