I Have the Buddy also and it works OK in my pop up blind. The problem with my blind and I think others would have the same problem is that the bottom is not sealed from the wind, plus you have to have the windows open to see. On a calm day when the wind did not blow and it was in the single digits it worked pretty good. Me and dad set it right between us and it was nice, but still had all our cloths on and was nice and toasty! But on days that the wind was blowing the air would come right in the bottom and pretty much did no good for heating the blind. We would put it in front of us and have are legs right up to it and get the "radiant" effect from it and then our feet stayed warm and we were OK. It worked well enough I was willing to drag it with me every time.