I got a recon weights about 37 pound unloaded pulls like a dream unloaded.. thrre is a newer version out that is the frabil 1350 dale stroschein I think is the name?? Any how that one is thermal and weights s lot more!! .. only problem I find with my recon is not much room in front of you.. for a heater and not much room for a lantren if either was in front of you.. I would burn the line and lose fish like mad.. same with the flasher there are ways around it I mounted the flasher up high so I could see it easier.. small screen flasher.. that and use led lighting either led fog lights or led strips ..
the last thing is the heater I got to make a mount for mine so I don't burn fabric and or line or self.. if it were not for the minting the flasher up high or led lights there would be no room to fish it all in how you organize to I am looking at the frabill trunk seats to cause they will fit my seld.. I got a older recon .. the kind with out a door so I customized the skirt so the wind would not let light in while fishing glare ice ..I also swen a chain in to the skirt to hold it down.. etc etc..
customizing these the sky's the limit with one men also consider a battery box etc and more insulation like reflectixs bubble isolation.. if you don't go thrrmal I find the reg recon fabric is fine almost fully heat it self on my breath alone I do have a small heater a colmen sport cat to keep warm with ..1500btus is all that's needed for me .. if you get thrrmal 1500 is more then enough I think little buddy heaters heat 100cubic feet wich I think is over kill but each there own.. sufication from too much heat can happen cause of amount t of air taken to burn the flame in heater so be carefull mske sure you got plenty of make up air ..
other then that stuff these flips are great for hole hopping .. this is were hub shanties fail .. there us also the evo 1it I have been looJing at cause of space I don't like the design as much I am thinking .. I will post pic of the flasher mounting and fog lights I used in a minute to give you a idea on set ups ..
Flasher mount can't do this in a evo 1it..
High mounted fog light cause shadows
So I mounted lights low ..
Type of fog ligts I used ..
Switching from this seat to a frabill padded trunk to lighten it up..
Here is that chain I swen in to the skirt so it don't flap in the breeze and let light penatrate spooking fish this is good when very little snow is avaible to throw on skirt..
