Used it for the first time today. Won't go without it anymore. It was 10 degrees out and still only had to put the buddy heater on low. Nice not to have my line and eyes on my rod freezing up let alone the hole not freezing up. On the bright side I slammed a bunch of jumbo perch. 11-14 inch range. Ended up with just over 5 lbs of fillets in 3 hours of fishing.