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I swear by my Heritage Laker tip ups. I've used a lot of different tip ups over the years and they are by far the best I've used. I recently purchased and IFishPro and I'm anxious to try that out.
Simple HT Polars. I still use my grandfathers and theyre still catching fish. Plenty of parts available if you want to repair/customize them. Really like being able to see the top spin from a distance vs the heritage style. Personal preference
HT original polars. Lasts just as long as any BD, just as durable, handles the same fish, and is much more affordable. Not considering round tip-ups, polars and BD seem to be the top 2 choices. Comes down to personal preference and budget. Both will get the job done just as well as the other. I've never been a fan of round tip-ups.
you can see that there is a fish on the heritage's from a distance... if you accidentally leave the drag set way too tight and the tip up starts rocking Around in the hole no but seriously I love my Heritage Lakers after trying a lot of other tip ups
Question for the polar and disc users... what do you do if there's a foot and a half or two of snow on the ice? Can't you not even see those flags? I use the green 40 ups for that reason bc I still fish when there's snow. I really like the features of the polars and the discs but so far the snow factor has kept me from buying.
any of you guys that use the polars and beaverdams, all mine eventually get water in the shaft and start freezing up when its cold out. Had this happen with original beaverdams, ht polars and ht polar therms. I've since swore off any of the submerged shaft tipups completely off because of this.
The real question is should you have to tweak some of the more expensive top end tip-ups to make them work well?