Insulated is the Choice

[BTrauma1]

If you found yourself on Red Lake yesterd or today, you wanted an insulated house. It was cold, windy and snowy. On my way up, I did buy an R2-TEC unit. WORTH EVERY PENNY, DIME and DOLLAR! What was impressive was the lack of moisture in the house. My buddy stopped fishing three hours later because of the rain in his Clam. We fished out of my all day and had a great time. 10 inches of ice. Trust me guys the insulated house choice is the way to go.

[Sutty]

More importantly.... How did you do!

[CSP88]

Now only if they would beef up their sled and poles they might be worth that much coin. Until then, I'll stick with my Otters.

I looked at them at the Ice show and was not impressed.

Chad

[Shawnny B]

that and the "rain" in the house is not from insulated or not, its from the type of heater. You can buy a product called reflectix for about 30 bucks and insulate the current shack you have, I did it in my clam and love it, It still gets "rain" but not on me it runs down the back of the insulation becuase it still has the moisture from the burnt propane.

ShawnnyB

[Todd_J]

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that and the "rain" in the house is not from insulated or not, its from the type of heater. You can buy a product called reflectix for about 30 bucks and insulate the current shack you have, I did it in my clam and love it, It still gets "rain" but not on me it runs down the back of the insulation becuase it still has the moisture from the burnt propane.

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Shawnny, I think the moisture on the walls/ceiling accumulates due to the warm moist air inside the portable (from breathing and heater operation) coming in contact with the freezing surface of the fabric. A similar thing happens inside older homes in the winter. The windows frost up while the insulated wall are dry. The insulation creates a buffer between the two temperature/moisture extremes. I imagine if you were to glue the reflectix to the roof of your portable, the condensation would (at least on the roof) would be reduced.

[harvey lee]

I know Canvas craft has a good tub as they use Otter tubs for their houses. They have a very nice insulated house and looks to be well built.

Odds are I will have an insulated house from Canvas Craft next ice season.

[hanson]

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Odds are I will have an insulated house from Canvas Craft next ice season.

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If you happened to notice the Canvas Craft houses are NorpacR2 as well, the same as Frabill. But you get the house on an Otter tub.

Was just checking out Canvas Craft's HSOforum and you can get a Magnum (same as Otter Lodge) sled w/ poles, and NorpacR2 insulated skin for $699. Couple padded seats will run another $140 for 2 and you are still considerably under Frabill's price for a similar house.

Perhaps there are some fine details I'm missing but thats how they compare to me.

[BobberTom]

HOW DOES ONE GO ABOUT INSULATING A FISHTRAP PRO OR YUKON?