Freeze Miser - Product Review - Part 2 - 72 Hour Test
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- The follow up to our 2 part Freeze Miser testing videos. After a 72 hour test at below freezing temperatures we see if the freeze miser will continue to change how we do water on the ranch.
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put overflow on opposite side as the fill, create a flow across the tank.
Merry Christmas to Mike, Erin, and your whole family. Be safe and well.
Thanks for sharing about the Freeze Miser. I'll have to get a few for our stock tanks. Even in Texas, you have to worry about freezing... well, maybe once or twice a year.
And this week that freeze is going to be real! I picked up three freeze misers and hope they get the job done. Could use one more. And I've got a 100 watt bulb burning in the stairwell in garage. The wall there holds the water line to the icemaker, etc. Keeping it toasty in that little cave in the garage.
@@rickowen6646 I went and checked the one I installed in one of the rubbermaid water tanks for my cows. It was 26 degrees and the steam was flowing. Seem to prevent the top of the water in the tank from freezing too. The Cows like it!
Good example of the freeze miser. Any time you don't have to unfreeze a fountain is a great big plus.. Freeze fingers ever time have to thaw out a fountain in the winter.. Will have to invest in one. Have a great Christmas and stay safe and healthy'
It is so nice to see Bean hanging out with you
Let us know how it worked at -20 the temperature in Meeker Colorado this morning. Thanks in advance!!
Hmm... just stumbled onto this channel. The name caught my attention and then low and behold they're right where I was born and raised, Campbell County represent, haha!
Mike, great seeing your new ranch hand shadowing you and learning. Especially like the quick shot of her when she noticed the cows.
What a lucky pup! There's nothing like a pup that learns at a young age to follow along without a leash. Most of us who live in-town aren't as fortunate. :-) She's grown so much in just a few weeks!
It was a great video as allways now you got a helper to be with you too.
God bless y'all
It's funny how Bean stayed in the frame while you walked, whether you held the camera to the north or south, then disappeared at the ending. She's really cute.
Watch ing owl before bed which packs up my troubles watching an intrepid funny resourceful group of people who are entertaining informative talented and fun to watch people from all over the world with nothing in common or ranching tune into this family on regular basis to see what's going on I just love this my favorite channel it's more than you tube it's family
Insulate the hose/pipe going up to the Freeze Miser and the water will not get as cold. This will use less water. It's the temperature of the water going through the Freeze Miser that controls how much it opens up.
Nice to see Bean out and about with you on the farm. The freeze mizer a success. Love you guys. 🥰💞♥️🌽
When you install or even after installation, use a t-post driven in to the ground to the same depth or close to it the same depth, beside the freeze proof faucet, secure the faucet to the t-post with hose clamps, this will help protect the faucet from being broken should something happen, (someone or something running into it).
I’m so glad the freeze miser is working well for you! It’s about time farmers catch a break...even if it’s only about frozen pipes! I work in plumbing department at a big box store, and I appreciate the video and advice that I can pass on! Keep up the good work and keep on keeping! God Bless ❤️!
By the way.... Bean is so darn adorable! 😉
The Salesman at the Plumbing Supply said I should just let the faucet drip. The instructions for Freeze Miser read turn faucet all the way. Confusing! Maybe even dangerous.
This product certainly looks promising. I battle with frozen stock water from October to May here in Alaska. Twice a day every day, I break ice, fill the tank and run the heater for a few hours - at $0.20 per KWH the cost really goes up. My question is how cold will it work to? How cold have you seen it work at? Temps in the twenties are downright balmy for us in December; every year we get a spell of minus 20 to minus 30 for a week or two. That is when providing the cows water gets really "interesting". What truly is interesting is that the cows never seek shelter in the barn during frigid temp's; they just stand broadside to the sun all day long thinking their cow thoughts. If I can get a hold of a Freeze-Miser unit I will test it to see how cold it functions to and let you know. Love your videos, keep up the good work and merry Christmas!
Hi, do you have an update? I have similar weather and am interested in the Freeze Miser. Thanks and stay warm! 😊
Hey Mike, I have been following you since the spring all the ups and downs trials and tribulations and your one hell of a man. I want to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 🤠🎅🎄🎆🎉🎊😉
Mike, my brother 'Tom Barbour' has a similar unit, that will circulate the water in a stock tank to keep it from freezing over. Such as tire tanks with pressurized water and an overflow.
I need to thank you guys Alan so much more about what you guys do and I appreciate it thank you for the knowledge
Wishing you and family a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year!!!!
Thankyou for the review Mike. Looking forward to your year end vlog on Wednesday.Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Interesting gadget Mike, definitely looks to be useful in some situations. Just be aware that in a very cold and windy location it will eventually freeze and then your "frost free hydrant" will also freeze.....and crack.....be prepared with a spare hydrant head or two!
Very true! Thats why we are testing it and keeping a close eye on it :) not our first rodeo
Very happy that they are working for you love the new addition to the channel Bean lovely dog Merry Christmas
Just lower the floats a foot in the tank. May be able to save some water.
An hoping for a good Winter with plenty of moisture to aid in next year’s ranching & farming here in G, WY. We could use a good one after 2020!! May your family be blessed this Christmas 🎄 and in the coming new year! 💕🌟👍🏼
I'd like to make a suggestion. I don't know what ( if any ) you have for slope away from your hydrants, but if you do have some slope, this spring or summer ( as if you have nothing else going on ) I'd install drainage away from the hydrants with stone down to drain level from the surface around the hydrants. Water from the freeze mizer would seep through the stone down to the drain and you'd get rid of the ice rink problems .
Good Evening to Our Wyoming Life and all others too! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone. Stay Safe
Who doesn’t love puppies? Already walking around like he owns the place.
Bean is cute and smart too ,its good the hose not frozen up.
Merry Christmas and happy new year from the Eaves family here in Nashville Tennessee god bless y’all
interesting.. going to have to get two.. lugging horse buckets is not my favorite winter past time, wonder what the max hose length would be?
So how are they holding up? Still working?
You should try a hudson valve float and put a constant flow disc in it for winter time; they don’t run any more water than the freeze mizer and you don’t need extra parts or plumbing to make it work
I personally like them better than the freeze mizer for the reason of less parts. Last year On several 0 degree nights we had the water freeze from the float to the “y”; the freeze mizer side of the “y” stayed open but the float side froze
Thank you for doing these experiments and have a merry chrismas
Thank you Mike for all your videos. They have helped make things brighter. I wish you and Erin and all a very merry and blessed Christmas and a happy and more prosperous New Year.
Merry Christmas to you and your Family Mike and Erin and Have a Happy New Year.
Hi Mike and Erin, I just wanted to wish your family a very Merry Christmas and all the best in the New Year. Looking forward to more videos!
Thanks for the update. Marry Christmas to you and your family.
I dont know if that thing would work up here in Saskatchewan Canada...but I may give it a try if our heated water bowl quits working
Interesting gadget. I hope that it is working for you!
Merry Christmas Mike Erin and family.
Interesting and thank you for sharing the test. Back home we had a surface well on the mountain that fed the farm house, the lead line was buried about 18" and we had to leave a faucet on a slow drip to keep it going, so it does work. How times have changed Good luck and stay safe.
It'd sure be nice to see Erin again! Merry Christmas to you, Erin and the entire Family. Of course Happy New Year as well.
Merry Christmas Mike
Thank you Mike for all your hard work putting these videos together for us all year. I for one have really enjoyed them and learn a lot along the way. I hope you and your family have the best Christmas ever. I will be looking forward to what the new year brings to the ranch. Stay safe and warm.
Great video, I am getting a few of them. I have the same problem in SE WA. Thanks for the hard work, so it is easier for the ret of us. Hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas and a great New Year.
To keep Bean's attention on you carry treats on you and she'll expect a reward for staying with you.
Curious, as to why you don’t use large equipment tires? We use XXL tires and have our water lines buried 3’deep, when close to tire trough we dig down to 5’. This gives us about 40 / 45 degree water at trough entry. On troughs way out in pasture areas we will sink a 7-8 foot deep pipe inside the trough this allows the water to circulate ( convection) and will generally be ice free in -0 weather for quite sometime. We are not as cold as you guys are for sure, but have several weeks of sustained - o from time to time. However I did poach this idea from a SD farm that my son visited. Just an idea for you....
Thanks Mike from Virginia Lady
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You should train her to come to whistle Hill view whistle once that means come here whistle twice tells her how to go right or left
MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎅 🎄
Bean is so cute! Merry Christmas to you and your family Mike!!
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MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Happy b lated Birthday Mike and a Merry Christmas to you and your Family 💞🎄
Hey that's pretty cool , works good on the Tank, 👍
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Hi Mike and Erin,
🎄Merry Christmas ✝️. I think you might get into trouble with a deep freeze below zero and complacent use of Freeze Master. I know this because moving water will freeze if cold enough. I.r. #1 that's how rivers freeze over solid. I.r. #2 our Large outside heat exchangers at work (steel mill) would freeze up if we didn't put in antifreeze in the water to prevent freezing damage.
🎊Good luck in the new year 🎉
P.S.
If you think 2020 was bad...just wait until it turns 21 and starts drinking!!
The first video I ever watched was you testing out freezing in tanks
Curious if that thing stands a chance in Alaska when it hits -20. My gut says it will all be frozen solid.
I am wondering if a person made extended tank brackets that would put the float about a third of the way down the tank, so the tank would hold a third of tank with the dripping overflow?
I was thinking the same thing. The cattle will drink the tank down during the day, it's at night that it would overflow. Building brackets to lower the float 8" to 10" more inches would probably solve the problem.
Have you ever looked into or thought about installing MiraFount cattle waters
So ... is this “Bean Approved”!?! Please keep us posted posted !
Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year's
Would putting a 50 foot hose between the valve (float) and the miser in the stock tank help keep the water warm enough to keep it from freezing? If the hose has below 32 degree water running through it because of the Freeze Miser, then maybe it would help keep the rest of the water from freezing... Just a thought...
Awesome. I just picked one up
Merry Christmas
In your part 1 vid, you coiled the hose and hung it up off the ground. Miser tells us to keep a hose Off the ground( i can see the engineering logic there i guess) Maybe you coiled this hose up after the vid? Or does having hose on the ground not necessarily necessary?
Cool I like the vids u make it a good person in how it works on the farm
Merry Christmas to you all!! God Bless
Hey mike how cold does it get in the winter time in Wyoming what’s the coldest ? I live up here in Canada Saskatchewan it can get brutal cold up here -49degrees keeping water untaw can be a challenge
Along the lines of freeze protection, have you treated the fuel in the big truck?
My problem is the 5 inch ice freezing around the automatic waterer and freezing the float in the up position. ( I just moved to southern Tennessee from Florida and never had to deal with this before). I need someone to show me how to come in from the bottom of the tank with the ball float instead of the old Dare floats I guess. Can anyone provide me with a better way with some kind of solar heater for tanks in remote areas?
I'm SOLD! Thanks!!!!!
With this setup, is adding a bovine friendly salt supplement an option to keep the surface water from freezing?
Feliz navida to you and your family, from the imperial co California.
Happy holidays to you and yours.
Same to you! Thanks!
Maybe you already said somewhere and I missed it why Bean over Coco? Going to miss you guys but you truly deserve a break! Look forward to Wednesday’s vlog.
Couldn’t you then put the end in a bucket so you didn’t get frozen water on the ground ??🎄❤️
What if u put a cheap pump to circulate the water
I use a solar powered aquarium pump. It keeps the water disturbed enough. It stores enough charge to get through the night. Found it on amazon
MIKE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND THE FAMILY
Mike, can a hose be added on to the mizer to run the water away from the immediate area?
Your videos have always been great but I'll tell you what, having Cocobean in the videos makes them even better Mike! Thanks for sharing your life with us, best wishes for you & your family - MERRY CHRISTMAS ⛪🎄🎅🤠👍
Can you hook up an air connection to the freeze miser to blow the hoses down?
This could be a game changer. Water in the winter is a pain.
Never say never when it comes to pipes freezing
Hey Mike just wondering how many miles do you think you walk a day
Thanks for the update
That Miser looks like it may work out . I see Bean is on the job .
Hey Mike do you not have power out there because if you had power the whole tank wouldn’t freeze up at all and then with the freeze miser
Now if he did would he be making videos on this topic?
@@fishmeatloaf2534 Two different subjects one keeps the hydrant and the hose from freezing the other one keeps the tank itself from freezing. And that’s the reason I asked
I don't know what number I'm at but I love watching these
Just a note about the freeze miser: I noticed that it's not the outdoor temperature that matters. It's the temperature of the water inside the device. When that water hits 37 F, the drip begins. Water colder = more, bigger drip. I think it's going to work. 'Hope so, temps down to 0 here in north Texas for Tuesday morning!
How many tractors do you own
Isn't it hard to keep up with your shadow
🤣 tank heaters!
I would like to volunteer to work in your ranch if you let me and give me the chance
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put a bucket under it and no Ice skating ice rink... well 20's is not cold, now how about below 0F??
Hi
I don't like the one I have. Waste way to much water.
New channel suggestion. 'Bean Cam'