Insulated 5gal Bucket Holder - Behlen or High Country or ???

[4LeafCloverFarm]

I’m looking to add an insulated 5 gallon bucket holder to my senior’s run-in shed (he has a 100 gallon Rubbermaid trough outside, a short distance from the shed). No electricity in the shed. We use 5 gallon buckets in the barn (stalls), so looking for an insulated 5 gallon holder. Seems there are several types available.

Anybody have one of these and can you tell me if you like them? Is one better than the other? TIA

[B]High Country 5 gallon Insulated Bucket Holder

Behlen 5 Gallon Stall Waterer[/B]

[goodhors]

Cashmans sells the same model in grey. Can’t do a link. They do work pretty well for keeping water liquid. I would get the cheapest one, but check for shipping too, they are bulky. This is our second winter with them, what a blessing!! Horses drink more because it is not frozen. No electric cost or cords to get things in trouble. We have no ice issues until the teens and even then it is just a skim in the barn.

[wsmoak]

I’ve always been happy with High Country Plastics items.

Here’s another, from Farm Tek: http://www.farmtek.com/farm/supplies/prod1;ft_livestock_equipment-ft_livestock_feeding;pg107695.html

(I would definitely remove the wire handle from the 5-gallon bucket though! That’s just asking for it to be picked up and flung around, unless there’s a catch for the handle at the back that I can’t see.)

[4LeafCloverFarm]

Thanks @goodhors . I found it on their website. Same price as the High Country Model ($79.95). The Belhan is a lot more expensive (over $100), but says it works to -20°. I’m in TN, and we rarely get that cold for long… but then, there are those winters were we get over a week in the teens, and it never gets over 20° (daytime temp). Want to make it easier for my old guy to get water. Glad to know they work.

[4LeafCloverFarm]

Good idea @wsmoak . Though he’s never played with them at the barn, the last thing I need is a leg stuck through a bucket handle! And he’s got some big legs/feet (size 4 shoe).

[shayaalliard]

We have the high country ones, and are happy wit them so far here in ohio. No more than a thin skin of ice, and no electricity consumed.