BB05GV 5-Gallon Bucket Heater w/Gate Valve Cutout

Worked as expected! Great fit and warmed honey slowly and never got too hot!! Good buy

I gave this 5 stars because it does what it says. I'd would prefer to give it 4.5 because I think it might be made a tad more convenient. I do use this for 5 gallon buckets of honey with honey gates on them, and I wish I would've bought this years ago. PROS: It liquefies honey and makes it super easy to bottle. Easy to use, and has what seems like a high quality clasp for the strap. I had about 3 gallons of fairly well crystallized honey (not rock hard yet, but definitely not stir-able) that it liquefied in about 3 days without stirring (maybe less since I didn't check). Ambient temperature averaged about 67 degrees F. Materials/Product seems well made. I can't speak to longevity and durability, but so far it seems to work well for the several days of run-time I've had it on a bucket. I will update my review next year if I have any input. CONS: Not really true 'cons' here... The location of where the power source attaches might be better located near the bottom, but this could also make it easier to accidentally crimp/crush the cord with a 62 lb honey bucket. I think it could also benefit from a 2nd strap lower on the blanket. There also seems to be too much excess material on the bottom of the blanket. It's nearly 2 inches wide, so it has a tendency to push the blanket up and/or away from the bucket. None of these are deal breakers from me, than just observations that may make it even better. I know the manufacturer states they're happy to customize their products for us, but these changes are likely low cost for them to do. Ambient temps do matter, so keep your expectations realistic if your trying to warm a bucket in your 40-50 degree garage in the winter. Maybe keep it off the floor and surround it with some cheap insulation, or even old blankets. I'll probably buy another one of these to make it easier to just 'bottle on demand' for my honey customers.

So heres to a decent/even good product. I wish the version with spigot cut out came with an adjustable thermostat, however its not really necessary. This years crop started crystalizing almost immediately after harvest, so i purchased this to liquefy it up for bottling. Worked like a charm. First batch left on for 72 hrs and it worked like a charm. I didnt think to check accual temp of honey, however it wasnt to hot to the tongue 😁. My only problem was that it didnt do much with the bottom lets say 1" in the bucket.. it was liquefied but still gritty and opaque. Next bucket I left for a week what with the holidays and all... but once again I still ended up with my last 4 or jars gritty and opaque. Guess ill buy a fermentation warmer pad in the future... Another plus for this blanket is i also did a case of jars from a few years ago.. First i tried just placing them on blanket with no results.. but then after 3 days of nothing i decided to cover them with a towel, and voila, the next day they were clear and runny as harvest day... In conclusion, yes I would recommend this product for the hobbiest beek who doesnt have access to a heated honey house, or doesnt feel like spending the money on building a "cabinet" type warmer.

Worked good for 1 season. Heated up to 165 degrees and burned 60lbs of honey. Now it's not heating at all.

I'm just a small amateur beekeeper looking for a good way to warm my 5-gallon pails of honey safely and efficiently. So when I spotted the BeeBlanket on Amazon it looked like something that might work well for me. My order arrived quickly (thanks Amazon Prime) and after a quick inspection it was wrapped around a full pail for warming. After 24 hours my honey went from 62°F to a nice 104°F in a room with an ambient temperature of roughly 68°F throughout the process. Also, I placed my cold pail on a chunk of ridgid foam insulation to minimize heat transfer from the cold floor. Admittedly I haven't warmed a stone-cold pail of crystallized honey with it, that will be later. Warming and re-liquefying a 5-gallon pail of honey would be a multi-day project in my estimation. Slow and steady like the bees... So far I'm impressed with the BeeBlanket and it's working good for my purposes. 104° honey is easy to strain and bottle plus it's safe for the honey! Using a 120 watt insulated blanket seems efficient to me and it worked quite well. My Kill-A-Watt meter is currently monitoring the power consumption so I'll update this review later. PowerBlanket also offers a version of the BeeBlanket that has a cutout for a honey gate (BB05GV) so that's on my wishlist for the future. UPDATE: After running my BeeBlanket for a full 24 hours on a cool bucket of honey my Kill-A-Watt meter gave me a daily cost of 0.08/day for an operating cost. (Power rate here is 0.102/kh) Seems like that's a pretty reasonable way to warm 5 gallons of honey. I'm sold on this!

Rarely will I write a product review. However, as a small level bee farmer I thought this may be helpful. This thing works! It liquefies honey in a bucket. However, it gets too hot. It says it heats to 100 degrees Fahrenheit (too hot for me), but it’s more like 115 degrees. If you don’t care about raw honey this won’t matter. I do. I suggest you get a temp controller where you can set the temperature and it will regulate the electrical current and thus the temperature. For me, this is 95 degrees or hive temperature. I set on 95, put a piece of foam insulation under the bucket, tin foil on top, and use a really big spoon for making mead or wine to stir it twice daily. Takes about 2-4 days but your honey is raw. I used a past review for jars. I put a towel down, place the blanket down flat. Put 12 jars on one side of it. Fold the bee blanket over the top and strap down. Put the other half of the towel over it to hold in the heat. Set the temp on my temp controller to 95 and let it go for 2-4 days and it works great. I like this product. Works great. But if you sell or want raw honey, you HAVE to use a temperature regulator.

One thing to note is it wont work as well in a cold room. The room should be warm or at least room temperature for the Bee Blanket to be most effective.

This blanket worked great for the first 3-4 months and then we went to go open up our drum of honey and it had burnt almost half a 45 gallon drum of honey that now is garbage. Not impressed for the amount of money we lost, the honey we lost and now a blanket that does not work.

The Product is good, and it is working well as expected.

Bought this for 5 gallon buckets. A fully crystalized bucket takes about 5-7 days to liquify. However after about 2 days you could transfer the honey to a heated bottler with no hassle. Things speed up if you stir it once the sides loosen up. Ive been using this one years. I store it flat and dont move it around much i think it might last forever.

Purchased 2023 and this is what happened! Easily could have burnt down my facility. No way to contact seller!