Had a suitcase one for 3 years and only used it once so sold it last year. I had it with me at a Walleye tourney at Berlin a couple years ago, it was snowing hard and about 5 without the windchill and I still sat on my bucket. Like I said will rarely get used. Cold doesn't seem to really bother me except my feet sometimes. I rarely even wear gloves when ice fishing and even dip my bare hand in the minnow bucket.