Size:5-Gallon | Style:120 V BB05: The BB05 is an insulated band-style pail heater specifically designed to fit a 5-gallon bucket/pail. The heater is built for use with 120 volts AC, drawing 1 amp thus producing 120 watts. It has a fixed internal low level thermostat set to maintain a temperature of 100 ºF / 37 ºC (± 10 ºF/5 ºC). The BB05 band-style insulated pail heaters allow you to safely control the temperature of your honey. It delivers a barrier of uniform directional heat where it’s needed most to help with extraction and crystallization while maintaining optimal temperatures. This innovative heat-spreading technology insulates, protects and maintains just the right amount of heat for your honey. If you’re in the business of honey, then lend us an ear, because our Bee Blanket™ is going to answer some of the common problems you deal with in the honey industry. For example, we know that working with honey effectively is a matter of maintaining the proper viscosity. But heating honey through traditional methods poses two common problems. You could cook out the enzymes and antioxidants that make it so good for us, and you can even end up burning it. That’s why Powerblanket has designed the Bee Blanket, a solution specific to the honey sector. The difference with the Powerblanket heating solution is that it maintains the same temperature as a hive. With our low-level internal thermostats, you don’t have to worry about heating your honey too much. The Powerblanket Bee Blanket keeps your honey at hive temperatures so that it won’t lose nutrients or burn. The Bee Blanket is the new gold standard honey heater. Powerblanket - The Bee’s Knees in Heating Blankets: . Bee Blanket BB05 Features. Cinch straps to secure tight fit . Blanket temperature goes from ambient to 90°-110°F. One uniform heat zone . Highly efficient design saves time and energy . Water-resistant. Works on both poly and steel buckets/pails. Prevent overheating your honey and help minimize crystallization . Keeps your honey at hive temperatures so you don't lose nutrients . Certified by ETL to UL & CSA safety standards .
R**L
Does what it's supposed to do so far
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.
M**K
Excellent answer for Honey Warming in 5-gallon pails!
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!
O**N
Works; Needs Insulation when Temps are Below 70F
Works great. Unfortunately I needed to wrap the entire unit with a comforter to get the honey to liquify, otherwise it was forever recrystalizing on the bottom! I was using the blanket inside a 65-70 degree room in our small apartment. It seems like the blanket has a very specific heat output, and it doesn't change when the outside weather gets colder; so you need to take measures to keep the area around the bee blanket at 70 degrees or more, or else insulate it somehow. I wish there was a very similar product out there with a thermometer and variable heat output so that it would be user-friendly to operate; for now there is the bee blanket and we made do.
N**E
Works but instructions are very poor
Product definitely works but the instructions are very poor. They give you a piece of paper that instructs you to a website that doesn’t have anything to do with your product. After about an hour of looking through the owners manual and deductive reasoning sessions I was able to figure out how to properly set the product. It is extremely simple and I’m not sure why they don’t just specify that with the same piece of paper that directs you to a website. The other thing they don’t tell you is what temperature you will need to render your honey for how long. Also would be valuable information. I left mine set between 95 to 105 for three days and didn’t do a thing. Bumped it to 115 for the high and 100 for the low and it began to thaw within a day. Product does work very well though. Giving it 4 stars do to the crappy instructions or lack their of. Give a better YouTube video on this model for everyone. I may make one personally to help people.
L**Y
Don't recommend for fully chrystalized honey.
This is fine for keeping a bucket of honey liquid enough to decant into bottles, but for a solid crystalized bucket, 110° is not sufficient to completely liquify the contents over time. The instructions say leave the blanket on a couple days and stir the contents. Stirring 5 gallons of solid honey is no easy task, and the gate valve cutout always leaves a chunk o honey in the gate which requires adventurous removal before decanting. I just ordered the adjustable model which goes to 145°. I've had decent results with the BB05, but I would not recommend this model at all.
W**N
Good but not quite there!
This year I faced some issues with crystallized honey getting spun out in the extractor along with the liquid honey, and that meant the whole batch was seeded with crystals and it started to solidify within a week. I had, by accident, made poor quality creamed honey! The problem was, how to liquify the bucket without a lot of mess and burning the honey.I bought the Bee Blanket, and while it is working, it doesn't quite do the job. I followed the suggestions of the other posters here and covered the wrapped bucket with a thick comforter to keep the heat in the honey. It took a week to liquufy the creamed 5 gallon bucket, or at least most of it. **There was about 1 1/2" of crystallized, sludgy honey in the bottom of the bucket, which of course means if left that way the bucket will crystallize rapidly all over again.** I poured off the mostly liquid honey, which has to be rewarmed again to be sure all the crystals are gone, and this time put a heating pad UNDER the bucket to make sure the bottom is also warmed. The sludge I scraped into a double boiler and am warming to reliquify.So, if you have sludgy or even solidly crystallized honey, this device will work but it will take many days, extra wrapping, and a LOT of stirring, and I mean scraping the bottom sludge thoroughly to ensure it is heated and the crystals all melted.So, one star is lost because the device does not heat the bottom of the bucket well. Another star is lost because the cinch (using a pinch clip) for the blanket is awkward and hard to use. A Velcro strap would have been much better, and I will buy a separate Velcro strap if I use this again. And it may actually work better if the bucket is placed on top of the middle of the Bee Blanket (so the bottom of the bucket receives heat), and the sides wrapped up as high as they will go, then wrap bucket and blanket in a warm comforter.The Bee Blanket is a decent, inexpensive way to warm crystallized honey, but it has flaws. Unfortunately there is little on the market between the Bee Blanket and a $1400 cabinet warmer.
P**.
Great way to liquify honey without harming the honey.
Wonderful product! At first I thought it wasn't working but later realised it takes a few days to properly liquid hardened honey. Honey liquefies faster at higher temps however it also kills beneficial enzymes etc if heated beyond the temp the Bee Blanket heats to. I place a Styrofoam disc on top and bottom of the pail to allow the blanket to heat more efficiently. I can now reliquify hardened honey for packing into smaller containers.problem solved! Thanks Bee Blanket!
D**I
This product is very good can liquefy crystalized honey without overheating it
This product is very good can liquefy crystalized honey without overheating it. you have to understand this process takes time its not a quick operation you need to rap it around a bucket and pretty much for get about it for a week or so it depends on the severity of the crystallization then you will see a very fresh like honey.
B**T
Works great. Helps de-crystallize my buckets of honey
Works great. Helps de-crystallize my buckets of honey
T**T
Bee Blanket great for melting pails of Coconut Oil
We purchased this to melt buckets of coconut oil and the products works well. It's light weight, easy to use and came as described. We're very happy with our purchase.
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