Keeping Foxpro warm in cold weather

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bellero

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I went coyote hunting yesterday in -36 weather and my foxpro didn't last too long even with brand new batteries. I'm just curious as to what you guys do to prevent this. I'm thinking on getting my wife to sew me a cover made of fabric and/or putting a feet warmer pad (like toasty toes) on or in the battery compartment. I'm affraid a fabric cover would block the remote signal from reaching the unit? The weird thing is that my Fox jack was still working even if it operates on the same batteries as the ecaller itself.
 
Superbrad said:
-35 is really cold...... not sure this will work, but have you tried lithium ion batteries?....
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Here's an idea, lithium batteries. Temp was -28 but -36 with wind chill. Still had two dogs coming to my call, one stayed way too far on the lake and the other got a whiff of me as he crossed my foot tracks and ran away before I could even take a shot.
 
mine died friday afternoon when it was -30c.
i always carry new batteries in my pocket(keeping them warm)
and when driving from stand to stand,i put the caller on the truck dash to
get some warmth
 
Use good batteries. Also I keep mine in a small cooler bag with a bunch of those disposable hand warmers in there. Keeps it warm till you are ready to set it out.
 
Placing the foxpro in a small insulated cooler bag and using a hand warmer pack should help keep it running a lot longer.
 
I keep mine and transport it in an insulated Avery blind Bag. While I walk to any stand/setup I carry the bag over my shoulder. Once at the setup I will pull out the call and set it onto of the bag, allow for some height for sound and keeps it out of the snow in which will cool the call. As the rest do I take it inside after use to re warm it up. The remote I had a neoprene glove made so that a hand warmer can be placed in the back of it. It works well...
 
Make sure you have good batteries. My first batch of Foxpro batteries were junk and the company replaced them. I also invested in a quality charger as my first one was cheap and it reflected that on my batteries. I purchased a Watson 8 bank charger and am amazed at home much longer my batteries live for. I also recommend the Amazon black brand of AA's they are really good and last longer then the Eneloops I used to use. If you use more then one speaker on your unit you will really notice drain as well.

Cheers!!
 
I'm just going to reiterate what others already said. I use 2300ah energizer rechargables in my Firestorm. I will get a full weekend of hunting no matter what the temps. I do use Foxpro carry bag, this may help keep my caller warm while walking in but I believe good batteries are the key.
 
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