well its probably bin close to a month now and no probs yet, here in upstate NY we've had several 5/6 inches of da white stuff, a bunch of freeze thaws, rain, condinsation and its now bin single digits over night for a few n i keep thinkn it'll start binding but to no avail! and for da few bucks it cost to keepit right inda pouch for when/if it does... prob solved for me!