Incuview XL Cabinet Reviews?

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GoGirl247 said:
With the way the trays are slightly cupped, it gets a much better turn than the flat one I had in my HovaBator. You can customize turning rate very easily. Feel free to ask anything else. I wish I'd found reviews before I bought it.
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I have an Incuturn for a Hovabator that I built using an Incukit. Temp and humidity ( I used their Plug and Play Hygrostat with a Reptifogger from Zoomed) are perfect but I believe the turner has cost me some chicks. I love my Incuview small table top incubator, and have had tons of success with it. My main concerns with this one is having such a small fogger cover such a big unit, and the turner. I love having the eggs on their sides though, and think it has made a difference in my hatch rates this year. It's a much more natural process.

So your main issue is with keeping a constant temp, and difficulty with the turning mechanism and handling the eggs?
 
GoGirl247 said:
It has its pros & cons, but kinda wish I'd gone with the Sportsman or home built. However, I'm not giving up yet.
First tid bit, mine arrived with the door window popped out which I siliconed back in. Then it wouldn't heat above 85. Will say their customer service was exceptional. They called me back at 4:30 on a Friday. A wire had disconnected and luckily I fit inside, so didn't have to take off the back panel. They gave me a $50 refund for the inconvenience.
I love it has a hatcher. The top view is great. It holds stellar humidity levels, and heats back up so quickly if I have to open the door. There's such a range in weather here in Texas that sometimes we're drowning in humidity and this machine didn't flinch. Just fill the extrernal bottle every other day or so.
It is very sensitive to placement. And I'm still not getting steady temperatures and there is a degree range or more between the top and bottom shelf during the day. Have one more room to try when I have time. And though I love the humidity kit-- warning-- the external wires/setup has potential for animals/kids/ *ahem* clumsy ppl pulling them out or knocking over. My least favorite part is the turner arm/ turning trays. The arm has to be removed to pull the trays out. It's awkward and not the safest for the eggs. The trays are flimsy. Would never pull one out full. And I worry that some of my serama eggs would fall through. My shipped eggs do much better getting stabilized upright, so would like at least one shelf that doesn't roll.
When I have more time, I'll try to modify. Just not using all the shelves right now until I get steady temperature/ we build some trust.
Hope that helps.
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I just recently got the interview XL and I really wish I would’ve gone with another sportsman. I didn’t realize when I got the interview XL that it was for a larger eggs and that my bantam eggs wouldn’t fit in the trays. I am also having a hard time getting the temperature consistent throughout the whole Incubator. There is a huge temperature difference between the bottom and the top and I don’t think that the top hatcher shelf is actually hot enough to hatch which worries me. I’ve done a lot of temperature taking and adjusting but I haven’t tried a whole hatch from start to finish because I don’t have any eggs I can afford to waste right now. I like the humidity kit but it did take a while to get it placed so that there wasn’t an air bubble in it but it does keep the humidity at a consistent temperature and I do like it now that I have it set up properly although I have tripped over it a couple of times and pulled the temperature probe wire away from the box. I really don’t feel that it is as reliable as a sportsman and for me being in Canada the cost worked out to be pretty close to the same. I noticed that recently they have taken it off of their website page so I’m not sure what is happening now. I’d really like to hear more about other peoples experience because I’m really not very happy, although they are good at returning emails and messages online.
 

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