Best Price Cabinet Incubator - Research Help Needed!

[HallFamilyFarm]

We are about to buy a cabinet incubator. I have researched several sites and am getting a bit flustered at remembering the prices etc. We would appreciate some help.

Which dealer/site has the best price?

We are considering the 1502 Digital Sportsman by GQF. We can order direct from http://www.gqfmfg.com for $719.95 plus shipping. Shipping may be a big deal as we are in Arkansas. Most do not include the shipping. We would consider a used incubator, but we are NPIP and can not afford to buy a used incubator and inherit a disease.

Here are a few sites we have found.

1502 Digital Sportsman by GQF. We can order direct from http://www.gqfmfg.com for $719.95 plus shipping.

http://kingsuro20.com/ has it for $665.00 plus shipping

On ebay ​

reptipro has it for

$793.99 with free shipping.​

Amazon has one for $829.99 with free shipping.​

Strombergs is $720.00 plus shipping. ​

http://www.strombergschickens.com/

Its $745 plus shipping at http://www.flemingoutdoors.com/sportsman-cabinet-egg-incubator-1502.html

Its $683.95 at http://www.poultrysupplies.com/index_files/Page369.htm



Its $759.00 at http://gqf-incubator.com/

$718.95 at http://www.eggcartons.com/Sportsman-Cabinet-Incubator-1502-p/1502.htm

$751.30 at http://cutlersupply.com/zen_new51/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2


Edited to add:

Some suggested a Dickey's Incubator: http://dickeyincubators.com/

3 Tray with hatching tray
Incubator, w/electronic thermostat & digital hygrometer $607.00

 

[Odelia]

I don't know what is best, but I have been looking at the dickey incubator. I like that it has the three rotating trays as well as a hatching tray at the bottom. I am interested to see what other recommend.




http://dickeyincubators.com/incubator.htm

 

[KYBOY]

I would suggest a Dickey..These are my personal reasons, now keep in mind I have absolutely nothing against GQF..They are good incubators but here are my reasons for buying a Dickey..
*Temp is taken at Egg level(in the sportsman its taken in front of the coils)
*Metal hatching trays (The sportsman no longer comes with metal trays like the dickey)
*Metal bottom hatching tray with screen(Sportsman comes with a plastic tub, nothing wrong with it but I like the screen metal better)
* I also like being able to call and talk to the man that made my incubator..
Now Id buy a good used sportsman if I ran across one but when I buy another cabinet new it will be another Dickey.

 

[R2elk]

I would suggest a Dickey..These are my personal reasons, now keep in mind I have absolutely nothing against GQF..They are good incubators but here are my reasons for buying a Dickey..
*Temp is taken at Egg level(in the sportsman its taken in front of the coils)
*Metal hatching trays (The sportsman no longer comes with metal trays like the dickey)
*Metal bottom hatching tray with screen(Sportsman comes with a plastic tub, nothing wrong with it but I like the screen metal better)
* I also like being able to call and talk to the man that made my incubator..
Now Id buy a good used sportsman if I ran across one but when I buy another cabinet new it will be another Dickey.

I like the idea of the temperature being taken at egg level.

Your argument for a metal tray with a lid doesn't work for me. There is no need for a lid on the plastic tray as it is deep enough to keep the chicks in. It is necessary to put some sort of liner in it as it is a slick surface.

 

[HallFamilyFarm]

Dickey's was another we were researching. Thanks!

 

[KYBOY]

I like the idea of the temperature being taken at egg level.

Your argument for a metal tray with a lid doesn't work for me. There is no need for a lid on the plastic tray as it is deep enough to keep the chicks in. It is necessary to put some sort of liner in it as it is a slick surface.

Not an argument just personal taste is all. Im a blacksmith so metal is in my blood

 

[R2elk]

Not an argument just personal taste is all. Im a blacksmith so metal is in my blood

There is nothing wrong in your preferences. I prefer the plastic tray for two reasons.

1. Galvanized metal trays rust in the humidity maintained in incubators.
2. I hatch turkeys and prefer that they are able to stand up in the tall plastic tray instead of being bent over in the short metal tray with the lid on.