Eggometer? has anyone tried it?

[conny63malies]

http://incubatorwarehouse.com/index.php/egg-incubator-accessories/incubator-temperature-measurement/eggometer.html
I am still trying to figure out what incubator to buy or if i should build one. Anyways i was looking around for the cheapest bator prices and landed at incubatorwarehouse.com. I saw they had a eggometer. A thermometer with a egg shaped probe that you put in your bator/ turner. Has anyone ever tried it ,who owns one? Good ?bad?

 

[pete55]

Hi

Yes I've seen them and same principle as the 'Wigglers' in that they measure the core temperature. I've not felt inclined to use one and prefer regular thermometers.

Pete

 

[cmom]

I haven't use that one but have used the one below.

 

[conny63malies]

I think when i buy a bator next year i might buy both because i cant have too many little gadgets in the house and kitchen.

 

[stoopid]

I have the same one, and killed a whole batch of eggs with this exact one. Depending on where the probe is in a still air bator, the temps change DRAMATICALLY. I should have trusted the old skool thermometer, and kept the two together, until I was comfortable withthe newfangled one.

That was from cmoms post.

 

[cmom]

I put a fan in my still air incubator because of the hot and cool spots. Now with the fan the temp stays more even.

 

[conny63malies]

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I think i will order a simple 1602N from GQF and add a computer fan. I wonder if i could could cover the bottom part of the bator with a kitty litter bag to keep it from get dirty and stained?

 

[stoopid]

They make a plastic liner it's like $10. I have it, it's great, you don't have to worry about the styrofoam getting mangled when you clean it.

 

[conny63malies]

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I know , i had one but i would like something that covers the entire bottom of the bator.

 

[stoopid]

Mine does, goes up and over the seam at the top, have to make sure it's in right because it has indentations for turner cord. Wire floor fits inside that.