Half Shell Hatch-A-Long! (Caution, unsuccessful, please read whole thread before attempting)

[SnapdragonQ]

Oh me too! Most people never even add any thermometers or hydrometers. I like to get to know the incubator before I even think about putting in eggs. I played around with it all evening yesterday, lol. The numbers on top are dead on, I'm pretty happy about that. The humidity % is off by 3%, which isn't a big deal to me. I'm excited to switch my eggs over though, I can add water without opening the lid and I can see through the plastic. My other incubator has frosted plastic, why the manufacturers would do that I'll never understand. Lol

I recently got the same bator and put all kinds of gadgets inside and ran it for nearly 3 full days...juuuuuust to be sure.
Love how easy it is to see everything!

That's so cool that ET peeped!

 

[MGG]

They always change every time you unplug them

They do! It gets annoying, lol. My Magicfly ran so well last year, but it's had 4 spikes this year and the readout is off by 2 degrees!
Though, if I left it plugged in all the time, maybe it wouldn't change! More eggs!

 

[MGG]

I recently got the same bator and put all kinds of gadgets inside and ran it for nearly 3 full days...juuuuuust to be sure.
Love how easy it is to see everything!

That's so cool that ET peeped!

I had 4 thermometers and hydrometers in it last night
It is so nice. It's a world of a difference. It's held right at 99.5/100

 

[CluckNDoodle]

They do! It gets annoying, lol. My Magicfly ran so well last year, but it's had 4 spikes this year and the readout is off by 2 degrees!
Though, if I left it plugged in all the time, maybe it wouldn't change! More eggs!

If it makes you feel better after running my NR360s for months on end since last year I still haven't needed to adjust anything.

 

[MGG]

If it makes you feel better after running my NR360s for months on end since last year I still haven't needed to adjust anything.

Sounds good! I just need more eggs to hatch. Mine is also wonderfully quiet. Have you ever had any spikes in yours, or does the thermostat help? My Magicfly doesn't have a thermostat. (That I know of anyway. If it does, it's broken )

 

[MGG]

Also, does the alarm go off if it gets too high or too low?

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Sounds good! I just need more eggs to hatch. Mine is also wonderfully quiet. Have you ever had any spikes in yours, or does the thermostat help? My Magicfly doesn't have a thermostat. (That I know of anyway. If it does, it's broken )

No concerning spikes. They keep very stable temps. After opening the incubators on a really cold day when I'm hatching in winter I've had them overcompensate and creep up to about 100.5°F but that's about it and it doesn't last long.

 

[MGG]

No concerning spikes. They keep very stable temps. After opening the incubators on a really cold day when I'm hatching in winter I've had them overcompensate and creep up to about 100.5°F but that's about it and it doesn't last long.

That's pretty good. I love it so far.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Also, does the alarm go off if it gets too high or too low?

You know, I did hear mine make a crazy alarm beep once but I wasn't in the room and when I went in there I realized it was probably because I left it cracked open. It's the only time I've heard it though and I wasn't even in there to know which incubator it came from, I just assumed it was from the open one. lol

 

[MGG]

You know, I did hear mine make a crazy alarm beep once but I wasn't in the room and when I went in there I realized it was probably because I left it cracked open. It's the only time I've heard it though and I wasn't even in there to know which incubator it came from, I just assumed it was from the open one. lol

Hm. I think I'm going to try an experiment and leave it open a little and see if it beeps. I'll report back.