I'm debating ... Brinsea, RCom20, RCom King Soro20???

[kathyinmo]

I am in the market for a new tabletop incubator, to use as a hatcher. I use a Sportsman to incubate in, but prefer a tabletop type to hatch in. Which would you prefer, or what is your experience with these?

RCom 20 priced at $479. on sale for $389.
RCom King Suro 20 priced at $459 on sale for $299. (til the end of this week only)
Brinsea Octagon 20 Advanced priced at $479 on sale ??

 

[ChickFila]

I use my hova-bator 1602N as a hatcher/lockdown.
After incubate eggs in R-com suro, I will move them to hova-bator for lockdown, because it is bigger and chicks have plenty of space after hatching.
I thought R-com or Brinsea would be too crowded to hatch 24 eggs.

 

[Brickman House]

Just bought a King Suro. Had a terrific hatch (easy as pie, 15 of 17 hatched) of duck eggs, and now have started a batch of Buff Orpingtons.

The incubator is truly "set and forget" (we left on vacation for a week in the middle of the incubation, and everything stayed rock solid).

It is a bit crowded during the hatch-- we opened it a few times during the hatch to remove ducklings as it got too packed in there. Temperature and humidity returned to set levels almost instantaneously, and as I said, it obviously didn't hurt the hatch.

I'm very happy with my Suro so far.

 

[kathyinmo]

Are all of them crowded for the hatch?

 

[cqnguyen]

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I just got my King Suro as well, going to start a batch of RIR's, Hopefully this link should help you decide as well.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=316607&p=1

 

[kathyinmo]

Oh, thank you for that link. Decisions, decisions!

 

[Three Cedars Silkies]

I'm just beginning my first hatch in my King Suro. The thing has been absolutely rock solid plug and play for the entire incubation. Today is day 18 and I unplugged the turner and turned up the humidity this morning. When I got home from work I had an early chick!!

I can highly recommend it so far. BTW...I got mine for $229 on sale from Kemp's Koops online...plus $40 shipping (yeah....they're a little high on shipping)

I've also used the Brinsea Octagon 20 Advanced EX and had a terrible hatch. It was borrowed from a friend and I think the calibration for temp was off and the actual temp was about 3 degrees lower than it was reading. There is a way to calibrate them. I know that it is a great incubator. The King Suro is designed exactly like the Brinsea for about 1/2 the cost.

 

[kathyinmo]

Thanks for the info! I knew when it (Suro) was on sale for $229 (or $249?) that I should have jumped on it! Now I was told it is on sale for $299 only til the end of the week. I had better get that order in!

ETA: I found the feedback on Kemps Koops not to be so good .... maybe I should pass on that.
http://davesgarden.com/products/gwd/c/4434/

 

[satay]

I have the King Suro 20 and it is fantastic. Have had 100% hatch rate for all fertile eggs so far. 4 hatches.

 

[chickenman17]

Don't waste your money on those $300 to $400 dollar + incubators. They hardly hold any eggs! I have the Hova Bator Genesis 1588. It works great!

It has a preset electronic thermostat, a large picture window, a fan, and best of all it holds 50 eggs without the turner and 42 with. It is only $130 and it's just as good as a Brinsea in my opinion. I would highly recommend the Genesis 1588!