Incubator suggestions

[Dr Evy]

Good morning friends,
As spring approaches so does the longing to hatch eggs! I feel it and I’m sure you all do as well. My old incubator has been slowly going off the deep end. Keeping it at the right temperature and humidity is an hourly hassle and quite frankly I don’t have the time to do it anymore. So I’m jumping in and buying a new incubator! I need your suggestions! I’m trying to keep it below $200. My first thought was the Nurture Right 360, because I’ve heard good things about it, but I wanted to check with all you egg-hatching nerds first to make sure I’m getting the best incubator.

Thanks in advance!

Evy

 

[MGG]

Good morning friends,
As spring approaches so does the longing to hatch eggs! I feel it and I’m sure you all do as well. My old incubator has been slowly going off the deep end. Keeping it at the right temperature and humidity is an hourly hassle and quite frankly I don’t have the time to do it anymore. So I’m jumping in and buying a new incubator! I need your suggestions! I’m trying to keep it below $200. My first thought was the Nurture Right 360, because I’ve heard good things about it, but I wanted to check with all you egg-hatching nerds first to make sure I’m getting the best incubator.

Thanks in advance!

Evy

My vote goes to the NR 360 hands down. It's my favorite even over my two Brinseas. I will add mine is the older model though with the full sized top.

 

[Aroddey2020]

I have 3 Nurture right 360s, on all 3 I have to set the temp to 100.5 to achieve 99.5 and the humidity runs 4-9% higher than it actually is.

 

[Chicken_tiger_catt]

Good morning friends,
As spring approaches so does the longing to hatch eggs! I feel it and I’m sure you all do as well. My old incubator has been slowly going off the deep end. Keeping it at the right temperature and humidity is an hourly hassle and quite frankly I don’t have the time to do it anymore. So I’m jumping in and buying a new incubator! I need your suggestions! I’m trying to keep it below $200. My first thought was the Nurture Right 360, because I’ve heard good things about it, but I wanted to check with all you egg-hatching nerds first to make sure I’m getting the best incubator.

Thanks in advance!

Evy

the boxy styrofoam ones at rural king work ok. I have also had recent success with this model.this model

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

I love my Nuture right so far!!
It is pretty accurate with temp and humidity.

 

[Dr Evy]

My vote goes to the NR 360 hands down. It's my favorite even over my two Brinseas. I will add mine is the older model though with the full sized top.

Do they still sell that model? That’s surprising especially considering the price difference in Brinsea and Nurture right 360!

 

[LTAY1946]

I'm going with this model next. I've hatched a lot with my Hovabators but I want to move up to a cabinet model that is easier to keep the humidity controlled. I've heard no negative reports on these.
https://hatchingtime.com/products/ct60-sh-egg-incubator-setter-hatcher

 

[PhoenixManz]

Hey @Dr Evy! I've been using THIS no-name Chinese incubator for a couple of years with excellent hatch rates. The temperature and humidity is best calibrated with a thermometer you trust, but it has temperature calibration in-built and once you know what the humidity offset is, keeping it at the correct value has been easy. I add water no more than twice a day i.e. in the morning when I wake up and at night before bed.
It also has alarms for low temperature and humidity that you can set to your preferred value. You can also set the maximum change the temperature is allowed to be changed with the + and - buttons, so that it doesn't get changed to a catastrophic value by mistake.
The build quality is good and the electronics are solid and well separated from the incubation chamber (I took it apart).
The only drawback is the cleaning after the hatch. I'm particularly meticulous about cleaning and there are some nooks and crannies that are difficult to get at. But I hacked together some tools to make it easy and it takes me 20 to 30 minutes to clean and disinfect the whole thing now.
All-in-all, it's one I can recommend for the price (about 80 USD).

* Edit: added some feature details.

 

[MGG]

Do they still sell that model? That’s surprising especially considering the price difference in Brinsea and Nurture right 360!

I believe so. I just bought mine a couple years ago at tsc. Here's the difference. The new one with the smaller top of supposedly to give a better view. I just don't know if it's better, I've never used one. I have heard the old one is better though from several people.
Old one (the one I have)

New one

Yeah I was quite surprised too. The NR is just superior at holding temp and humidity than the two brinseas I have. Though I like and use them anyway.

 

[Dr Evy]

I believe so. I just bought mine a couple years ago at tsc. Here's the difference. The new one with the smaller top of supposedly to give a better view. I just don't know if it's better, I've never used one. I have heard the old one is better though from several people.
Old one (the one I have)
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New one View attachment 3757889

Yeah I was quite surprised too. The NR is just superior at holding temp and humidity than the two brinseas I have. Though I like and use them anyway.

Better as in it works better? Maybe I’ll see if I can find the older one.