Incubators

[gryeyes]

Brinsea, Brinsea, Brinsea.

Styrofoam may be a great insulator, but it's heck to clean and disinfect over the long haul. Not as durable as plastic, either.

I realize everybody has their favorites. It all depends on what you are willing to spend and eventually what you have success using.

 

[pascopol]

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What is a piece of styrofoam?

The Hovabator is a styrofoam unit. But it's also half the price of the Brinsea, and works just as well IMO.

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Sorry, you got it upside down.

Hovabator Genesis is $190 Brinsea ECO 20 $99.00 (sale price)

So Styrobator is almost twice price of Brinsea ECO.

I am still saying I would never pay $190 for a piece of styrofoam when you can buy more durable, more sanitary, easy to clean and longer lasting bator with better warranty for LESS.

No rocket science here.

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

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The Hovabator is a styrofoam unit. But it's also half the price of the Brinsea, and works just as well IMO.

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Sorry, you got it upside down.

Hovabator Genesis is $190 Brinsea ECO 20 $99.00 (sale price)

So Styrobator is almost twice price of Brinsea ECO.

I am still saying I would never pay $190 for a piece of styrofoam when you can buy more durable, more sanitary, easy to clean and longer lasting bator with better warranty for LESS.

No rocket science here.

Oh, sorry, I guess it's the eco 20 advance that's 399. To each their own. I have had good luck with the Hovabators, so that's what I recommend to others. If you spray it really well with bleach water it's as easy as anything else to clean and disinfect.

 

[Woods_Woman]

After using Hovabators & Little Giants(styrofoam) and the plastic brinsea bator, the Brinsea IMO is a much better bator. For the $99 you cant beat the price, and I don't mind tilting/turning it a couple times a day.

 

[kuntrygirl]

How many eggs can the Brisnea hold? Does it have egg turners?

 

[Woods_Woman]

It depends on how large the egg, but I believe the site say's 24 on the Brinsea Octagon ECO. Check out page 3 http://www.brinsea.com/SearchResult.aspx?CategoryID=33. I also have the Brinsea mini advance which holds 7

 

[gryeyes]

The Brinsea Octagon ECO 20 can hold 18 - 24 eggs, depending on their size and how you put them in the 'bator.

It doesn't have a turner, but you can buy one. However, if you are used to turning eggs, the Octagon ECO 20 is DESIGNED so you turn the whole 'bator, not the individual eggs. It is Octagon shaped; you sit it on the flat spots for each turn, forward, middle, back, etc. That way you are not opening the 'bator at all or touching the eggs, just rotating the unit.

I'm lazy and had the money, so I bought the Octagon 20 Advance EX units, all the bells and whistles. That one has an autoturner cradle and a humidity pump. It is absolutely Stupid Proof!

 

[kuntrygirl]

I have NEVER owned an incubator before in my life, so I would need something that a child could operate. I would definitely need egg turners because I work and would not be able to turn eggs.

 

[allcrackedup]

if you can get something with a temp control the rest is just meat and potatoes... humidity pretty simple with attention in the first few hours.. most foam baters you can't control temp you put in a room that has stable temps. then go to work hot day temp rises 10 degrees bator goes up 5 degrees say.... no chicks hatching this time you really need something to regulate temp or stay home....

 

[gryeyes]

That is exactly the reason I got incubators with auto-turners.

I swear by the Brinsea products; I have two MiniAdvance EX models, one MiniAdvance (no humidity pump), and three (3) Octagon20 Advance EX units.

If you get the Octagon20 Advance model, you can later upgrade and buy the humidity pump. If you get the Octagon20 ECO, you CANNOT simply add a humidity pump, but you can get an auto-turn cradle for it.

Sorry for the sideway photo, but this is my table o' 'bators.

There the other MiniAdvance units are in a bookcase...