I love my homemade bators the best, have not even half of the coast of the other bators & works great !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! just takes a little time & patience.
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NO, that's a Little Giant. Biggest waster of time and money I have ever seen or used.
NO, that's a Little Giant. Biggest waster of time and money I have ever seen or used.
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the Hova is so user friendly, it's as close to a hen as I've seen personally. The temps are really stable, and it even tells you which water well to fill up during incubation and what to fill during lockdown. Technically, you are supposed to be able to incubate and hatch without a thermometer or hygrometer if you follow the instructions, and I only have to add water every 4 or 5 days...
the Hova is so user friendly, it's as close to a hen as I've seen personally. The temps are really stable, and it even tells you which water well to fill up during incubation and what to fill during lockdown. Technically, you are supposed to be able to incubate and hatch without a thermometer or hygrometer if you follow the instructions, and I only have to add water every 4 or 5 days...
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The GQF Model 1202 is the closest I've ever used to your description. Held about 200 eggs.
Once you know the machine like the back of your hand, just set eggs, turn on the turner, fill the water tray at top and leave it be. We refilled the water once a week on the thing. With optinal humidity bucket/wick you didn't have to worry about humidy at all... just move eggs to hatcher on day 18.
Granted, once you know an incubator like the back of your hand, they are all easy. LOL
The GQF Model 1202 is the closest I've ever used to your description. Held about 200 eggs.
Once you know the machine like the back of your hand, just set eggs, turn on the turner, fill the water tray at top and leave it be. We refilled the water once a week on the thing. With optinal humidity bucket/wick you didn't have to worry about humidy at all... just move eggs to hatcher on day 18.
Granted, once you know an incubator like the back of your hand, they are all easy. LOL
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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.
The eco 20 "when its on sale" can only hold 20 eggs and does no have an automatic turner. Where as the gqf genesis 1588 can hold up to 42 eggs paired with the auto turner, not to mention hold temps just as solid as the eco 20 can. Its really kind of unfair to compair one bator with auto turning and one without since were discussing price. Throw in how much the auto turning cradel costs with the eco 20 then we have a fair assumption. Just ball parking it, I can get a 1588 with turner shipped from cutlersuply for about 175. I can get the eco 20 "when on sale" with turner for close to the exact same price as the other, but usually its just a tad more with shipping. For me what it boils down to is capacity, for some folks all they need is 20, but after you incubate for the first few times, more so than not you allways seem to be wishing for more space. You won't have that problem with the genesis. Both bators are right down to the wire on what the better buy is in my opinion, but the game winner for me is the space. I've allready outgrown my 1588 and are in the process of ordering another. The rails in the eco 20 can be finiky from time to time and sometimes need modification for different size hen and banty eggs, with the turner in the 1588 again for me I dn't have that problem. It all comes down to peronal preferance in the end, but my 2 cents is the Genesis 1588 is the winner of the two. Both bators are exceptionaly great at what they do, its just the ease of the operating system of the 1588 that has got me ready to order my 2nd one
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.
The eco 20 "when its on sale" can only hold 20 eggs and does no have an automatic turner. Where as the gqf genesis 1588 can hold up to 42 eggs paired with the auto turner, not to mention hold temps just as solid as the eco 20 can. Its really kind of unfair to compair one bator with auto turning and one without since were discussing price. Throw in how much the auto turning cradel costs with the eco 20 then we have a fair assumption. Just ball parking it, I can get a 1588 with turner shipped from cutlersuply for about 175. I can get the eco 20 "when on sale" with turner for close to the exact same price as the other, but usually its just a tad more with shipping. For me what it boils down to is capacity, for some folks all they need is 20, but after you incubate for the first few times, more so than not you allways seem to be wishing for more space. You won't have that problem with the genesis. Both bators are right down to the wire on what the better buy is in my opinion, but the game winner for me is the space. I've allready outgrown my 1588 and are in the process of ordering another. The rails in the eco 20 can be finiky from time to time and sometimes need modification for different size hen and banty eggs, with the turner in the 1588 again for me I dn't have that problem. It all comes down to peronal preferance in the end, but my 2 cents is the Genesis 1588 is the winner of the two. Both bators are exceptionaly great at what they do, its just the ease of the operating system of the 1588 that has got me ready to order my 2nd one
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Hi,
It would be helpful to know what you mean by affordable. What is affordable to some people on here might be unattainably expensive to someone else.
No more than 100 bucks. Good question
Hi,
It would be helpful to know what you mean by affordable. What is affordable to some people on here might be unattainably expensive to someone else.
No more than 100 bucks. Good question
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Whats TSC?
Whats TSC?
Tractor Supply company...they are across the united states.
Tractor Supply Company is the leading retail farm and ranch store brand in America. Founded in 1938 as a mail order tractor parts business, Tractor Supply Company (also referred to as TSC) owns and operates more than 1001 stores in 44 states supplying daily farm and ranch maintenance supplies to a targeted customer base. Based in Brentwood, Tenn., Tractor Supply is a public company whose stock is traded on The NASDAQ National Market under the symbol TSCO
from their website!
Tractor Supply Company is the leading retail farm and ranch store brand in America. Founded in 1938 as a mail order tractor parts business, Tractor Supply Company (also referred to as TSC) owns and operates more than 1001 stores in 44 states supplying daily farm and ranch maintenance supplies to a targeted customer base. Based in Brentwood, Tenn., Tractor Supply is a public company whose stock is traded on The NASDAQ National Market under the symbol TSCO
from their website!
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My Homemade will do for now, but after reading this I will save my pennies for the Brinsea ECO 20 with the Autoturner
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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.
The eco 20 "when its on sale" can only hold 20 eggs and does no have an automatic turner. Where as the gqf genesis 1588 can hold up to 42 eggs paired with the auto turner, not to mention hold temps just as solid as the eco 20 can. Its really kind of unfair to compair one bator with auto turning and one without since were discussing price. Throw in how much the auto turning cradel costs with the eco 20 then we have a fair assumption. Just ball parking it, I can get a 1588 with turner shipped from cutlersuply for about 175. I can get the eco 20 "when on sale" with turner for close to the exact same price as the other, but usually its just a tad more with shipping. For me what it boils down to is capacity, for some folks all they need is 20, but after you incubate for the first few times, more so than not you allways seem to be wishing for more space. You won't have that problem with the genesis. Both bators are right down to the wire on what the better buy is in my opinion, but the game winner for me is the space. I've allready outgrown my 1588 and are in the process of ordering another. The rails in the eco 20 can be finiky from time to time and sometimes need modification for different size hen and banty eggs, with the turner in the 1588 again for me I dn't have that problem. It all comes down to peronal preferance in the end, but my 2 cents is the Genesis 1588 is the winner of the two. Both bators are exceptionaly great at what they do, its just the ease of the operating system of the 1588 that has got me ready to order my 2nd one
some of the more innovative folks have figgered out how to get more eggs in the brinsea they make dividers out of flashing to the original poster if you are a busy person with a job a brinsea is probably the one you NEED if you can check the bator a coupla a times aday HB or LG but my only experiences is with the HB I bought a used one for $20 I have only turned it off twice to clean it I have hatched all of last year with it I kina know how it works with the brinsea it will be a much shorter learning curve for you then a LG or HB my Hova is a 1602N if I find someone selling one reasonable I WILL buy another I like them a lot. HTH some good luck with your birds
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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.
The eco 20 "when its on sale" can only hold 20 eggs and does no have an automatic turner. Where as the gqf genesis 1588 can hold up to 42 eggs paired with the auto turner, not to mention hold temps just as solid as the eco 20 can. Its really kind of unfair to compair one bator with auto turning and one without since were discussing price. Throw in how much the auto turning cradel costs with the eco 20 then we have a fair assumption. Just ball parking it, I can get a 1588 with turner shipped from cutlersuply for about 175. I can get the eco 20 "when on sale" with turner for close to the exact same price as the other, but usually its just a tad more with shipping. For me what it boils down to is capacity, for some folks all they need is 20, but after you incubate for the first few times, more so than not you allways seem to be wishing for more space. You won't have that problem with the genesis. Both bators are right down to the wire on what the better buy is in my opinion, but the game winner for me is the space. I've allready outgrown my 1588 and are in the process of ordering another. The rails in the eco 20 can be finiky from time to time and sometimes need modification for different size hen and banty eggs, with the turner in the 1588 again for me I dn't have that problem. It all comes down to peronal preferance in the end, but my 2 cents is the Genesis 1588 is the winner of the two. Both bators are exceptionaly great at what they do, its just the ease of the operating system of the 1588 that has got me ready to order my 2nd one
some of the more innovative folks have figgered out how to get more eggs in the brinsea they make dividers out of flashing to the original poster if you are a busy person with a job a brinsea is probably the one you NEED if you can check the bator a coupla a times aday HB or LG but my only experiences is with the HB I bought a used one for $20 I have only turned it off twice to clean it I have hatched all of last year with it I kina know how it works with the brinsea it will be a much shorter learning curve for you then a LG or HB my Hova is a 1602N if I find someone selling one reasonable I WILL buy another I like them a lot. HTH some good luck with your birds
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