Incuview Incubator

[aart]

I took it out when I ran the humidikit sensors through. yes they make it rather tight through it.... the cord strainer is still around the original cords, incase I needed to put it back

Pics?
I've been using one of those 10" needles to add water....can't afford the humidikit
(tho @Molpet will post when they are on sale here and prompt me to splurge...how I pulled the trigger on buying the bator)

 

[Molpet]

Pics?
I've been using one of those 10" needles to add water....can't afford the humidikit
(tho @Molpet will post when they are on sale here and prompt me to splurge...how I pulled the trigger on buying the bator)

Mm not sure you can make out the last picture from the inside of the lid

 

[BreezyBre]

Last in on this old thread LOL however I'm going to try and hatch for the very first time and I've been reading my face off about incubators and still with no solid decision in sight ...until this thread from 2014 lolol Going to find me one of these for my Crevecoeurs I have coming in ! Fingers crossed !! Great review I appreciate it

Overall i think the Incuview incubator works great. I really like the large viewing window. The egg turner does roll the eggs on their side instead of tilting the eggs. It holds the temp great but the readout display on the unit does fluctuate. Although the temp fluctuated on the digital readout on the unit, the temp on my hygrometer placed inside and my Egg-ometer stayed very steady. The units base has three water reservoirs/channels. The center reservoir is the smallest in size and the next two get progressively bigger with each one having two overflow slots. These overflow areas allow you to just keep adding water into the center reservoir and the water will flow over into the outer reservoirs according to how much water you add. Hope that made sense. The units top dome has a hole for ventilation that can be opened or closed with a plug. This hole is how I added water to the reservoirs using a squeeze bottle and a piece of fish tank tubing. Using the tubing allowed me to select which reservoir I wanted to fill. Filling the outer (largest) reservoir puts the humidity at 40%-50%. filling all three reservoirs puts the humidity at 60%-70%.

The unit holds the humidity great for about 48hrs before it starts dropping and needs more water. Overall I had 9 eggs go into lockdown and of those 8 healthy chicks hatched. I believe that the 9th would have hatched had it not been for the fluke accident of being covered by an already hatched shell. I would highly recommend this incubator for someone who wants to step up from the old Styrofoam models but cant afford the $600-$700 GQF models. This was my first test hatch in this incubator and i cant wait to fill it up with eggs and see how it preforms with a full load.The incubator is very easy to clean as I have mentioned in a previous post.

I wish someone would have reviewed it for me before spending the money to give me more of a piece of mind but someone has to be the first. I am glad I went with this model though and I think it would be great for someone interested in hatching for replenishing their own flock but it is definitely too small for someone wanting to do large scale hatches. This unit holds 27 large fowl eggs comfortably but will probably hold more if you have some smaller egg breeds or pullet eggs.

Thanks for everyone who followed and I hope this review helped someone who was considering this unit. If anyone has any questions that I might have missed please feel free to ask. I feel 100% positive that if I put fertile eggs in the Incuview they will hatch. Thanks again and hoped this helped.

 

[SimoneG]

@Ms Biddy @Molpet I think I will try that. was it hard to get the piece out? my eggs are already in so i'd have to be quick about it. lol. I was having troubles with the humidikit but the customer service dept (which is great by the way) is sending me out a new one and I'm sending this one back for repairs. it seems to be a fluke but a relay kept getting stuck on and then I'd be at 99% and it was random. would work great for awhile then boom it'd get stuck. I've talked to a lot of others though and it seems to be just my normal luck. lol. thankfully they have a 1yr warranty and they are very helpful. I'm considering getting a second incy for next year when my own Peahens start laying I'm guessing that'll be staggered hatches continously so I'll need one as a turner and one as a hatcher. Does anyone else do that? I'm wondering if I should look at the hovabator 1588 for the turner one since it holds more eggs? I love my incuview and with that nice clear lid it will be my hatcher

 

[Shamo Hybrid]

It's good to hear that Incuview takes care of it's customers....... because I hear that the 'other' brand which I shall not name (you can probably guess) is very shady as a company and sometimes won't even honor their warranty or they give you the runaround and eventually ignore your complaints.

 

[Molpet]

@Ms Biddy @Molpet I think I will try that. was it hard to get the piece out? my eggs are already in so i'd have to be quick about it. lol. I was having troubles with the humidikit but the customer service dept (which is great by the way) is sending me out a new one and I'm sending this one back for repairs. it seems to be a fluke but a relay kept getting stuck on and then I'd be at 99% and it was random. would work great for awhile then boom it'd get stuck. I've talked to a lot of others though and it seems to be just my normal luck. lol. thankfully they have a 1yr warranty and they are very helpful. I'm considering getting a second incy for next year when my own Peahens start laying I'm guessing that'll be staggered hatches continously so I'll need one as a turner and one as a hatcher. Does anyone else do that? I'm wondering if I should look at the hovabator 1588 for the turner one since it holds more eggs? I love my incuview and with that nice clear lid it will be my hatcher

It wasn't easy to remove.. so I would recommend waiting until after hatching

 

[aart]

I'm wondering if I should look at the hovabator 1588 for the turner one since it holds more eggs? I love my incuview and with that nice clear lid it will be my hatcher

Depends on how many egg you'd have hatching at one time...incuview would work great as a hatcher. Am not fond of the incuview turner.

 

[SimoneG]

Depends on how many egg you'd have hatching at one time...incuview would work great as a hatcher. Am not fond of the incuview turner.

I'm not sure. with 4 peahens of course I'm hoping for 10-16 a week but I'm not known for good luck so it'll probably end up being like 2. and then guinea eggs when I find them.

 

[Finnie]

I should look at the hovabator 1588 for the turner one since it holds more eggs? I love my incuview and with that nice clear lid it will be my hatcher

This is exactly what I do. Incubate in the 1588, adding new eggs every week, and moving them to the Incuview for lockdown.

 

[SimoneG]

@Finnie which turner do you have for the 1588? I see that theres the up & down option or the rolling side to side one. (looking at incubator warehouse website)