Hi Folks,
Someone just lay it on me. Which brand should I buy, which brands should I steer away from.
I give up on the water dish. I want a nipple!
If it is yellow in color and not made by VAL do not buy it.
If you can take it apart do not buy it unless it is a VAL.
A nipple drinker only requires a drip cup if it improperly managed or poorly designed.
If a good nipple drinker is properly installed and managed there should be no dripping or very little if your circumstances do not allow all parameters to be adequately met.
Rankings-
1) Lubing from Germany - hard for a non industrial grow to obtain. Very well designed, well manufactured and tolerant of difficult situations.
2) VAL from USA - not typical for what a small grower would expect. Like Lubing well designed, well manufactured and tolerant of difficult situations.
3) Ziggity from USA - Well designed, well manufactured but not tolerant of difficult situations. Require very high water quality. They do not want their products sold to non industrial users.
4) Impex products from Holland - most popular for backyard users. Come in threaded and push-in. Tolerant. Three piece all SS not a good choice. Hard to go wrong with these since they are also easy to obtain.
5) Plasson from Israel - confusing, hard to obtain in NA. Not a bad product but pretty Euro Metric.
6) Chore-Time from USA - nothing in their product line that is very suitable for small scale, not bad if you have 60 X 600' broiler houses.
99) Anything from China on E Bay, especially the three piece junkers.
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