Opinion needed on R-com digital incubators

[Chickiebabyfluff]

Looking at bators and came across a nice R-com Digital incubator...anyone have or use one of these? pros cons? Gonna be hatching some Jeresy Giant eggs!

 

[gabrielle1976]

I think I remmber someone on here hatching with one in her classroom years back . I dont have any personal experance but I think I have seen mostly good reviews of it.
http://www.strombergschickens.com/p...cy-Thermometer-Hygrometer/advanced-incubators

Is this the one yoour talking about

 

[Chickiebabyfluff]

I think I remmber someone on here hatching with one in her classroom years back . I dont have any personal experance but I think I have seen mostly good reviews of it.
http://www.strombergschickens.com/p...cy-Thermometer-Hygrometer/advanced-incubators

Is this the one yoour talking about

Hi Gabrielle no it isn't that one let me see if i can copy and paste a link to show you.

 

[Chickiebabyfluff]

it is this one!!

 

[gabrielle1976]

Lets see
Fleming outdoors does have them and has a 10 off coupon code they have theres here (they charge shipping)
http://www.flemingoutdoors.com/r-com-digital-egg-incubators.html

Stromburgschickens has them to there a little bit more here but the shipping is free.
http://www.strombergschickens.com/product/Rcom-Mini/advanced-incubators

This place has them the cheapest so far. But I dont know about there shipping costs
http://rcom-incubator.com/


Customer Reviews

Most helpful customer reviews
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.

Good for chickens
By L. Costanza
I bought this incubator with the EZ scope about six months ago. I am a teacher and used it to hatch chicks. The R-Com was great, but the EZ scope was a waste of money. It only shows about the size of a dime and to see the chicken moving and veins you are better off with an LED candler for a lot less money. The incubator was super easy and automated just like it says. The downside is it says it hatches other types of eggs. I am using duck eggs and there's no way it can fit 3 eggs and still turn. Hence I am down to 2 eggs and hoping they are successful as the hatch rate is not 100% no matter what incubator you use. Also the R-Com says it has a nest when they hatch. This is actually the box and there is no light that comes with it so it's misleading. Plan on buying a small cage and heat lamp yourself. This would be the perfect product for me if it held 5 eggs since not all hatch and was set up for bigger eggs. Overall everything worked and the chickens were super easy.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.

Poor egg turning design.
By Nancy M. Thibodeau
The first eggs I placed in the Rcom were three Appleyard duck eggs. They were tight fitting but all of them hatched. I was so pleased i purchased another incubator. The second batch were Rouen Duck eggs and only two hatched but I don't believe the problem was the incubator. I am very fussy and they were cleaned, sterilized and packed away in original boxes for the winter. This year I wiped them down and turned them on for another batch of duck eggs--only one worked. The other one was beeping and not reading the temperature. I did all I could to try and set it back to factory settings but it is not working. I went ahead and ordered another incubator right away. Neither of the two I own now turn the eggs. They slip all over and fail to turn. I ordered a bigger egg tray because I thought maybe my eggs were to big. When the egg trays came one of the tray rollers were frozen and broke. So now I have two more trays on order. I am seriously thinking of getting rid of these and ordering something more reliable especially if you only get one year/two batches of eggs out of them. I have to manually turn the eggs three times a day. Poor egg turning design. The older one is now making grinding noises but I don't dare take the eggs out at this stage. I am considering another brand like the Brinsea--they have good reviews.

Here is a link to reviews as well
http://www.avianweb.com/rcomminireviews.html

Almost any product no matter how good will have the occasional bad review but there shoudnt be alot. I usually do an avrage I find as many review on as many diffrent sites as I can and try to avrage it all out if it gets 5 starts on one sight but 2 on another I keep looking and in the end if I read 25 reviews and it gets an avrage 4 stars Im good , Im more likely to buy something that has a better avrage then something that has really good rievews just from two or three people.If that makes sense. Sorry Im probly giveing you more info then you wanted consdiering I hvent used it .

 

[FinelyFeathered]

gabrielle1976 i can't thank you enough for this info!! I'm thinking for the money that i would invest in this one and it only holds such a small amount of eggs i think i should get something bigger! I like the digital aspect of this one. But i have also been hearing alot about the Brinsea brand bators. This would be perfect tho if i would only be hatching a few eggs. *Sigh* Decisions Decisions!! Thank you for sharing this with me. What kind of bator do you use?

 

[gabrielle1976]

Well how many eggs would you like to hatch at a time .

 

[Chickiebabyfluff]

Well how many eggs would you like to hatch at a time .

no more then 6

 

[gabrielle1976]

http://www.brinsea.com/prod-Mini_Advance_fully_digital_7_egg_incubator-230.aspx Have to pay shipping

http://chickensforbackyards.com/Brinsea-Mini-Advance-Incubator-10426CB.htm Free shipping makes it cheaper then above I think

http://www.strombergschickens.com/product/Mini-Advance-Incubator/brinsea-incubator-sale Free shipping , I think that makes it a doller more then the one above it


Product Rating:

Date Posted: 2012-03-12 10:29:48
Mini incubator
Posted By: Lynn
Location: little> AR United States
Comments:
Totally awesome incubator! Works great, reliable, and fun.
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[FinelyFeathered]

Hi gabielle! thank you for this info!! I am gonna go with a the larger one simply because if i get the smaller one and decide i want to hatch more then im stuck with the bigger one i can do a small or large hatch!! thank you so much for sharing this info !!