HappyHatch'en :
Hold those ponies sonny....when someone asks that question in BYC, you must remember that the majority of the folks here are GQF product owners.....resulting in a GQF answer. Certainly if I purchased an incubator from XYZ, it would be the best on the market. I wouldn't want people to think I had made a bad decision.
Also the manufacturing of an incubator is pretty simple and they are easy to operate, no matter if it is homemade or a store bought incubator...have we all not heard of someone hatching eggs by means of a frying pan or heating pad?
Everyone has a budget to go by, so how many "bells and whistles" you can get for your dollar is really the questions.
I personally would either build one or buy a brinsea over any stryo unit. For a cabinet I like the Dickey and/or brinsea 190.
Good Luck
HappyHatch'en
We stared out with a GQF Hovabator, it hatched ok but it was very sensitive to changes in room temp, the heat or the ac coming on would cause the temp to swing- reason- they don't have the thermal mass and the heat to react to changes in room temp.
Next we got the Sportsman- haven't found a thing wrong with it yet. - the reason I recommended it was the original post stated "if price wasn't much of an issue. "
After that we got a Brinsea 40, a friend of ours that hatches alot of peafowl swears by them. We found the same issue with changes in room temp also happen in the Brinsea. We have our windows open when possible so it's 70's during the day and 40's 50's at night this time of year. The smaller 'bators just can't keep up with that much of a swing. Also the 40 costs pretty close to what a sportsman costs. it is made of 100% plastic and the base is molded foam or fiberglass. the sportsman is wood and metal.
You will get lots of advice, the best thing is figure how many birds you want to hatch, the cost of spare parts, and how long you plan to use it.
Steve in NC
Hold those ponies sonny....when someone asks that question in BYC, you must remember that the majority of the folks here are GQF product owners.....resulting in a GQF answer. Certainly if I purchased an incubator from XYZ, it would be the best on the market. I wouldn't want people to think I had made a bad decision.
Also the manufacturing of an incubator is pretty simple and they are easy to operate, no matter if it is homemade or a store bought incubator...have we all not heard of someone hatching eggs by means of a frying pan or heating pad?
Everyone has a budget to go by, so how many "bells and whistles" you can get for your dollar is really the questions.
I personally would either build one or buy a brinsea over any stryo unit. For a cabinet I like the Dickey and/or brinsea 190.
Good Luck
HappyHatch'en
We stared out with a GQF Hovabator, it hatched ok but it was very sensitive to changes in room temp, the heat or the ac coming on would cause the temp to swing- reason- they don't have the thermal mass and the heat to react to changes in room temp.
Next we got the Sportsman- haven't found a thing wrong with it yet. - the reason I recommended it was the original post stated "if price wasn't much of an issue. "
After that we got a Brinsea 40, a friend of ours that hatches alot of peafowl swears by them. We found the same issue with changes in room temp also happen in the Brinsea. We have our windows open when possible so it's 70's during the day and 40's 50's at night this time of year. The smaller 'bators just can't keep up with that much of a swing. Also the 40 costs pretty close to what a sportsman costs. it is made of 100% plastic and the base is molded foam or fiberglass. the sportsman is wood and metal.
You will get lots of advice, the best thing is figure how many birds you want to hatch, the cost of spare parts, and how long you plan to use it.
Steve in NC
