One reason for me running the incubator in this test run was to figure out how often I would have to add water to the unit to maintain proper humidity, before I put prized eggs into the machine.īut the incubator didn't work right. This would provide enough water to keep the incubator at proper humidity levels for the day. What SHOULD have happened, was that when I poured the distilled water into the outside watering bay, the water should have flowed through the small plastic tubing on the bottom of the tray into that inside water bay, until the first half of the inside water bay was full. The internal fan unit - located right above the inside water bays - spreads the humidity around the unit, thus keeping the eggs in proper humidity until hatching. On day 18, you fill the second half of the inside water bay, with the goal of having around 60% to 70% humidity. The goal is to have around 40% humidity inside the unit. If you are familiar with these smaller Brinsea incubators, you already know that you fill up one half of the inside water bay with water, and keep it full, until day 18. Using distilled water (only kind I use in my incubators), I carefully added water to the outside watering bay with the lid off of the incubator, so I could watch it flow into the inside water bay. I plugged up the machine for a "test spin." If you have hatched chicks before, you know how important this feature is to the welfare of the eggs inside, and since I am wanting to hatch particularly valuable eggs, it is all the more important for me. You are supposed to be able to add water to the unit without opening it up. The machine does NOT perform the way that it is supposed to! That is when I began to realize WHY Brinsea printed the notice on the box. My eggs are too valuable to be put in a machine that I have not used before. I have to admit, that got me wondering.īut OK, I had the unit, and it looked really good, so I figured I'd plug it in and give it a 24 hour test run before I put any eggs in it. WTF? They are ALREADY figuring I am going to have problems with this unit? That kind of notice never came with any of the previous incubators I had bought from Brinsea.
I have to admit, opening it was enough to concern me: you hardly get the box open, when there is a huge note on the inside of the box that says something to the effect of "Contact Brinsea if you have problems with this unit, before returning it." That's not the exact words (I can't give you the exact words, as I no longer have the box - or the incubator - but it was something to that effect). This 14 egg machine - with its advertised ability to have water added from the outside, without having to lift the lid and disrupt the existing humidity levels - seemed to be just what I needed. I went straight to Brinsea to get my fourth incubator. These units have served me well, but I'm now getting into selling rare breed baby chicks, so I needed to get another incubator so I could hatch more babies for sale.Īs happy as I have been with my previous Brinsea purchases, I didn't even look at any others. I am a long time fan of Brinsea incubators - I have three others (two Brinsea Mini Advanced 7 egg incubators and one Octagon 20 egger with automated humidity control unit).
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