economy incubators??

hi
im preping for the season and looking for an incubator(s) and i heard that the best thing to do is buy a fridge and convert it... but i was wondering if anyone has anything to say about purchasing an economy incubator?? or should i just build one?

Dude just build one out of a big A cooler. That's what I'm planning on. OORRRR find a free mini fridge online at craigslist or your local classifieds. Making something is much more rewarding than buying it.

Get ahold of Jake on here.

He sells some prebuilt incubators. Or he will sell you the KIT to make your own incubator.

I bought the kit and love it.

http://www.jwexotics.com/economyincs.html

have u used them yet? did your eggs all hatch??

I have not yet, no.

I plan on using it this coming season and have ZERO fears of it not operating to my expectations.

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Originally Posted by th3jok3r

have u used them yet? did your eggs all hatch??

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im trying to see who has used it or tested them out humidity stay constant.... temp stay constent.... things like that

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Originally Posted by th3jok3r

im trying to see who has used it or tested them out humidity stay constant.... temp stay constent.... things like that

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I use a refrigerator. I control my temperature in the Incubator, the Humidity I control in the EggBox itself. My first Incubator I made worked for Geckos, it used an aquarium heater, an ice chest half full of water, and a rack to keep the tubs out of the water.

The next one I made was a ice chest with a cheap thermostat and flexwatt.

Now I use Full size refrigerator I got for free, 17"? Flexwatt and a Helix. Looking back I wish I would have made the refrigerator years ago. BTW the fridge was cheap, and took less then a Hour to setup, Works GREAT.

Whatever you chose, good luck.

I agree with converting a fridge or freezer. I have a converted upright freezer that works great, in the process of building a 2nd one actually. Other than the t-stat it is dirt cheap to make. All you need is 2-3' of 11" flexwatt, some foil tape, and a secondary temp gauge w/ probe if you want it. Less than $25 to do it other than the t-stat.

its settled then lol on to craigslist to find a cheap fridge and oreder some supplies thankssssss guys!!
as always your all so helpful

told you. converted fridges are best.

felipe

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Originally Posted by th3jok3r

im trying to see who has used it or tested them out humidity stay constant.... temp stay constent.... things like that

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I used my XL02 economy incubator last season with substrate-less egg boxes, and had 100% hatch rate with 6 clutches, except for a boob egg that went bad at about 6 weeks. The humidity is maintained in the egg boxes, not in the incubator itself, and with the Herpstat controlling the temperatures I only had a ±0.1° fluctuation. Even when I went on vacation for a week, I came back and checked the min and max temperatures and they were both within 0.1° of the set temperature. I like to over do it with the heat, and with a Herpstat controlling it, it's nearly impossible to mess it up.

One customer said the same thing.

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I have had it running since saturday.The high is 88.2 and the low is 88.1.Hard to get any more accurate than that! I love it. [...] Like I said a few e-mails ago, I will be doing business with you again. If there is anything I can do for you ,let me know. I have told some other new breeders about your incubators.
- Justin

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Which would be the appropriate size of Economy Incubator for a single clutch of dwarf retic eggs?