Fancy Hydrometer?

[Craigerrr]

Has anyone seen or heard of this? Looks gadgety to me, makes me wonder what cleaning it would entail.

 

[Megary]

Looks complicated and pricey. If it's more than $10, its not for me.

 

[Minbari]

I am sure it works fine. Flush to clean.

For $500......nope!

 

[Over The Cliff Brewing]

Come on somebody get one! (not me of course)

 

[NorthWest Small Batch Brewing]

$35o on website. Nope. Mach one eyeball with a glass fermenter or a hydrometer.

 

[Minbari]

$35o on website. Nope. Mach one eyeball with a glass fermenter or a hydrometer.

That is 350 euro

$430

 

[Donoroto]

They sure are proud of that thing. It I drop it, will it do better than my ($8) glass hydrometer?

I can drop a lot of hydrometers for $400

 

[Blackmuse]

They sure are proud of that thing. It I drop it, will it do better than my ($8) glass hydrometer?

I can drop a lot of hydrometers for $400

That made me laugh!

I still regret the $100+ TILT I bought! Good thing I learned my lesson then and not at that price!

 

[Minbari]

That made me laugh!

I still regret the $100+ TILT I bought! Good thing I learned my lesson then and not at that price!

I really like my tilt. Its not perfect, but does a pretty good job and has given me allot of insite into what happens in my fermentor

 

[Herm brews]

My glass hydrometer is not broken, so does not need fixing. My refractometer seems to work fine as well. Hopefully it stays that way.

 

[Mark Farrall]

My hydrometer broke today while cleaning up from yesterdays brew. So I'll buy 2 more glass ones and come out many hundreds of dollars ahead and not really worry about the lost convenience.

 

[Craigerrr]

Ever since I bought a backup hydrometer....

 

[GFHomebrew]

That gadget looks cool but don't fit the KISS method.
Man I must be lucky never broke a hydrometer and i break alot of S^&t!
I've already broken the hose extender thing on the bucket blaster

 

[Minbari]

Ihave never actually had a glass hydrometer. Always used a refractometer or my tilt

 

[Nosybear]

Come on somebody get one! (not me of course)

Too pricey for me. My $50 refractometer works just fine.

 

[GFHomebrew]

Ihave never actually had a glass hydrometer. Always used a refractometer or my tilt

Wow

 

[Mark Farrall]

Ihave never actually had a glass hydrometer. Always used a refractometer or my tilt

I'm hydrometer for OG if I'm organised. The tilt is good enough for FG. I don't need that level of precision on ABV, just whether it's finished. I'm still probably closer than most commercial beer anyway.

 

[Blackmuse]

I really like my tilt. Its not perfect, but does a pretty good job and has given me allot of insite into what happens in my fermentor

Well, mine still sits on the shelf pretty-much unused as I found it to be "not perfect" and it seemed to only frustrate me half the time. The other half of the time I liked the "insight" you mentioned. It was also handy to see when fermentation was done but honestly, for the same price I could get 2 fermzilla all-rounders and a glass hydrometer that give me a nice visual of what's happening in my fermenter and let me see when the beer drops nice and clear indicating fermentation is done. - I'm not mad really - just disappointed. The 130 I spent on the TILT could have gotten me so much more in my brewery! lol

 

[The Brew Mentor]

I'll stick with a hydrometer.
Newer or gadgety doesn't mean better.
Plus, it'd only be a matter of time before I broke it.
Oh, and for those of you who haven't broken a hydrometer yet, you're not trying hard enough!
Cheers

 

[Donoroto]

Well, mine still sits on the shelf pretty-much unused as I found it to be "not perfect" and it seemed to only frustrate me half the time. The other half of the time I liked the "insight" you mentioned. It was also handy to see when fermentation was done

I use my tilt all the time, accepting it as inaccurate. But, can you spot where on the chart below we reached FG? Who cares if the number is "wrong", I get the info I seek.