Brinsea Advance Ex with Humidity Pump questions

Are these any good? How are they to clean? Any issues that anyone knows of? I have seen one for sale in my area for $425, like new. Reason for selling, wanting a larger one.

Thoughts?

what size is it?

I don't have the humidity pump, but I love my Octagon 40!

Easy to clean.

I have a bag of water, a turkey roaster and a light bulb. Humidity? What humidity? Pfft on humidity.

(interior humidity in the house right now hovers around 68%. It's HORRIBLE in here!)

Psst... Don't mention humidity around Uno. It makes her mental.

I also inquired about this bator, it is a 20 and three years old.

I love my Brinsea Octagon 20 Advance. I've had no problems with it at all. Well, except for the fact that it only holds 24 eggs   Though that may be a good thing cuz it keeps me from hatching out more chicks in a batch than I'm set up to handle at this point in my life.  

An ovaeasy 190 at about $1000.  Is better deal in my opinion.  And you dont realy need the humidity pump.
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mirycreek wrote:An ovaeasy 190 at about $1000.  Is better deal in my opinion.  And you dont realy need the humidity pump.
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Totally agree here. The only advantage of that humidity pump is you can leave for 24 hours without filling the humidity tray.

I was lucky enough to find one for $800 used.

Yes, it will be the same one. lol

On a slightly different note, if I am getting suggestions for larger incubators anyway, what brand/model/price to watch for would all of you recommend for approximately 50 eggs? I can't see us going larger than that for our use.

The Octagon 40 holds 48 eggs.

I think if I went larger than that, it would be dangerous.

authenticfarm wrote:I think if I went larger than that, it would be dangerous.

Totally, that could be grounds for divorce over here  
Although...  between my Oct 20, the mini, a couple broodies and if I'm desperate enough to fire up the old crapobator, hmmm, let's see, 24+9+18ish+48, heh heh heh    well still keeping it under 100 LOLOLOL

I've been wanting the 40 in a big way.

Just because a cabinet incubator can hold 190 eggs at one time doesn't mean you have to fill it up.  I can set one tray per week for 3 weeks and then hatch in the bottom.  Often I put duck eggs in the bottom so I can hand turn them.
No plastic parts, sturdier built, less affected by room temp fluctuations and better resale value is why I think cabinet incubators are bettr bang for your buck than tabletops.
I bet 90% of us on here swore at one time " i will never need a bigger incubator honey" and just look at us now!  

mirycreek wrote:Just because a cabinet incubator can hold 190 eggs at one time doesn't mean you have to fill it up.  

Yeah, but I probably would. I know me.