Why I Changed My Recommendation (and a MUCH better Egg Incubator!) - Aceshin 56 Egg Incubator

[@OnlyTheChronic]

I LOVED this model and got 3 good hatches out of it before it randomly caught on fire for some unknown reason. Mine was obviously defective ( which was just my luck because I was doing a professional review for a Seller) but I still would buy one again because it was so easy to use and the only issue I had was getting the temps right on setup but once it was where it needed to be it was smooth sailing for 3 big batches of babies.

[@pickin-grinnin-homestead]

I found the first hatch to be only OK and then the top warped from the heat of the incubation and then it didn't hold in heat or humidity after that. And the heating element and fan being in the bottom to be covered in hatch goo was a horrible idea. I will never buy one of these again.

[@DR-zj4od]

This incubator is good IF: You keep it inside the Styrofoam container it shipped in while using it (open to check on things as it does not need a tight fit just enough to store the heat better), pour about 5 bottles worth of distilled water down the inside side every 2 weeks or so (forget using the little hole on the side and squeezing one bottle of water in every other day. The tray that is in a "U" shape on the perimeter will hold about 16 ounces of water), calibrate the temperature setting with an accurate thermometer BEFORE placing eggs inside it (most units come with poor temperature calibration), just get used to a high humidity since you CANNOT control it and it does not matter anyway as long as it is humid inside, place a screen over the plastic bottom at lockdown so the mess stays "mostly" from dropping down onto the fan and place the eggs NOT over the fan to keep goo from hitting the fan and making it difficult to clean later, take out all the screws from the plastic floor and discard them as they have no point since you clean and sterilize the unit after each hatching period. I use this incubator for about 3-4 runs of chicks each summer and following these few things will make this incubator work great and last a long time. It is also a very low price but with some tips you can get some great use out of it and use you money elsewhere. I do not love this incubator but I do really like it for the price, just follow some simple tips and it will last several years and serve you well and save you money.

[@pickin-grinnin-homestead]

You make a lot of good points but I still think the circuitry being in the bottom is a horrible design. And I really don't want to work so hard to figure it all out. I want my incubator to work without all the caveats. I'm glad you've found solutions. I still can't recommend this one but I do appreciate your input and hope it helps someone :)

[@sppoopyirishsonny1104]

My mom rocks; her first KZbin video :D 😋🥳

[@annamccoy4013]

Who dis?

[@pickin-grinnin-homestead]

P-Rice

[@breannemartin4764]

I have this incubator and I struggle getting the humidity high enough. I'm surprised you can get it high enough for the hatching period. on my second use 2 of the led egg candling turners stopped working. I liked this incubator at first as well but realized it has a lot of flaws. I have not had much success with the babies hatching full term. When they do hatch like you said they get thier feet, heads or body stuck or fall through the edges. Makes me scared to leave during the hatch period. I also have to pull them out before they are dry because of the fear of falling.

[@pickin-grinnin-homestead]

100% agree! That's why I've switched to the Farm Innovators 4250 amzn.to/31tHy94 It has everything I liked about the Aceshin but none of those design flaws. I just hatched 27 babies and they are doing great! Cleanup was super easy too. I now have duck eggs and I'm excited to see how that goes.

[@sandrasherwood32]

If you have the Styrofoam that it came with use the bottom to insulation of your incubator because most of the heat is lost through the plastic... On all of my incubators I keep the foam and it works great

[@MaurizioFantino]

Cause you have to remove the egg rotation system!

[@jodimontano4336]

Thank you for your updated review! I received this incubator 2 days ago from Amazon, and am returning it! I've incubated (partots) before, so I understand what a terrible design this is. The listing did not give enough detail to know these things before it arrived. Also on mine, it appears impossible to remove individual egg racks. I can only imagine the potential disaster of having to lift the whole flimsy apparatus, while full of eggs. Great review.

[@pickin-grinnin-homestead]

You are most welcome. We definitely want to save others the aggravation we've experienced! Thanks for adding your input :)

[@MaurizioFantino]

I am using this egg incubator with satisfaction. It just need to be calibrated, then if you keep polystyrene (with some adjustment) also the temp keep a good stability.

[@AFloodofSolaceJohnWhigham]

Good video thanks

[@ernestosanchez2942]

Ok I’m confused what incubator do you recommend seems like you like the one in the videos but then on comment section you say their worthless

[@pickin-grinnin-homestead]

Yes, initially it seemed great. Then it fell apart and I explain in the description why and made it clear in the thumbnail.

[@ecc-sv1es]

How many eggs hatched

[@SnK.on.Wheels]

I followed 55 degrees humidity but eggs did not soften enough for hatching. I am in my second batch and I keep humidity at 69-70 percent. I keep the top covered which keeps the temp even inside the casing. I consider the design responsible for poor result. Fan should not have been at the base

[@tiar7641]

I had a terrible hatch rate with this incubator. Returned it. The humidity reading was not accurate at all which I confirmed with two separate readers I had inside the hatching area.

[@tiar7641]

How was your hatch rate?

[@amycakes777]

@@tiar7641 hatch rate was good, probably 80%. But I just cleaned it and ask the electronics shorted out. It's in the trash now. I no longer recommend it.

[@amycakes777]

Yep. I had miscalculated when figuring the temp in Fahrenheit.

[@pickin-grinnin-homestead]

I decide to scrap this one all together. When I cleaned it, all the circuitry was in the bottom and it fried and stopped working. Terrible design. I am loving my new incubator from Farm Innovators. We are in lockdown now. We will see in a couple of days!

[@diannepanetti6229]

Just bought this; the egg turner never worked and the control pad unresponsive after 3 days; temperature cannot be controlled

[@amycakes777]

I think yours is the worst case I've heard yet! Farm Innovators is my faithful incubator now. You have to make sure temp and humidity are checked with separate temp and humidity gauges bc the built in one is not always calibrated properly. But I've heard that is the case with ANY incubator you can buy.

[@pedroosorio2285]

I have the 32 egg incubator and it's terrible at keeping the humidity the corners pop open

[@pickin-grinnin-homestead]

Yep. I had that starting to happen too. Mine went out in the trash.

[@SnK.on.Wheels]

38.5 degrees is too high temp for incubation

[@pickin-grinnin-homestead]

Yep. I had miscalculated when figuring the temp in Fahrenheit.

[@MarloTechWorld]

What is the recommended? Is it okay if my incubator bounces between 37.0C to 38.0C?

[@pickin-grinnin-homestead]

@@MarloTechWorld 37.5C is ideal but the fluctuations should be ok. Of course you want to minimize them. I'm creating a video soon that will be very helpful to increasing hatch rate of all goes well! Stay tuned :)

[@MarloTechWorld]

Thanks, will be looking forward to that video.

[@tonytawk718]

This is a very good incubator ,,i have tested it 7+baches ,,, you have to calibrate it ,, you have to switch the fan to blow away from the eggs .,,, you have to set the max temp setting 38.5DegC,,,, best hatching temp i found in 37.5Deg C

[@pickin-grinnin-homestead]

Thanks for sharing your experience.

[@DR-zj4od]

I calibrate mine to 37.5 C for chicks and it works great. A bit warmer for my ducks at about 38 C.

[@zangyang4533]

How do you reset the day on this thing

[@pickin-grinnin-homestead]

Mine went in the trash so I don't remember. Try holding down buttons until something blinks and then see if you can adjust it. That's the way a lot of them work.

[@rebeccasturgillbaur3567]

How do you reset your day counter

[@pickin-grinnin-homestead]

I don't have this incubator any more. It's completely broken and was thrown out in the trash.

[@davidbosco2666]

I find that placing a light face towel over the top helps regulate the temperature to constant level.

[@pickin-grinnin-homestead]

I did that for a while until the top warped so badly that there was no salvaging it.

[@tbh_idek]

Does it have an American plug?

[@pickin-grinnin-homestead]

It does but I no longer recommend this one. It's impossible to clean without getting the wires and sensors wet and the whole unit was ruined. I'm now trying this one www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00TTYLIKY Much better reviews. When I bough the Aceshin, there were no reviews and now there are terrible reviews and I now know why!

[@tbh_idek]

@@pickin-grinnin-homestead does it have a hatching tray? Cause if it does I know what imma buy

[@tbh_idek]

@@pickin-grinnin-homestead also have you tried the 48 egg one?

[@amycakes777]

I am not sure what a hatching tray is. As far as the Aceshin, the 56 capacity is the only one I tried.

[@erwintorres7232]

@@pickin-grinnin-homestead let me know how is working for you thanks

[@hmoobdc5]

Dont this have a built-in candling?

[@pickin-grinnin-homestead]

The Aceshin did not. The Farm Innovators came with a candler but I wouldn't call it built in. Do you have a link to an incubator with built in candling? I'd love to see one!

[@excellberryhill3503]

well done video.

[@migueltadeo8663]

This incubator it's way better than farm innovator 4250. Tested 6 times all ready

[@bryandompig5183]

My humility is drop.2.8 the alarm go off ,I try but is not climming

[@pickin-grinnin-homestead]

This incubator doesn't hold the humidity in very well at all.

[@shaunsmuder3880]

Just spend the money on a good one right away.

[@pickin-grinnin-homestead]

I'm really like the Farm Innovator's 4250. Just hatched a bunch and it did great. Putting some duck eggs in today!

[@migueltadeo8663]

This unbranded incubator it's way better than farm innovator 4250 tested 6 times all ready and more cheaper.....

[@pickin-grinnin-homestead]

My experience was the opposite but thanks for sharing.

[@صوفيالساعدي-ع7خ]

ماهو البلد المنتج لها ونسبه تفقيس

[@pickin-grinnin-homestead]

I bought it on Amazon. I think it came from China but no company name was on the listing nor the country so I can only guess. This lack of information should have been a red flag for me! Good question.

[@pickin-grinnin-homestead]

PS the listing isn't there anymore. Anything that looks like this one is a new listing under a new name. Shady.

[@selfreliantpatriot1776]

I'm so confused on the picture you chose for your video. Says Don't buy this incubator but you definitely show you love the incubator in the video.

[@pickin-grinnin-homestead]

Sorry for the confusion. Originally I love it and it worked well. But issues began to arise that were not fixable and I decided to amend what I did and did followups on an incubator that I have been using longterm and works a million times better. If you look at the description, I give an indepth analysis on what went wrong with the Aceshin. I also think it's very telling that they've changed their name and rebranded.

[@edgarrivera6012]

This Chinese cheap junk kill all my batches. It doesn't maintain consistent temperature and wildly fluctuates

[@pickin-grinnin-homestead]

Same here. Avoid this one!

[@gabyharvey5982]

This is the worst incubator I ever owned! The design is awful. We are hatching chicks! When they hatch there is going to be blood, liquid, mucus, slime, crushed shells, and all that goes to the bottom of the incubator that can’t be clean with out tools! Yeah! Big window to see is inside is nice, but the mechanism of the incubator is at the bottom! I dry hatch so the alarm drove everyone crazy letting us know that the humidity was low. I can’t reset the days counter. Is on day 26 and the egg turner isn’t working. One positive point? The temperature is great.

[@pickin-grinnin-homestead]

Thanks for sharing your experience! I love my Farm Innovators incubator.

[@ovandodarty7315]

don't lose your money in this will garbage

[@pickin-grinnin-homestead]

Agreed

[@klavdiyabamforth5082]

they are terrible incubators

[@ernestosanchez2942]

Get your recommendations straight

[@amycakes777]

Recommendations change. What at first seems good doesn't always end well. Thus the update.

[@reddragonn1590]

I don't like it. After one use it will not reset my days to zero. The temp and humidity are not correct. The instructions are not concise. Setting the thing is a major hassle bc it is too quick to back track when trying to adjust settings. Candle feature is useless. Other than that, it's OK. 😬

[@ecc-sv1es]

How many hatched

[@pickin-grinnin-homestead]

3 years ago, I don't remember . Like 25%...