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I have had a few others ask about being able to monitor MLT gravities or kettle gravity. This is certainly something we expect to tackle at some point and we have made significant progress. However, we found that we were spreading our resources too thin trying to solve all the problems of the world - so we made a decision to focus on bringing to market a product for fermentation conditions first. It is possible that the Fermonitor that goes on sale this fall might also be suitable for reliable operation in the MLT or kettle. I hope I have addressed your question, we will be putting much more information on the website in the coming weeks.
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Any chance of seeing a prototype in action? Pics? Video? I've read in another thread that it can show the SG immediately upon immersion. Seeing a video of it being dipped into various gravity wort or sugar solutions and the resulting readout would be awesome.
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04-22-2010, 01:47 AM
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I have had a few others ask about being able to monitor MLT gravities or kettle gravity. This is certainly something we expect to tackle at some point and we have made significant progress. However, we found that we were spreading our resources too thin trying to solve all the problems of the world - so we made a decision to focus on bringing to market a product for fermentation conditions first. It is possible that the Fermonitor that goes on sale this fall might also be suitable for reliable operation in the MLT or kettle. I hope I have addressed your question, we will be putting much more information on the website in the coming weeks.
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Thanks very much Jon,
I look forward to the time when I can see your product and hopefully even get to use one. I'm sure there is much interest from the homebrewing level all the way up to the macro industry.
What you're doing is unique and thus far unseen, so here is a Prost! Can't wait to see more!
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04-22-2010, 01:47 AM
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Ah yes, we definitely plan to put a little video on the web site. It is very cool if you are a nerd like me, you won't be disappointed...  |
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11-10-2010, 05:08 PM
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Are there any videos of this yet? I would like to learn more about this product.
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11-10-2010, 05:40 PM
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Check out http://www.fermonitor.com/
No video, but there are pics and a seldom-updated "news" section. I consider this innovation the "Duke Nukem Forever"* of the home brewing world.
* - A video game that took over a decade of time to come to fruition that didn't end up to be vaporware
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11-10-2010, 07:45 PM
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Yes. PLEASE provide an interface that can run natively on OS X.
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I second this. I would buy one in a New York minute. I hate taking gravity measurements almost as much as I hate Windows. I even went so far as to buy a fancy refractometer from Misco (cost me 500 bucks) but it doesn't work worth a damn.
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11-10-2010, 08:32 PM
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I second this. I would buy one in a New York minute. I hate taking gravity measurements almost as much as I hate Windows. I even went so far as to buy a fancy refractometer from Misco (cost me 500 bucks) but it doesn't work worth a damn.
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I wouldn't count on an OS X solution at the get-go. Judging by some of the discussion on the boards here and by the screenshot, it's coded entirely in Visual Basic and will rely on Excel or something like that to display and log the information from the device. Of course, there is Excel for Macs, but I have no clue about compatibility with things like this. I could be totally wrong about everything I've just written here as well... I'm just recalling from memory. |
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11-10-2010, 09:39 PM
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I have an XP SP3 Dell Mini 10 that I use for Beersmith and internet browsing (i.e. brewclalcs.com, mrmalty, etc.) while I'm brewing in the garage or at the local brewery so I'm OK with a Windows solution. It would be nice to use my macbook pro but not essential.
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11-11-2010, 02:33 AM
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If this thing works and is reasonably accurate I'll buy it as the temperature and gravity logging would be extremely valuable to me.
If the developer still reads this thread for the love of god don't make me hook this thing to a computer. Have it serve a webpage or something, please, please, please. I would much rather pay an extra $100 for something I can plug into a bridge vs a USB device.
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11-11-2010, 02:52 AM
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If this thing works and is reasonably accurate I'll buy it as the temperature and gravity logging would be extremely valuable to me.
If the developer still reads this thread for the love of god don't make me hook this thing to a computer. Have it serve a webpage or something, please, please, please. I would much rather pay an extra $100 for something I can plug into a bridge vs a USB device.
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I agree...given that most people do not have spare computer lying around to simply gather data, and that fermentation does not generally occur in home offices or bedrooms (YMMV), it would be incredibly useful to have a web interface like this device
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