Used my new hydrometer on my two batches last night after a week of more fermenting/carbonation.
I opened a bottle from the first batch, a West Coast Pale Ale that came with the Mr. Beer kit, that I thought was messed up. It is still sweet from the table sugar I added to the recipe, but it has almost no carbonation at all when I opened the bottle, although it has only been 6 days. The hydrometer reading was at 1.012 still.
The second batch that I had pitched the extra yeast in, is doing fine though. Last week after picking up the hydrometer, I tested and it was at 1.014, which was after 2 days in the primary. I tested last night and it is down to 1.007. I think that is pretty close to bottling time, but will give it a few more days and recheck the reading. Tasted pretty good as it was, no cidery flavor like the first batch. Looking forward to it!