Official Broken Hydrometer Count

[DU99]

2206..dropped on the floor and stepped it went and bought a few spares and also bought a refractometer

 

[NSMikeD]

2208 Dropped it on the floor. Ordered a cheap one online and watched it slide out of the packaging to the floor. Bought a refractometer a few days later

 

[shoengine]

2209. I broke mine as it was obscured by sanitizer foam and I set my Pyrex 2qt measuring glass against it. I didn't even need it sanitized!!

 

[Bigfly]

2211 I broke a finishing hydrometer closing the tube it came in. ordered another one and it arrived broken. Finishing hydrometers are extremely fragile.

 

[bajaedition]

2216 I have broken 5 over the years

 

[nmfree]

2217. Dropped it while washing equipment a couple of weeks ago. This is why I always have a spare.

 

[tiredofbuyingbeer]

2218: I tried to force the stuck kitchen drawer it was in without thinking, and then heard it crack. RIP.

 

[RevKev]

I broke one a long while back... Probably wasn't recorded but me and glassware is rough when a few (>5 drinks) are involved... Love my refractometer

2219

 

[GoeHaarden]

2220. Another one bites the dust...yesterday actually

 

[oylerck]

I broke one 4 weeks ago so 2221.

Dog broke one when she stepped on it on the kitchen counter 2222.

 

[jcav]

I can't believe I broke another one last Saturday. Grabbed something off the counter in a hurry and as I walked past my arm knocked over the flask filled with wort and the hydrometer, that was my post boil reading after boiling my Blonde Ale. Which brings us now to 2223.

 

[jerbrew]

+1 = 2224

Slammed my tool box shut in it. That makes 3 broken in the past year. Think I need to be more careful.

 

[beergolf]

+1=2225

Did not realize it was broken. Dropped it into my test jar to get a fg reading, went straight to the bottom. Luckily I always keep a spare. Not too bad only second one broken in over 350 brews.

 

[MMStingRay5]

+1=2226

I had my hydro test cylinder in hand, went to dump some water out of it. Also in the same hand was my hydrometer in the open case to dry out. So I just straight dumped my hydrometer on the concrete...

 

[NothingRhymesWithCurtiss]

+1=2227

Took my gravity reading and went to move the sample tube, but my hands were full, so I put the top end of the hydrometer in my mouth. Yep, bit right through the bugger! Luckily no glass in my mouth or in the beer.

 

[MHBT]

i never broke a hydrometer in my 10 year brewing career..broke alot of hearts though

 

[Gravity]

i never broke a hydrometer in my 10 year brewing career..broke alot of hearts though

Matty FTW!

I've broken 4 hearts and 4 hydrometers; I wonder if theres a correlation

 

[3gbrew]

I broke on back in '02 or so. Didn't bother with them before. My ex thought the replacement was a thermometer and when it didn't work threw it in the trash. Still have the replacement for that one but I broke the flask for it last bottle day. It's harder to find a good hydrometer flask than the hydrometer itself.

 

[TallDan]

My ex thought the replacement was a thermometer and when it didn't work threw it in the trash.

Welcome to the forum!

Since you said ex, we can make derogatory statements about the apparent intelligence of this person, right?

 

[3gbrew]

Can't say anything I haven't said already. And she was a teacher.

 

[stella_tigre]

Matty FTW!

I've broken 4 hearts and 4 hydrometers; I wonder if theres a correlation

Dayum, not sure I can say the same....

We're not going to ask the Peanut Gallery about the heart count, but considering I'm only one hydrometer down in in 58 years, I'm hoping that's the lesser of the two.....

 

[Early8]

Broke another one. I think 2228 is the count now? I will get a spare to replace it.....

873
But I didn't post the previous half dozen.... I thought it was just bad karma; I take care of my stuff. So to fight back I paid ahead today and bought two....

 

[Trail]

I've broken three, which makes 2231... the most recent was one of those seemed to happen in slow motion because I didn't have a spare!

Now I always have two on hand, and a plastic hydro vessel to reduce breakage of that piece.

 

[triethylborane]

2232.

Had it 8 years. Slipped out of the thief when I was washing after a reading.

 

[gophergoat]

2233 have been using a refractometer for a year after breaking 3 hydrometers. By the time I paid for the 4th I could have paid the 50 for the refractometer. Found this one used with a bunch of other equipment. Opened a cabinet and knocked it out of the tube into the waffle maker.
Didn't even get to use it.

 

[SlitheryDee]

I had two come to me broken in shipping, then I broke a third. After that ordered three at once hoping that at least one would survive the trip. All three came in fine and I still have them months later. I'll be sure to keep spares always though.

2236

 

[Gravity]

Dayum, not sure I can say the same....

We're not going to ask the Peanut Gallery about the heart count, but considering I'm only one hydrometer down in in 58 years, I'm hoping that's the lesser of the two.....

Haha...the pros know how to do it best !

 

[soccerdad]

Dagummit 2237

My fault. I left it sticking up in the dish drainer. Stupid!

Had a spare since I buy them 2 at a time. Just ordered 2 more.

 

[Dcpcooks]

2239! Not sure how it broke. Had a small crack down by the weights that let a bit of wort seep in and that added 30 gravity points to my batch. I pulled it out to look at it and the weighted section just fell off.

 

[shoengine]

I've broken three, which makes 2231... the most recent was one of those seemed to happen in slow motion because I didn't have a spare!

Now I always have two on hand, and a plastic hydro vessel to reduce breakage of that piece.

I managed to break my plastic cylinder. I had it full of a post-boil sample on the counter. Moved too fast and knocked it onto the sight glass of my boil kettle. The sight glass plastic won and I took a huge chunk of my cylinder, not to mention a good pint of sticky wort all over everything.