Official Broken Hydrometer Count

[dstockwell]

2167 - was in the sink, went to move hit something and broke it... Damn guess on Monday I'll just fly blind brewing.

 

[buzd]

2168, arrived broken.

 

[Devon]

2169.

I actually broke it twice, which has to be some sort of achievement. I rinsed it in my bucket of StarSan and shook it ever so gently to knock the foam off - snapped it in half. Thinking "I'd better put this back in the tube so no one cuts themselves" I dropped in back in the tube and it knocked the bottom plug out and shattered on the concrete floor.

 

[tip27]

2170... broke it drying it off.. somehow.

 

[Shawn0522]

2171 this last weekend. Will someone please make a square design!

 

[Venari]

2168, arrived broken.

Vendor replace it yet?

 

[Murphys_Law]

Sorry for the thread jack but I broke my darn test jar! Was sitting (full) on the counter and I knocked it over. Beer and glass everywhere and cut my finger trying to catch it mid-air (was already broke having hitting the counter edge first) so was "catching" broken glass.

Luckily the hydro wasn't in the jar!

 

[ryanryates]

Do, not sure if this counts - last night I had a dream that I broke a hydrometer. In the dream, I made a mental note that I needed to report it on the HBT hydrometer thread.

Homebrewing and HBT have officially invaded my brain and subconscious!

 

[Patrick87]

2172. Had it in the drying rack by the sink and bumped it with my arm.

 

[Johow]

2173, I had one at 68deg that I liked to use. Dropped it so I pulled out my old 60 deg model. But in the mail yesterday, I received my new refractometer! I'll do a comparison on my next brew day.

 

[uwlarson]

2174 and 2175. First arrived broken. Second I broke between my sparge and boil. No OG?! Yuck. Now I will always have a backup on hand. And handle carefully.

 

[SirSpectre]

Broke my first one today after 18 months of brewing (and also a week after realizing i was using the wrong calibration temp). RIP OG Hydrometer. You will be missed!

 

[Gooser]

Just had my son break my first the other day

 

[tellyho]

I've given up buying them. Don't measure anymore. Must have broken at least 5 over 10 years.

 

[Terek]

broke one on my second brew and learned my lesson. 5 years in, and have yet to break another. i also got a refractometer last year

 

[dwhite60]

I've got the same one I had when I started brewing. That's 1990. I have broken a tube though.

Now, let's see what happens next brew.

I've got a refractometer that I LOVE. Find I use it more than the hydrometer
and it's just as accurate.

All the Best,
D. White

 

[Patrick87]

2178. Arrived broken.

 

[Spartan1979]

2180? I broke my 0-1.100 hydrometer on Friday. I knocked over the sample jar as I was putting the hose back in the fermenter. Williams Brewing is out of stock on these right now.

 

[sonofred]

Broke my first one yesterday. Slipped out of my hand while washing it. Will never wash one again.

 

[cannman]

2182

New way - Frozen gravity

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[Genghis]

2182

New way - Frozen gravity

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You, sir, have raised the bar. Kudos.

 

[KingBeer]

Just broke my first one last week, almost lasted me a year

 

[Bigfly]

Although not technically broken the one I have been using for 12 years had the paper inside slip down 2 gravity points. It took me 6 months to discover the problem.

 

[Qhrumphf]

Embarrassing moment for me. My third ever breaking a hydrometer was at work. My boss rolled her eyes and bought another one.

 

[Dfitz]

Never broke a hydrometer yet but last week I knocked my two 300 watt aquarium heaters off onto the garage floor. I was mad for two days over that one.

 

[atom]

2183...lasted 5 years.

 

[joebob296]

2184. Lasted 2 years then my daughter decided to test its durability...

 

[Sandstorm]

2185 broke in my bucket of starsan. Forgot I had a measuring glass cup in the bottom.

 

[phug]

Yea

 

[BeerGrylls]

2186. Went three years without busting one, then I see a piece missing from one. Hmmm, where'd it go??

 

[jerbrew]

2187 threw my dogs ball and it bounced around and knocked over the sample jar. Hydrometer was in its case and everything. Lasted a week. Broke one in three years and 3 in 2 months.

 

[BrewerBrad82]

Well, just saw this...

http://www.northernbrewer.com/herculometer-triple-scale-hydrometer

A polycarbonate hydrometer may just slow this thread down!

 

[CharlieDeltaFoxtrot]

Broke one. Rocked bucket of RIS that is lagging at 1.036... onto it. Crunch.

Lasted a little less than a year.

 

[Genghis]

2189, counting CDF's.

Still inside the wine thief after measuring OG. Fell over in the sink while washing.

 

[pstereo]

one broken one. i had cleaned it, and it was now dry. I had it in my hand turned and hit a cabinet door by mistake. little pellets EVERY where....

 

[Mainer]

+1. The old story.
Boy meets hydrometer.
Boy washes hydrometer.
Hydrometer meets floor.
Boy loses hydrometer.
Boy goes to LHBS, buys new hydrometer.

 

[brewing_clown]

2192 - Lasted a couple of years. Was due. Had a spare, so all good.

 

[NothingRhymesWithCurtiss]

2193 - Sat it on a ledge while tasting the gravity sample. Apparently the ledge isn't level.

 

[jmitchell3]

2194. Don't ask.

 

[Crashola]

#2195 -- I can't complain too much though. It lasted me many, many years.