i don't know if suicide counts but
2592+1=2593
2592+1=2593
Are you sure there wasn't some large incentive to help it along to the other side?i don't know if suicide counts but
2592+1=2593
Are you sure there wasn't some large incentive to help it along to the other side?
Regardless, 2593 it is, that's what counts here.
That sounds pricey!there was, like (i think chity chity bang bang) "up from the ashes, grow the roses of success!" lol
https://www.ebay.com/itm/H-B-Instru...490166?hash=item3fb87317f6:g:a70AAOSwsQJcUIhy
this one has S.G. on oppisite sides and .0005 increments on the other two! never again will i wonder why the f**k i'm supposed to care about plato....like pluto it's so worthless it's not a planet....why does it take up a third of the circumference!
That sounds pricey!
Now if it could only face the correct scale when done spinning it would be perfect.
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No better than using a screwdriver or a wooden stick to read gravity.2594. I just found out you can't use the thing as a lever in order to get a piece of paper towel out of the tube.
1- not even sure how it happened but it did .I figured at because so many of brewers are completely clumsy that we should be keeping a count of how many hydrometers the average message board breaks over a one year period. If you're like me, I broke mine the first time I used it. Checking account balance: minus $14.95. Ill start. Just search for this thread if, and when, you break one because I think it will be interesting to see how many we actually go through.
Hydrometer Count: 1
You would think by now they would be manufactured with pyrex so they arent so fragile.I figured at because so many of brewers are completely clumsy that we should be keeping a count of how many hydrometers the average message board breaks over a one year period. If you're like me, I broke mine the first time I used it. Checking account balance: minus $14.95. Ill start. Just search for this thread if, and when, you break one because I think it will be interesting to see how many we actually go through.
Hydrometer Count: 1
likely too expensive for only a small gain in strength. would you pay $50 for a hydrometer that will still break if it falls on a hard floor?You would think by now they would be manufactured with pyrex so they arent so fragile.
I've been brewing for a few years now and have went through THREE. I recently just broke the third one, which has promoted me to buy the Herculometer... I hope this purchase resolves this issue!
I didnt drop mine . Im still wondering what did in fact happen to it since I always take great care while using , cleaning and storing it. it had a crack on the bottom tip. I might , $50 is a stretch since you can buy pyrex measuring cups for under $5 .likely too expensive for only a small gain in strength. would you pay $50 for a hydrometer that will still break if it falls on a hard floor?
true, but a) companies have been making pyrex measuring cups for a long time, so the market has matured, and b) the majority of houses in the western world has a pyrex measuring cup, i.e. there is a huge market. net effect: we have reached scale on measuring cups. there isn't the demand for pyrex hydrometers that would drive several factories to pump them out cheaply in order to compete.$50 is a stretch since you can buy pyrex measuring cups for under $5.
even digital refracts can't give an accurate reading as soon as alcohol is present. any correction you make via a calculation will be an estimate, a best guess. true precision requires a hydrometer.When you can do a digital refractometer for 120, count me out.
2597
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Took 6 years but I broke my first hydrometer tonight while cleaning up.
2,598 is the new total
Do I get some kind of a badge now? Some type of badge of shame perhaps?
Took 6 years but I broke my first hydrometer tonight while cleaning up.
2,598 is the new total
Do I get some kind of a badge now? Some type of badge of shame perhaps?
QA pro brewer friend gave me an FG hydrometer years ago, it's the perfect way to accurately know when my beer is finished. It survived our move last year so I can't wait to use it again soon.even digital refracts can't give an accurate reading as soon as alcohol is present. any correction you make via a calculation will be an estimate, a best guess. true precision requires a hydrometer.
ok, enough of this ... anyone broken a hydrometer lately?
2,598 + 2 = 2,600
Add another for me today. Reaching for a clamp to hold the water hose in the fermenter for clean up and I dropped it. It bounced around and hit everything in the brewery. ...including the hydrometer flask containing the beer I just pulled to get a final finish gravity.
2,600 + 1 = 2,601
I'm curious what was the brand name of the one you broke?Resurrecting to say I broke my 2nd ever hydrometer last brewday. I wanted to get the same one again since it was nice and packaged well (and is a veteran owned business), but it almost doubled in price in 2 years, so got a generic one from the LHBS.
Brewing America:I'm curious what was the brand name of the one you broke?
I broke my second one by leaving in the countertop and it decided to roll over and fall to the floor in a completely flat countertop hahahaBroken mine today, such a silly way of breaking it too. I usually keep it in a protective plastic tube, that opens on both ends. So I opened one end, took the hydrometer out, opened the other end of the tube for some reason and just slid the hydro through the tube thinking it was closed at the other end... Glad I took the hydrometer reading first though, gonna have to go buy another one.
Total count - 2608+1
Total - 2609
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