Hova Bator Egg Incubator 1602N with Circulated Air Fan Kit

I am a chicken addict. I want to give this device a fair review. It is well built in its simplicity. Despite being foam, it is dense and solid. The fan requires installing. Its not difficult but does need some skill. The wafer thermostat also requires installing. This is easy. Just take your time. I get aprox 80-100 percent on local fertile eggs and 50-70% on shipped eggs.I have had a 1602N incubator for some time. I just purchased a second one from IncubatorWarehouse. Fedex had issues shipping - it disappeared off my front step before I got home from work. IncubatorWarehouse sent me another - thank you IncubatorWarehouse.Before you run out and buy eggs, run out and get a decent hygrometer for measuring humidity. I use a  Meade TM005X-M Wireless Indoor/Outdoor Thermo Hygrometer I do not follow the instructions that come with the bator in regard to humidity. I use the dry hatch method - you can do a search in chicken forums for the science behind it. Either way, humidity and temp are critical.I also use an automatic turner - it keeps the touching of eggs and the risk of transferring bacteria to them at a minimum.Have fun with your bator. Buy accessories with confidence from IncubatorWarehouse.

It may be as primitive of a design as it gets but this thing is reliable. Once set it maintains for all eternity. This thing works so well, my kids put a rock in it and hatched a dodo!

I bought 4 of these HovaBator incubators over the last 2 years. 3 work great still. But the last one I just got has a problem with the heat setting. I set it up the same as the other 3 incubators and the heat keeps going back to 120f. I use 4 thermometers inside it to monitor the temperature all the time. It's a good thing I didn't put any eggs in it for 12 hour cuz they would have been cooked. I will be exchanging the last one and I hope the next one works like my first 3 do.

Seems to do the job ok. The lid rattles and is noisy. Adjusting the temp is not easy. The bottom doesnt hold water well and leaks. Once temp is dialed down, it is VERY RELIABLE and CONSISTANT in keeping exact temp. We keep ours in the basement where temp doesnt fluctuate. The temp of the incubator stays within 1/10 of a degree. Not getting a very good hatch rate. Dont know why or what/who to blame.

Put good white eggs never did I get a chick and duck eggs left for the time that it was supposed to be be in incubator n nothing put some of this eggs on my friends incubator that she loan me and got Guinea fowls,ducks,n chicks. These incubator I bought was not worth the money

I had no idea how to hatch chicks, this incubator is fool proof. Husband hooked up the fan and I plugged it in. 12 hours later the temp and humidity stabilized and I added eggs. 21 days later eggs started to hatch, 10 eggs out of 11 are now baby chicks🐣. The directions are simple, but really all that's needed. If you want a basic incubator that's fun and easy, this is for you!

Excellent incubator, very pleased with it.Hold temperature very well!!!!

I've borrowed an incubator in the past, same model but it didn't have the fan. Still even without the fan I had a pretty high hatch rate (about 90%). When we got ours (which has the fan kit) we put 9 guinea keet eggs in the Hovabator and on day 27 they started hatching, by day 28 all 9 eggs hatched. The directions have a chart with incubation length for different types of birds. Must admit that we weren't very strict on turning the eggs either. Easy to adjust the temperature, it comes with a thermometer (make sure the thermometer is at the same height as the top of the eggs)- and you should always make sure it maintains the correct temp for awhile BEFORE you put your eggs in. It didn't come with a hygrometer, which would be a good investment to go with the hovabator. It does make a low hum, but nothing too bad. Did what it was supposed to do, next project is D'Uccle Eggs!