Ovation 56 Advance

It's obvious why Brinsea is an authority in incubators. This incubator is extremely reliable, easy to disinfect in-between hatches and holds it temperature like the fate of the world depends on it. The user interface is easy to use and simple to remember from year to year. - Update 11/30/22 - This incubator is still running like a clock. It's never had any sort of technical hiccup or blip and I can't even count how many lovely chicks I've hatched from it over the years. Thanks Brinsea! - Update 11/6/24 - Still doing amazing! I want to give this incubator more stars but I can't. I've never had a single issue with it and the chicks just keep hatching perfectly every time - THANK YOU BRINSEA! If you're wondering if this incubator is worth the investment - YES, yes it is. I now have two of these things and they're fabulous.

I managed to get this at a super price when it went on sale. I do like this incubator, and it does a great job of getting eggs to develop. The temperature is quite accurate and steady. There are a few things I don't like though. The turner trays don't accommodate larger chicken eggs, the turner mechanism is difficult to line up after opening and then replacing the lid, and it sucks to refill the water reservoirs for humidity. Other than that, its great for hatch rate. I use this as my "setter" incubator for batches I start at different times, and use smaller incubators to hatch out the batches.

This is one of the best incubators I’ve ever had. It is almost as good as the ovation 56. If it had the automatic humidity control I would give it the 5 stars. Unit was easy to set up and use. Controlling humidity wasn’t all that difficult. Incubation rate was about 90%. If you are looking for a very good incubator, then look no further.

Easy to use and worked very well for one hatch with 8 of 10 Serama eggs hatching. The fan started making noises on the second hatch with most failing to hatch. The fan then quit altogether and I can't find a replacement online and Brinsea hasn't responded to my inquiries. The fan problem appears to be a known issue bases on web searches. A lot of money spent on an unreliable product

This is the second incubator I have purchased of this model. The first achieved 98% hatch rate routinely. This one I was only getting 25 to 30% hatch rate. I replaced the turner and heat coil and now am getting a 95% hatch rate. I waited to long to return it thinking I had just got some bad eggs. Customer support was a pain but once I spoke to them they were helpfull. It took a Facebook post to get a reply though.

I have several of these. They work well and getting the humidity level maintained is reasonably straightforward. The controls are easy to set and the unit maintains temperature well. Egg turning also works as advertised. These are very good home / (very) small farm incubators. The instructions omit discussion of turkey eggs. The standard egg racks that come with the incubator are fine for smaller heritage turkeys (e.g. Royal Palm, Norfolk Black) but you'll want the larger racks (sold separately) for the largest turkey varieties. This incubator also holds most duck eggs comfortably (except Pekin eggs - get the larger rack for those too).

I was researching incubators to hatch Quail eggs and heard good things about the Ovation 56 Advance. Read the user manual and realized that I needed large egg carriers which had a divider to hold s the smaller Quail size eggs. Setting up the temperature on the digital display was pretty easy. The turning feature worked perfectly had set it to turn at 60 minutes. The humidity display was the best it took away the guess work and followed the instructions in the manual regarding how much water needs to be added. The RM + alarm sounded on the first day I set my eggs and thought OH NO something is wrong. But then checked in the manual regarding the alarm and noticed that the incubator had the sun rays pointing directly on to the lid that had increased the temperature, without the alarm I would never have known. I changed the position of the incubator and that solved that. Really happy with that feature. My son just loved to see the progress from eggs to chicks. They started hatching on day 18 and only lost 4 of the 70. Cleaning the Ovation 56 Advance was easy but for my next use I will buy some hatching mats I saw on Brinsea website to keep the bottom from getting dirty. The Ovation 56 Advance is very easy to use. Highly recommended.

We used this incubator successfully twice. The third time we tried to incubate 2 dozen eggs. None hatched. We thought it was because of a change-up in the rooster situation on our farm. We put some quail eggs in and checked to see what temp they should incubate. It was at this point that we figured out that the incubator wasn't getting up to temp. Following the manual, we tried to increase the temp. The digital buttons would not work. We emailed a copy of our purchase receipt to Brisnea and tried to get it replaced. They supposedly come with a 3 year warranty. Long story short - they are NOT honoring the warranty. We were offered to pay shipping there and back for them to repair. Parts and service time would also be billed to us. We are done with this brand. After spending over $300 for this product, it was a real slap in the face for the warranty to not be honored - even with a copy of the purchase receipt.

I am thankful I did my research and finally bought this incubator. I did my very first hatch with some rare hatching eggs and had excellent results. Then I ended up having to do a staggered hatch with some half incubated eggs my chickens left behind, and they all hatched successfully. This incubator is Incredibly easy to use, with clear instructions. I couldn't be happier. I also want to add, I didn't bother using the hatching mat supplied, I simply use it as a tracing tool to cut dollar store drawer liner out to use instead.

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this product is not suitable for UAE, be aware very dangerous and can cause fire, this is a 110 volt porduct,

This incubator is my first one and it has been so easy to set up and maintain so far. Temperature is steady, humidity is super easy to control and the the turning mechanism is handy. I also love all the great info included in the manual! Highly recommend.

Great Product. Great hatch. Temperature was perfect.