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Or get an ispindel, have the benefits of the RAPT, but you're not locked into the Kegland platform and it costs half as much... 👌

I also like the original glass hydrometer take a sample reading and taste sample

I always drink the wort as I test with the glass original.

Great video. Just shows that there is hardly any difference in performance but a huge difference in price from £10 to £360 for 1 gravity point

I measure Gravity direct with the traditional glass Hydrometer at the Start and the end to confidently accurately measure %ABV. I also use a floating Tilt Hydrometer (expensive and less accurate) to measure fermentation progress. When the 1.0xx numbers stop decrementing its time to bottle.

Great video!!! With the RATP Pill, is fermenting under pressure going to cause an issue or is this factored in to the design? Cheers!! 🍺

I now have two Rapt pills which I've also converted to wireless charging.
I love the fact I can see exactly what the temperature is and when fermentation is over without interfering at all.
I've also noticed that by removing my temperature control sensor from the thermowell and sticking it to the outside of the fermenter results in better temperature stability.🍻

I've had the easydens for over a year and love it, completely worth it for taking sg and fg readings. Makes life way easier 😂

Using the rapt pill. If fermenting under pressure does this affect the reading? I suppose you could test it by taking a measurement in a corny turn pressurising the vessel.

I have a Sonda Digital Brix Meter Refractometer, which are cheap at about £30 all in from ali express. It's much nicer than the kind you need to read with your eye. The RAPT pill kind of meter is great for looking at trends during fermentation, but I don't expect it to be accurate.

Really good, informative video! Thank you.

Love my RAPT pill and temperature controller. Really great bit of kit, brilliant design being able to use the pill as the controllers temperature probe. Bit more pricey than an inkbird but love it so far.

I would like to try a Rapt pill but the shed where I ferment my beer is out of wifi range. Can I use the Rapt pill directly to my mobile via blue tooth?

Very informative. Thank you!

I believe Anton Parr also make a digital refractometer called Smart Ref which is significantly cheaper than the Easy Dens without significant loss of accuracy. Have you had a chance to compare them?

Great video. I'm lucky. Tilt Pro and an Easy Dens for me.

Current brew using an ISpindle, first use, in a chubby. Glass hydrometer for OG and a recent test. Great for the temperature monitoring as well.

This is the video I need to show people when they ask how I ‘make the alcohol level I need’.

Don't forget the easydens will also measure ABV

One thing I would watch with the Pill is to put it in water for around 24 hours before calibrating the temperature - they seem to need to equalise inside the tube for a while before it's accurate.

I’ve used a hydrometer only since I first brewed, in 1979. The only drag with a hydrometer is chilling the pre boil wort sample quickly. Easy enough to manage though.
I suppose the sample size might be an issue for some if you were making very small batches

A great video, thanks! I've used Easy Dens for a couple of years and love it, a real game changer for me and so much easier on the eyesight and not having to worry about temperature adjustments. Tilt is great for keeping an eye on fermentation progress, particularly with fast fermenting yeasts, then back to the Easy Dens for final readings. Pricey, yes, but probably the best bit of kit yet.

Any chance you might stock the TILT pro mini soon? Will be really useful for the Brewtools mini uni's!

Very interesting, thanks for the video!

I measure density using a 100ml volumetric flask and balance reading to 0.01g. Very accurate and low cost ( <£20 on ebay)

I understand what the EasyDens is for - measuring density, but when would one use the SmartRef ?

If I'm using TMM 30L stainless steel conical fermenter, am I going to be able to receive the Bluetooth signal from the Rapt pill?