Anyone try the new Tilt Bluetooth hydrometer?

[GoBlue59]

Another odd thing...my beer was brewed 13 days ago, the tilt was holding steady at 1.016 for 2 days. Was going to move to secondary today, but this morning it dipped to 1.013.

seems like a long time to keep fermenting. I wonder if the tilt was stuck for a bit

[dannyboy58]

Following this thread makes me happy I decided not to splurge on the tilt. Doesn't sound like it's very reliable or at the least stable. That would drive me nuts.

[GoBlue59]

In all honesty I think I just need to adjust my expectations. It's a floating device. Thick krausen, agressive bubbling, getting the device stuck up against a wall... It's all explainable

[dannyboy58]

Oh yea I agree completely. Would still annoy me. haha

[tominboston]

I guess I got lucky, mine seems to work really well. I have compared the FG reading to a hydrometer and is always pretty much in agreement. I like it mostly for Checking my fermentation temp.

[squeegeethree]

Mine is not erratic either.

[sneezles61]

I'm doing apple cider right now, it seems fine... It always wants to share my info... I slide that message up and it seems to not do it... I'm good with it! Sneezles61

[squeegeethree]

I just take a picture of my screen with the chart loaded then share that picture with all of y'all

[jmck]

Mine seems pretty stable.
Here’s my latest batch

[sneezles61]

I like how you can see the temperature climb during active fermentation.... All brews take note of that. Sneezles61

[squeegeethree]

So is that a cold crash at the end or did you forget to end the data collection after you took it out.

[squeegeethree]

The

This IPA I pitched 8 days ago. Looks like it’s done

[GoBlue59]

Looks nice! Mine... A little different.

[squeegeethree]

ok. That is not how it should be working. Something is wrong with your device and you should contact Tilt.

[sneezles61]

Holy Moly!! Sneezles61

[GoBlue59]

Haha yea I told you. It just randomly kept jumping around during primary fermentation. It settled down eventually. I will contact tilt before my next brew just to be safe.if I just ignore those weird data points (any SG over 1.1 and any temp over 70) it makes a very normal chart. Maybe my sampling time was too quick (15 minutes)

[jmck]

So is that a cold crash at the end or did you forget to end the data collection after you took it out.

Cold crash. A bit too brief though.

[jmck]

You’re not in Southern California by chance?

But seriously is there anything that could be shaking the fermenter? In my house the dog running around or someone doing some exercise can shake the whole place. I’m just wondering if there’s something that could be shaking the fermenter or getting the Tilt dancing in there. Otherwise, I’d say you have a defective unit.

[GoBlue59]

It sits on the basement floor, so I highly doubt anything could be shaking it. Could be defective, who knows. But the final week or so has been steady so my guess is that the early fermentation period had something weird going on

[Frankm]

Great observation. I didn't notice that.