GFQ Cabinet Egg Incubators

I have 3 of these units. The oldest has been pumping out chicks for me for 3 years now. They are excellent. The settings are intuitive. The operation is simple yet effective. I have never had an issue. I did have to adjust the calibration of my oldest unit initially by .3 degrees but that's minor. I called GQF, left a VM and they called me back with instructions within 2 hrs. I would recommend this unit to anyone.

I also have Dickies and Brinsea. I have no complaints on either, but the GQF is my go-to!

My first incubator is an old (like 20 years old) GQF 1266. I believe it was meant for emu eggs when that was all the rage. I picked it up on craigslist very reasonably, added a custom 1/2 inch thick acrylic door, and off I ran...I have yet to get anywhere near capacity. The turner and fan work great. I haven't had to repair anything although I did replace the wafer just for good measure. I soon found out that hatching every three weeks was not going to work for me as I have several breeds with just a pair or trio or quad. Trying to hatch every week in just this unit was not a good plan due to high hatch humidity requirements. I purchased a used GQF hatcher so now I set eggs every week and switch them to the hatcher at lockdown. Both machines are workhorses and just keep on track with temp and humidity. Once I got them "dialed in" there is very little I need to do at all. I have replaced the heat element on the hatcher and also the electronic thermostat, both easy to do with simple household tools. I prefer simpler things, and these two used units meet my needs perfectly. They were not expensive, replacement parts are available and also not expensive. I would not want one of the high-priced fully digital machines for these reasons.

We have 3 GQF incubators and a hatcher and love them all.

I have a GQF Sportsman with the wafer regulator.... 3 autoturner trays and a hatching level. With the forced air i can open the door and close it and the temperature and humidity return to proper levels fast.
I started mine up in may and finally turned it off in September. I had it running constantly and had 85%+ hatch rates. 95% for my own eggs 60-70% on shipped (unless scrambled, not its fault)

Its water resirvor need refilling often and i have thought about investing in the add on water thing... but then i would totally forget about the incubator if i didn't have a reason to check.

This was my first time incubator... i went all in after hearing how people buy the foam ones... then need more room.... i figured go big. I run a 3 week rotation on the incubator and still have great hatches. The top level is the newest, second is the second week, the bottom turning tray is the 3rd week. then in the very bottom is the hatcher area.
Only time i had inconsistent temperatures (and this took me a while to figure out).... mom had opened the window in the laundry room.... the window is next to the incubator's intake.... so my bator was taking in 40* often... so if somethings is weird check the intake area.

Cleaning it is tricky, i just use lysol wipes.... though i did have one egg explode (my fault)