The ultimate bird brooder is here and we have distribution rights :0) the RCOM Bird Pavilion like other RCOM incubators is trully leaps and bounds ahead of others in the market. The Bird Pavilion has full humidity and temperature control, it also has a dimmer light so night can come slowly with no panacking in your young stock. It also comes with ‘anion’ aiding the appetite and growth of young birds. The RCOM Bird Pavilion because of its amazing control can be used as a manual incubator but with its quality i am sure it will be in full time work as a chick brooder.

From the 25th April 2008 the new range of rcom incubators will be back in stock. These are the incubators with the new humidity system. We will also be getting new stock of the RCOM Pet pavilion and RCOM Bird Pavilion range.

I am biased so please try to balance my comments:-

Both Brinsea and RCOM have upgraded their incubators this year, both are supposed to be improvements :-

Brinsea Octagon 20 Advance, the new octagon 20 incubator. This has been rebuilt with a new heating system and therefore easier to see inside the incubator, also with a new digital readout with push button control. So is it an advance on the old model? Well maybe, it is easier to use but I still find the fan so close to the eggs a real pain at hatching time and filling up the humidity groves are still fiddley. I gave the old Brinsea 5-10 and would rate this 5.5/10 maybe more if the fan was further away from the eggs at hatching time. Price from £199.99 to £224.95

There is another model in this range Octagon 20 Advance EX this is as above with humidity control, this does indeed help with filling those annoying humidity groves but still does not take away from fan location. Price from £275.00 to £299.95.

RCOM 20 Standard this has also been upgraded it now has a complete rebuild on the humidity system, it now works on a a small heater unit in the water resivoir which raises the water temp to aid evaporation which is moved round by a gentle fan. It has full digital temp control as before and full autoturning. Price from £209.99 to £249.99 (As it has full humidity control it rally jumps past the Octagon 20 Advance to the EX model but at £70-£90 cheaper is is a must choice.)

RCOM 20 Pro, this also has had an overhaul and also has the new heated humidity system but the whole menu function on this model has been fully upgraded to a new easy to use lcd screen. Within the menu you can choose various egg types and press a button and the incubator will do the rest for you. It knows what temps, how long to turn the eggs and then when to stop. It also knows when to raise humidity. A stunning incubator. The USB model comes with computer software which allows you to keep accurate egg records on screen. Prices from £299.99 to £369.99.

I highly recommend the RCOM above the Octagon models as in my view you get so much more for your money! Humidity controlled RCOM incubators from £209.99 or full AUTOMATIC ‘SMART BRAIN’ RCOM incubators from £299.99 leaves the others standing.

There is one more plus, the heating in the R-COM incubators is not directly in the egg section but gently wafter in through gentle vents ensuring hatching is much easier for the birds, yet powerful enough to keep very even temps.

If you have the budget go for the RCOM 20 Pro, if not the RCOM 20 standard will be a super incubator for you. 

As I am sure you are all aware we are now RCOM Incubator nominated stockists for the UK, we only cover the warranty issues for all R COM incubators sold by www.r-com.co.uk , www.incubate-eggs.com and of course ourselves www.pandtpoultry.co.uk . We are able to repair othe incubators sold by other companies but i am afraid we will have to charge parts and labour.

From early April 2008 our new range of r-com incubators will be available for sale, we are offering a brand new humidity system where instead of the sponge system the new RCOM 20 range will have a heater system ensuring a much more accurate and faster humidity system. None of the r-com incubators will have the old Brinsea adjustment hole in the back that caused so many problems with the old models. We will also be offering state of the art animal brooders known as r com pet pavilions, parrot and exotics brooders known as rcom bird pavilions and also a range of specialist r-com reptile incubators known as the Juragon range. They will also be available on www.r-com.co.uk at the same time.