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I got a Tilt Pro direct from US manufacturer ('cos they're very new and I'm very impatient). Pricey at $250 (£180) but delivery was free and it arrived in three days (I think that was a fluke). I could get a signal from the old Tilt but it had to have the TiltPi receiver very close. It was in this (you can see the TiltPi on the window shelf):Cobnut wrote: ↑Sat Jul 03, 2021 8:36 amI have one of the 2nd generation tilt hydrometers. In the plastic fermenter (fermentasaurus) inside the fermentation fridge it works a treat connected to a raspberry pi zero W running the tilt pi app; I’m able to generate a plot of the fermentation progress so I can see when fermentation has finished (then take a FG reading with glass hydrometer).
However, with my SS conical, the Bluetooth connection doesn’t work so I have to manually take “readings” via my smartphone (still means I don’t need to remove any wort from the fermenter).
I’m a bit loathe to buy the repeater that they sell (maybe sell my SS conical and go back to the fermentasaurus? ), but it would probably work.
The tilt Pro looks as though it might also solve this radio propagation issue, but looks a tad dear too.
Boys’ toys, eh?
That's a 70L "commercial" conical fermenter with heavy gauge SS walls and 10mm thick lid weighing about 6Kgs+. You don't take the lid off unless it's absolutely necessary (the flexible seal will go anywhere if you try)! It's less than 10 years old but there was not the choice even back then. I'll modify it soon so the lid has a lid (100mm) in it!
The ordinary Tilt is in the Grainfather fermenter also in the piccie (it does the "trial" brews!).
The Pro works in it no problem.