I did kit 2. I like the magnetic stirrer but I am not sure one is truly better than the other. Someone on one of these lists uses the light one and I think has a colored bulb in it. She enjoys the effect and uses it as a night light, plus is totally pleased with her EIS. I believe all of the puppies can be converted to battery and Ode has the battery conversion pack available on the site - it comes with AC wall connector. I just got the basic and plug it into the wall. But then I don't travel much so having a portable power source is not all that important for me.
On the auto setting (turns itself off when done) with the swap (switches polarity every - 5-10 minutes can't recall exact cycle) using room temp - which is in my basement and therefor perhaps a bit cool - distilled water a quart takes 10-12 hours. Faster is not necessarily better. Again the science geeks can explain all that better than I can. If not on swap or if you prewarm the water I believe it goes faster if faster is needed. I also know some people "seed" their next batch with some from a previous batch which also I think allows for faster production. Again ask the science geeks how that all works. 10-12 hrs is fine for me because I just set it up and leave for work or go to bed or whatever and when it is done it is done. I can make 2 quarts a day when in high need and that is plenty for my family. When I first started providing it for the dogs they were going through a quart a day but now seem to be where they need to be and only consume a little each day so my supply lasts much longer. I make up about 4 quarts at a time and then wait til I start to run low and repeat. I have been very happy. I only had one batch turn out bad (dark yellow but still see through and when I later added H2O2 it turned dark and murky as all get out and never cleared - I tossed it) but I had cleaned my brewing jar with H2O2 and although I thought I had thoroughly rinsed it I was clearly incorrect. The next batch was totally normal. Live and learn. So ... the auto puppy fits perfect on a normal mouth quart jar - if you like wide mouth he has a nifty converter for it - has simple flip switches on top to determine manual versus auto and swap versus not swap (I cannot recall what the other setting is called ... lol and it is downstairs). Stirrer is by personal preference I think both work well just by different properties (heat versus slow physical water displacement). So I think you would be well served by either. IMO, YMMV, etc etc etc Jaxi On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 10:26 PM, Melly Bag <[email protected]> wrote: > Jaxi, > > I am trying to decide which machine to buy. I'm asking a few questions to > determine which type of machine to get. > > Does your silver puppy have a magnetic stirrer or thermal stirrer? > Which do you think is better between the two? > > Which type of machine do you have : kit No. 1 or No. 2? > > Can your machine be converted from electric and battery? > > How long does it take to finish brewing a quart? > > Thanks. > > Melly > > > > > --- On *Wed, 10/20/10, [email protected] < > [email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: silver-digest Digest V2010 #849 > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, October 20, 2010, 9:03 PM > >
