Timers.

[Mash]

Of late we have discussed various CCS (cheap Chinese shite)

Go to buy a decent timer and the full avalanche hits you.

More CCS than you thought possible.

£5 will buys you some proper shite.
£10 - 15 isn't any better.

Regular readers will know I am am idle brewer, and leave things to get on and walk away.

A timer is key. A wearable/carried timer is terrific so you don't have to carry your phone everywhere.

I have only found one that is any good. But have returned some proper shite.

Optimum time.

[gaza the instructor]

I have had one for years Mash. An Omega Seamaster Chrono, not cheap
but for life and very accurate.

[Mash]

does it have a easy to use countdown timer?

[gaza the instructor]

No its a chronograph Mash.

[Easydrinker]

You two are on different pages.

Robert.

[gaza the instructor]

one like this Mash https://www.watchfinder.co.uk/Omega/Sea ... f8&rank=22

[Mash]

Don't get me started on watches...I could really get carried away. Dabbled in Rolex's in a former life.

But just needed I timer..
Do you use a kitchen timer Gaz? Where you set say 30 mins, press start and 30 mins later it bleeps or rings to remind you.

That's all I wanted.. But wearable & reliable.

Ps. Don't trust 'apps'. Many I tested failed, often stopping when other events on the phone interrupted them

[gaza the instructor]

A lot of those electronic stopwatches will do a countdown.
You could wear it round your neck, you would look fetching
in Pink.

[gaza the instructor]

Something like this? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144028957792 ... SwDV1gkTK8

[Mash]

The Optimum time event watch.. brilliant.

https://optimumtime.co.uk

I nominate this as the best brewing timer.

[gaza the instructor]

I will stick with my Omega's. I have just won an auction on the Bay for an Omega silver Snoopy
Moonwatch. Now that is the best and I do mean all those Rolex wearers as well.

[Mash]

Is that the blue one?

[gaza the instructor]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/294160945059 ... %7Ciid%3A1
One like this but so much better.

[Easydrinker]

The Optimum time event watch.. brilliant.

https://optimumtime.co.uk

I nominate this as the best brewing timer.

Why complicate matters?
My mash tub/boiler has a built in timer.
I am never far away when it makes its annoying noise.
And if I miss it by a few minutes, so what?

Bring back sundials and relax.

Robert.

[Mash]

I am often a long way away.....

[gaza the instructor]

Are we talking distance here Mash, or checking for lights in the penthouse??

[Easydrinker]

How do three people from seemingly different planets manage to communicate on this site?

It gob smacks me, but it seems to work.
I am here for the long haul, to see new distillers find a way to what they seek.
Safe ways of washing and stilling.
Read , ask questions.
Then ask some more.
Stay safe.

Robert.