Brinsea OvaView Standard Egg Candler for Monitoring Embryo Development in Chicken, Duck, Goose Eggs, Portable Battery Operated Bright LED Light Candling Lamp

This egg candler is really nice and the light is quite powerful. It’s easy to use because there is a soft flexible ring that you can set the eggs on securely and simply pushing a button makes it light up. I was able to use it with one hand. It allowed me to see development in eggs that had dark brown and also blue-green shells, which are typically very hard to candle. The egg candler didn’t get hot during use and the light was bright enough that I could see chick movement and heartbeats in a couple of my light colored eggs, which was really cool. If you’re debating between this and a cheaper model, as I was, I would recommend paying the extra money for this one because it works so well and the quality is really nice. It definitely seems like a product that will last a long time and like a good value.

I love this little candler!!! I candle my brown eggs to sell at market. Brown eggs are a little harder than white eggs to candle. After you see enough of them, it gets easier to see those note even the small blemishes inside. I take it out to our brooder house to where we have our incubators and check to see how the eggs are coming along. This certainly is not a $300 candler, but it works great for what I need. The gentleman from the state who came to certify me to get my state egg license was surprised at how well it worked for a small hand held candler.

Much smaller than I expected, I can fit it on the palm of my hand. Very bright light, very very useful for candling. I tried candling with a flashlight and kept almost dropping the eggs. This makes candling easier, I could finally see inside the eggs, and I have hands free to take a picture if I want to! I am hatching for education so I really want to see the details inside the egg to watch for development so this candler is great. Definitely worth the money.

I like the fact it's battery operated. It's not very bright, not as bright as the old flashlight I used to use, but it serves its purpose. It's portable, I can take it to the coop or use it in the kitchen. Handy in the kitchen for hubby since he boxes up eggs for friends. Some friends found partially developed eggs. so.. A must have if selling or giving eggs (if you have a rooster, that is).

Wow!! Makes things much easier by allowing you to see inside the egg to determine fertility and growth. The kids loved it - I was able to take photos and videos of the chick moving from within the egg. It is well worth the price and takes the guessing game out of hatching chicks!!

I love this candling device. It was worth every penny. Seems like all my Brinsea products are user friendly and work great. I find it so much easier to place the egg on the top of this device than fool around with a flashlight and or a home made device. The light is actually much stronger and effective than most flashlights I have used as well.

I am a first time incubator and bought this egg candler after reading many reviews on other types of candlers. I received this product on Day 3 of my incubation period. (My incubator is the Brinsea Octagon Advance 20.) I tried candling on Day 3 as I read on the instructions posted on the internet. I didn't have much to look at so we left the eggs there. Following the instructions that came with the incubator, I candled again on Day 7. It was very easy to see which eggs were fertile and which ones were not. 19 out of the 20 eggs we were incubating were fertile. I highly recommend this product for ease of use. I have my candler on the countertop next to my incubator and I am able to hold the incubator lid with one hand and grab and place the egg in question on the candler with the other hand. Feels more secure than using a flashlight or a handheld candler. For comparison, I have shown both the fertile and infertile egg in the photographs. You will not be disappointed.

Used for a variety of colored eggs, including dark Maran eggs.

Meilleur appareil dans son genre. Facile d’utilisation. Une fois posé à plat il est simple de manipuler les œufs. Même les œufs foncés sont visibles.

This little lamp is perfect for use, I'm glad its not mains operated, it gave us the freedom to creep in and check eggs without having to move them from out outdoor coop and away from mum. The light is really bright, brighter than I expected being a little sceptical. It helped us identify fertile and none fertile eggs. I was able to see the veins heartbeat and any movement of chicks inside (much to the delight of my 5 year old son) It also helped us to hatch 1 of our chicks by hand seeing it was still alive but not able to fully break through the shell after day 23. Our hatch was very successful and I will be using this candling light again next year.

Best candler I've tried yet!

Great little item, going from the torch method to this candling device is like chalk and cheese, saw a duck moving inside it’s egg before hatching clear as day!!

Fantastic torch! Could see everything clear and could even see in some very dark eggs that I couldn't with my iPhone torch