Ohmbrew Automations FERM-1311 Fermostat, Black

It worked for about 2 months, then it stopped working. I contacted the company and got no return. Pretty sad actually. It worked great for two months. I really wished they would support their product. I guess I need to move on and purchase a quality product. My Johnson Controller temp controller I purchased years ago is still working great.******Update*******The company did get back to me. They helped me try a couple things in an attempt to try and fix it, which didn't work. So, they are taking the device back to either fix or replace. I am completely satisfied with their response and may have jumped the gun on my initial assessment, and I apologize. I do really like the product and am happy to get it back working again.

Somewhat lacking manufacture support. They are working on it but I expected a final production quality item and less beta testing in the operating software. That being said I do very much like the device. The interface between the profile management website and the device is not fully operational though. I recommend visiting the mfg management website myfermostat.com and viewing the support forms for more detail. The producer is committed and has good customer support but is limited in abilities to deliver on some promises of product.

What could have been a great home brewing product started by a Kickstarter campaign has quickly become an unsupported item filled with buggy/glitchy software. The creator of this has responded to just 3 posts on the support forums in the past number of months. Firmware releases are aprox 5 months apart, which wouldn't be an issue except that the device is soo glitch it could benefit from more attention and new coding.My device ended up freezing not once, not twice, but three times during one batch in the fermenter, resulting in the heat being stuck in the ON mode and pushing my brew many degrees above/below normal while I sat at work helplessly watching the temperatures rise. Not sure yet if my brew was ruined or not, yet. I had to cool it, repitch new yeast and got my FG down to where I thought it would end. Time will tell.This device is an awesome device in theory with terrible execution and virtually 0 on going support. Save your money until they show they are serious about making the product.*Note the image attached is unrelated to the software of this product. There is no real software to enhance the Fermostat user experience.

Worked great while it lasted! This was exactly the product I was waiting for to control my homebrew fermentation chamber. Unfortunately, one day it just stopped working. I came out to a fridge that was sitting at room temperature instead of the set lagering temperature. I unplugged the unit and tried to reboot it, but it just sits on the boot screen with the Ohmbrew logo. Wish I had waited for others to try the product before buying because I would have seen that Ohmbrew isn't willing to support their product. I have contacted them twice about my non-working Fermostat with no answer either time. Save your money and avoid this apparently buggy product.

The thing has so many glitches that I cannot believe they are still selling it.I have had beers mysteriously go from 67 degrees only to come home after a long weekend and find them at 80 degrees. I have had beers that were lagering freeze rock solid when the program stated that it was at 36 degrees. I don't know if it is a probe issue, or the unit itself. I guess I'll never know because they have literally no customer support. The last firmware update was three years ago!

I bought this since I already use a ranco temperature controller but I'm getting another fridge so I can do lagers and ales at the same time. The controller has a few built in programs for ales, lagers, and serving temps for different beers. But its also easy to create new programs to easily setup a unique lagering profile for fermenting, diacetyl rest, and lagering all in one program. This is much easier than trying to adjust temps multiple times for each step like I did on my ranco.

This thing works great. Super clean, simple, and worth the price for the features you get. I could have built it cheaper myself using the STC-1000, but I found that this was a cleaner solution. I love building my own things when it comes to homebrew, but a fermentation chamber controller just wasn't worth my time. Would recommend to all my brewing buddies.

Discussed case with Caleb at Ohmbrew. They sent me a new unit and now works well. Thank you to the excellent customer service at Ohmbrew! Thank you Caleb.