Wrap Around Kombucha Heater Belt | Propagate Pro Brewing and Fermentation Heat Mat Warmer | Keeps Your SCOBY Happy and Productive with Stickon Thermometer

Bought to keep my sourdough starter warm in the winter. Seems to do a great job!

Just after recieving the product, the owner of the company sent me a nice email explaining the use of the wrap around heater as well as some background about it's development specificly for Kombucha home brew. It was nice to see artisans making a product to help others in this craft.The area where I have the Kombucha is very cold, about 50 degrees F. So I was very concerned about keeping the Kombucha warm enough to activate and maintain the fermentation process. It's been in use for about a week and a constant 81 degrees with only an occasional dip to 79 degrees one time when it got to the mid 40s. However, I wrapped a blanket around the heater and underneath the jar, and the temp has maintained around 81 degrees each time I have checked it.The system is simple, and comes with a stick on thermometer so you can constantly monitor the temp. Two thick rubber bands to keep the heater in contact with the surface of the glass jar are also included.So far no it has worked perfectly and the dedication and attention by the owners of the company and their dedication to the Kombucha brewing craft is appreciated and shows in the usefulness of the product. As soon as I get the hang of the fermintation process and make multiple batches at the same time, I will be getting some more of these "Easy Heezy" heaters.

Works great to keep my sourdough warm enough to bloom

I have two of these. One lives constantly around my 1 gallon jar of Kombucha that I brew continuously. In the winter I use it full force and in the summer I place pencils around it between the warming strip and the jar to keep it around 84 degrees. The other I use for the second fermentation. It is stretched flat, in a drawer, and I place the bottles of Kombucha on top of it to ferment for three days. I also place my 2 qt jar of kimchi on it for 24 hours after I make it for its fermentation. This really kick-starts the process and it bubbles happily when I burp it after the 24 hours. And I just realized that I can use it to warm up ingredients that are supposed to be room temperature for baking. I had put all the ingredients in my bread machine, which has a metal pan (of course), and realized the liquids were all ice cold. I should have just placed the eggs and the measured out buttermilk on top of the warming strip and warmed it before I put them in the pan. But I ended up getting one of the rubber bands that came with the strip and wrapping it around the pan until everything warmed up (about an hour to get it good and warm). The bread was better and rose higher this time and I think it was because the ingredients were warmed.

my first batch of Kombucha was just sitting there, not doing its thing.... it was just too cold in the house as we were going into winter..... I I bought this heating strip and put it around the jar, not knowing if I had waiting too long with that batch....but it did make in a good tasting brew, so I started my second brew..... then since I had 2 scobies, I went ahead and made up a second gallon jar. then the questions was "would the strip work if it did not go all the was around each jar?" , but I put the 2 jars side by side, wrapped the strip around the 2 of them as far as it would go and set them back in the corner to brew.....I checked the temperature after a few days and each jar was at 78 degrees, so I thought, "let''s see what happens".... just now decanting those 2 jars and it is good.... it took 2.5 weeks to get to where I wanted it..... so I may buy another strip for winter brewing to have one around each jar and see if that will help it brew faster.... I am very happy with this heating strip and YES,they seem to be necessary when it is a colder time of year...... will see what is needed, if anything, in the summer months. thanks for making these available

The wrap does not extend very far and did not fit the jug I brew in. Making it more adjustable would be easy. I used some chord wrapped around to make it functional. The thermometer strips are not very precise and the controls are really cheap and hard the gauge. You have to keep an eye on it. I ordered other thermometer strips and they register a few degrees different. Sometimes 1 sometimes 2. The strip sometimes feels a bit alarmingly warm, but it doesn't wrap all the way around, so I guess it's stronger heat in some places and less in others evening out to something sort of in the range my kombucha wants. I would prefer something I could trust a bit more, but this has got me through the winter when our house is generally between 60 and 67 degrees.

Mainly ordered this to experiment on making coconut yogurt - the order arrived as described and will wrap around pryrex bowls. I take one can of coconut 365 cream, shake it up to mix at room temperature, pour it in with the contents of 2 or 3 probotic capsules. Mix until combined with plastic spoon, cover with cloth. Process 48 hrs. Have had good success all summer with the most creamy, thick awesome yogurt. But now that it is cooler in fall, it wasn't gelling as fast. So....this led to my purchasing this product. I am still experimenting as it is to hot directly on bowl, but nice I can lay it flat with a towel to buffer heat. Think I will invest in a thermostat to keep temp lower. This is STRICTLY my experiment and not laws of yogurt making. Coconut seems to like about 70 to 76 otherwise it gets watery and separates - but still yummy. If you try this, please comment and I will also update as I go through winter. How about making coconut Kiefer? On with my quest..........

I purchased because my home brewed kombucha was at 72 degrees and I wanted to get the temperature into the optimal range of 75-85 degrees. Since I hooked up the warming belt, it’s been reading 82-84 degrees (perfect!).Since this is my first time brewing my own, I’m grateful to find this product reasonably priced. Give it a try!