Why buy the Borotto LUMIA 8 Incubator & SIRIO?

As the official UK Agents for Borotto, we at Strangford Incubators would like to introduce the highly innovative and unique Borotto Lumia 8 Automatic Incubator to the marketplace. Borotto are an Italian manufacturer known for the design and production of technologically advanced and high performance incubators with the Lumia 8 and Lumia 16 being the next innovations from the production line, following on from their ‘REAL’ series of incubators. The Lumia 8 is a small technologically advanced incubator which can vertically hold any type of egg from goose to quail ones with its universal egg tray system. It also has a digital display, great visibility and an external water top-up so there’s no need to lift the lid!

• Universal Egg Tray System – The first egg holder in the world that can vertically hold any type of egg: from goose to quail ones. Each cup can hold: 1 hen egg (or larger size species) or 4 small eggs, up to a total of 32 quail eggs. An innovative system in egg logistics that contains the most number of eggs in a limited space, thus drastically reducing energy consumption. NOTE: the vertical position of the eggs during incubation is the same used in the latest generation of industrial incubators. It always guarantees significantly higher hatching percentages compared with horizontally incubated eggs.
• External Water Filling – It is filled up through two fillers on the outside of the incubator, which drastically cuts down humidity loss that would otherwise be wasted by opening the machine (models with an internal basin have to be opened). The outside fillers are closed with special “Dust Stop” plugs, which are made of ABS polymer with Biomaster antibacterial silver ion additive, to prevent the water from being contaminated by germs and dust, thereby keeping the area around the egg cleaner and more hygienic.
• Insulated Ventilation – Internal ventilation is supplied by an axial fan that sucks air from the centre and carries it onto the side walls. Moreover, this air movement, together with a refined aerodynamic design, besides guaranteeing a better temperature and humidity uniformity inside the incubator, generates a warm air barrier that ensures effective heat insulation.
• Artificial Intelligence Control – A sophisticated electronic temperature control device in the incubator allows the user to keep the micro-climate inside constant, with an accuracy of 0.1°C. The electronic system keeps the set temperature uniform despite the external environmental temperature, thus ensuring embryonic growth without decompensation and with higher hatching results!
• Egg Turning System – LUMIA 8 automatically turns the incubated eggs for the entire incubation period. The microprocessor inside is programmed to regularly change the inclination degree of the eggs, always varying it differently, exactly as it happens inside a nest.
• Static Humidification System – The humidity needed for embryonic growth is generated by static effect. There are special grooves on the bottom of the incubator, which are designed to generate the proper level of humidity during the entire incubation period.
• Maximum Visibility Inside – The incubator lid, also in heat-resistant ABS, is entirely transparent to ensure full and constant internal visibility, without ever having to open the incubator during incubation or hatching.
• Non-Stop Power Supply – The LUMIA 8, powered at 12 V, is supplied with an extra cable that can be connected to a vehicle cigarette lighter. If there is a power cut in the house, this device can be connected to any 12 V socket, such as that in a vehicle, to prevent the incubation process from being interrupted.
• Limited Energy Consumption – The limited requirements of the device are an effective response to the growing demand for energy saving and environmental protection.
• Heat-Resistant ABS with Biomaster Additive – With the precise aim of reducing heat loss during incubation and hatching, LUMIA 8 is made of a specific Heat-Resistant ABS polymer with high mechanical resistance, which gives the machine a tough and robust design. A specific Biomaster antibacterial silver ion additive is added to the material to prevent the harmful growth of bacteria on the machine surfaces during operation, with consequential bacterial infections to the embryo, which is one of the main causes of death when hatching chicks.
• Warranty – The LUMIA 8 Incubator comes with 2 years guaranteed warranty.
• SIRIO Humidity Pump – An optional extra is the SIRIO Humidity Pump which can be added to give automatic humidity control. (Please see our Ebay shop)

A small, technologically advanced, high performance machine. Its elegant design with “smart” technology makes the LUMIA 8 easy to use and one of the best in its class.