What's good: 1. Large capacity, can make two batch sizes. 2. Water bath for even heating. 3. Digital thermometer. 4. Cheesecloth bag included for making yogurt-cheese. 5. Avoids the hassle of little single-serving containers.
What's bad: 1. No way to view the yogurt's progress without significantly disturbing it. When you're dealing with incubation periods anywhere from 4 hours to 24 hours, a window would be nice to give you an idea. 2. Exploding lid. I've actually had both lids blow off while incubating from the gases created by the culture, as others have mentioned, and found them halfway across the counter. At best, you have to be careful when removing the lid even when you're ready. When you lift the jar out of the machine, you have to catch the edge of the lid to lift it out -- and that can cause problems and mess if it pops too easily. 3. No time indicator, nor any other kind of indicator. I also have the Donvier maker with...Read more
What's good:1. Large capacity, can make two batch sizes.2. Water bath for even heating.3. Digital thermometer.4. Cheesecloth bag included for making yogurt-cheese.5. Avoids the hassle of little single-serving containers.What's bad:1. No way to view the yogurt's progress without significantly disturbing it. When you're dealing with incubation periods anywhere from 4 hours to 24 hours, a window would be nice to give you an idea.2. Exploding lid. I've actually had both lids blow off while incubating from the gases created by the culture, as others have mentioned, and found them halfway across the counter. At best, you have to be careful when removing the lid even when you're ready. When you lift the jar out of the machine, you have to catch the edge of the lid to lift it out -- and that can cause problems and mess if it pops too easily.3. No time indicator, nor any other kind of indicator. I also have the Donvier maker with...Read more