Premier 1 Supplies Order

[JimW]

Anyone every ordered from Premier 1 Supplies in the USA?

https://www.premier1supplies.com/

I am really liking the design and price of their heating plates for brooders and some of their other products.

JimW

[Robbie]

Too bad the Cdn. $$ is worth so little again. Is it still worth getting US stuff?

[Jaye]

If memory serves, there was a thread on PoultrySwapOntario quite a while back about them being a good source for electrical fencing products. I can't comment on the quality of their products personally though, because I've never ordered from them. I've never heard anything negative about the company, just positive reviews.

[JimW]

Too bad the Cdn. $$ is worth so little again. Is it still worth getting US stuff?

Depends on what your are buying.

I am looking at Premier 1 Heating Plates for brooders, similar to Brinsea Ecoglow Brooder Heaters.

Brinsea has 2 models of brooder heaters the Eco 20 (20 watts) which costs $116 CAD delivered and the Eco 50 (50 watts) which costs $222 CAD delivered.

Premier has 2 similar sized "heating plates" their small is 22 watts and their large is 66 watts. If I use an exchange rate of 1.35 plus include HST, they have free shipping in the USA, so I ship to my mailbox in NY State, $10 in gas to drive to pick up in NY....

Small one costs around $81 CAD and large one would cost around $121 CAD, so still a big saving.

JimW

[WLLady]

Wow! I got 2 of the large brinseas for 280 delivered last year. Those went up in price!!!!

[JimW]

Wow! I got 2 of the large brinseas for 280 delivered last year. Those went up in price!!!!

Well that was a steal of a deal!!!

Even from Brinsea in the US the Eco 50 is on sale right now for $160 US for 1.

How do you like the heatt panels?

[Home Grown Poultry]

sorry nothing to add about buying....

but Jim im very curious how these things are built. what do they run off of? anything like heat tape? I still have about 12' of the 12" wide heat tape kicking around screaming.... TURN ME INTO SOMETHING! LOL

[WLLady]

I think they are just heat tape in a plastic cover. I love mine. I dont like how some chicks will hop up and sit on them lol. I got mine through c botkin enterprises. Theyre on sale right now i noticed....209.cad...but mine i got on a buy one get another 50% off and free shipping....

[WLLady]

Oh...and not a single case of pasty butt. And i can tuck the edge of the waterer under and put a blanket over the brooder in tha barn on cold nights and the water stays thawed

[JimW]

I think they are just heat tape in a plastic cover. I love mine. I dont like how some chicks will hop up and sit on them lol. I got mine through c botkin enterprises. Theyre on sale right now i noticed....209.cad...but mine i got on a buy one get another 50% off and free shipping....

Ya I hear you about birds sitting on top. I had an older IR panel heater I had for reptiles I used for quail this past spring and they always got up on top of the panel. Unfortunately it was old and does not seems to be producing much heat, so I want to get a new panel heatr or 2, instead of using light bulbs for heat.

The brooder heater Premier 1 sells you can buy a domed cover to keep the birds off of it.

http://www.premier1supplies.com/image_g ... &id=135875