The Kombucha Mamma Essential HEATING STRIP

This heat strip works so well! Doesn't feel hot at all, just mildly warm and keeps your kombucha at optimal temp for brew! I never purchased an item like this before and after pulling it in I felt completely safe to leave it pulled in for days at a time if needed. Worth the money if you live somewhere chilly!

I normally keep my house at about 65 degrees, so when I read that this product raises the temperature 5-10 degrees, I thought this would be perfect. In fact, I was a little worried that since I use a two and a half gallon brewing vessel it might not be enough. Unfortunately, I was wrong. This strip raised the temperature 20 degrees; 10 degrees above the ideal brewing temperature.In hindsight, I wish I had bought the model with the dimmer.

Great little device for warming things up. I use it for Kefir and it works great! Warms things up just enough to ferment a batch in 12 hours. Not much to look at but it certainly does the trick!

1 star to grab attention*New to making kombucha, and this product is great as it does in fact work as promised. HOWEVER, I wish I took my chances on the alternative route, which are snake heat strips aka THG heat tape. Look them up! You can save more than 50% by purchasing THG tape.Again, the kombucha strip I bought does work! The temperature for my kombucha was originally reading at 62 degrees. After wrapping the kombucha strip around the glass gallon jar, it was reading at 84 degrees. I am a happy camper, I just wish I did more research on the alternatives. Hope this helps other newbie kombucha brewers!

Tried everything to control temp, never correct,always too high a temp,tried resetting...dissappointing

Very happy with this heater. We bought this for our 2 gallon glass container that we use for making continuous batch kombucha. It works very well and when attached tightly and directly it raised the temperature of the liquid nearly 20 degrees ( from 65-85). Well, 85 is too warm, so we tried placing a towel between the heater and glass. Still too warm. Now we have it just loosely around the container and the temp is just right. We are working on adding a timer/sensor so that it can be attached directly and not get too warm.

This is a great product, and I was very pleased with this purchase until I realized the heat tape can be purchased by the foot for reptiles for a fraction of the price. Before spending $50, I suggest googling THG and Flexwatt heat tape to see if this is a project you're willing to DIY.

I guess it was my mistake but I got the one with the thermostat and it was about 10 inches tall, perfect for warming the entire gallon jar of kombucha. But I discovered that you can't really regulate it with the dimmer, it works better to just move the heat strip closer or farther away from the glass.So when I bought one for my daughter, I got the one without the dimmer and just assumed it would be the same otherwise. But it is only 4 inches tall. This I don't like because it tends to warm the bottom where the yeast concentrates, leaving the bacteria at the top colder. I didn't realize this until visiting in the winter time when she was using it. These are great kombucha warmers but I would have preferred it to be taller.