Looking for a new hobby evaporator

[Birdland Sugarbush]

Hey all,

Couldn’t boil last year, so sold my evaporator. Looking for a new one for the upcoming season. I usually do between 30-50 taps. Recommendations?

Chris

[nhdog]

check out the lapierre small vision evaporators. i have the 18x60 for a couple of years now, great little unit, gets 15 to 17 gal per hour.

[Pdiamond]

You can you thru here in the classified ads or check with a local maple supply store. Smoky Lake makes a real nice hobby evaporator in either the starcat or dauntlas model. The big problem you are going to have right now is that most of the suppliers are backed up and may not be able to provide anything for the upcoming season.

[RedMapleCreek]

Bascom appears to have several different hobby evaporators in stock based on their website. Not that far a drive from Weare.

[BAP]

On the Maple Trader Facebook group, there is an Lappiere mini pro 20x48” evaporator for sale in Woodstock, NH.

[eustis22]

Mason 2X3 XL. You won't regret it.

[UB29]

Chris,
Ditto on the Mason. Going into my 4th year on a Mason 2x4 XL. Will be over 200 taps this year, and with a single post 4x40 RO the Mason will handle these easily. Great start-up unit for low tap count and plenty of capacity for the future. Bonus is Bill Mason is an awesome guy to deal with. Recommend you drive to his shop in Maine if you buy one.
Thanks, Bill

[On the ledge]

Another ditto on Bill Mason, I just have the regular 2x3 and it works with my 50 taps.

[Big Mike]

I have a Mason 2x3 xl and it works great. Plus you can always count on Bill for great advice.

[BAP]

A couple things:
1) The only way you are going to get a Mason evaporator for this year is finding a used one because according to his website, he is not accepting new orders because of a backlog right now.
2) OP has not returned to the thread to post or acknowledge the posts that have been made for advice.

[eustis22]

Good news for Bill
Bad news for the stove-less

[CaptT820]

All-
I had Randy Worthen build me a 2x6 evaporator last year. He makes a good finished product. It is a bit rough, but the price is right. Not sure he has availability to build any this year or if he is still creating them.
He is located in Spofford, New Hampshire.

[Birdland Sugarbush]

Thanks everyone for the thoughts. I ended up getting a StarCat from Smoky Lake. Put it together today and it feels solid. Need to pick up some firebrick and get my taps in.

I missed the last 2 years, so looking forward to it!