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    Default MES App for smartphones

    https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...perts.MESDroid

    Here is the link for MES App for android. I'm not sure if it is available for I Phones, you may be able to search the Play Store and find it.

    The app is organized in three pages

    Sap Collection Log:
    Enter a Location, Gallons and Sap Brix, it will email to the address you enter and also roughly calculate the amount of syrup expected, records date and time

    RO Calculator: a couple of useful calculators for operating your RO
    Perm/Conc Flow meter readings = Conc Brix
    Starting Brix/Conc Brix= rejection %
    Sap Temp= RO efficiency

    Sugar House:
    Sap Brix/Gallons-Syrup calculator
    Syrup Temp/Brix Chart calculator
    Sugar House Altitude/Barometric pressure - draw off temp calculator
    '12 15 jugs - Steam pans
    '17 125 3/16 - 18" x 72" drop flue on homemade arch
    '18 240 3/16 - Deer Run 125
    '19 450 3/16 - Converted RO to electric/added a membrane
    '20 600 3/16 - Maple Pro 2x6 Raised Flue, added AOF/AUF
    '21 570 3/16 - Built steam hood, Smoky Lake filter press
    '22 800 3/16 - Upgraded RO to 4 4x40
    '23 500 3/16 - Re-plumbed RO, new "Guzzler"
    '24 500 3/16 - Steam Away, DIY 8x40 RO

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    Tried to install on my phone, but is limited to tablets for some reason, I guess i'll keep a dedicated tablet down at the shack, lol.

    Edit: maybe my android version is not supported, my phone is android 14

    Edit: maybe my big fat thumbs just don't work right...installed fine...
    Last edited by darkmachine; 01-07-2024 at 03:11 PM.
    2024 - 57 Gallons - Short season, many and varied problems remedied in short order! - No buckets!
    2023 - 38 Gallons - RO broke, Buckets didn't run, rebuilt vacuum pump mid-season, still made good syrup!
    2022 - 52 Gallons - DIY RO, 50% less fuel, no late nights in the shack!
    2021 - 48 Gallons - new pans, new arch, lots of new taps and tubing
    2020 - 32 Gallons
    2019 - 27 Gallons

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    Another option. Cool. I use https://www.saptapapps.com/
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    2015 - Small operation. 25 buckets. One excited 5 year old and one 35 year old that feels 5 again.
    2016 - One year older. New Homemade 2x4 Arch, Smoky Lake Pan and looking at 52 maples, 17 box elders and 2 walnut trees.
    2017 - Shurflo 4008 hooked to 42 stingy silver maples and a few Norways. A couple buckets on sugars and Norways. 10 box elders.
    2018 - ...a few more taps.
    2019 - ...more taps on 3/16 gravity. This spiral is heading downward in a hurry.
    2020 - 4x400 RO - RB20 (uh-oh!)

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    Quote Originally Posted by darkmachine View Post
    Tried to install on my phone, but is limited to tablets for some reason, I guess i'll keep a dedicated tablet down at the shack, lol.

    Edit: maybe my android version is not supported, my phone is android 14

    Edit: maybe my big fat thumbs just don't work right...installed fine...



    I got an email from a guy I sent the link to, apparently the app hasn't been updated in a while and doesn't get along with newer android operating system. I'll send MES an email and ask em about it. I have it on an old cell phone, not sure what system it is, but it's been on there for 3 or 4 years.

    We don't have cell service here at the house, but I kept my old phone because of some of the apps and all of the photos notes and such from a couple of years of sugaring and all my honey bee notes on it. I have the same thumbs!
    '12 15 jugs - Steam pans
    '17 125 3/16 - 18" x 72" drop flue on homemade arch
    '18 240 3/16 - Deer Run 125
    '19 450 3/16 - Converted RO to electric/added a membrane
    '20 600 3/16 - Maple Pro 2x6 Raised Flue, added AOF/AUF
    '21 570 3/16 - Built steam hood, Smoky Lake filter press
    '22 800 3/16 - Upgraded RO to 4 4x40
    '23 500 3/16 - Re-plumbed RO, new "Guzzler"
    '24 500 3/16 - Steam Away, DIY 8x40 RO

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    Quote Originally Posted by littleTapper View Post
    Another option. Cool. I use https://www.saptapapps.com/

    I like saptapapps, my only problem with it is they use the Wx from a station 15 miles away and they are in a way different microclimate than us. That station is right next to the Ohio river and an interstate, both of which have an impact on temperature. Fortunately for me, we usually 3 to 5 deg colder than the station in town shows and I get runs that aren't predicted on there. I guess all the concrete and asphalt is a heat sink. weather.com is more accurate temperature wise with my zipcode, I use the two of them together with a couple years experience and 6 or 8 thermometers in my sugar bush. It has come down to me being able to pump sap or not sometimes. I've learned to prioritize which sap to pump or haul first by the microclimates on our own farms due to topography. We have a few hollers where the sun don't shine!
    '12 15 jugs - Steam pans
    '17 125 3/16 - 18" x 72" drop flue on homemade arch
    '18 240 3/16 - Deer Run 125
    '19 450 3/16 - Converted RO to electric/added a membrane
    '20 600 3/16 - Maple Pro 2x6 Raised Flue, added AOF/AUF
    '21 570 3/16 - Built steam hood, Smoky Lake filter press
    '22 800 3/16 - Upgraded RO to 4 4x40
    '23 500 3/16 - Re-plumbed RO, new "Guzzler"
    '24 500 3/16 - Steam Away, DIY 8x40 RO

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    +1 for https://www.saptapapps.com/

    Good app, slight learning curve. I like it…
    Sugaring since 2000.
    2022 - 113 taps on tubing and gravity. Homemade evaporator and RO.
    2023 - 120 taps on 5/16 and gravity added a float to the pan an built a new 5x400gpd RO

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    I put this on my phone this past summer. Interested to see how well this works for this season.
    2021 - First year: 4 taps; Tapped too late; 4.5 gallons of sap
    2022 - 11 taps; 20 gallons of sap
    2023 - 23 taps. 3 gallons of syrup; founded TruNorth Maple Co.
    2024 - 26 (+10) taps; 4.5 gallons of syrup; added RO filter

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