Brewing & Fermentation Heat Pad for Homebrew Beer & Wine Fermenting 120VAC 12 or 25 Watt Heating Mat: Safe for Plastic/Glass Carboy Fermentors w/Heater Temp Strips (10" - 12 Watts (Black))

We originally picked up this heat pad for brewing, but it’s become a huge help in my wife’s sourdough baking routine. It keeps her dough at a consistently warm temperature during proofing, which has made a noticeable difference in how well the bread rises — especially during colder months.The size is just right for her proofing bowls and containers, and it works safely with both glass and plastic. It doesn’t overheat and provides just the right gentle warmth needed for fermentation. She pairs it with a thermometer strip to keep an eye on the temp, and it's been incredibly reliable.In summary, this heat pad is versatile, effective, and easy to use. Whether you're fermenting beer, wine, or sourdough, it’s a simple tool that delivers excellent results.

The pad works OK. Warms nicely but if you're using it for brewing, fermenting or carbonating in the bottle, it really needs a thermostat. My thermostat is made to go in a refrigerator. I used it beneath a cardboard box for fermenting and carbonating but I didn't think it really worked well that way.Still, it heats nicelyI think they mention in the descripton that it needs a thermostat.

The only i don't like about this pad is there is no way of knowing how arm it gets. It's either on or off, no controls.Also, the temp strips must be on a completely flat surface and only tell you the temp of the vessel attached to and NOT its contents.

It’s taken some time to figure out how to keep this from being too hot for my sourdough starter. This is what I do (see picture) and it works very well. Since I wasn’t sure how the pad would work I didn’t get the adjustable thermostat. I think if I were to order again I would do that since this pad gets to its max temp and stays there. I may decide to get it as an add on if the price is right.If you are struggling to get your sourdough starter or bread dough to rise in a cold kitchen this works great.

Purchased this fermentation pad because I was having some difficulties getting my sourdough to rise properly in the colder months but didn’t want to buy a $100 proofing box, and this does exactly what I need it to do. The first time I put my starter on it I think it might have been too much for it though it does stay between 72-78 degrees, it didn’t kill my starter but it might have been a little too warm for it. So I now put a towel below the mat and on top of the mat then put some sort of a bowl (I use a pie plate) and put about an inch of water in the bowl and place the bowl on top of the towel on the mat and put my starter or dough in whatever bowl I’m letting it rise in in the water. I periodically will check the water temp and it’s normally always at 75 degrees. Since I have done this, every starter feed and every bulk rise is textbook perfect. Bubbly starter, airy bread. The other great thing about it is it doesn’t take up a lot of room so if you don’t bake all the time, you can easily store it in a cabinet or drawer. This fermentation pad receives a sourdough stamp of approval from me.

I bought this since I was very uncomfortable when I found out my wife was leaving the oven on for hours so she could make dough rise faster on top of the oven. I find it unsafe, and very energy inefficient.Thankfully she loves this heat pad and says it works better than the top of the oven so she’s not tempted to do that anymore. It’s a much safer and energy efficient alternative for helping dough rise. She now uses it for anything that requires dough to rise. It’s also made everything taste better as a result. This is a great purchase for the kitchen.Some people said it might be too hot for this, but we’ve used it for months now many times and never had issues with it being too hot for our dough. You could always insulate it more by putting a pad or towel between the bowl and the heating pad. We haven’t had to do that though. We just stick our mixing bowl with dough straight onto the pad and it’s been perfect.

use this for my sourdough bread. works great.

The media could not be loaded. This Propogate Pro heat pad with controller does what it is meant to do and it does it pretty efficiently. I have a cold basement and have to add insulation to help keep the temperature steady but that wasn't unexpected. I use it to keep wine carboys in good working order temperature wise. The video I uploaded here shows one of the two carboys I am working on. Set up is easy and keeps the temp within one degree higher or lower than what I want it to be. No big deal with the fluctuation. I set and forget pretty much, which is why I love this product. I kinda forgot to show the pad itself but it's just a blue pad that can support up to even the 6.5 gallon wide mouth Northern Brewer carboy. This product struggles to get glass products to temperature, but once it is there it is good to go.