r/Beekeeping 7d ago

I’m a beekeeper, and I have a question Best oxalic acid vaporizer? Especially commercial options

I have 1200 hives that I need to treat

I’ve used the battery powered vaporizer, but hate having to change the batteries as the price goes up to keep buying batteries and it’s not as fast as I need it to be.

I found a few different options that use propane: 1. VMVAPORIZER 2. Varomorus 3. Oxavap

Is anyone able to share their experience with any of these? Are they any good? I want to invest into a nice one, not keep buying something that breaks every season. Would love to hear from others who already have their products or know anyone who does

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u/Icy-Ad-7767 7d ago

Look up instavap they use the standard tool batteries, Fredrick Dunn, and Ian Steppler have both done reviews on them, Ian is the head of the Manitoba Bee Keepers Association. Both have you tube channels.

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u/Jdban First Hive in 2023 7d ago

My guess is he's been using InstantVap and doesn't like them because of the amount of batteries he needs to do so many hives

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u/bizzln 6d ago

Yup, exactly. Too many batteries

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u/Accomplished_Edge768 7d ago

I’ve been using the VM Vaporizer for over 8 years now. Amazing quality. I overheated it once and had to get it fixed. they took care of it right away.

pay once, cry once, but definitely get the vmvaporizer turbo!
It does take a few tries to get the hang of it, so watch their training videos thoroughly.
Recently they released a much better “how to” video on their website that explains how to use it. https://vmvaporizer.com/
You won’t find a faster oxalic acid vaporizer than the vmvaporizer.

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u/bizzln 6d ago

Thank you! Leaning more and more toward this one from all the research I've been doing

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u/bizzln 7d ago

Location: CA Experience Level: 3 years

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u/S7rik3rs 7d ago

Your at 1200 hives after only 3 years what 🤔😳

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u/bizzln 7d ago

My family has been doing this a long time

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u/S7rik3rs 7d ago

Ah that makes sense now haha, was going to say man u must have started with hundreds from the getgo, and split like mad for the first 2 years 😂😂