RAPT Pill Hydrometer & Thermometer

RAPT Pill Hydrometer & Thermometer (includes 18650 battery)

The RAPT Pill allows accurate and precise, true real-time specific gravity and temperature logging and control via wifi/bluetooth integration with the RAPT Fermentation Chamber or RAPT Temperature Controller, RAPT mobile app or RAPT IOT. 

• Real-time gravity testing hydrometer and thermometer from inside your fermenter during fermentation.
• Wifi and Bluetooth integration 
• Charge via USB-C port  and last up to 5 months between charges.

Watch Youtube video here for more information.

The RAPT Pill boasts many advantages over other wireless hydrometers and thermometers including tough design, better ergonomics, sanitary design and less susceptible to error as a result of hops, krausen or CO2 bubbles generated from fermentation.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Ensure the RAPT Pill is charged for 24 hours before use. This is to ensure that it is fully charged and the battery is callibrated.

Once the RAPT Pill is connected via USB-C and connected to wifi, the firmware will automatically update to the current version (if needed). The Pill must be plugged in via USB-C and connected to WiFi in order to receive firmware updates. A 2.4gHz network is required.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED ACCESSORY
The pill hydrometer will need to be charged periodically with a USB type C cable.  Every time you open and close the pill its possible that you have not done up the housing to the same tightness.  As a result it's a good idea to mark the housing so you always do up the two halves to the same tightness or preferably re-calibrate the device.  If however you purchase this wireless charging device here you can avoid opening and closing the pill when charging. This greatly increases the accuracy and eliminates the need to continue to keep calibrating.

DOWNLOAD THE APP
The web wrapper application will assist in rendering the app.rap.io webpage into your mobile device screen. It also allows for push notifications to work to your mobile device.

The Google Play Android App can be downloaded via the link below.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.rapt

BLUETOOTH BRIDGE

Although the Pill Hydrometer will work in wifi mode the optimal solution is to use the Pill in bluetooth mode as this has several advantages including:
1. Bluetooth is more power efficient so it saves battery life.  This enables the Pill to save battery by only using power efficient as it's only giving out low energy Bluetooth beacons but then the bridge device that is connected to mains power is doing the heavy lifting and transferring that data to the RAPT web portal.  This is by far the most reliable way to use the Pill Hydrometer.
2. Bluetooth signal is better at penetrating through the fermenter more easily especially if you have a stainless steel fermenter or fermenter inside a fridge or fermentation chamber.
3. Bluetooth bridge mode allows you to use the Pill Hydrometer as the temperature probe to get a core fermenter temperature without the need for a thermowell.  The onboard Pill Temperature sensor is also very accurate as it's an onboard digital sensor with no flexible cable.  (please not if you have just charged or been in AP mode excessive heat from the battery does effect temperatures readings so wait 30min after charging for the battery temp to reach equilibrium)
4: Bluetooth connectivity allows for powerful fermentation control with the ability to use gravity and gravity acceleration to set automatic and accurate fermentation control.

To take advantage of the Bluetooth bridge mode you will need to pair the RAPT Pill to either a RAPT fermentation chamber (KL15813) or a RAPT Temperature Controller (KL22927).

Please watch the youtube video on how to do this.

LONG BATTERY LIFE
The RAPT Pill has a long battery life and can last 5 months between charges when utilising Wifi. If only using Bluetooth the battery can last 2+ years before needing to be recharged. The RAPT Pill has a USB-C charging port on the circuit board allowing fast charging from any USB-C cable.

Pill Housing Design
The RAPT Pill housing boasts many advantages compared to other wireless hydrometers such as:

1. Made from strong BPA Free Nylon 12 and Polyketone(POK)
   Both the clear Nylon 12 and Polyketone plast are food grade, FDA approved, BPA (and free of other types of bisphenol).  These are also plasticiser and phthalate-free.  They also contain no endocrine disruptors making them a much better choice than polycarbonate that is used in other products.  Nylon 12 and POK are also high temperature resistant, chemically resistant and extremly robust.
2. Greater ergonomics - The shape of the RAPT Pill has been designed for improved usability compared to other wireless hydrometers such that the Pill separates into two pieces at the midline of the Pill rather than requiring a difficult to remove end cap to be unscrewed.
3. Sanitary design - The RAPT Pill has no exposed thread and a double o-ring seal which allows for a water-tight seal with reduced risk of infection.
4. Less susceptible to error - The larger housing of the RAPT Pill compared to other wireless hydrometers means that the gravity logging is less susceptible to error from krausen, hops or CO2 bubbles from fermentation.