I sincerely appreciate everyones responses, but I don't really understand them. I've actually had a glasshive before. They seem to have a near cult-like following. Myself, however... I didn't love the controller. Other than that it was a good kiln.
But why would I want something so huge with a bead door if I'm batch annealing? To me that seems like a waste of energy. Compared to the kiln I linked to, the energy usage is HUGE. They're also expensive, and I could nearly get two of the small ones for the price of one of the others, allowing me to do different strike schedules, which for boro can be a big deal.
I'm open to suggestions, which is why I asked in the first place, but I just don't see the rationale with glasshive. One could argue that if I DIDN'T want to batch anneal something I might be in trouble with a kiln that didn't have a bead door. That I understand... But I've had pretty good luck so far with batch annealing boro.
Thoughts?
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