Tribest Fresh Life Sprouter FL-3000 Automatic Seed Sprouter For Sprouting Seeds, Green

This is my second automatic sprouter from Tribest. I have the 2000 and the 3000. I feel like the people who gave the sprouter a bad review were not caring for it properly. You are supposed to change the water on the sprouts daily. You won't get that buildup or sludge that some folks are talking about. Personally, I don't know how you would want to even eat the sprouts that have been sprayed with water that came from the pumps that looked like that. I don't change the water 100% daily, but I do the first two days because #1 I do not rinse the seeds before I put them in the sprouter and they will be dirty, and #2 because the water is dirty and sometimes sudsy, I change it to make sure it is clean. I've sprouted a lot of different seeds and have had great results with both sprouters. As far as the pump is concerned, mine cut out on me too, but I unscrewed the bottom and took a look at it. Everything is plug in. The cord, the pump, etc. I unplugged and plugged it back. I think it become dislodged because of all the handling and sometimes twisting I do to clean the pump. Anyway, I put it back in and voila, it worked and has been working fine. I feel like I have to speak up for this wonderful piece of equipment from Tribest because I have a number of their products (dehydrator, juicer, sprouters) and love them all. They are quality and long lasting. If you purchase the automatic sprouter what you have to understand is that it is a closed automatic sprinkler system. That means that the water is recycled. It also means that as the water filters through the seeds there will be debris and dust from the seeds themselves. The recycled water is going to be dirty at some point so it is necessary to make water changes. It's easy to think that you fill the tank once and it's all set, but that is not the way it works. If you do that then you will create sludge, slime and mold. If you don't want to do the work, then don't buy the product. There are other ways to sprout as have been mentioned, but I love this concept and have been doing this for several years. BTW I also have 2 tiers on my 2000 and 2 tiers on my 3000. I sprout a lot. If you are into sprouting in a big way, this will be an asset. If you just do it once in a while stick to the jars or bags or bins. Just don't forget to water your seeds at least twice a day!

I grow broccoli sprouts continuously and this is the way to keep them coming. Easy to use and in 5 days I have a new supply of sprouts. their nutrient profile is greater than broccoli heads, and this is so much easier than planting and waiting months for the heads to mature in the garden. I do grow all of our veggies and fruits, but not broccoli after finding this sprouter. Between uses, it’s important to clean well so bacteria won’t grow in it too!

This is hands down the worst product I have ever bought that I didn't return. If there was a zero star option I still wouldn't want to rate it that high and would campaign for a minus1option. First let me say I am a huge fan of the Freshlife sprouter. I have had 2 of the 2000 model for 10 years and both got a ton of use, as sprouts are a big part of my diet. SO, when it was time to replace them, the 3000 was the obvious choice becuase I figured it would be an upgrade. Wrong, wrong wrong......The biggest difference I saw between the 2000 and 3000 is that the submergable pump is accessible through a little trap door at the bottom of the reservoir barrel on the 3000. (Don't know why they thought we needed this) The 2000's pump is inaccessible without taking a screwdriver to the bottom. Sounds good right? Wrong, wrong, wrong...The trap door doesn't lie flush because the pump is not housed in the space evenly. The door can't close all the way, meaning that once you add water and turn it on, the pump pushes the straw that brings water to the seed barrel, off the hole in the pump. So if you are really nimble with your proprioceptors, you can kind of feel for the hole in the upper barrel to align with the straw, while you have the top barrel on the bottom barrel. Awkward!!!!. When you finally align the two (blindly), after several attempts at wiggling the barrel around, you plug it in and turn it on and voila....nothing. The straw gets blasted off with the gush of water.. Frustrating. So then I thought I would just take the trap door off altogether and put the straw right onto the pump. Wrong, wrong, wrong. The straw doesnt fit the hole in the pump. It's designed only to fit the hole on top of the trap door. Now you have water everywhere. On your counter, on your floor. Frustrating.So, then I got the bright idea that I would get the straw from my 2000 to see if that works. Yes!! It works! The straw fits kinda sorta into the hole of the pump, and if you can squint your eyes betewen the two barrels you can try to align the hole in the seed bucket up with it, However, it will have a very wobbly fit and look really tippy, but it will spray the seeds. But you will lose the ability to control the volume of water pumped, as the little adjustable part is not usable directly on the pump. Also, the big problem with this method is, when the roots grow down, you cannot see the hole to line it up with the straw anymore, so it takes about 5 minutes of jury rigging to get that wobbly fit, and...you guessed it...water everywhere.If you have spare parts from your 2000, and are too lazy to send this 3000 back, you can make it work although not perfectly and not without dreading the emptying process every night and not without a lot of swearing. Sorry I ever bought the thing....I would have returned it, but I put the packaging out in the trash room, and that is the day my husband decided to go to the dump 2 days early, so the box was gone before I figured out this was a nightmare.If you are looking for a great sprouter, this is NOT it!! But the 2000 is!!!

When I got the product I noticed that it has a removable plug in the back of the unit, which is great when your at the sink changing the water, but this unit may be defective because when I gently wiggle the plug to remove it, the whole housing of the unit outlet comes off. I snapped it back in place, but it came off again. I would tolerate that if the unit wasn't so pricey. I did find another brand that is less money. So with this return, I can buy three of the less money brand. The only issue with the other unit, it doesn't have a removable cord in the back.