This has probably been discussed a lot.
But anyway I dont have a thief or a thief testeryet, so im still doing it the old fashion way, of just dropping the hydrometer into the corboy. I have read treads where in some cases its hard to retrieve. So i tied dental floss around the top part of the teaster and slowly lowered it into the Must, and it holds great. The softness of the wax floss grabs the glassand the floss floats on the wine giving you a true reading.... anyway this has prob... already been discovered, but if not hope it helps someone.
But anyway I dont have a thief or a thief testeryet, so im still doing it the old fashion way, of just dropping the hydrometer into the corboy. I have read treads where in some cases its hard to retrieve. So i tied dental floss around the top part of the teaster and slowly lowered it into the Must, and it holds great. The softness of the wax floss grabs the glassand the floss floats on the wine giving you a true reading.... anyway this has prob... already been discovered, but if not hope it helps someone.