Leelanau here, I completed the step tonight where I had to add the F-Pack, pkg 2 & 3, and 4. Along with the stirring at each step (drill mounted stirrer is awesome!). All went well. My hydrometer does lean in the wine thief that I dunk it into. Now, when it leans it creates what the diagram on the case for it shows. A lower case "n" shape to read. It shows the "eye" of a person reading the highest marking on the scale, not the lowest. I had my better half confirm this. In the case of reading the "top of the n shape", this gave me a lower reading of course. Is this the way everyone reads the hydrometer? I think on day 10 and 11of secondary fermentation my wine read .982 or .985 when using the "top of the n shape". the top of the n shape was at the second hashmark down from the top, or lowest mark on the scale. If I read by the flat line area at the bottom, I would be about .996 maybe or just a touch higher? That sounds more accurate. Hmmm... I did notice the label with the hash marks in my hydrometer is not "pasted" in correct. The hash marks are off and don't meet each other appropriately. They start out even and then gradually slide off line. I could be too anal about this, but it seems everyone is really concerned with SG's. If my readings seem close,am Iok? i.e. I was close to the reading of .996 or less on day 10 and 11, and my SG reading went up after adding the F-Pack as it was supposed to. Just curious... My SG's were also close at stage 1 and stage 2. Leelanau