It’s smaller than the Silca model by 100ml.
May work fine but no mention of a PID controller.
Based on color it only works with Bianchi chains.
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External appearances don’t tell you anything about the internal components / programming.
Sure but without opening up the crockpot they could all have simple PID / PWM controllers.
Back in 1981 my college roommates and I used a rheostat to adjust (reduce) the voltage to our crockpot, in order to adjust temperature for making yogurt. Worked great. Like how a dimmer switch works. Here is a fancy one on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Y4ZY3K1
Because everyone needs a bench power supply 
And I did a quick search and found this article:
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How well do I have to dry the chain after the hot water bath?
I’m not actually sure, so I’ll defer to others. I let it dry pretty well when I have done it out of an abundance of caution. I’ve seen others comment that the hit wax will force any water out, but I figured better to be safe and let it dry.
Per Silca - you can wipe down to remove as much water as possible, but then wax right away. Wax and water don’t mix. Any left over water will burn off in the waxing process.
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I just dry chain well with a microfiber cloth or blow water out with the air compressor. I don’t think you have to be very picky about making sure it’s completely dry.
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So is it one strip chip per chain? Can you wax multiple chains at once?
How often to people relax their chains?
I’m trying to sort out if this is that much better than my current approach.
Currently I just strip factory grease from new chain. Use flowerpower drip wax lube. Then as needed clean with ufo clean and relube.
nothing wrong with your current process IMO, perhaps the ufo clean step is unnecessary. a simple boiling water clean or even just wipe down would be fine between re-drip-waxings.
strip chip only an issue for people who do not want to use other means to strip factory lube off of brand new chains.
I have not read their product info but I believe one chip per chain is the rec. it is about offsetting the minor impact that factory lube has on the wax pot.
i need to maybe test this but I believe it is identical in theory to the katameru temperu oil solidification stuff that has been in use for home cooks for years.
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I just use the ufo clean when drivetrain has gotten pretty dirty so I spray cassette, chainring, jockey wheels, and at that point might as well include chain.
After each ride I just wipe off any dirt on chain.
My take on the video was if you nbeed to strip a chain you turn up the heat, it does the stripping/cleaning. Then you turn down the heat and at that temp the removed shipping grease is encapsulated in whatever the new fancy stuff is and the wax then sticks to the chain and only the wax when you pull it out, by setting the machine to a lower temp.
It seems that because of that hot then cooler 2 step in 1 machine process that you can only do 1 at a time.
I think you can use the chip for more than one chain, but I"m not sure the logistics of it contaminating the wax and if you add another chip or have to replace wax.
I looked into it abit when it was released and then haven’t looked further.
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if the strip chip works like I think it works…
I think it is simplest to think of it this way -
factory grease on a chain will sort of dilute the wax in the pot, making it less hard.
strip chip additive offsets this dilution by making the wax/grease mixture in the pot harder.
no fancy marketing encapsulation or more complex stuff going on in practical terms.
the temperature dependency is a characteristic of the existing cooking/frying oil additive as well, it does not work if the oil is cold.
Silca says you can do up to 6 chains on 1 strip chip.
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Molten Speed Wax has a new pot. Temperature controlled and they use them in their own process. Not on their Website yet, but they have them in stock. Great company to deal with. https://moltenspeedwax.com/
question for folks… Here is most of Molten’s quick facts:
I put 308 miles on my first hot waxed training chain, was starting to make a few random noises however it was still quiet and clean. Had 4 new chains to degrease and hot wax, so I pulled it off.
So now I have 5 hot waxed chains.
2 questions:
- Molten FAQ states 8 training chains @ 350 miles/chain, per 1lb of wax. Or about 2800 miles total between all your chains. For myself that is about 4-6 months.
What is experience on how long you can use the wax, and when to replace?
- I’ve seen some comments above on rewaxing at ~200 miles, any comments/observations on that?
For me, I have 4 chains in rotation, I re-wax every approximately 250 miles. All chains have about 1800 miles on them and using the chain tool I have no stretch yet. Molten Wax gives a very conservative estimate on how often to change their wax. I usually change out the wax after every 6 chains, but could probably do more.
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Their cost comparison chart is a little confusing and probably where they got it from. It says 6 chains per, but they mean the block of 6, not individual squares.
It was on the Silca product release youtube video. I’ll see if I can find it …