Aquarium Controller Cabinet, Product?

Elder1945 · Jul 17, 2019

Silver14SS said:
What US vendor sites should we be stalking for the release? :p

ALL of them LOL!

IDK yet.. I am working with "a big" distributor so they will be available to almost any LFS or Online vendor in the US. As of now I am sending samples and so on but all the hard stuff is done.

Antics · Jul 17, 2019

Cant wait for the pictures! :P

Elder1945 · Jul 17, 2019

Here it is all cut.

What you get in the box + hardware and instruction.

In total you can have up to 8 separate inserts. These are the standard one that will come with the unit 2 - 1 slot 1 - 2 slot and 1 - 4 slot. They can be moved around to fit your needs or replaced with the custom cut ones (sold separately) Also some LED logos and vinyl accents will be avalable.

Assembly:

Removable face with magnets and pins for alignment.

Next up is the boxes, Packing and instructions.
I will also finalize some of the custom inserts but with this standard it will be super quick as in a few hours to develop a new custom insert for sale. This will make it affordable and give you the look of 100% custom with almost no effort and low cost.

Soon :)

The back of the insert.

I am still debating the iPad or tablet mounti g for the top. This is what the discussion will be tomorrow.

I can't delete this photo below lol :P

Antics · Jul 17, 2019

Beautiful!

goodtimes · Jul 17, 2019

This is great! I’ve been wanting to organize but just don’t know where to start. This will make it so much easier.

chefjpaul · Jul 17, 2019

Such a phenomenal concept.

kcoykend · Jul 17, 2019

This is awesome! i will be ordering one once they are available!

kcoykend · Jul 17, 2019

We also need a spot for the trident on this board. Any future ideas for one?

gmneil · Jul 18, 2019

I would have loved to be a tester for one of these lol.

purplepirate813 · Jul 19, 2019

I’ll test one also lol

Elder1945 · Jul 22, 2019

Here is the game plan right now.

I am going to be building the first 8 units 2 go to the distributor as samples, and 4 go out to YouTubers, and 2 will go to Reef2Reef.

After this the first production run of units will happen. All of this should be done in the next 2-3 weeks. The Production run will take a little longer but that is kinda the time line right now.

The custom Face plates will be worked on and finalized during this time to make the first shipment.

LED inserts are going to take a little longer as I would like to get the price down a bit. I also have to reach out to a few more company's and see what they think of me producing there logo on a item that would be for sale. It would be cool if I could do a Neptune logo and so on for people.

Elder1945 · Jul 22, 2019

kcoykend said:
We also need a spot for the trident on this board. Any future ideas for one?

Yes 100% there will be a custom insert for the Trident.

TARHEEL78 · Jul 22, 2019

Elder1945 said:
Here is the game plan right now.

I am going to be building the first 8 units 2 go to the distributor as samples, and 4 go out to YouTubers, and 2 will go to Reef2Reef.

After this the first production run of units will happen. All of this should be done in the next 2-3 weeks. The Production run will take a little longer but that is kinda the time line right now.

The custom Face plates will be worked on and finalized during this time to make the first shipment.

LED inserts are going to take a little longer as I would like to get the price down a bit. I also have to reach out to a few more company's and see what they think of me producing there logo on a item that would be for sale. It would be cool if I could do a Neptune logo and so on for people.

Are you doing a contest for the 2 R2R cabinets? I would love to test one out for you. ;)

Elder1945 · Jul 22, 2019

TARHEEL78 said:
Are you doing a contest for the 2 R2R cabinets? I would love to test one out for you. ;)

Yes I am talking to R2R about this and working out how many I would give away and what would this all require.

Elder1945 · Jul 30, 2019

First 8 are cut, 4 are going out to YouTubers and 2 samples for the US distributor.

I also have the sample boxes in for sizing and so on. The final ones will be white with labeling but needed to see how everything fits.

Next up are the the Custom cut inserts/LEDs and then the Vinyl Wraps.

Soon..

Elder1945 · Jul 30, 2019

On a side note if anyone was wondering these will be made in batches of 48 units at a time. After the first "production run" we will look into doing a black version this however will be determined buy sales.

This idea of doing limited edition ones have keep coming up and this is something I will explore once it is on the market. Would be cool to do a R2R themed one with a custom paint job and gold plated screws and so on... 1 of 3 or something..

siggy · Jul 30, 2019

That's gonna be a full time job........for someone :cool:

Elder1945 · Jul 30, 2019

siggy said:
That's gonna be a full time job........for someone :cool:

HAHA, Yea it helps to have a few employees :P I think I am up to 26 but will actually have to count.. It gets a little crazy sometimes when you think about it tbh.