The thing with the ReefBot is that you can literally watch it rinse its test chamber using RO water. It even rinses it’s needle every time after it extracts solutions on different individual bottles. That’s what I like about it. How does Trident rinse? It’s a mystery-because you can’t see it. It doesn’t even rinse itself by judging on the amount of its liquid waste. I own and love my apex unit. But changed my mind about the Trident when I saw the ReefBot. If you don’t trust Salifert, Geismann, API, Red Sea, tropic Marin, pool master?...etc, etc....then this isn’t the right automation for you. If you rather choose a testing unit that needs to run 8 times a day (who does that???) using their own proprietary blend of testing solutions, which apparently gives different results on each and every test, then go for trident. If there’s no consistency on your results when using the same reagents then the problem is the tester! That’s what you get with Trident. What are you gonna do? Calculate the average?? Please...ReefBot however uses your own preferred testing reagents and performs tests on your command, or can be scheduled once a day, once week, once a month, and yes.. even 8 times a day. ReefBot company claims they will be adding more compatible test kits and it’s just a matter of software download/update via internet. The way the machine moves looks like an old bubble jet printer. It’s just fun to watch
Apex has a good customer service which is proven and tested. However when i try to order Trident thru my LFS for the first batch the company gave my LFS a hard time to acquire a few units because Apex is apparently demanding minimum number of units like 50 or 100 as commitment. Sounds like “hostage” sale. I guess it was a blessing in disguise for me that I didn’t get one from the first batch. I would probably be feeling bad and frustrated as well based on the reviews I’ve read and first hand info from someone I know who got one. I will be finding a way to return or resell it (on eBay) lol.
I’m looking forward to get my ReefBot in a couple of weeks! Happy Reefing
Apex has a good customer service which is proven and tested. However when i try to order Trident thru my LFS for the first batch the company gave my LFS a hard time to acquire a few units because Apex is apparently demanding minimum number of units like 50 or 100 as commitment. Sounds like “hostage” sale. I guess it was a blessing in disguise for me that I didn’t get one from the first batch. I would probably be feeling bad and frustrated as well based on the reviews I’ve read and first hand info from someone I know who got one. I will be finding a way to return or resell it (on eBay) lol.
I’m looking forward to get my ReefBot in a couple of weeks! Happy Reefing