My Trident Review

[User1]

“A Sticky” For what 50 people, lol

Lol - well played.

 

[MnFish1]

I got my email from BRS stating that my trident was available. (I put my name on the list 10 minutes after it was available on the thread) - I have already made other choices.

 

[User1]

I got my email from BRS stating that my trident was available. (I put my name on the list 10 minutes after it was available on the thread) - I have already made other choices.

Email? I thought they called.

 

[MnFish1]

Email? I thought they called.

I thought so too - but I got an email (not a phone call) - The email came from a personal email at BRS - not the usual BRS email.
Hi There –
You signed up on our Trident product page to be notified when we had a Trident available for sale. I’m excited to let you know that we have one available for you! If you would like to purchase it, please give us a call at 763 xxx xxxx. We are here until 7pm this evening. You will need to call by the end of the day tomorrow Friday, August 23rd to claim your Trident.
We hope to hear from you soon!"

 

[User1]

Well, hopefully I'm close then. I'm pretty sure I was within the first 5 or 10 minutes in the thread they posted here. I'll have to keep an eye on emails now as well.

Thanks for the info.

 

[MnFish1]

Well, hopefully I'm close then. I'm pretty sure I was within the first 5 or 10 minutes in the thread they posted here. I'll have to keep an eye on emails now as well.

Thanks for the info.

HAHA - maybe they will give you mine:). I decided to go with the mindstream

 

[chicago]

I am liking this unicorn.

 

[User1]

HAHA - maybe they will give you mine:). I decided to go with the mindstream

I like the concept. I believe there was another thread where I made a few comments about it and the disc price. Never the less I am watching it also and hope they can sort out the cost a bit better (my opinion only). Maybe they can do something similar to NetFlix...who knows.

Once you get it though please let me know your thoughts. You have pretty unbiased feedback which is always nice to have.

 

[Sleepydoc]

A lot of people seem to be saying this but it is just noise. To put it into perspective how many test kits and regents would you have to buy in order to test 4 times/day? Please note that it isn't also just regents you are paying for, you have to pay your time as well. How much is your time worth? I don't know, say $30/hr? You just blew past that $275 year number easy - both are hypothetical numbers of course but just wanted to set the record straight. There isn't enough time for you, or I, to run that number of tests.

Beyond this, it’s very possible that the machine needs to run tests at a minimum frequency to keep the lines clear and/or the reagents will start to degrade after they are opened, meaning there is a certain replacement interval that needs to be followed, and testing less frequently would just end up wasting reagent.

I don’t know for sure, but these are certainly possible.

 

[MnFish1]

Beyond this, it’s very possible that the machine needs to run tests at a minimum frequency to keep the lines clear and/or the reagents will start to degrade after they are opened, meaning there is a certain replacement interval that needs to be followed, and testing less frequently would just end up wasting reagent.

I don’t know for sure, but these are certainly possible.

not sure what you mean

 

[anonomous09]

Is anyone running trident at the maximum 4’ distance it calls for? Wondering if this affects readings.

 

[chicago]

Bottom line for me.. loving this Trident.. I use to wake up and test in the am.. now I have more free time and love having the readings a few times a day.. I can understand on smaller scaled tank why others would not want to invest. However, my tank has been on going for decades. The amount of money invested in this hobby for me and my current tank well,,, this is not out of the ordinary and if it keeps my tank from having an alk crash or other disaster... worth more than what I paid and will pay..

 

[Sleepydoc]

not sure what you mean

I assume you don't understand my second point...

There is no benefit in reducing the test frequency below that which uses up the reagents before they expire. For example, you have a 100 ml bottle of reagent. Each test uses 1 ml and the reagent expires in 50 days. If you only do one test per day, you will only have used 50 ml of reagent by the time it expires and thus be wasting 50 ml so you might as well be doing 2 tests per day.

I know some people will argue that they use reagents past their expiration date all the time and don't have a problem. That may be true, but from Neptune's point of view, if people are using expired reagents and getting inaccurate results, the first thing most of them will do is blame Neptune for making a bad machine, not look at the expiration date on the bottle of reagent.

Again, I don't know if this is the case; I'm just guessing, but it's quite plausible.

 

[chicago]

I heard that Neptune is putting together a more economical package for the reagents where you can purchase a sixmonth supply at a discounted price.

 

[ca1ore]

Is anyone running trident at the maximum 4’ distance it calls for? Wondering if this affects readings.

Doesn't matter. The supply and waste lines must be used as is, so even if the trident is five inches form the water source you still are using the full length of the supply tube.

 

[ca1ore]

I heard that Neptune is putting together a more economical package for the reagents where you can purchase a sixmonth supply at a discounted price.

Yes, three sets of reagents/calibration for $99 as I recall. I don't personally find that a set of reagents lasts a full two months - more like 6 weeks - so for me its 18 weeks for $99. Still a significant reduction. So, for me, that'd be broadly $300 per year. Well worth it for the sweat equity savings.

 

[MnFish1]

I assume you don't understand my second point...

There is no benefit in reducing the test frequency below that which uses up the reagents before they expire. For example, you have a 100 ml bottle of reagent. Each test uses 1 ml and the reagent expires in 50 days. If you only do one test per day, you will only have used 50 ml of reagent by the time it expires and thus be wasting 50 ml so you might as well be doing 2 tests per day.

I know some people will argue that they use reagents past their expiration date all the time and don't have a problem. That may be true, but from Neptune's point of view, if people are using expired reagents and getting inaccurate results, the first thing most of them will do is blame Neptune for making a bad machine, not look at the expiration date on the bottle of reagent.

Again, I don't know if this is the case; I'm just guessing, but it's quite plausible.

Yes - thanks - I think Neptune has said this from the start.

 

[rkpetersen]

I've found that the numbers are much more consistent if I let it test 6X a day rather than the minimum of 4.
I don't need that much testing or anything close to it, but this seems to be a design limitation of the test and device.

 

[MnFish1]

I've found that the numbers are much more consistent if I let it test 6X a day rather than the minimum of 4.
I don't need that much testing or anything close to it, but this seems to be a design limitation of the test and device.

from a statistical standpoint - this would be clear. the more tests - the closer it would be to the real value.

 

[Sleepydoc]

from a statistical standpoint - this would be clear. the more tests - the closer it would be to the real value.

Not necessarily. What @rkpeterson is describing is increased precision (the amount of variability between measurements.) You're describing statistical averaging.