RedSea ReefControl

[Reef Jedi]

Who's seen the new RedSea Reef control? I didn't know they were working on a controller but at this point I feel they are very late to the game. Not sure if they are taking a page from apple's book and refining products that are already on the market and making it the best. Or if this will crack like their tanks. What are your thoughts?

What are your thoughts on this entering the market?

Do you think it will be better than Apex or Hydros?

Would you run out to buy one?

Lets discuss,

https://redseafish.com/smart-hardware/reefcontrol/

 

[Biokabe]

I personally don't care how well their controller system works. The way that they have handled their tanks is abhorrent and I refuse to give them my money until they can show years of good behavior.

But putting those feelings aside... I'm not sure that it really adds much that isn't covered by Apex. I notice that their discussion about the control only references controlling your tank from your phone with no mention of a desktop app, which is a complete nonstarter for me. If any control system doesn't include a way to control the tank from my desktop, I have absolutely zero interest.

 

[Bear22]

RedSea must be having issues with this controller system. They keep announcing dates for being on the shelves, but keeping pushing the date later and later in the year.

 

[EnterName]

I had a Reefer 625XXL (G1) and fortunately was able to replace it before it failed but it had shown first signs of a seam failure.

I had their ReefWave wavemakers that had to be cleaned extremely often or mucus would reduce their output to basically zero without you being able to tell from just looking at them. Small snails can get stuck in them and then you would need to disassemble the whole thing to make it work again. One of the two pumps I had failed completely within 2 years and had to be replaced.

I had the old RSK skimmer which overflows all the time and now have the new one with the overflow sensor. This works somewhat decently, but it still happens from time to time. The "integrated neck cleaner" causes detritus to accumulate extremely fast and then dropping down into the tank again.

I had their ReefLEDs where the AC/DC adapters failed very often causing the GFCI to trip. I had to replace all 3 of them until they seemingly upgraded them to hold for a bit longer than 12 months. They got very hot all the time and once they failed they even smoked a bit.

I will never buy a single product from them ever again if I can avoid it.

• They are willing to risk the life of my tank inhabitants, and me having to pay thousands in damages for a flooded living room.
• They are willing to repeatedly send me fire hazards disguised as AC/DC adapters even though I paid a lot of money for their LEDs and 5 bucks in additional production value would have probably fixed the issue.
• They openly admit to be incapable of building safe rimless tanks by putting an eurobrace around their new ones. Instead of fixing their bad silicone issue they just use more of it hoping it will help. They already use insanely thick glass which makes finding magnet-based products difficult and expensive.