Not bad, in line with Triton level of pricing for the device. Although the pricing confuses me the "Single device" is ~$550 (undiscounted), but the "Standalone set" is ~$990, and the "Slave set" is ~$940. But have no idea what each actually is, I assume one also has the KH director added in, but no information as to which ones.
Also any word on the longitivity of the ion probe? at ~$140 a shot that thing better last a while.
That said, those prices include that VAT pricing that Europe has to punish consumerism, so who knows may be a bit cheaper in the US. However without knowing a lot of specifics, I'm not willing to be a beta tester for any company if I have to pay for the product. Unfortunately I'm not a "player" in the hobby who gets units for free to beta test either, so yeah... I can happily wait to see what's best for me at the end of the day, and am willing to pay a little bit more to have some piece of mind. Just hope we don't see what we did with the Triton and some rather "unscrupulous" individuals helping create a shortage by becoming second hand resellers.
Stand alone means it will work without the need for their controller.
Slave means it will require a ghl controller for it to work like trident.
One of the things I like about ghl is that each product they release can work stand alone even if you do not have their controller so they do not force you on buying controllers or update existing ones, which is painful to someone who has million wires in the cabinet ha ha..
I will update this thread once I know how much exactly is the out of pocket for a usa purchase. I doubt I will pay VAT, they have a usa branch in new York. All my ghl came from the usa distribution branch without VAT..
I think it's cheaper than trident (especially if you account for the fact that trident require the latest apex) and more useful as I do value potassium and nitrate test much more than mag. Also from their descriptions and plans over the last 6 months, look like it will require less maintenance fees and reagent cost compared to trident but that is still yet to be seen.
Still not sure about the ion prob maintenance, I would like to think it will be more sturdy than peristaltic pumps at least...
I think testing probs will be the way of testing in the near future compared to titration and peristaltic based testers, and I think ghl is leading this wave, let's hope they succeed.
As for pay or not pay, at the end of the day this is not must have for a successful reef, we all know that. It will be good for some and overkill for others, regardless reefs will thrive with or without automation
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