I wish it were bubbles. Support even had me send in a video, no bubbles. They can’t figure it out. I’m going to try moving everything really close together and shortening the tubing, otherwise I’ll just keep my Alkatronic because it’s always been rock solid.
Did you try support? They weren’t much help for me and the result was kind of a shrug and “oh well”.
Yes it took over a month of back and forth with support before Conner stepped in and did provide great support. Him and I did a lot of troubleshooting but still no real solution long term. The results drifted again and now I just get an error.
It’s weird because I’ve seen people say there’s is solid. I’ve changed to a glass probe and everything, but mine will be accurate for a few test’s and then it just becomes unstable and jumps around by a point.
Actually the way that Hydros designed their ecosystem allows them to design/develop new devices much quicker and efficiently. Every device runs the same firmware baseline, which/what perf functions are called are based on what the device actually is. This allows them to share much of the code/functionality between devices and not have to maintain a codeline for every device. So in reality the "controller in every device" concept becomes a benefit and really doesn't add much overall cost to design/maintenance. Even if the device was stand alone, or a slave module, it would still need to have a MCU. Other things add up and make up the cost of most of these devices.
As I said, the I don't get many of the choices made in this ecosystem. It is not a single design choice or feature, but the totality. I have no hands on with the software or hardware, but do see many happy customers and my opinion is just that, my opinion.
This is true across much of the products across the hobby. The individual cost of components is usually cheaper than the whole being sold. But the pump head is only 1 part of the whole. Hydros uses a stepper driver chip to actually drive the motor. Then there's the engineering behind that and the software functionality.
This continues to be repeated like it is some groundbreaking advancement that justifies a certain price point and offsets this "doser" from everything else out there.
What the market will bear gets lost on consumers
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All the Hydros dosing pumps are Kamoer. The tubing size on this pump is larger than any of the ones I have. It looks close to 3/8" ID. I think it is also a 24v pump.I'm in agreement with @BeanAnimal, most of the quality peristaltic pumps offered in the hobby already utilize stepper motors and stealth chop to drive the stepper for quiet operation.
What's different about this pump (besides the Hydros compatibility that oli won't get into) is that they pulled an off the shelf pump to incorporate into their device. It definitely looks like a kamoer pump but not the same style that was linked earlier. I've used those particular kamoer pumps for various projects in the past. These look a bit different and seems like the rollers have less contact time with the tube which would indicate a very high rpm to push 300ml/min. I would lime to know the tube replacement procedures as well.
Those JG push to connects are also off the shelf,
John Guest Superseal Barb - 1/4 Superseal x 1/4 ID Barb
The John Guest SuperSeal barb connector is specifically designed to provide extra grip on stainless steel tubing. Each fitting in this series features a collet with integrally molded stainless steel teeth and a hand-operated nut and wedge-shaped plastic washer that applies extra pressure to the...
I use those in my current 2AWC unit
