I was waiting for that
I did say manufacturer error
My biggest advise before buying a controller is go look at the support forums see how many main controller issues are reported and then decide, user feedback is paramount when spending this sort of hard earned cash.
Price is always a factor in everything we buy but a bargain is only a bargain if the product can be relied upon. I am not saying cheap or cheaper means unreliable as even more expensive things in this life can have its troubles too. But price is not a judge on quality whether higher or lower, user feedback and reports on forums etc etc is the best judge in my own oppinion.
So what is best controller or seperates? Well this comes down to personal choice. If lets say you want to only turn a light on and off a day and monitor/control pH and see the tank temp then hell no! A controller is not the way to go what ever the make. But if you for instance want to have level control, ph control, temp control, maybe even tunze control then just that little lot seperately would cost you more than a controller that can do all that in one box. It all comes down to what you want to do and if you feel comfortable having all your eggs in one basket which comes right back to choosing a controller you "personally feel" (irrelavant what the manufacturers claim) you can rely upon.
I appreciate readers will say my oppinions could be biased, but I hope I have come across as neutral as possible.
