Anyone using a Coralife Hydrometer?

[tang daddy]

I feel sorry for saying this but other than the coralife t5ho fixtures which ballast burn out after 14months all their products are junk, chucked the skimmer 10 years ago after it flooded my room twice and this proves even more so how much garbage they are able to sell. Donate it to someone!

[FishyFishy!]

I have 5 older coralife hydrometers lying around. Two deep six as pictured, and 3 older models. One day I decided to test them all along with my vertex refractometer... Every single one was at least .002 difference! Not any one of them was at the same specific gravity.

They are truely inferior products. I would never buy one after using a refractometer. I can only imagine my salinity swings in some of my older tanks during water changes. Must have been terrible.

[Magickiwi]

Personally I think anything with the Coralife brand on it is most likely junk and isn't worth the $ you spend on it. They've weaseled their way into box pet stores that don't want or care about quality equipment and I deliberately avoid the brand.

[FishyFishy!]

Originally Posted by Magickiwi

Personally I think anything with the Coralife brand on it is most likely junk and isn't worth the $ you spend on it. They've weaseled their way into box pet stores that don't want or care about quality equipment and I deliberately avoid the brand.

Agreed with you there. I have only really used their MH lights. I have personally had good luck with them, but I have heard bad stories way too often to buy them again. Theres just so many other good choices out there to stick with these guys.