Why is King eds instant ocean so much cheaper?

[gregzz4]

I realize this is off topic, but I'm putting this up for all to see anyway, and so I don't have to write it down somewhere

The big 3 were tested with Elos, the kits were confirmed against J&L's kits, and I've gone through so many kits that there's no concern about old ones
My kits and test procedures came into question once, so they were confirmed @ J&L, and against 2 other reefer's kits with their own water
All matched

From when I started my LR in a tub until the bucket I opened in Sept/12, I used 6 bags of IO and 1 bucket. All bought from J&L and no batch #s

From my log book

10.5
410
1300

10.5
480
1400

10.5
480
1350

My last 6 buckets have tested;

Batch 11297 Sept 4/12
J&L
11
450
1400

Batch 12243 Opened Nov 9/12
King Ed's
11.5
450
1400-1450

Batch 12243 Opened Jan 9/13
King Ed's
11.5
460
1400

Batch 12243 Opened Mar 16/13
King Ed's
10.5
410
1450

Batch 12353 Opened June 13/13
King Ed's
10.5
410
1450

Batch 12353 Opened Aug 23/13
King Ed's
11.5
440
1450

[gregzz4]

Note the batch #s/dates from KE's
Looks like they either don't sell as much as we think, or they buy a huge amount at a time

[reeferfulton]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

Note the batch #s/dates from KE's
Looks like they either don't sell as much as we think, or they buy a huge amount at a time

Or you bought them at the same time and opened one a year later ?

[Rice Reef]

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by reeferfulton

Or you bought them at the same time and opened one a year later ?

Oops
I meant to correct that short post after the edit

I buy 2 at a time and thought I had 4 the same

[jorjef]

I hear Ed the king sells salt cheap....by the sea shore.....

[steve fedyk]

just picked up 2 more today on the way home.

[windcoast reefs]

Hmm, seems to me like they may have pretty loose tolerances for the manufacturing compared to what they had before. If they are getting swings like that maybe they don't test every batch.