GHL Autodoser Criticisms Valid?

[jeffww]

I'm looking to upgrade my aging 6 year old Kamoer autodoser instead of changing out the pump heads again. The main choices I'm looking at are the Versa and the GHL doser. I'm currently concerned about how people critique the GHL doser for being hard to program and use. Are these valid or is this just user error? The kamoer pump I have is about as difficult to program as a casio watch (inconvenient but not difficult). Any owners recommend the versa over the GHL?

 

[chefjpaul]

GHL doser is very easy to program and adjust, on either web, app or cloud.
One piece of equipment that is solid are my GHL.
The people have issues are with the controller.

 

[ca1ore]

Programming the GHL doser is a tad idiosyncratic, but pretty simple once you get used to it. I could never get mine to work via wireless, but it works fine connected with a long USB cable.

 

[Variant]

In my opinion, the dosers are very straightforward to program. You don't have to be be some technical genius to get it to work. That said, you shouldn't just use your intuition to program a doser. You should still read the manual and maybe some youtube videos to make sure you're doing it right. But that goes for anything you install in your reef.

 

[Oldreefer44]

Dumped my GHL and Versa dosers and went back to my old reliable Kamoer.

 

[jeffww]

Dumped my GHL and Versa dosers and went back to my old reliable Kamoer.

Do you have a reason why you preferred the kamoer over these other two dosers? If the price point difference isn't justified, I may just buy another kamoer.

 

[vangvace]

Do you have a reason why you preferred the kamoer over these other two dosers? If the price point difference isn't justified, I may just buy another kamoer.

iirc he didn't like the GHL interface and had some problems during setup

 

[Oldreefer44]

KISS principle. As long as it works, the simpler the better.