Vortech Pumps

[TropTrea]

I always check www.x-rates.com it is updated regularly throughout the day. Last I looked the rate was now .505 instead of .510 as it was yesterday.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9355865#post9355865 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by steve414
That really sucks my mac software say's its updated i would look like a shead if i went oversea's thank's you no about it better then i do thanks.

 

[TropTrea]

Actualy a good R&D program with a Quality program should only give you asicly flawless products. It might delay there release while bugs are being worked out but in the end should give you a product that the company will be proud of when it hits the market.

The mind set should be that the customer will always remember you when your product did not work right but he will not remember that he had to wait for it to be developed.

Dennis

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9356074#post9356074 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Chads29
I purchased some nano streams and found them to be way below the quality expections of other tunze products. With all new equiptment you have issues to iron out no matter how much R&D and testing you put into the product prior to releasing it to the general public.

 

[hahnmeister]

Yeah, but keep in mind that thats the difference between a large company and a small one. An auto maker has money to invest (it has to also) in QC and testing. Some of these reef oriented companies dont have the facilities or resources to dedicate to extensive testing. The Vortec, for example, was merely a college grant research project started with something like $15,000 (cant remember exactly). Heck, I could have developed it because I have access to everything they do. So, the best way to 'test it out' is to offer 'pre-release' samples to a chosen few... as in a beta-testing group, to see what problems might happen. Software goes through public beta testing all the time as the more people test something, the more variables and chances for failure happen.

The one thing I dont agree with is that many of these reef companies make you pay for your beta testing, and then you keep the unit. They are trying to make money off the consumer in the process of him/her testing something for the company... doesnt sound fair. What SHOULD happen is the aquarist gets a beta sample free of charge, and then when the testing is over, the beta is sent back to the company for it to be dismantled and evaluated. If the aquarist wants one to keep, they can buy one at that point (hopefully at a discount for their service) from the actual release line. But paying full price for a beta, or being expected to keep a test sample? You gotta be outa your mind!