Uberhoust
Fish Herder
I was looking at a member post this morning and they mentioned the Ciano Filters. When checking Ciano filters out, their number 1 main feature is the application "My Ciano" they describe it as:
I don't see how they can do "real time monitoring" on a sub $50.00 dollar filter. To actually monitor they would need some chemical and flow sensors, which I am pretty sure are not part of the filter, not to mention some comms to either a home network or pairing with a phone so that the data from the filter can be sent to the monitoring system, again nothing about pairing. The app is simply a count down timer based on the users scanning Ciano filter products and counting down till the time you should replace your media. For most configurations of media this is totally not necessary, the timeout should be for rinsing the media not replacing it, perhaps it would be useful for true consumables such as phosphate removers but even still the app is not doing any "real time monitoring". To me this is entirely a money grab for people just getting into the hobby, you scan the consumable going in, and then 2 or 3 months later you get a reminder to buy a new consumable.
I would really like to know how they justify the expression "real-time monitoring" in this context.
I don't see how they can do "real time monitoring" on a sub $50.00 dollar filter. To actually monitor they would need some chemical and flow sensors, which I am pretty sure are not part of the filter, not to mention some comms to either a home network or pairing with a phone so that the data from the filter can be sent to the monitoring system, again nothing about pairing. The app is simply a count down timer based on the users scanning Ciano filter products and counting down till the time you should replace your media. For most configurations of media this is totally not necessary, the timeout should be for rinsing the media not replacing it, perhaps it would be useful for true consumables such as phosphate removers but even still the app is not doing any "real time monitoring". To me this is entirely a money grab for people just getting into the hobby, you scan the consumable going in, and then 2 or 3 months later you get a reminder to buy a new consumable.
I would really like to know how they justify the expression "real-time monitoring" in this context.
