I got my hands on the latest reef aquarium testing device from Hanna Instruments - the Marine Monitor. Will it be a fantastic bit of kit or a waste of time?
Seems like no company out there is getting salinity right. The bad ph probe out of the box is a shame. If they could get salinity right than it would be worth it. Great honest review. Congrats on 23k. I like the way your going about the growth of your channel. Very professional & making good helpful content consistently. Thank you.
@@ParkersReef Look at that Sam, another reefer who is a Kidd! Interesting product, price to me seems like it should be 150-200 max. Sad that it did not work out of the box. Anton-Par has a new salinity meter I would like to try out. Its called SmartRef. I use their bigger DMA 35 on the submarine for the main batteries
For me, salinity is something I tend to check less often, and seems to be something that is a lot less fickle or variable. A unit like this, that does pH and Alk, though...now that would be worth looking at. Nice review though, and great to see your tank looking mint as usual! 👌
Thank you for your video I just got my own power supply and I just cut the cable and swap red to black and black to red very easy and all working good 😊😊😊
Thanks Sam, this was a bit of gear I was considering, but not now. Hanna need to lift their game. The only things I really trust of theirs are the Alk, Phos and HR Nitrate checkers.
I was looking for a device like this one and I had my hopes up on this one but after seeing your review on it I'm a bit worried, maybe you can do a follow-up video later on to see how it's holding? Thanks Sam great video!
I'm really thinking about one of these for my mixing station salinity prob for salt mix and ph for the kalk think ill put one on my shopping list lol great vid buddy and lets hope your luck changes with hanna lol
Good review. Seeing you have your cooling fans on in January whilst I'm freezing my yaya's off should be enough to convince the flat earthers that our planet in round
The power supply not having an earth is to mitigate the issues you would have with nuisance tripping if circuits on a rcd . Apart from this honestly it seems like everything with Hanna latterly has had issue. After issue . I’m on my 3rd Hanna magnesium checker and finally happy with it . Again Parker killing it mate the amount of helpful reviews and honest you give is much appreciated .
@@ParkersReef couldn’t agree more , salinity , alk , cal, phosphate and nitrate flawless testers and last 18 months all down hill . Let’s hope they can get it back out of the toilet .
Just for future reference always rinse probes in DI water before putting into calibration fluid and also before changing to next solution, I’d say the conductivity probe also measures temperature hence why they want you to use both probes anything reading PH should also be measuring temp
Feels like they miss the mark quite a bit again. Firstly not adding a wifi module (like 1€ for a consumer so can only imagine what they would pay) and do a little bit of investment into an app. Even if this works fine it`s placement is most likely gonna be on the control panel area, how often do people actually go over there and check? I doubt many will have it outside, doesn`t really go with many aesthetics. Feels like the Hanna aquarium department are lagging behind on quite a few things.
Hey Parker! I'm glad I stumbled upon your videos. Is there any WiFi digital testing device you could recommend for a school that needs to monitor during weekends and holidays? Staff test water during the week but we want to make sure we know what's happening when we are not there. Thanks heaps 😀
@@holbitron6440 is this a salt water tank or freshwater? If saltwater, I wouldn't bother with any of those except perhaps nitrate and temperature. PH will sort itself out, ammonia and nitrite you shouldn't see once the tank is cycled. Temperature you can do fairly easily (check out a thing called an inkbird for a cheap way to measure this remotely) If you do wish to measure other parameters, check out a device called a mastertronic :)
@Parkers Reef it's freshwater. The Mastertrinic does look amazing but I'm not sure they will approve for 2 of them (we have 2 fishtanks). Would the Reefbot be OK? Would it he simple enough for non fish people to use? We have a few people watching over our fish. Thank you 😊
looks like they have missed the mark again, i had to return my device as i had the same issue with the ph probe and the power supply, it's just not you only Sam, and paid the extra money and used the Reef factory gear. I think Hanna needs to do more testing on these devices before they release them to the public, Magnesium was a big problem & now this, what is next.
Not sure how you can recommend this item or you just got a dud from the manufacture. I would definitely return this item for my money back. No product require you to replace your own power supply to make it work. That is actually a safety issue. Companies would not want you to fiddle around with power potentially harm yourself, the tank or even burn your house down. I was actually intrigued with this product until you made this review. not sure if this is just the aussie version issue (seems like your power supply doesnt have 3 prongs) or its all the same issue with any power supply regardless of region. Good job Parker!
I always seem to have bad luck. The power supply appears to only be an Aussie issue and I honestly had to just get unlucky with the probe. If neither of those were there, I’d say this is a decent product with a certain use case
@@ParkersReef Yes I guess we need to confirm the power supply is an australian issue before purchasing elsewhere because no way are we required to buy our own power supply for such an $$ and niche product.
Thanks for the review. Re power sup... Maybe double check the board, it should have some diodes on it so if you plug in a "reverse" power supply it will still work. Most engineering requires dummy proofing like that, I would be even MORE disappointed in Hanna if they did not... 🙂
I have the hydros controller and just use it to monitor ph and control my heater, ato, etc. Hydros is the way to go. I live 20 minutes from CoralVue too lol.
Hanna used to be a reputable manufacturer that you didn’t mind paying a premium for their equipment because you knew what you were getting. I have kit of theirs including a 20 year old TDS pen that still works perfectly. But it now seems like they are cutting corners on production and testing to save a few bucks. Very disappointing.
Ekoral is cheaper than this hanna solution. I been using ekoral pro for about 5 years. Change 1 time ph probe other for its temp probe salinity and orp still working very well.
I wish it was wifi capable. All these devices are so expensive and should always have wifi capability by now. It’s 2023 for goodness sake. 550$ for this. These companies are out of control with these prices. How can they charge that amount of money with no wifi capability that’s nuts.
@Parkers Reef I'm looking at the reef factory thermo controller. Similar capability to an inquiry controller except one costs 250 bucks more. Is the tech in the reef factory that much better?
Very disappointing. Not sure what to expect from Hanna these days. Their handling of the mg checker issue for me has been poor and not yet resolved. I'm not convinced I'll continue to be a customer of theirs. Btw does this pH monitor only show a single decimal point? If so that's a massive ball drop there.
Oh no, another Dud. Marine monitor and Magnesium checker. That's a big pass for me. Well at least the Marine monitor. I already have the dud magnesium checker. lol
No wifi and APP makes this a non-starter. I have an inkbird temp controller that cost $43, it has wifi and an app, and will send me alerts. That someone like Hanna doesn’t incorporate the $2 chip is an utter lack of foresight and ability to read the room.
this is crap what us reefers need is a monitor that like this that displays alk phos nitrate these are what we need to be on display we all got temp control ph and salinity they chose the easy money route they aint gonna sell many the manufactureres need to step up and give us what we need instead of always going for the quick buck
I asked & look how quick you were able to do a review! Thanks, looking forward to it!
I do my best for my viewers!!!
Great video. Very informative in regards to the calibration of the device.
Glad it was helpful!
Been looking at this checker
Can’t wait to hear the review
rolling now :)
Seems like no company out there is getting salinity right. The bad ph probe out of the box is a shame. If they could get salinity right than it would be worth it. Great honest review. Congrats on 23k. I like the way your going about the growth of your channel. Very professional & making good helpful content consistently. Thank you.
Appreciate that, thanks!
Tank is beautiful Sam. Keep it up!
Thanks, will do!
@@ParkersReef Look at that Sam, another reefer who is a Kidd! Interesting product, price to me seems like it should be 150-200 max. Sad that it did not work out of the box. Anton-Par has a new salinity meter I would like to try out. Its called SmartRef. I use their bigger DMA 35 on the submarine for the main batteries
Thanks mate. I was going to purchase one today. Gald i watched this first ❤
Glad I could help. I have heard that they have replaced the power supply and people seem to be getting better results - but still
Thanks for this, I was hoping to get this Monitor, hopefully Hanna sorts this out.
Fingers crossed :(
Had to use your battery backup doodad the other day and it worked a treat - thanks ;)
Glad to hear!
For me, salinity is something I tend to check less often, and seems to be something that is a lot less fickle or variable. A unit like this, that does pH and Alk, though...now that would be worth looking at.
Nice review though, and great to see your tank looking mint as usual! 👌
Thanks mate!!
Thank you for your video I just got my own power supply and I just cut the cable and swap red to black and black to red very easy and all working good 😊😊😊
Glad I could help!!
Thanks Sam, this was a bit of gear I was considering, but not now. Hanna need to lift their game. The only things I really trust of theirs are the Alk, Phos and HR Nitrate checkers.
yeah sadly they're going from having one or two average devices to everything becoming a flip of a coin :/
I was looking for a device like this one and I had my hopes up on this one but after seeing your review on it I'm a bit worried, maybe you can do a follow-up video later on to see how it's holding? Thanks Sam great video!
I had to give it back :)
But I wouldn’t recommend it unless it really met your needs
That was disappointing for the amount of money they want for it. Good review.👍🏾
Thanks mate
I'm really thinking about one of these for my mixing station salinity prob for salt mix and ph for the kalk think ill put one on my shopping list lol great vid buddy and lets hope your luck changes with hanna lol
I've already taken it back lol
i was intersted in biying this unit NOT ANYMORE glad i watched your vid probly saved me at least £350
glad I could give you the heads up!
Good review. Seeing you have your cooling fans on in January whilst I'm freezing my yaya's off should be enough to convince the flat earthers that our planet in round
I’m sure they still have some reason for that. Perhaps all part of the simulation? 😂😅
The power supply not having an earth is to mitigate the issues you would have with nuisance tripping if circuits on a rcd . Apart from this honestly it seems like everything with Hanna latterly has had issue. After issue . I’m on my 3rd Hanna magnesium checker and finally happy with it . Again Parker killing it mate the amount of helpful reviews and honest you give is much appreciated .
Glad it was helpful mate. Must say, I’m a touch disappointed with hanna as a brand - they don’t seem to be the gold standard anymore
@@ParkersReef couldn’t agree more , salinity , alk , cal, phosphate and nitrate flawless testers and last 18 months all down hill . Let’s hope they can get it back out of the toilet .
Just for future reference always rinse probes in DI water before putting into calibration fluid and also before changing to next solution, I’d say the conductivity probe also measures temperature hence why they want you to use both probes anything reading PH should also be measuring temp
Good idea
Feels like they miss the mark quite a bit again. Firstly not adding a wifi module (like 1€ for a consumer so can only imagine what they would pay) and do a little bit of investment into an app. Even if this works fine it`s placement is most likely gonna be on the control panel area, how often do people actually go over there and check? I doubt many will have it outside, doesn`t really go with many aesthetics. Feels like the Hanna aquarium department are lagging behind on quite a few things.
Yeah I have to agree…
Haven't seen the Femininus wrasse! nor the 3 butterfly fish you added? A video update would be nice. :)
Here you go:
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Hey Parker! I'm glad I stumbled upon your videos. Is there any WiFi digital testing device you could recommend for a school that needs to monitor during weekends and holidays? Staff test water during the week but we want to make sure we know what's happening when we are not there. Thanks heaps 😀
What did you want to test? We can work backwards from there :)
Oh gee, um I believe the PH, Ammonia, Nitrite & Nitrates and water temp. I think that's it lol. Thanks for your reply 🙃
@@holbitron6440 is this a salt water tank or freshwater? If saltwater, I wouldn't bother with any of those except perhaps nitrate and temperature. PH will sort itself out, ammonia and nitrite you shouldn't see once the tank is cycled. Temperature you can do fairly easily (check out a thing called an inkbird for a cheap way to measure this remotely)
If you do wish to measure other parameters, check out a device called a mastertronic :)
@Parkers Reef it's freshwater. The Mastertrinic does look amazing but I'm not sure they will approve for 2 of them (we have 2 fishtanks). Would the Reefbot be OK? Would it he simple enough for non fish people to use? We have a few people watching over our fish. Thank you 😊
Oh I saw the pro is even more expensive.
Can tell us what quality power supply you changed it to? And where did you get it from?
Was a meanwell 12v power supply I had laying about
Had the ph and temp one for my koi pond , was good . Like Hanna stuff , if only their would bring out automatic tester
some of their stuff is great, some of their stuff just misses the mark though
@@ParkersReef very true , calcium tester for one , seems to be either do an item really well , or really poor .
yep!!
looks like they have missed the mark again, i had to return my device as i had the same issue with the ph probe and the power supply, it's just not you only Sam, and paid the extra money and used the Reef factory gear. I think Hanna needs to do more testing on these devices before they release them to the public, Magnesium was a big problem & now this, what is next.
Interesting to hear I’m it the only one!!! Thanks for the heads up
Not sure how you can recommend this item or you just got a dud from the manufacture. I would definitely return this item for my money back. No product require you to replace your own power supply to make it work. That is actually a safety issue. Companies would not want you to fiddle around with power potentially harm yourself, the tank or even burn your house down. I was actually intrigued with this product until you made this review. not sure if this is just the aussie version issue (seems like your power supply doesnt have 3 prongs) or its all the same issue with any power supply regardless of region. Good job Parker!
I always seem to have bad luck. The power supply appears to only be an Aussie issue and I honestly had to just get unlucky with the probe. If neither of those were there, I’d say this is a decent product with a certain use case
@@ParkersReef Yes I guess we need to confirm the power supply is an australian issue before purchasing elsewhere because no way are we required to buy our own power supply for such an $$ and niche product.
Had no idea that a power supply could be the difference! How'd you figure that out???
Was a suggestion from the LFS, turned out to be spot on
@@ParkersReef props to them 🙌🏼👏🏻
Hanna ought to send the guy some money for his bug testing
Wouldn’t say no 😅
Hi. Can you share your power adaptor specs?
I don’t actually have the unit any more so I can’t… but I swapped one out with the same specs, just a better build quality
What temp do you run your reef at mate
About 24.5c mate, seems to do the trick
Thanks for the review.
Re power sup... Maybe double check the board, it should have some diodes on it so if you plug in a "reverse" power supply it will still work. Most engineering requires dummy proofing like that, I would be even MORE disappointed in Hanna if they did not... 🙂
yeah good call. I didn't bother opening it to check the board, but there is a chance it could work with either polarity you're right
Just got one unit. Open box and found some crystallized substance on the probe. The adaptor is a joke. Had to configure one better adaptor to work.
Sounds like a similar experience to what I had sadly :(
I have the hydros controller and just use it to monitor ph and control my heater, ato, etc. Hydros is the way to go. I live 20 minutes from CoralVue too lol.
ah thats epic, I wish I lived 20mins from those guys. They do some incredible work
Yes they do. I needed some tubing for my Kamoer dosing pumps since it that odd size and they had rolls of it lol
truly epic :D
Hanna has put more effort in productizing the idea rather than engineering the product itself. 😂 thanks for the detail review .
Hopefully mine was just an unlucky unit, but still, some oversights like no wifi are a real shame
Hanna used to be a reputable manufacturer that you didn’t mind paying a premium for their equipment because you knew what you were getting. I have kit of theirs including a 20 year old TDS pen that still works perfectly. But it now seems like they are cutting corners on production and testing to save a few bucks.
Very disappointing.
Yeah have to agree with you there
Was just about to pause your video and place my order I had put in my eBay cart. Now I have deleted it. It’s too much hassle for simple readings
Glad I was able to save you some trouble!!
Ekoral is cheaper than this hanna solution.
I been using ekoral pro for about 5 years.
Change 1 time ph probe other for its temp probe salinity and orp still working very well.
eKoral have their own issues.... Very little support in Australia
look like the pH probe has poor signal isolation
Yep, exactly what I was thinking
I wish it was wifi capable. All these devices are so expensive and should always have wifi capability by now. It’s 2023 for goodness sake. 550$ for this. These companies are out of control with these prices. How can they charge that amount of money with no wifi capability that’s nuts.
Yep I agree, wifi with push notifications would be the minimum I’d expect
It's crazy how much more Ur paying for wifi connectivity. Surely it can't cost that much to add wifi to a device. Reef factory must be very profitable
or in this instance, how much you're paying to not have wifi connectivity!
@@ParkersReef did u find out if u could get it to connect to a wifi like u can with the khg?
It has no network connectivity. Not possible
@Parkers Reef I'm looking at the reef factory thermo controller. Similar capability to an inquiry controller except one costs 250 bucks more. Is the tech in the reef factory that much better?
Very disappointing. Not sure what to expect from Hanna these days. Their handling of the mg checker issue for me has been poor and not yet resolved. I'm not convinced I'll continue to be a customer of theirs. Btw does this pH monitor only show a single decimal point? If so that's a massive ball drop there.
Yep, a few missed opportunities here I think…
Personally I’ll never use Hanna to check salinity ever again
Understandable
Hmm… Hanna really is the the luck of the draw it seems.
Sadly :/
Oh no, another Dud. Marine monitor and Magnesium checker. That's a big pass for me. Well at least the Marine monitor. I already have the dud magnesium checker. lol
Yeah twice bitten hey….
No wifi and APP makes this a non-starter. I have an inkbird temp controller that cost $43, it has wifi and an app, and will send me alerts. That someone like Hanna doesn’t incorporate the $2 chip is an utter lack of foresight and ability to read the room.
Agreed
I haven’t been impressed with Hanna stuff
I bought the expensive $400+ marine kit and it has accuracy issues
yeah gotta say, they have a few great products but have missed the mark on a lot of others
Just show it already.
What do you mean?
this is crap what us reefers need is a monitor that like this that displays alk phos nitrate these are what we need to be on display we all got temp control ph and salinity they chose the easy money route they aint gonna sell many the manufactureres need to step up and give us what we need instead of always going for the quick buck
Exactly
wait for the review.....
@@ParkersReef hey bud! Will do.
Ever heard of periods?
@@ronaldlambertson2624 Ronald, it's the internet, you're going to have a bad day if you get too worried about gramma :P
First the mag checker, now the marine monitor. Come on Hanna! Do better!
And the calcium checker, salinity checker, nitrate low range, list goes on 😅😂
Hanna poo poo
Sometimes yep…
Purchased and used this product for 6 months. All I can say is that it's accuracy is rubbish! Wasted 250.00 for sure.
Yeah that’s a shame :(
to expensive..
compared to other devices that can do ph, salinity and temp - it's fairly cheap. But does it work???