Tweet
My custom zeovit reactor came in today and so I wanted to share my first impressions of the reactor and my experience thus far with Madison.
First, lets talk about the reactor.
I have a limited amount of room height wise for the reactor. Madison's standard reactor, though extremely reasonably priced, is to tall. I asked Madison to build me a reactor that would be wider but shorter than the standard size. This is a pic of what he came up with:
The reactor is roughly 14 inches tall. It comes with an outer cylinder and an inner cylinder. Some pvc pip is attached to the inner cylinder (for use in pumping the zeolith media everyday). I believe both cyclinders are constructed using extruded acrylic. It's seems like roughly the same material that is used on my phosban reactor. I would have been willing to pay a few extra dollars for cast acrylic but ultimately, it probably would not have been worth it.
Overall, the reactor seems to be a pretty straight forward contraption. Generally speaking, I think it was built reasonably well. The only "nit" I would like to pick is around a minor workmanship issue. See the pic below:
I believe the crack occured when Madison drilled a hole for the input pvc pipe. I don't anticipate any functional issues as the reactor will sit inside my sump. The only issue here (an incredibly minor one at that) is an aesthetic issue.
Dealing with Madison
Madison told me up front that this is a busy time for him so getting a custom project done was going to take longer than his normal "2-3day" turnaround time. My expectation was that I would have the reactor roughly two weeks from the time I placed the order. Instead, it took about 3 weeks. (My math may be off but the reactor got to me about a week later than I expected.)
Again, a minor nit to pick here but getting updates on what was going on with the reactor wasn't as easy as I had hoped. It wasn't difficult but it wasn't as easy as it could have been. I understand that this is not Madison's primary occupation and that there are other life priorities that make it a little difficult to be super responsive to demanding customers.
In the end, the reactor go to me as promised. And from the looks of things, it will more than meet my expectations as far as performance.
Product rating: 8 of 10
Vendor rating: 7.5 of 10
Would I buy it from Madison again? Absolutely. I don't know anyone else who would know how to design and build a good zeovit reactor at a competitive price.
First, lets talk about the reactor.
I have a limited amount of room height wise for the reactor. Madison's standard reactor, though extremely reasonably priced, is to tall. I asked Madison to build me a reactor that would be wider but shorter than the standard size. This is a pic of what he came up with:
The reactor is roughly 14 inches tall. It comes with an outer cylinder and an inner cylinder. Some pvc pip is attached to the inner cylinder (for use in pumping the zeolith media everyday). I believe both cyclinders are constructed using extruded acrylic. It's seems like roughly the same material that is used on my phosban reactor. I would have been willing to pay a few extra dollars for cast acrylic but ultimately, it probably would not have been worth it.
Overall, the reactor seems to be a pretty straight forward contraption. Generally speaking, I think it was built reasonably well. The only "nit" I would like to pick is around a minor workmanship issue. See the pic below:
I believe the crack occured when Madison drilled a hole for the input pvc pipe. I don't anticipate any functional issues as the reactor will sit inside my sump. The only issue here (an incredibly minor one at that) is an aesthetic issue.
Dealing with Madison
Madison told me up front that this is a busy time for him so getting a custom project done was going to take longer than his normal "2-3day" turnaround time. My expectation was that I would have the reactor roughly two weeks from the time I placed the order. Instead, it took about 3 weeks. (My math may be off but the reactor got to me about a week later than I expected.)
Again, a minor nit to pick here but getting updates on what was going on with the reactor wasn't as easy as I had hoped. It wasn't difficult but it wasn't as easy as it could have been. I understand that this is not Madison's primary occupation and that there are other life priorities that make it a little difficult to be super responsive to demanding customers.
In the end, the reactor go to me as promised. And from the looks of things, it will more than meet my expectations as far as performance.
Product rating: 8 of 10
Vendor rating: 7.5 of 10
Would I buy it from Madison again? Absolutely. I don't know anyone else who would know how to design and build a good zeovit reactor at a competitive price.
Comment