What did I expect when I came into this thread. Interesting question. The answer is I didn't expect anything from this thread. I simply had a very elementary motive. I saw the name Hydro Innovations, cringed briefly at the fact that they actually sold one of their products to an unsuspecting horticulturist, and then made my feelings on the matter known. Im reminded of the old saying here, coined by a somewhat obscure Academic, which goes " Every man is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts." In essence this means, everybody is entitled to the way they feel about something, but some just have zero idea what theyre talking about. Im not referring to you personally.
My opinion, which may hold no value to you personally considering you are now naturally biased against anything I have to say but may be beneficial to someone else: Teco chillers are some of the most well made and efficient chillers available, and you simply cant do better than an Apex controller. The simple fact is this: the Hydro industry is still stuck in the 80's, so to speak, in terms of many things concerning Hydro theory. The trade simply hasnt evolved into the more sophisticated tech that Aquaria enjoys. For some reason, cannabis horticulture tends to attract the lower end of the totem pole in terms of intelligence. Perhaps this is the reasoning behind why the industry isnt as advanced as the other end of the spectrum. Alot of the demographic is your typical flatbill-wearing dude rolling around in a Sean John sweatshirt who refers to the Autos he grew in his closet as " Loud."
Thats my 0.2 dude and I know that world well. Having built a couple DIY chillers myself, I commend you for performing that task. Its a major pain in the ass. Again, your grow is healthy and nothing was really directed at you personally, aside from the comment about you getting butthurt so easily about what Ttystik said.