Watch This Before You Get A GHL KH Director

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This is my honest review of the GHL KH Director, which will tell you things nobody else does. If you're thinking of getting an alkalinity controller, you should watch this first.

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Edit - as of 8 Nov 21, push notifications are finally available on the KHD! 🙌🙌

Only took them three years 😁

[BigFishLittleFishAquatics]

Great detailed and honest review! i agree about the software, it does seem clunky. thanks

[AquaSplendor]

You are the master of right title hands down ;) it was interesting, thx for those feedback, I was looking for one, wasn't sure for GHL Alk, the Alkatronic seems more attractive for this purpose.

[andrew]

Alex great vid you’ve just stopped me rushing out to get one 👏😉👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[pauldeacon]

Great video Alex, as always! take care matey!! 😀👍👍

[lucidreef]

Good honest review but ive got to disagree with some of your points.
1. You mentioned the need for a second doser 2.1 for the KH director to control your Alk. The KHD only needs 3 heads for its testing and leaves you 1 spare head to dose your KH supplement.

2. Although correct about push notifications, you can set up email notifications for Alarms. Although you may need to have a profilux 4 for this. Ive not used the KHD as a standalone unit but know when connected to the P4 this is definetely possible. Im pretty sure there looking to add push notifications in a future firmware update. 🤞

[mihaia]

You can get email notifications. You don't get push notification of the phone. Also you don't need more than the KHD to dose ALK. You can dose alk with the last, spare 4th dosing head.

[ianawesome]

Excellent honest review! I don't think I'd be buying one thou!

[amywan]

Excellent and glad to see Kamoer X4 doser. :)

[Elevminh]

Hello sir do you have an update on this? Have they updated the app? Keep up your wonderful videos!!!

[hayesdave]

I don’t mean to sound rude and I’m not trolling or trying to cause an argument. This is merely constructive criticism as some people will watch this video and make a decision based on your opinion. This could easily be a 10-20 minute video with a lot more in depth and detailed information.

I find some of the facts/information questionable.

1. You don’t need a second doser to control alkalinity.
2. The mobile graph does show time, date and result when you touch the data point, it’s just not in a list format. It is easier to read when the overall swing is less than 1.5. My swings are 0.3-0.4 so I don’t need to touch on the data point to see the result. I can use the y axis of the graph.
3. You state there’s genuine issues with the software but don’t specify what they are.
4. Push notifications are not a major flaw as the aren’t currently a feature.
5. Ref you faulty test. In control mode the KHD will stop adjusting the dose if the result it outside of the specified range.
6. Working on the push notification software is not just limited to the KHD, they are working on it for the ProfiLux and no doubt the ION D as well.
7. It would be nice if you explained or showed what you mean by clunky software.
8. Agree on the consumable heads and think they should come in a pack of 4 for around the same price.
9. I personally found it easy to set up but I already had a P4.
10. It’s your opinion (which you’re entitled to) but recommending an Alkatronic because of the push notifications? You should really do a side by side comparison or at least a review on the Alkatronic.

FYI.
When in control mode, there’s a handy feature in the doser screen which shows how much the KHD has adjusted the dose.

Im not connected to GHL in any way. I’ve had a P4 for 2 years, a KHD for 1 1/2 years and I’m waiting on the ION D too.

[garrycole]

Have you tried the Trident system? It is a serious jump and actually a lot of people really like GHL for what does it seems.

[freakygoblin]

When push comes to shove it's very much like Apple vs PC. If, in the future, you are looking at a controller you will basically go either GHL (KH director) or Apex (alkatronic). Now I would love to have standardisation and cross compatibility across products but this is something which we are unlikely to see. For many it will come down to what is readily available.

[Tyrko]

Do you still have it up and running? I'm wondering if I should get the GHL Profilux set. Initially for monitoring, but if I get one, I want to be sure it's expandable for full automation eventually.

[andreastucchi]

I dont get...u use it for controlling alkanikity but still have 1.6 dkh swings? 🤔

[bobbyknox]

Loving the honest review Alex. Not sure which way to go now after watching this. 🤔

[threesons]

I know this is a year old but would you buy again? Idk maybe you ditched it by now or still running it. I’m thinking of going into the ghl eco system those krauts really make good quality goods but over engineered

[smilesable]

mines been running for over a year now and still gets bubbles in regent line giving false readings so i will never use it for adjustments in alk also the pumps that are on high speed settings squeal sometimes its quite horrid iv taken them off and cleaned them etc but still does it, i messaged ghl over it and nothing was ever said back from them lol, the wheels that squeeze the tube in dosing pump should be made from polished alloy and not cheap plastic and at 1600nzd this thing should be bullet proof but it is not. dont get me wrong it is a nice bit of kit but it will only ever be a replacement auto tester to hanna i certainly hope my expensive very long awaited ion d isn't so troublesome!!

[MercedesAMGsRULE]

can you do a review on the Ion Director soon please?

[LightSearch]

I must say I am surprised by your review, I thought that the KH Director would be a more finished product by now.

I have the opposite problem with how Xepta presents the results: it presents numbers and the chart is so small and counter-intuitive that it's almost useless :)