Quote Originally Posted by skinnee View Post
Gabe and Stephans tests are professional lab grade tests. They have an environmental chamber, water chillers, the works. I am actually quite envious of the setup, and what they have for testing is what I am striving to have in my lab. Yes, I have rotameters, check valves, pumps, temperature sensors, large reservoirs and so on, but I can guarantee the test area used by Gabe and Stephan is first class, mine would be more like business class compared to first class. I do have most of the professional equipment, so coach didn't seem right. There is at least one community members here on XS who has been to my home several times and been in the lab while I was performing tests.

Reading some of the posts in this thread really made me worried that I am investing all of this time and fistfuls of money just for people of this community to ignore the test reports, time, learning and effort that goes into testing a particular piece of gear. I do see the independent tester and real world tests as a valuable and vital piece to the Liquid Cooling community, if I did not, I never would have taken on this endeavour.

The tests I and other community testers perform on the parts we purchase, vendor/manufacturer supplied and community member supplied samples are all fueled by what you the community wants tested and whats to see the performance results of, I would have never tested D5 tops had there not been the interest of the community.

I truly hope that the Liquid Cooling community still sees a place for and values indepedent testers. If there is anything we need more of, it would be more people testing and learning the right steps to take in performing tests with the equipment you have. With that comes the sharing of knowledge and information gained through the process. We are already doing this on a regular basis by recommending parts and debating products.

Sorry for getting a bit long winded here, I tend to stay out of the heated discussion and just be a witness. I like to stand back and take in anything I can from the discussions rather than stick my two cents in the middle of them. However, I was reading so many mixed messages I felt I had to post for some clarification.

Well, I can appreciate you being humble about your lab environment, but there's a reason manufacturers don't rely on "lab" results for testing the products they product, and that's because the lab doesn't always properly/fully represent the real world. Because of that I'd personally put a lot more stock in your business class test lab than a first class test lab that doesn't truly represent what users have in the field. I've also seen some of your tests, and I think the level of detail and range of tests you perform speak volumes for unbiased testing especially taken in the context of this thread and the proffered test results.