ReefBeat +4

I have a Red Sea 650 Peninsula, all Apex controlled. The only reason why I use the ReefBeat app is to control the Reefmat what replaced my horrible Coralvue rollers. To be quite frank, if Neptune systems came out with a roller to compete with Red Sea, I probably would have bought it, because I like the atmosphere of Apex Control.

What I have found is that the Reefmat is currently the best roller in the market, hands down. The app does help me monitor usage and if it gets stuck.

I had connectivity issues when setting it up, but it did eventually connect to my network. I chocked that up to having a dual band mesh network, while I’m sure that the Reefmat only accepts 2.4ghz, like almost all smart home devices.

The only issues that I have with the app so far have been that I have yet to receive an actual notification about the mat becoming jammed, or there being a software update available for it. It will show up within the app, but I have never received a push notification on my iPhone 13. Also, I only state that I would like notifications about updates because the Reefmat has received around 4 since I purchased mine in May. I always want it to be up to date, so I would like to get notified when an update is available.

For the developers:
- Work on notifications, Top priority
- Work on connectivity issues, or provide more information about errors when they occur

All in all, I’ll update this review when the issues have been solved!

This is a great concept however it’s clear RedSea hasn’t allocated necessary resources to its engineering teams. The app is SUPER buggy. I’ve had the app for a couple of months now, and it crashes every single time I use it. Also, competitor apps make it a lot easier to update device settings and schedules. It’s not impossible to accomplish in this app however it’s quite clunky. It may work better on the iPad however it needs improvement for iPhone - particularly given the fact that it often freezes or crashes when performing these tasks.

I think this definitely has potential; however, it has a long way to go

I am so frustrated right now. I have a red sea skimmer, two reefmats, and a reefwave 45 which I have owned for about a month. The skimmer has shut down once already with a jammed pump error, but nothing jamming it. Both skimmers say they are jammed. The left one and the wave both have “no connectivity “ errors. Try running a no connectivity search on google or red sea’s web site and see if you get anything relevant. Nope. I have watched the setup videos and read all the trouble shooting and FAQs that I can get my hands on. No help at all. I thought I would start the reefmat install all over again but reefbeat says it is already installed. So I tried to uninstall it but there’s supposed to be three dots by the device on device manager that you simply click and then remove the device. Great, except there is no three dot button. I bought these to save me time but they clearly need a lot of work before they are ready to be sold to the public.