I met up with Ron Ferguson, BA Products sales guru and feeder designer last fall. He was interested in my thoughts about their feeders and to see if I could help them sell a few. Well, after reading what I saw on our website, I called Greg Grimes and asked his opinion of AquaPro Feeders. In a nutshell, he was disappointed with their performance. He said they tended to clog up and the timers had to be replaced regularly. They were having other issues.
So, in my meeting with Ron, I brought those issues directly to him. I was pleased with his candid answers. He could have hidden behind his corporate veil or blamed some unknown entity on the other side of the planet. But, he didn't. He was upstanding and told me straight up that BA Products had contracted with a company to make their timers and the timers just didn't meet the standards. He accepted the responsibility and understands that their products were not nearly the quality he expected them to be. I asked what they were doing about it and he explained their action plan. We left the meeting with the understanding I would interested in learning more about their feeders when the problems were resolved.
Well, last week I got a call from him. He told me the issues were solved and the feeders were good quality, just like they were several years ago. They've ironed out the kinks, resolved the timer issues and are ready to invite their customers back and give them another try.
To that end, he offered to bring a couple of feeders to LL,2 for us to test and see what we think. I told him to bring them on...and he did. Just left about an hour ago. So, we have two new feeders to test where we can watch them every day and see how they perform. One will go on the catfish pond and the other will go up top, to feed bluegill in a brood bass pond.
Ron told me he sent test feeders to several people...Greg Grimes and Todd Overton, too.
If you've received at test unit or have recently bought AquaPro Feeders, please use this thread to keep us all posted how well the feeders are performing. I'll keep you posted on these, as well.
I'll shoot some photos once we get them up and full of feed. By the way, our fish are feeding like little tigers...really getting after it.
