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Alphacool Unveils UV-Reactive Apex Series Coolant

btarunr

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Alphacool brings color into the game and presents with the Apex Liquid a new colorful coolant in the company's own range. The ready-to-use mixture in red or blue can be used directly from the bottle and contains all additives that effectively protect the water loop from corrosion, limescale and other contaminants.

The UV-active version of the Apex Liquid provides the real wow effect. The UV reactivity with UV LEDs or cathodes is outstanding and creates great effects in acrylic coolers, HardTubes, SoftTubes and reservoirs. With Alphacool's Apex Liquid you treat your water cooling system to a visual highlight with best cooling performance.



Technical data
  • Properties great thermal conductivity: low electrical conductivity
  • Content 1000 ml
  • Color red & blue

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Don't they recommend running clear coolant in their AIO's, loops?
 
Correct, we always recommend clear liquids because colored liquids can always eventually lead to discoloration due to deposits. With clear colored liquids, however, the problem is minor or negligible. Only pastel liquids are really problematic. They always clog cooling fins at some point, and we have also received completely stuck pumps, doesn`t matter if a D5, DDC or any other pump, from customers that no longer start due to the deposits caused by pastel colors. And this is independent of the selected manufacturer. Looks damn good, but I personally can only advise everyone not to want to operate such liquids "permanently" in a system.
 
its like we are back in the 90s, but whatever it is cool but the problem with all those additives is how they break down over time, im just running straight destilled water
 
I don't understand your argument with the additions. They are not in there for nothing. Distilled water is available in different quality grades. Not all distilled water is the same. Customers who have only used distilled water often come to us with problems. Not always, of course, and it can work great 8/9 times out of 10. It usually only becomes problematic when the computer has not been running for 1-2 weeks due to a vacation and the water in the system simply stood.
Roughly speaking, there are 3 degrees of purity for distilled water. Simply distilled still contains salts like normal water that one would not actually want to have in the circuit. You can usually find something like this in hardware stores or at gas stations for filling windshield wiper water or something like that.
There is deionized water, which is also often just called distilled water. But hard to find in normal shops. And there is high-purity water which is also used in research and medicine with a conductivity of less than <0.1 µs/cm. This is usually not available in the store around the corner. But you can take it. The prerequisite is always that there are no bacteria or dirt or grease on the components with which the water comes into contact.
 
It would be cool if somebody publicly tests distilled water vs coolant with additives for loop over several years.
 
EddyAlphacool said:
I don't understand your argument with the additions. They are not in there for nothing. Distilled water is available in different quality grades. Not all distilled water is the same. Customers who have only used distilled water often come to us with problems. Not always, of course, and it can work great 8/9 times out of 10. It usually only becomes problematic when the computer has not been running for 1-2 weeks due to a vacation and the water in the system simply stood.
Roughly speaking, there are 3 degrees of purity for distilled water. Simply distilled still contains salts like normal water that one would not actually want to have in the circuit. You can usually find something like this in hardware stores or at gas stations for filling windshield wiper water or something like that.
There is deionized water, which is also often just called distilled water. But hard to find in normal shops. And there is high-purity water which is also used in research and medicine with a conductivity of less than <0.1 µs/cm. This is usually not available in the store around the corner. But you can take it. The prerequisite is always that there are no bacteria or dirt or grease on the components with which the water comes into contact.
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What about RO water in a custom loop?
 
@Upgrayedd
I'm not sure what exactly RO water is supposed to be. As a German, I unfortunately do not know this designation. I know VE water which is deinonized and thus also desalinated water from a reverse osmosis system. This would be much better than normal distilled water. This can be taken.... BUT... again, if contamination enters the circuit during filling for whatever reason, it can still cause problems in the long run. But the water itself is not a problem.
 
EddyAlphacool said:
@Upgrayedd
I'm not sure what exactly RO water is supposed to be. As a German, I unfortunately do not know this designation. I know VE water which is deinonized and thus also desalinated water from a reverse osmosis system. This would be much better than normal distilled water. This can be taken.... BUT... again, if contamination enters the circuit during filling for whatever reason, it can still cause problems in the long run. But the water itself is not a problem.
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Reverse osmosis
 
The only issue I have with Alphacool coolant is the cost in Canada. I can buy 3 1L bottles of Corsair coolant for one Alphacool 1L. I do love getting the EIsbaer extension that comes with some of that excellent coolant though. Glow in the dark may seem gimmicky but will actually enhance the Lighting effects.
 
It's UV reactive. UV reactive requires UV light. What makes it "glow-in-the-dark"?
Bad title. Who chose the title?
 
yep, i'm also lost, what is the UV source that makes it glow?
 
ty_ger said:
It's UV reactive. UV reactive requires UV light. What makes it "glow-in-the-dark"?
Bad title. Who chose the title?
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My question would be the same for clarification. Is this liquid really "glow-in-the-dark" or just uv-reactive?
 
It is uv-reactive. Even luminous water would bioluminesce, and you don't want bacteria in the system.

@kapone32
Since we are producing the liquid in germany, i think the shipping costs to canada and customs are the problem for the high price. Freight costs in shipping have risen by a factor of about 6 in the last 2 years.
 
Chomiq said:
The UV cathodes that were the bomb in the early 2000s.
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Personally, I don't understand why even today UV fluids are still doing very well. I don't know anyone who still uses UV cathodes/LEDs, but when I look at the sales figures, there are still a lot of people who buy uv reactive liquids.
Because I agree with you, this is so typical 2000 years style. But if the demand is still so high.... why not continue to offer.
 
EddyAlphacool said:
I don't understand your argument with the additions. They are not in there for nothing. Distilled water is available in different quality grades. Not all distilled water is the same. Customers who have only used distilled water often come to us with problems. Not always, of course, and it can work great 8/9 times out of 10. It usually only becomes problematic when the computer has not been running for 1-2 weeks due to a vacation and the water in the system simply stood.
Roughly speaking, there are 3 degrees of purity for distilled water. Simply distilled still contains salts like normal water that one would not actually want to have in the circuit. You can usually find something like this in hardware stores or at gas stations for filling windshield wiper water or something like that.
There is deionized water, which is also often just called distilled water. But hard to find in normal shops. And there is high-purity water which is also used in research and medicine with a conductivity of less than <0.1 µs/cm. This is usually not available in the store around the corner. But you can take it. The prerequisite is always that there are no bacteria or dirt or grease on the components with which the water comes into contact.
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It is very refreshing to get factual and real information out of a business rep instead of hidden marketing. Thank you, I've learned things today :)
 
.... at least the next crud in my loop will glow in the dark

EddyAlphacool said:
Correct, we always recommend clear liquids because colored liquids can always eventually lead to discoloration due to deposits. With clear colored liquids, however, the problem is minor or negligible. Only pastel liquids are really problematic. They always clog cooling fins at some point, and we have also received completely stuck pumps, doesn`t matter if a D5, DDC or any other pump, from customers that no longer start due to the deposits caused by pastel colors. And this is independent of the selected manufacturer. Looks damn good, but I personally can only advise everyone not to want to operate such liquids "permanently" in a system.
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I swear my loop clogged up within a week of a cloudy coolant and never recovered fully, but I just need this.

I'll send lots of pretty pictures if you can sneak me a few bottles - the only place i can buy it uhh..... yeah.
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Aquatuning are the only aussie reseller, and their prices indicate they are not an aussie reseller whatsoever
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Vayra86 said:
It is very refreshing to get factual and real information out of a business rep instead of hidden marketing. Thank you, I've learned things today :)
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I am Head of Marketing at Alphacool. But I myself am fed up with too much marketing blah blah. Just because it is my job I know all the phrases, paraphrases, nice buzzwords ect.! It gets on my nerves terribly.
Of course you have to work with buzzwords, that's simple psychology. And it is a shame that you need some clickbailt today. It was different in the past.
But in the end, it's more important to be honest and open with concrete questions. And it doesn't hurt us if you explain things properly instead of, as here, simply writing that you have to buy the super great Alphacool water in any case because it is the best, coolest and most ingenious product in the world. It is an all-round package, but that just does not mean that there are alternative liquids that you can take. You just have to know what to look for.

@Mussels
Check your PN ;-)
 
People get weirdly scared about electricity
You need amps and volts in a combination to hurt you, either number alone means nothing.

The PM looks exciting. Shiny glowy things are looking likely.
 
@EddyAlphacool You're a legend
TPU Mussels mug for scale, Alphacool mug for drinking coolant?

I've got some loop cleaning to do :D
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This stuff looks absolutely awesome with a UV light behind it - but It's not glow in the dark, @btarunr we might need an edit as that seems to be a translation error? (Glow in the dark usually means it retains a glow, after the light source is off)

This is fantastic stuff @EddyAlphacool - I definitely need a UV light in the res (or a better res with inbuilt lighting) as my next upgrade

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And then those fancy hard tubing LED rings to shine up the entire tubing...


After the bubbles have settled i'll work on more photos - I also have Lian li's Strimer V2 set coming in, so those plain black power cables shall soon be tasting the rainbow, and feeding the glow
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Mussels said:
(Glow in the dark usually means it retains a glow, after the light source is off)
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This may well be a translation error. The colleagues probably wanted to point out that it glows and lights up in the dark with UV light.
But I didn't recognize the error either. In German, it means something a little different.
Then have fun :D
 
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