After two and a half hours, the absorption setpoint had yet to be attained. In ten minutes, battery current was about 70 Amps, and it was all downhill after that. In the same time frame that the the Next Step Regulator returned 160 Ah to the batteries, the Other Regulator returned 110-115 Ah. Right now we're nodding our head and smiling because the answer is a single four letter word, and it's not even nasty. With the right marketing, even poorly designed products can be sold.
Any mall has reams of evidence to that truism.
The sad part is, you don't always get what you pay for.