Backside Lens Coaters?

[peyes]

What is the best coater on the market?
Currently have an Ultra Optics coater...which I have been having trouble with for the last month. I'm getting what looks like foam or air bubbles over the entire surface of the lens. I have changed out everything on the coating side thinking that I was sucking air somewhere. No help. Have gone through $1500.00 worth of coating trying to correct the problem. Ultra Optics doesn't seem to have a tech they can send down here although they're willing to advise via phone. Talked to a wholesale friend that has a Stratum but he's unwilling to reccomend it because of problems he's had.
Any suggestions? The unit I have is only 3 years old but I'm willing to buy a new one if I have to if there's one out there that's better.

[Mike Fretto]

Just a couple of questions if I could. Are you recycling the coating or draining and pitching it. Also are there any visible bubbles in the filter before you attempt to coat a lense. Weve been using Ultra Optics system for a year now with no problems. At one point we developed a small crack in the top fitting on the filter and sucked up a lot of air. Once we put a new filter on and purged all the air we were good to go.

[equipforsale]

I know this is a very old post - just wanted to know if you solved the problems. Are you still using the Ultra Coating unit???? Let me know.

Thanks