We had purchased three hardness testers from NextGen Material Testing, for our heat treating plant in Ohio. The machine line up included the macro Vickers hardness testing system, the digital Brinell hardness tester and the digital Rockwell hardness testing systems. Each machine is truly easy to operate and took less than 2 hours for our engineering team to master. The software that comes with the macro Vickers hardness testing system with the CCD optical analysis option is able to automatically capture the indentation and eliminate all human error factor from our engineering team. The digital Brinell hardness tester also came with a CCD optical Brinell scope which, to our surprise, was able to capture an accurate reading even on a non-polished metal surface. Lastly, the digital Rockwell hardness testing system was a twin model which allows us to read both regular and superficial Rockwell hardness scales with fantastic accuracy and ease of use. Our experience was enhanced by the quick response time from NextGen’s engineering team for when we needed support. Their staff is educated and works to your advantage. The hardness test blocks for all three hardness testers are also always in stock and come to our facility within 1 week of the order. We highly recommend NextGen to our fellow manufacturers.