Yea theyre good systems mate, the newer versions are detatch-a-pod systems, you can remove each pod to inspect each plant individually or turn it around whatever.
You got the digital timer with it yea? Theyre a bit of a pain to set up initially, you need to set the timer for it to flood the pods for three minits every three hours, and adjust the taps on the flow and return pipes to get equal flow to each pod, and to make it flood the whole pod up to the over flow within the three minits, but not so it fills to quick and overflows
And make sure the pipes under the pebble level have the little grommets in place, or even better make up little gauze filters to put over the ends of the pipes, or the roots grow up into the pipes and block them up lol Happened to me