That's a really nice looking filter! I like the idea of an onboard heater, but I tend to take a more modular approach more than multi-component gear. If something breaks, I like to be able to swap that part out and leave everything else alone. Maybe the Oase works that way. I'll have to read up on it. Love the drawer concept, too. Brilliant
This is a first for me to be honest, I’ve always tended to stick to Fluval or Eheim for external filters but costs and quality of these are going down somewhat, not as good build quality as they once were imho.
Asked the chap at the shop if I could open the box to see the filter itself before purchase said was fine, upon first impression quite liked the sturdy build quality and layout etc, heater compartment nice and easily accessible, a spare heater cover for the filter if you remove the heater so that you can leave the filter running without the heater if you have issues with heater or change mind.
Then asked to see if could see same filter running in one of their tanks, luckily they already had a Oase filter running on a 200 litre tank, had a nozzle attachment for output rather than spraybar but looked like good flow from what I could see.
Had a think about it for a few days then decided to go for it after reading pretty good reviews and also George Farmer recommends this on his website, well, can’t get a better recommendation than that really.
Now I have the filter up and running for a couple of weeks now, at first was not overly impressed with the flow from the filter but with a few tweaks and tricks I know, managed to get a decent flow from spraybar in the tank going from left to right.
Heater temp is spot on, have it set at 24Con heater dial and with two separate thermometers it is very steady at 24.1C just 0.1C difference, can’t say fairer than that.
That filter slider drawer is a simple but really effective addition that saves time and effort alongside the connectors will make life that little bit easier when it comes to those upcoming maintenance cleans.
Only experience tells you those things to look out for in advance when planning ahead in doing a new tank. Pretty glad I did that to be honest.