nurglespuss
Fish Gatherer
Hi all,
Well my filter arrived ahead of schedule (wasn't expecting it til next week) and man, I was impressed with the weight of the big box it came in!
Unpacking it, the contents were pretty basic, and some a little flimsy (the hose is pretty good tough stuff, but the connectors, be careful with these and work the hose on very gradually, I very nearly broke one!
You get PLENTY of hose (more that with most kits, enough for me to put the filter on the floor, and run them up to the top two corners of my 18" tall tank, and still hav a good 10" to remove...
You also get plenty of suckers, and a nice touch, short or long clips to attach the pipe work to the suckers, you also get a spray bar, but i haven't used that.
Its been running for about 30min now, silently, and I mean, you wouldn't even know it was on! I really wasn't expecting that, as, it was a little flimsy in places, despite the weight.
(p.s. you also get a piece of moulded polystyrene that is the exact footprint of the bottom of the filter - very handy to stand it on!)
So score wise:
Components: 7/10 (afraid they may eventually break with maintainance).
Quality: 9/10 well its silent, and the flow seems very decent...
Ease of use: 10/10 I've had many filters over the years, this one was COMPLETE childs play
Look: 8/10 its innofensive, and not as massively large as I was led to believe, but it is much bigger than equivilent Fluval models.
Overall: 8.5/10 not bad!
I'll revisit this when I've had it longer, any questions on prospective buyers of it (at its rather attractive price) do carry on!
Here's a quick pic:
Well my filter arrived ahead of schedule (wasn't expecting it til next week) and man, I was impressed with the weight of the big box it came in!
Unpacking it, the contents were pretty basic, and some a little flimsy (the hose is pretty good tough stuff, but the connectors, be careful with these and work the hose on very gradually, I very nearly broke one!
You get PLENTY of hose (more that with most kits, enough for me to put the filter on the floor, and run them up to the top two corners of my 18" tall tank, and still hav a good 10" to remove...
You also get plenty of suckers, and a nice touch, short or long clips to attach the pipe work to the suckers, you also get a spray bar, but i haven't used that.
Its been running for about 30min now, silently, and I mean, you wouldn't even know it was on! I really wasn't expecting that, as, it was a little flimsy in places, despite the weight.
(p.s. you also get a piece of moulded polystyrene that is the exact footprint of the bottom of the filter - very handy to stand it on!)
So score wise:
Components: 7/10 (afraid they may eventually break with maintainance).
Quality: 9/10 well its silent, and the flow seems very decent...
Ease of use: 10/10 I've had many filters over the years, this one was COMPLETE childs play
Look: 8/10 its innofensive, and not as massively large as I was led to believe, but it is much bigger than equivilent Fluval models.
Overall: 8.5/10 not bad!
I'll revisit this when I've had it longer, any questions on prospective buyers of it (at its rather attractive price) do carry on!
Here's a quick pic:
I have the e900 too!
