Just as an update, Just in the last little while, Both of my wave makers have gone bad, I think its the controller that is the bad part, I also had a pump go out and I have not played with it much but it just seems dead, and I had one power brick go out on me, but the other works so I swapped it out from the other pump, Overall though I still have 4 of these pumps running, I was interested to see what I could get out of these little pumps and I have been amazed at how well they have worked for me. Are they the best pumps in the world? Probably not, but have they done exactly what I wanted them to do which is be cheap and run cheap and power my setup YES. Could I have done it some other ways, sure, would it have been more work or more money YES very much.
I am going to be reworking my entire system soon and the question I wondered 2 years ago when I started playing with these pump was would I use these on my build when I get to it?
No, I plan to stick with the reeflo pumps. But why?
While they have been good and now a new generation of pumps has been avail that I hear are even better I still need mass amount of flow, more than these can produce, and while they will always be here doing certain tasks till they all die I just cant come to the point of buying 2 or 3 to do the job of one super hammerhead pump,
Overall my setup plans are changing and with that new requirements are set and needs must be met with certain equipment. Bead filters for example would be interesting to try with say three of these looped together but its not really that easy when you start thinking of all the plumbing and everything involved. I would say to anyone that they can easily buy one of these to run a rather large setup but also other options are avail. Find your needs and go with what will help you best. I hope all your pumps no matter the brand keep going for many years and without issues.
