Air pumps. Largest - most efficient?
- Thread starter burbon44s
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Is it as quiet as they claim it to be?? You can have it next to your bed & you won't hear it??
AP 100 works out to just shy of 146 lpm if anyone wants to compare them to the Jehmcos.
As far as reliability....... 15-20 minutes of my life on rebuilding an air pump once a year isn't a big deal to me considering how much my water breathing time and money vampires already suck out of me. To some it could be a huge inconvenience, I understand that, but to someone like me that's used to getting by cheaper by doing a little more I don't think it's too bad to have to shell out $10 for a rebuild kit and the half hour of time to be able to run an air pump that's less then half (almost looks like 1/3 the price) the cost of even a remotely comparable one.
I think I might also eat my hat if you find a better pump for the money then an AP100...... lol
As far as reliability....... 15-20 minutes of my life on rebuilding an air pump once a year isn't a big deal to me considering how much my water breathing time and money vampires already suck out of me. To some it could be a huge inconvenience, I understand that, but to someone like me that's used to getting by cheaper by doing a little more I don't think it's too bad to have to shell out $10 for a rebuild kit and the half hour of time to be able to run an air pump that's less then half (almost looks like 1/3 the price) the cost of even a remotely comparable one.
I think I might also eat my hat if you find a better pump for the money then an AP100...... lol
I also run the easypro epw4 on my reactors. I have had my oldest one running for about 4 years now and it still runs good and never had to fix or replace parts
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Ap100's over here. Dr foster and Smith had them online for around 150.
Really aren't that loud. My boiling k1 makes more noise than the pump itself.
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Really aren't that loud. My boiling k1 makes more noise than the pump itself.
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They make plenty of air till the diaphram tears. There's no warning, just won't be air all of a sudden. Definitely a good idea to keep rebuild kits on hand....... Rebuilding is really simple, as long as you don't have to wait for a kit.
I've just been redoing mine once a year and no longer worry about them leaving me airless. Was averaging 13-15 months/rebuild.
