FX5 .vs. EHEIM 2260

[Gman91]

which filter would you buy?

 

[rumblesushi]

damn, everytime I look at this thead it's 50% each.

 

[DiXoN]

fx5

 

[rumblesushi]

dixon, so before you said the eheim was a better filter, but now because you own an FX5 - you believe it to be the better filter

 

[BOTR]

I have 1 FX5 running and was impressed enough to order 2 more....
Love the Eheim's as well, will always use their pumps, but Fluval has my vote for this canister.

FX5

 

[redtailfool]

if i had my way, i buy the eheim wet dry's and a fx5...

 

[Ducati996]

Owned !!

Ok I admit im stirring the pot

19 55.88% fx
15 44.12%

 

[HarleyK]

Funny, when criticism is discussed, you're the one to call it quits ("smart" pump performance automatically reduced, an FX5 user who added fluidized sand biofiltration to his FX5 set-up, another one reporting shaky parts, ...).:

You guys sure know how to beat a dead horse to death There have been polls, more threads, fights, difference of opinions and everything in between....

Here you sense a victory, and you're bouncing up the walls...

But: If you run a statistical analysis, the results are not significantly different. People call that deuce. (I used GraphPad InStat V 3.06, contingency table). Output below.



HarleyK





FX5 vs Eheim

Fisher's Exact Test
The two-sided P value is 0.4672, considered not significant.
The row/column association is not statistically significant.

Relative Risk
Relative risk = 0.7895
95% Confidence Interval: 0.4875 to 1.279
(using the approximation of Katz.)

Difference between the two proportions
Top row (Eheim):
Fraction in the left column: 0.4412
95% Confidence Interval of that fraction: 0.2716 to 0.6214
Bottom row (FX5):
Fraction in the left column: 0.5588
95% Confidence Interval of that fraction: 0.3786 to 0.7284
Difference:
Difference between the fractions: 0.1176
Standard error of the difference: 0.1213
95% confidence interval of difference: -0.1201 to 0.3554

Data analyzed
yes no Total
Eheim 15 19 34
( 22%) ( 28%) ( 50%)

FX5 19 15 34
( 28%) ( 22%) ( 50%)
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Total 34 34
( 50%) ( 50%) (100%)

 

[rumblesushi]

 

[joeytoe]

Ive had fluvals for years with no troubles at all, (granted not the FX5) but I plan on getting one or two. My friend doesnt like Fluvals an is now starting to dislike his Eheims. IMO both filters have the up sides an there down sides. Fluvals have made great additions an changes since the 03 line, (i still have two 403s to) an just recently got a 104.