Stealth Heaters------Warning

[nomad]

Easy there. I have 6 stealth heaters and I love them. It sounds like they had some major quality issues - I had one of mine do something similar - all the plastic bubbled on the casing, but it was replaced under warranty. I think the issue is water leaking into the heater and boiling - sounds (to me) like if it lasts the first couple of months it's likely going to be fine.

Having said that, I probably wouldn't buy any more of them knowing about the quality issues.

....just to clarify ....my comment was not meant to insult annyone and maybe my phrasing/ choice of words wasn't the best....what I meant was that buying a new stealth pro after reading all this horror stories defies common sense....that's all

 

[cvermeulen]

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Wow, that's pretty crazy. That heater doesn't look anything like my stealth heaters though. Mine have 4 vertical ridges running down them, and a red temperature knob.

 

[baseballman1321]

i just bought a marineland shatter proof heater and now im scared its going to blow up

 

[Piscine]

Its only the ones with the little LED knob on top. You can find the lot number for the defective ones in the other threads. If you have that lot number, then I'd remove immediately.

 

[BODYDUB]

<--------Crosses fingers, but I just use it for my storage barrel..........