XP3 - Not to Impressed.

[cassharper]

my xp4 is less than 4 months old-name the date and time bro and i'll trade this piece of crap with you in a heartbeat.

I'll trade with anyone who wants to get rid of a good filter!

 

[COLDasICE]

I've run both xp3's and eheim classic 2217s...I like the eheims better but I would recommend both filters, as I've never had any problems with mine.

 

[Austin]

my xp4 is less than 4 months old-name the date and time bro and i'll trade this piece of crap with you in a heartbeat.

shoot me a shipped price and you can get rid of the thing now....

 

[tcarswell]

F&S had them for $109 plus shipping, so 120ish delivered.

CD-907364

XP3 FilStar Canister Filter $169.99 He must have got a special deal when I heard they were 100 bucks I went to order a few. Anyone got a link to the 110 dollar xp3?

 

[Jgray152]

where do you come up with this stuff?

didn't you learn anything the last time this came up?

Learn from last time? Obveously you didn't learn anything. I am not going to get into that again. Its not the volume of media I am talking about. This is what you can't get through your concrete skull.

you are once again ignoring the internal surface area of all the media in the baskets.

its not dependent on just the length and width of the first sponge... "cross sectional area" is only one small part of the ability of the media to trap particulate matter and hold beneficial bacteria..besides which., the 'cross sectional area' of the media basket is NOT 'very small' as you say it is..

Dude, you have no idea what you are talking about. Go bring up the other thread if you want to start your BS again. I am not talking about how much junk the filter can hold in its total volume, this is another part of a filter.

All I am going to say is if you have two filters running the same flow rate and same mechanical load, the filter with the smaller cross section surface area will clog quicker than a filter with a larger cross section surface area, reguardless of the depth of the media. If you argue with this statement please don't ever try to give me advice as I will happily ignore it.

Try this with a micron filter pad, you will find a smaller pad will clog quicker than a larger pad. You can have 10 inches thick of micron pads, the smaller pad will still clog faster. You can't get around this.

perhaps the reason you 'hate' the XP3's is because you are confused on all this stuff?

Far from confused. I just know this "stuff". You don't.

This bypass feature is it only on the XP4? There is no such thing on a XP3.

According to Rena, its built into all their filters. I couldn't tell you how it does this but thats what they say.

 

[polish]

CD-907364

XP3 FilStar Canister Filter $169.99 He must have got a special deal when I heard they were 100 bucks I went to order a few. Anyone got a link to the 110 dollar xp3?

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=3602&prodid=6139&catid=113

Here it is, I have ordered 2 so far at this price. Wish I could afford more. AWESOME filters.

 

[Toddo]

Yup, I bought and XP3 from this link and I wish I could afford another ;o)

 

[12 Volt Man]

Learn from last time? Obveously you didn't learn anything. I am not going to get into that again

for the record, if I recall there were a lot of MFK'ers trying to "correct" you last time, but you chose to ignore everyone. it wasn't just me...

but its cool. carry on..

 

[12 Volt Man]

According to Rena, its built into all their filters. I couldn't tell you how it does this but thats what they say.

where do they state this? I don't recall any mention of it in the manuals..

all they state is the filter is 'bypass free'..

is it on their website?

 

[LouieV]

I mean im with one of the post I saw here..its about preference....I like rena's some like Fluval..I have both..but I still like rena's..go figure..