J.R Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 If anyone is looking to buy a heater I wouldnt go with one of these. I've had 2 fail completely and I have another thats on its way out. One was only a month old and the others are about 2 months old. I even had one that I stuck into a brand new 35 gal tote of RO water shed its paint off and into the tote the second I put the it in the water. It looked like I had a bunch of metal flake floating around in the water. Even though they carry a life-time gaurentee I wont ever buy one again. I will say the sponsor I bought these from was really good about giving me credit for the first one. I'm gonna let him know today about the second. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVPaquatics Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 thats good they are helping you...I know a lot of manufactuers now-a-days are wanting to deal with warranty issues themselves...it can be risky for a LFS to take that burden on themselves not knowing if they will be compensated....kudos to whomever it is. Going titanium? PS is that a real pic in your avatar? thats cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.R Posted March 4, 2011 Author Share Posted March 4, 2011 The heaters are actually for my rock barrels that I am cycling my rock in so I just replaced it with glass. Once I set-up the 180 i'm gonna get a 500w titanium heater. I'm not sure if the pic is real or not. Most likely a photochop, but I think its pretty funny too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stylaster Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 ya i had one for about 2 months working fine, then stopped working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnkrcklives Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Good to know! I was looking at them for my 75 gallon build but will just stick with titanium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold B Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 I've had good luck with the ECOPLUS Aqua Heat they're in the Sunlight catalog they have a seperate controller nob and are about $30 or so. (Titainium) Thanks Harold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.R Posted March 4, 2011 Author Share Posted March 4, 2011 Thanks for the lead. Do they sell heaters in the 500w range? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael7979 Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Thanks for the lead. Do they sell heaters in the 500w range? Not sure if they sell 500w ones but you could go with 2- 300w'ers for redundancy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Algae Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Were you using glass or Stealth? My glass Visa-Therms have lasted. Some for over 3 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.R Posted March 5, 2011 Author Share Posted March 5, 2011 Not sure if they sell 500w ones but you could go with 2- 300w'ers for redundancy. Hmmm and what maybe use a controller for them? I tried using 2 on my 120 but could'nt get them both to work equally. One always triggered before the other. Were you using glass or Stealth? My glass Visa-Therms have lasted. Some for over 3 years. Both have been the glass model, which is funny because the sponsor told me that he has had way more returns on the stealth than the glass models. Maybe a bad batch? Guess it could be my bad luck when I told my brother when his heater went out that I never had a heater go out...now I've had two...guess I forgot to knock on wood!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 I just sent back one of the Stealth heaters for the recall, and they offered me one of these visitherms as replacement. Glad I passed! Although i have had no probs with my titanium visitherm.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Algae Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 My titanium went South after 1 month. Was not Visa-therm, however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.R Posted March 5, 2011 Author Share Posted March 5, 2011 I ended up buying a aqueon heater to replace the visa. So far so good (scary) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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