[titus]

Hello,

I have made quite a few items back when Canreef was in full swing. And I can tell you the following are facts:

1) Extruded gums up, melts easier, but is more brittle.

2) Cast gives you clean cut, takes longer to melt, but is optically clear and doesn't break easily.

3) I wish I can take a picture of the broken reactors and skimmers but I threw them all out. Some of the reactors just break as if UPS had step on it. Don't ask me why. I'm just speaking what's happened. Send a message to Premium Aquatics and ask Jason about it. He can tell you what I'm telling you here.

4) As of 1) - 3), I do not buy or make things out of extruded tubings anymore. Period. I don't care what. If this mean the end product is more expensive, so be it but it's a better built unit and it's worth both mine and the customer's time.

5) The reason I recommend cast for even the DIYs is because 2) and I don't want to sell cheap material. Think about it, I have some leftover extruded material sitting around but you don't really see me really trying to get rid of them. I'd rather not recover the cost of paying for those material than selling something cheap.