How come so many vortechs for sale?

[Slick Fork]

When I looked at Vortech vs. Tunze I found a lot of complaints (here and on RC) about noise, but also reliability (as fishytime mentioned). The common thread was most people seemed to like the performance but were shocked by the amount of noise vortechs produced and the amount of tinkering required (even on working models).

I went with Tunze and have never looked back, I've had a power supply fail on a 5 year old 6055 and that's been the only issue out of 2 6055s, a 6045, 6025 and Tunze Wavebox. All are/were dead silent and set and forget.

[Bblinks]

Tunze 6105 for 3 years and no issues(hardly audible), MP10 1 year also no issues(excpet for noise). I almost traded my tunze with MP40's but I heard my buddy Peter's so call symphony of the Vertech pumps and instantly changed my mind.

[MarkoD]

i once turned off my mp40s for a few hours and it felt so weird.

once you get used to the noise, you dont notice it as much.

[Seriak]

I don't really hear mine. I have it at about 70%. Not in pulse though.

I've never had a Tunze so I can't really compare but I think Vortechs are awesome and well worth the money. I could certainly never imagine going back to Koralia. They're like putting footballs in your display tank!
Like some of the others here though - I think I just got used to the noise. That, or maybe its because my living room (where my tank is) is so rarely anywhere near silent anyhow.

[reefgirl189]

I've noticed these new tunzes of mine and near silent however when they get over about 65% the noise increases significantly. Are the vortechs always audible or are they silent when moving less volume?

I guess everything is relative but I find Vortechs to be pretty silent when running any lower than 50%

[jtbadco]

I don't like the fact that Vortechs are not aimable. I hate having the 'footballs' in my tank too but I didn't want straight water flow in my tank
At least the Koralias are silent

[marie]

Originally Posted by jtbadco

I don't like the fact that Vortechs are not aimable. I hate having the 'footballs' in my tank too but I didn't want straight water flow in my tank
At least the Koralias are silent

I thought the same way when they first came out but the flow is so significantly different from tunze that I don't miss the aim ability. In fact when I put my tunze back in the tank I hated the strong force of water directly in front of the powerhead and the deadspots in the rest of the tank

[subman]

Originally Posted by jtbadco

I don't like the fact that Vortechs are not aimable. I hate having the 'footballs' in my tank too but I didn't want straight water flow in my tank
At least the Koralias are silent

True they are not aimable but the stream is wide spread and not a jet stream in one spot. I also find they draw a lot of water up the glass causing a nice movement behind the rocks. I also fund them silent under 60%.

*what Marie said lol*