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![]() Have seen these new high-flow, low-watt Rio "stream-type" powerheads mentioned a few times lately. Those of you on RC a lot - what's the buzz on these? They look too good to be true... even though they're not close to the real Streams, their specs are pretty impressive.
Here's a Review. They are in last month's specials at SWC as well, so I'm curious about them.
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![]() That's an excellent review. I would like to try a couple right now.
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![]() the only draw back I see is that they will be over 110 bucks by the time you figure in shipping and such. for 190 you get a tunze with twice the flow. now if they could make a 1600 gph version for less than 100.00 then we would be talking.
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![]() I was looking at the 65.99 for the 620 GPH unit - running at about the same power consumption as my MJ 900...
Could replace some powerheads, and get a better flow pattern, maybe save some electricity. Maybe even save some money, if J&L carries them... ![]() (no offense Jayson.) ![]()
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![]() I emailed Jayson on Sept 1, which is the day after the sale ended to see if he would send me one at the sale price. I have as yet to receive an answer. We can hope.
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![]() Due to the big demand for these pumps and the recent emails asking for them we are going to honor the price of august for 1 more week. AJ no offence taken if you want to save $ somewhere else you are more than welcome to do so. We have them in stock and ready to ship.
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![]() Very cool, Jay.
![]() Can you give any input as to their performance? Also, what will the price be after the special?
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![]() I have run them for aprox 1 month. they are the best bang for the buck that I have seen. they look to be well made better than previous pumps. They do flow alot of water for a small pump. You will just have to try one to see the difference over a powerhead.
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![]() How come they can't be hooked up to a timer or a wavemaker?
Ok, I could maybe understand that a wavemaker might be too many on/off cycles and that's hard on a motor, but why not a timer? I.e., 6 hours on 6 hours off or something, that doesn't sound too harsh to me ... what am I overlooking?
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![]() Jay,
Looking at the pictures, it appears as thought the nozzle is capable of swivelling back/forth on a certain degree. Is this true or just my wishful thinking? - Will |