Disregard any info you get from people who haven't used them all. I have,
I've had them all running side by side until I decided to ebay my Filstar
and my Fluval. Jebo's are an attempted cheap imitation of an Eheim.

In answer to your question, your probably going to be happy with it for a
while, because you haven't seen or used better, yet. I was the same way
until I bought an Eheim. Shortly after that, I started asking myself, "what
the hell is this piece of crap then?" Referring to my Rena inparticular on
that one. You get spoiled. It's like upgrading from a Ford to a BMW. At
first, you think your new Ford is pretty cool. But, you don't realize how
bad you had it until you take the BMW out for a spin.

You think your Fluval is quiet, you'll **** bricks if you had an Eheim
running. Your sense of hearing can no longer be used. You have to use site
and feel to tell if an Eheim is running. This is no joke. Back to your
question, you might expect some difficulty with your Fluval, but you won't
know anything better about performance or ease of assembly until you get an
Eheim Classic or Pro II series in your hands.

Plus, if you stay in the hobby for life, you'll likely recoup that money
spent down the road. Eheim's have been known to last for over 20 years.
There are folks who claim they have original classics from the 70's or 80's
that are still running. I don't know when they came out, but that's pretty
damn good in my book.

N8


"Big Dummy" wrote in message
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"Nate" wrote in message ...
You get what you pay for. You go cheap, you get cheap. Sorry for the
bluntness. Eheim's smoke those fluval's in every category. Except of
course, price.

N8

There seemed to be some ambiguity in the group, many people said most of
the
cannister filters now on the market are pretty good. The price difference
was $50 something vs. $150...

Do you think I should expect trouble with this filter or just somewhat
less
performance and / or ease of assembly?

DB