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Power head flow study
- Thread starter AqOb
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That's the last time I turn my MP-10 up to 100% in the Biocube 8!
I love my Vortech. ;D
Shrug....
the past few years have shown to me that tunzes and mh/vho were all the rage for all the "tanks of the months". Lately it's ecotechs and leds.
For me- I will now happily seek out all the suckers selling their tunzes at 50% off. Moooohahhaha! (yay for me).
Gotta love the study given that it was run at an ecotech facility and one of the 3 authors was/is an ecotech intern.
and yes i am a proud owner of about a half dozen products made by tunze.
the past few years have shown to me that tunzes and mh/vho were all the rage for all the "tanks of the months". Lately it's ecotechs and leds.
For me- I will now happily seek out all the suckers selling their tunzes at 50% off. Moooohahhaha! (yay for me).
Gotta love the study given that it was run at an ecotech facility and one of the 3 authors was/is an ecotech intern.
and yes i am a proud owner of about a half dozen products made by tunze.
I'm even happier now that I originally chose the VorTech.
You have to give credit to Tunze though for their response to the study. At least they admitted they were wrong with their advertised flow rates and explained how they came up with them to begin with. With limited test methods available prior to this study, you can't fault them for being wrong. I don't believe they were lying to the public, only stating what they believed to be correct at the time.
I wonder how this "retrofit" plan is going to work out though. Will they offer this for free to anyone who owns one (maybe requiring you to ship it back to them for the retrofit as opposed to just blindly shipping out to anyone who asks)? I guess we shall see what happens.
You have to give credit to Tunze though for their response to the study. At least they admitted they were wrong with their advertised flow rates and explained how they came up with them to begin with. With limited test methods available prior to this study, you can't fault them for being wrong. I don't believe they were lying to the public, only stating what they believed to be correct at the time.
I wonder how this "retrofit" plan is going to work out though. Will they offer this for free to anyone who owns one (maybe requiring you to ship it back to them for the retrofit as opposed to just blindly shipping out to anyone who asks)? I guess we shall see what happens.
radiata
NJRC Member
It was a sad day for Tunze when they had to admit that they duplicated the test and had to agree with the test's flow results. I've watched the VorTechs since they were first demonstrated at the MACNA in Boston, and must admit that I've never been impressed. They just aren't as bullet-proof as the Tunzes are, except possibly for the recently introduced MP60s, which some friends swear by. All that said, I can't wait for the (used) Tunze prices to drop so I can stock up on more of them - I'll add a less expensive 6305 to my system any day over an MP60.