RokleM
Premium Member
So far so good! I picked up two locally.
The flow looks great (more than my Seio 820's they're replacing). The spread is pretty wide and evenly dispersed. Very quiet, and a lot smaller than I'm use to. Being able to shoot flow in any direction is absolutely remarkable.
Although... I have a couple adjustments I would make to the product:
First, I think you're going to see a lot of the 6025 and 6045's in larger (180+) tanks as supplemental flow to help dead or weak flow spots. I'm personally going to use them as Seio replacements in my 58, and supplemental in my 180. That being said, the cord is way too short. If this is going in a hard to reach spot in a 180, the cord is barely long enough to reach out the tank, and to the bottom edge of the back of the tank. I would personally love to see another 2-3' minimum on the power cord (or at least have it as an option) for convenience factor. Overall, very minor issue as these are "nano" pumps, and not reallllly advertised for this use.
Secondly, I foresee you selling a TOOOOOOONNNN of the actual circular mounting bracket. Inadvertently, I broke two of the flimsy tabs off just getting it out of the cardboard packing. I had to cut the other unit I got out of the cardboard in order to not damage it. This is a simple fix just gluing the circular bracket to the actual magnet, which I even did on the one I didn't break. These really need to be beefed up 2-3, maybe 4 times as strong. That is especially the case on the 6055, which at anything but a straight angle might weaken the plastic when put on pulse via a controller. Although there is a very simple fix (glue), I see this as a much larger issue than the first.
Overall, very very very cool! I'll be replacing and selling all my remaining in tank powerheads. Great product, needing just a little fine tuning, but quite frankly what do you expect in the very first revision right off the assembly line? :thumbsup:
The flow looks great (more than my Seio 820's they're replacing). The spread is pretty wide and evenly dispersed. Very quiet, and a lot smaller than I'm use to. Being able to shoot flow in any direction is absolutely remarkable.
Although... I have a couple adjustments I would make to the product:
First, I think you're going to see a lot of the 6025 and 6045's in larger (180+) tanks as supplemental flow to help dead or weak flow spots. I'm personally going to use them as Seio replacements in my 58, and supplemental in my 180. That being said, the cord is way too short. If this is going in a hard to reach spot in a 180, the cord is barely long enough to reach out the tank, and to the bottom edge of the back of the tank. I would personally love to see another 2-3' minimum on the power cord (or at least have it as an option) for convenience factor. Overall, very minor issue as these are "nano" pumps, and not reallllly advertised for this use.
Secondly, I foresee you selling a TOOOOOOONNNN of the actual circular mounting bracket. Inadvertently, I broke two of the flimsy tabs off just getting it out of the cardboard packing. I had to cut the other unit I got out of the cardboard in order to not damage it. This is a simple fix just gluing the circular bracket to the actual magnet, which I even did on the one I didn't break. These really need to be beefed up 2-3, maybe 4 times as strong. That is especially the case on the 6055, which at anything but a straight angle might weaken the plastic when put on pulse via a controller. Although there is a very simple fix (glue), I see this as a much larger issue than the first.
Overall, very very very cool! I'll be replacing and selling all my remaining in tank powerheads. Great product, needing just a little fine tuning, but quite frankly what do you expect in the very first revision right off the assembly line? :thumbsup:
