Heaters Finnex or WON?

[z28pwr]

Looking for some heaters for my new 600 gallon tank. And wanted to see which of these two brands you guys thought were better. I'm either going to go with the Finnex or the WON titanium heaters.


Let me know what experience you've had with these.

Thanks.

 

[nyvp]

basicly there is no such thing as a reliable heater get multiple smaller ones so no one heater can boil your tank. I have 4 - 250w in my 560g. They each come with controllers and then they are each kept in check by my ACIII. Every brand has problems from what Ive seen.

 

[Kent E]

Do not get a WON. Mine worked great for a year and then it started leaking electricity, that's not good in salt water.

 

[AcroSteve]

Finnex with a ranco

 

[z28pwr]

I will definatley be using my AquaController JR apart from the heater controller, but wanted to see which of these two titanium heaters were better since the Finnex appears to be fairly new and not many places carry it.

 

[Rick00]

Don't waste your money on a Won.. Believe me it will fail

Rick

 

[BradL.]

Won is the worst! Itll stick on,ive had 3 replaced and fail.

 

[R.yumaDaddy?]

NOOOOOOOOOOO WOOOOOOOOOOOON.

I use Aquamedic...reliable so far... but the controls have quirks like resetting to 75 when power goes out and comes back on.

 

[RokleM]

I have two Finnex's on a Medusa (believe they are 100 or 150w each), with a backup 50w WON set much lower (been lucky so far apparently).

Those of you with a controller, do you have the Finnex titanium heating tube only with no controls? I bought my Finnex's before my controller (they just have the dial knob), but am thinking about swapping them out (can use these for QT, backup, and such). This is my first winter with the additional 180 gallons, and probably need to do a bump just in case.

 

[Fiziksgeek]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8350480#post8350480 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by AcroSteve
Finnex with a ranco

I second the motion

 

[Infinitereef]

No WON please.

3 WON failed on me.

 

[jt_redmist]

I run two Finnex titanium tubes connected to my AC jr. No complaints at all. Very nicely made, sturdy, and compact. The 300w I have is probably no longer than 12". Eversince I connected it to my Neptune my temp has never been so stable.

JT

 

[MammothReefer]

i've been using fiinnex for years, the only problem i have is the probe cord isn't long enough and as a result of that i've dropped 2 controllers in my sump, or tank.

 

[nickiwit]

I also had a won fail.