Hydor Flow Deflector

[Luke Schnabel]

I'm looking to put a hydor flo deflector on a return line that's running about 600gph... They say max flow for it is 380gph... Is anyone running one above max rated value?

 

[Luke Schnabel]

Anyone have input on these. I don't want to buy one and it not work well with my flow rate

 

[albano]

Had them years ago... They were always a problem, always stopping ...would not recommend them...

 

[mgraf]

Agreed, they work good for a bit. Anything will clog gearing and stop it from functioning. Not to mention the gearing is so cheap that once a tooth is missing from a gear, it will stop functioning. This happened to mine when I was pumping too much volume through it. Great idea, just needs to be better built.