SWC 300A vs XP-5000 Poll!

[huskysglare1]

Which do you like better and why? Please vote for your favorite.

Askoll vs Bubble Blaster 5000

 

[huskysglare1]

anyone?

 

[Slayer311]

lol hard poll man, Askoll's are badass tried and true, and bubble blasters are bad *** themselves, I like the gate valves on the new SRO units but depending on the model your askolls can pull more air. Very tough decision, both rock

 

[Slayer311]

however, if it is the NEW swc300a cone it comes with the gate valve as well on a cone body, I would prolly choose the swc300a, the askoll is tried and true pulling more air than the bubble blasters. But i do love both!

 

[huskysglare1]

SWC300a has a cone cup. I don't know if that thing helps any.

 

[huskysglare1]

does anyone think that the cone cup helps or hurt?

 

[huskysglare1]

I just found out that the bubble blaster is made from china while the askoll is made from italy.

 

[huskysglare1]

bump

 

[huskysglare1]

I'd just bought the SWC 300 A Cone. I'll keep you guys posted on how it performs.

 

[Moved.On]

Huskyglare...please share some pics of your new skimmer and let us know what the noise level is like compared to your SWC 200. I just returned the 180 for the 300A in hopes that the noise level will be less.

 

[huskysglare1]

I am getting the new swc 300 cone tomorrow. Ill be sure to make an unboxing and a trial run.

 

[93dxeg]

The 300a has the same.pump as my 230 cone and that sucker is quiet, the air being drawn is louder(and its not loud either.)

 

[ari5736]

Coralvue's customer service is not bad, but SWC is excellent. From what I've heard SWC is the leader and the other the knock-off. Then again I have 3 SWC skimmers.

 

[reefsurfing]

I had to vote for the XP since it has really served me well so far; only 3 months :lmao: Seriously, I am pretty impressed considering what I paid for it as its silent and seems to pull crazy amounts of gunk out of my tank. The only complaints I have really seen on the XP is that the splashing can be loud but thats only if you run the skimmer extremely shallow. I know; water covering the water exhaust creates back pressure but so does the gate valves, so whats the difference?! So I run mine at the water line and problem is solved.

Now, what steered me away from the SWC was 1 complaint in particular of the askoll drawing almost double the watts from the wall. Hey everyone has a bum pump every once and a while, it happens, but I didnt want to risk it.

Either skimmer is probably going to run great; let us know which you choose, I still think both are great. I might try the SWC160 for my shallow 70g.

 

[huskysglare1]

I heard SWC manufacturer has very bad customer service. I bought my skimmer from Fluke. I've heard he has excellent customer service.