Heaters Best/Worst

[snowdancer]

I been comeing to this form for 1 1/2 years now and I see a lot of post about heaters cooking tanks and stuff . I thank it would benfit all if we could find out the ones that have been proven to work . Please list what you have in your tank and how long and if any problems with it thanks all

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Mark

 

[drea]

i'll go see which one i have in a moment, but what was the issue? they actually rise the temp when they break?

 

[chipmaker]

I use predominately EBO-Jaeger or EHEIM-Jaegers..both actually the same heater. It may be true the titanium or stainless submersibles with external temp control are veryn popular, but I have never had problems with pyrex tubed submersibles yet, so why change..I do use a external heat controller though in conjunction with the XXX-Jaegers.

 

[scsinet]

I use either Won Bros titanium heaters or the Jagers. The only problem I've ever had was a Won that stopped working. I've never had a Jager fail, and never had any heater fail-on.
Heaters with electronic controls are most likely to fail-off, while heater with mechanical controls are likely to fail-on. Either can be bad, and what Chipmaker is doing is a really good idea for anyone who has the funds. By using an extra temperature controller, you get some redundancy built in. I wish someone would make a cheap heater cutoff controller that just has a fixed maybe 85 degree cutoff with an alarm in case of heater malfunction.
No heater can ever be guaranteed not to fail, so finding a "proven" heater is impossible.

 

[hatessushi]

The best heaters by far, Jalli, hands down IMO.
I have used many different heaters of many types for mostly freshwater and a few for saltwater and none even compare to Jalli. Also I would never use any heater that won't shut off on its own when water is not on it, or one that has digital or any electronic controls on the unit.

 

[xdave]

There were Ebo's at the distributor where I worked that had been in constant use for over 20 years. The system was constantly topped off with unheated water, probably at least 10% a day, so they really had to work hard too.

 

[fxlr8]

I use 2 Rena Cal Top Light Excel heaters, I am pretty new 2 the hobby so my vote probably doesn't count that much... but going on 3 months and no problems, although I dropped one

 

[chipmaker]

EBO's were the main stay of european fish keepers for years and still are. Its a very high quality product that is reliable.

 

[imurnamine]

...I like my All-Glass ones...