Penguin PH what are your opinions, experenciences?

[clarkiiboi]

Just curious if I have a dud, one of mine lost its "umf" after a few months and is basically useless now. My choices at the LFS are powersweeps or these, the powersweeps I had were better---at least they lasted a year or so before the sweeping action stopped (still pump water at the same rate or close to it). I know maxi jets are the way to go, but has anyone had problems with penguins..I have a bad feeling I just wasted my money!

 

[infalable]

Hated mine. I use maxijets now. They are the best.

 

[jlem]

I really like the maxi jets also. I hear from everyone that powersweeps are junk. Penguins are made by Marineland I believe and they are a very good company so besides the fact that maxijet 1200's cost less than $20.00 new online i think that they should be a decent product.
By the way. If you do get some maxijets, then get the 900's instead of the 1200's. The 900's use 1/3 the power, run cooler, and still pump 235 GPH

 

[gregvabch]

i've got some penguins i purchased when i was first starting out and i use them from time to time. i've actually got one running my chiller right now and it's fine. have you cleaned it lately? all pumps require some maintenance. do you run a prefilter over it? if so have you cleaned that out lately? when i do run prefilters over my powerhead intakes i try to rinse them out at least once a week. HTH

 

[clarkiiboi]

Thanks all. Infalable what didnt you like about it?
jlem I dont have any maxi jets yet, but did know about using the 900's.
gregvabch Yes I have a prefilter and clean it about every week and a half. I also clean the PHs monthly, the 1st month I didnt notice if the water flow had decreased though. The last couple months I have torn it apart to find nothing---looks clean. Bums me out cause I bought 2 more before I realized this one fizzled out.