Heater recomendation

[91568]

hi guys i need your help on recommending a heater for me.i'm tired of trowing away my money on garbage.for the past 10 years i am lucky to get more than a year out of a heater.i use my heaters with a contoller but cannot find a reliable heater that last.i have used all titanium ones--WON BROS.--FINNEX---JALLI---JEHMCO(NOT SURE WHAT BRAND THEY SELL UNDER THEIR NAME) EVERYTHING JUST SEEMS TO LAST A FEW MONTHS AND THEN BURNS OUT. let me know what you guys recommend.
also these guys always give me new heaters under warranty and then it never fails a few months and thoses burn out.

 

[fishman1069]

Thats weird! I always used cheap, glass heaters and never had a problem. I would think the more expensive titanium heaters would work better. They definitely shouldn't be burning out in a couple of months. Maybe of has something to do with the controller?

 

[91568]

it's not the controller---won brothers had contollers on their heaters and the tubes burnt out.same with finnex and jalli---always tubes burning out. now with jehmco i have a independent contoller that works great but tubes burnt out

 

[reefnhard]

I have the same issue with heaters...wonder y there isn't something more reliable

 

[marrone]

Get an ebo Jager, they're the best.

But I would be more concerned that you have an electrical issue, as all those heaters shouldn't just burn out, and in such a short time too.

 

[jcdeng]

Had my JBJ true temp for almost a year, have to get a replacement probe once, other than that, pretty solid. and Jagers haven't failed me not even once.

 

[tomtoothdoc]

jager is great.....if you have the room.....they're longer than most.

 

[91568]

jagers seem to have gotten great reviews online and you guys think the same so i actually ordered 4 of them today---

 

[91568]

as far as electrical issue---house is only about 10 years old and the tanks are each on their on breaker-20amp---i don't think it's electrical just for some reason these companies making titanium heaters are terrible.i have not tried any glass heaters yet so hopefully all the reviews on the jagers are correct.as far as jbj i have not tried them yet--i'll give the jagers a shot

 

[sunny]

+1 for Jager.

 

[tomtoothdoc]

jagers seem to have gotten great reviews online and you guys think the same so i actually ordered 4 of them today---

their adjustable calibration feature is great, i was able to fine tune it to my controller temp. probe.
always get extra for spare. calibrate all of them at the same time that way you can just swap them out one at at time for the vinegar bath....assuming you're using multiple heaters method of back up.

 

[91568]

you guys using jager heaters--is it ok to put them on the bottom of the sump horizontally??

 

[sunny]

you guys using jager heaters--is it ok to put them on the bottom of the sump horizontally??

Yes

 

[JimmyR1rider]

I've had great luck with ViaAquas. Both their glass and titanium heaters.

 

[skene]

I'm running a via aqua titanium on mine and no problems... It has its own controller and I have it hooked up on my RKL and that is my backup incase it ends up ever going bad.... the RKL will shut off the heater so it does not overheat the tank.

 

[ClosetFishGeek]

+1 for jager.

+1

 

[nyshoots]

I've been using an aqueon pro for about 6 months and I like it a lot it holds temp steady and is unbreakable
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