What is the best heater I can buy?

[btodd43]

Anyone? I have a visi-therm and it won't maintain a setting -Thanks
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[MartinE]

I prefer Ebo Jager

 

[zombiereef]

for in-tank glass types i prefer ebo-jagers. for external, in-line heaters i really like hydor eth.

 

[btodd43]

How are All Glass heaters(name of company "All Glass")
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[Anonymous]

Well, I dont trust any thermostat on a cheap heater.

I use a Ranco temperature controller that I connect my heater to,

Ouy of all the heaters I have used I have found EboJager to be the closest.
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[Anonymous]

I don't use glass heaters at all anymore. Titanium heaters aren't very expensive and much safer IMO.

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

Visa-therms suck. I had two get stuck in the on position. :evil: I switched to a Jager heater.

 

[mark78]

I have a ton of Visitherms and Tetras, never had an issue :/

Though I am looking to replace them cause well, that thin little glass thing just scares me!

 

[Joew]

I like Won Bro's Titanium, though mine ended up with a short in it and was leaking voltage, due to poor maintnance. Great though.
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[mark78]

This is why I won't buy a Won...Though I was about to til I saw this thread!

http://www.dfwmas.org/Forums/viewtopic.php?t=10755

 

[Jolieve]

I agree with the above folks on titanium. I currently have a visitherm heater and will replace it with a titanium one when it goes out.

J.

 

[Anonymous]

The Won Pro-Heat Titanium I (as opposed to II) does NOT have a digital display, and as far as I know, have never had any problems. I have 2 of them...one for each tank, and me likey very much!! The one in my 180 has been there for 4 years without a single problem.

That's my experience, fwiw.

 

[Anonymous]

I use Hagens. I have never had one malfuction however I may try a titanium in the future.

 

[Jolieve]

bangbang... I recently had a hagen that had the heating element in it go out, but the heating light stayed on.. made you think it was heating the tank when it didn't actually do anything. The heater was six months old when it died. I have never purchased another hagen since.

I use Ebo-Jagers in my nanos, and the visitherm in my 75, largely because I had no time to get a titanium heater when my hagen went out during the coldest portion of the winter, and it was costing us more than a heater to keep the house warm enough so that the tank wouldn't drop below 70 degrees. Visitherms were all that was available locally at the time, and I was lucky the LFS stayed open late so I could go get it.

J.

 

[Anonymous]

The Won Pro-Heat Titanium I (as opposed to II) does NOT have a digital display, and as far as I know, have never had any problems. I have 2 of them...one for each tank, and me likey very much!! The one in my 180 has been there for 4 years without a single problem.

That's my experience, fwiw.

WORD!

I have about 5 or 6 of the Won Pro NON digitals, some are about 4 years old as well, no problems.

 

[Anonymous]

Well, avoid the Wons with digitial read-outs for sure (I have to use a separate thermometer on the one I have (currently used to heat water change water). I've also heard lots of horror stories (bursting into flames, that sort of thing) so frankly I"d avoid them all together (sorry Chris and Laura!).

Ebo Jager are, as I believe all the young people are saying, "the bomb". though some people also believe them to be "the bomdiggity".

I have them now and no problems so far.

 

[Anonymous]

bangbang... I recently had a hagen that had the heating element in it go out, but the heating light stayed on.. made you think it was heating the tank when it didn't actually do anything. The heater was six months old when it died. I have never purchased another hagen since.

I use Ebo-Jagers in my nanos, and the visitherm in my 75, largely because I had no time to get a titanium heater when my hagen went out during the coldest portion of the winter, and it was costing us more than a heater to keep the house warm enough so that the tank wouldn't drop below 70 degrees. Visitherms were all that was available locally at the time, and I was lucky the LFS stayed open late so I could go get it.

J.

Sorry to hear that but none of mine have ever given me any trouble. Now can I return to the Sump?

 

[Anonymous]

All Glass = Hydor. They just repackaged them. I think that is the best heater around right now. The tronics are pretty nice too. The All Glass ones are shatter proof, and shut off when you take them out of the water.