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Pros & Cons
Pros
Only con i can think of is the sprayer bar is not adjustable. It's quite and the spray bar puts out plenty of volume.
Works perfectly. Not the cheapest on the market, but kind of the all time champ.
Media a bit spendy but lasts. Easily customizable media. People complain about cleaning it because of the lack of media trays.
Eheim classic sets the standard for canister filters. The original canister filter was practically unchanged since it was designed in the 60s.
This is the filter against which all others are judged. The filter hides in the cupboard.
Cons
Every time the power goes out it blows the clips off the head unit and the top pops off. Even after thoroughly cleaning it never regains pressure. Clips holding the top on are loose.
Highlights
Quality
I am immensely pleased would highly recommend this product
Just cant say enough good about this excellent product
With the eheim i see a lot of reports of people running it months at a time
If youre on the fence at all go for the eheim
Price
If you have the money the eheim isn’t bad but it also isn’t necessary for a lot of folks
Shipping
You just cannot go wrong with these shipping issues aside
Packaging/appearance
Other than those two things the product is great and comes with everything you need straight out of the box
The purigen needs cleaning about every two weeks and it is just easier to pop it out of the aquaclear than to open up the eheim
I put petroleum jelly on the orings
Competitiveness
I will say that there are ton of fanboys out there for eheim and my experience with eheim products havent been great
As for chemical filtration i use purigen in an aquaclear hangonback filter
On top of all that i still had room for 2 full liters of seachem matrix
I did not purchase mine from amazon but these run for years and years like any eheim classic series
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- This product had a total of 171 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 31 2022.
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Even after 1 week still green
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Can not hear the filter even running
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
They are not considered big water pushers as in high flowrates
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I never changed any part on this filter it never leaked or gave me any trouble whatsoever
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The biggest complaint is that the impeller cover clips kept breaking on me and ive bought probably 45 over the years and replaced the impeller once
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Since eheim is all hard plastic it can swing around suction cups wont stick to my background which is outside of the tank
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
You can only hear this thing if you put your head right on the motor
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