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Logzor
08/31/2008, 06:42 PM
I am buying some used tunze pumps that have been kept up well and cleaned regularly. They have had no issues either.

They are about two years old, is this a bad idea to buy these used or do they have a good lifespan?

I am getting a good deal on the pair of 6100's + single controller + splitter + photmeter and I forget what else for 400.

Thanks for your input, I have not owned a Tunze pump and I just havent heard much about their lifespan.

old_man_river
08/31/2008, 06:55 PM
the tunze pumps are a very good pump and great tec sport

Amphiprion
08/31/2008, 08:28 PM
Running 3 years and no problems (other than ones caused by myself--i.e. splashing water on the driver...).

Logzor
08/31/2008, 08:31 PM
Thanks I just wanted to make sure that they do not typically burn up after like 2.5 years or something.

Logzor
08/31/2008, 09:38 PM
bump, anyone else with their opinion on this?

justinarambel
08/31/2008, 11:22 PM
I would think you can get longer then 3 yrs out of them with as much as they cost, maintenence is important though

hyperfocal
09/01/2008, 12:12 AM
Tunzes will still be running long after the cockroaches have replaced humanity as the planet's dominant species. I expect sentient Tunzes (and Eheims) will replace the cockroaches a few millenia later.

Logzor
09/01/2008, 12:42 AM
Well that makes me feel better, in a strange way.

Thanks for the advice, ive never owned these before and was apprehensive about dropping 400 on used equipment.

Paulairduck
09/01/2008, 12:09 PM
My tunzes are going on three years old, not one issue, except for the regualr cleaning.

Nanook
09/01/2008, 12:11 PM
I have known people with Tunze pumps that were over 20 years old.