My jebao gyre was quieter than my icecap and maxspects are. At this point, I'm of the opinion that gyres are just louder than propeller pumps.If the rest of jebao’s stuff is as noisy as the one gyre I have than I can imagine that tank sounding like a factory floor!
I have seen no indication at this point that price has anything to do with quality in this hobby. I'd trust a $79 jebao doser more than I'd trust one of first gen ecotech Versas (that are $200 a head).Like mentioned by several others I had no idea they had lights. Otherwise I would be fine with a tank with all Jebao equipment. The only thing I’d be a little uncomfortable with is the doser. I try to avoid going too cheap on equipment that if it failed could quickly crash my tank.
Absolutely. What bugs me is people lose their mind when a five year old $59 Jebao pump fails, but it doesn't seem to bother them when their MP40 falls off the side of the tank, or when they have to replace $150 wet sides. It's amazing how low the bar is on expensive equipment - you'd think it would be the opposite. Cognitive dissonance I guess.If it malfunctions it is cheap enough to buy another. Most of the time it seems to work just fine though.
I've got a whole bunch of jebao pumps. They work fine. I've got some jebao dosers - they're fine - except the programming interface/control is a pain.
That being said - I'm getting really sick of companies deciding they want things to run via a blutooth app. Just put a 0-10v port on it and let me control it externally. I don't want to be tied to your app ecosystem.