New powerheads what do you guys think?

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I got these used off eBay , the only thing is they are about 4 years old. It's tunze ts24, 2x 6010 , one 7095 controller, and 2 magnets.
I was either going to get this, or 1x used mp40, or two koralia 1400 and a controller, or these. I thought this was the best deal. All three would have been around $300.
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Functionality wise you will like them, but the newer versions are a little more sleek and round looking, have sound dampening rubber feet, better magnet, and titanium shaft. Great pumps and should last you quite a long time still.
 
Functionality wise you will like them, but the newer versions are a little more sleek and round looking, have sound dampening rubber feet, better magnet, and titanium shaft. Great pumps and should last you quite a long time still.

Thanks, I knew that these were kinda out dated, but I couldn't afford a new set, (a new ts24 is $900+). I am hoping to get another couple years of life out of them.
The magnets on the holders are no joke. I about couldn't get them apart with a piece of cardboard in between.
I will need another magnet holder though, it came with one tunze magnet that is fine and the other magnet holder is an algae free brand, and it's rusting a little and not in good shape.
I put one in my 47g column tank to try it out, and soon as I turned it on immediate sand storm, so that's not going to work, but they seem to work fine though.
I thought they looked kinda small in pics , but once in the tank they are pretty big.
 
Nice powerheads!
That is something i still need!

Keep an eye out, what size tank do you have?
Mp10's can be found for like $150 used sometimes.
Koralia's are not to bad, just get a controller for them, they have about the cheapest controller out there. I thought about going with those if I couldn't find any used stuff at a decent price.
Controllable powerheads are a nice feature. In the first tank I set up, I didn't use a controller and its kinda a pain. It's hard to get the flow the way you want, especially if you have an odd shaped tank.
 
Keep an eye out, what size tank do you have?
Mp10's can be found for like $150 used sometimes.
Koralia's are not to bad, just get a controller for them, they have about the cheapest controller out there. I thought about going with those if I couldn't find any used stuff at a decent price.
Controllable powerheads are a nice feature. In the first tank I set up, I didn't use a controller and its kinda a pain. It's hard to get the flow the way you want, especially if you have an odd shaped tank.

Have a 40 breeder.
 

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