If energy costs was not a problem I would have chosen the FX5 at cost / benefit. In my case the difference of electric consumption would make a difference in 3 years but as it is adjusted every year, I believe that in two and a half years the electric consumption already pay the price difference. I live in Brazil, high taxes here almost everything more expensive.
#EHEIM 2260 VS FLUVAL FX6 PRO#
I opted for 2080 Pro 3 because of electrical efficiency. As far as I know who had this problem got a new filter head.
2075/2073/2071 models have some lots with a defect in the sealing of the filter head. These leaks are not a problem for the 2080. YOU NEED TO RUN THE EHEIM FOR ALMOST 11 YEARS BEFORE YOU BREAK EVEN AND RECOUP THE UPFRONT COST OF THE EHEIM. The FX5 is $230 online and the Eheim is roughly $430. 365 days in a year x.05 = $18.25 more per year to run the FX5. It's 5 cents more per day for the fluval. The eheim takes 5 cents per day and the Fluval takes 10 cents per day. IF we use an average price for Kansas of 8 cents per kilowatt hour and plug it into an online power calculator From the US energy information administration, the average price per kilowatt hour for Kansas ranged from 7.61 to 8.5 cents. I take it from your name you live in Kansas. If you search for FX5 on this forum, I think you'll find a bunch of FX5 users with nothing but glowing things to say about the filter. So take any "review" with a grain of salt.
There's also this guy who is replacing his eheim's with FX5's: There's TONs of people on this forum and elsewhere successfully using the FX5. My guess is the reviewer is an idiot or he got refurbished units. I'd just rather put the extra $$ into other stuff for the turtle. I don't mean to talk you into the FX5 if your heart is set on Eheim. Honestly comparing the 2262 to the FX5 is like comparing a Ferrari to a Lamborghini. I can tell you the FX5 is by far Fluval's best filter and it's no slouch. I've owned most every filter you can think of and most the ones I haven't owned, I've used.
#EHEIM 2260 VS FLUVAL FX6 SERIES#
The G series is more aquarium bling to show your friends vs. With each generation from Fluval, they've gotten better. But Hagen / Fluval has been putting out quality canisters for some time. Heck Gunther Eheim was the guy who invented the aquarium canister filter. So the FX5 hasn't been around nearly as long as the Eheim classic series, but it probably came out around the same time of the Pro III series. I don't mind spending for quality, but the 2262 is about the same price as the 2080. I took a long hard look at the 2262 when I was buying my filtration. A design that's proven itself for the last 30+ years in terms of performance and dependability. it's the largest of the classic filter design. It's not the pro III series with the issues. The 2262 that steve mentions is probably eheim's best filter. For the same money you can have two FX5's running and 2 FX5's will destroy a single 2080 in filtration ability. That's roughly 2x the price of the FX5 and it's not 2x better of a filter.