You have a few questions and I can answer the main one first off. I have the S-1 which was 275$. At least 100$ more for the name. I was frustrated because for the xtra money and the name brand, you think it would have come with an inflow guard to prevent rocks, snails and whatever else. It’s an extra wad of cash for that as if it weren’t expensive already. If you do get a Vectra, make sure you get the guard and I’ll tell you why. I have a nice big refugium that I usually keep a pair of clowns in for xtra space. A week after gettin the pump, I had two frostbite platinum clownfish pair I had just bought, and the female was gravid. I was so excited at the prospect. Well, I placed them in my refugium, not rembering about the open inflow, and both clownfish were blended into several pieces. I think I actually cried loudly[emoji31]. I got ahold of Bulk Reef Supply who kindly did a three way call to Ecotech. The best the could do for me was a free inflow guard and an apology. I’ll bet the guards come with the pups now. It cost them probably a 1$ at the most to make these and I don’t get why it wasn’t in the first. place.
Here’s my other problem that I had huge problem with. Buying a products from Ecotech always meant that you’d have complete compatibility with Neptune products such as their light modules. Well, this is a thing if the past. We as consumers are forced to buy extra this or that for each product to have full functionality. The whole reason for these problems is because Neptune and Ecotech are at odds and competition is ensuring over each of their new competing DC return pumps, both at a cost that is unattainable for most. I truly have buyers remorse because what I have spent on my Vectra, I could’ve gotten more gph and other features that actually work with my Neptune controller, which is giving me problems for the second time again and will have to send in again. I’m going to make my own Reef-Pi controller, with all the features I specifically want. Check out those posts. Very cool and free. Uses Raspberry Pi based shareware Reef Pi. Guy named Raj is lead on the project. You shud take a look. It will blow Neptune out of the way. Raspberry Pi is a fully functional 32$ computer.
Well there. That’s my rant! Wow that was long. Sorry but you asked! Haha
