I have two JBL filters, a 1501e and a 401e running on 180 & 48 litre tanks respectively and I wonder if I'm the only person to have the same problems.
Firstly, the quality of the plastic pipes and particularly the way they fit togther is a bit disappointing to be honest.To be clear, I mean the black plastic ones and not the grey hose pipes.
The small elbow piece that journs the outflow to the spray bar cracks very easily if your don't handle it with kid gloves which, if it does on the 1501e, means water spraying everywhere except the spraybar!
The 401e is whisper quiet, but the problems start when you carry out routine cleaning and introduce air into the unit. The 4 Watt powerhead means great economy but it can't pull the skin off a rice pudding let alone push an air bubble out of the inlet pipe. Pumping the air bleed button is useless and in fact the only way I can get it to pump water is to lift the unit out of the cabinet and up to the tank height!.
They are very good filters overall and its just small yet important points that stop them being great ones. If anyone has had similar problems and has found a solution (especially to the 1501e plastic pipe) I would love to hear it.
Firstly, the quality of the plastic pipes and particularly the way they fit togther is a bit disappointing to be honest.To be clear, I mean the black plastic ones and not the grey hose pipes.
The small elbow piece that journs the outflow to the spray bar cracks very easily if your don't handle it with kid gloves which, if it does on the 1501e, means water spraying everywhere except the spraybar!
The 401e is whisper quiet, but the problems start when you carry out routine cleaning and introduce air into the unit. The 4 Watt powerhead means great economy but it can't pull the skin off a rice pudding let alone push an air bubble out of the inlet pipe. Pumping the air bleed button is useless and in fact the only way I can get it to pump water is to lift the unit out of the cabinet and up to the tank height!.
They are very good filters overall and its just small yet important points that stop them being great ones. If anyone has had similar problems and has found a solution (especially to the 1501e plastic pipe) I would love to hear it.