Visi-Therm heaters still any good?

I've a few of them, no issues not sure when they began, my newest one is probably 18 months old.

I got 2 Cobolt neo therm's recently they're quite nice but the price of 3 visitherm's.

I switched all mine out.
when stealth heaters were recalled they replaced some of mine with visitherm (which use to be as reliable as the stealth)
the new ones were, at best, inconsitent with several failing after a few months...
I switched mine to ebo-jaeger and have been pleased.

Aqueon heaters are the same as the original Visitherms. When Marineland moved them from Italy to China, Aqueon was then able to buy them from the original Italian factory.

Aqueon Pro heaters are actually the same as the original Stealths (but with an LED) before Marineland moved the Stealths to China also.

Andy

I have used many brands over the years in my aquarium maintenance business.
Personally I have always found, even when reviews were better, the Visitherm to be over rated. While I had some that worked quite well, many were very inaccurate.

Generally speaking I have mostly used these three of late:
*The Ebo Jager
*The Hagen Tronic
*The Via Aqua

The Via Aqua wins for me when value & return policy when a rare defect is found

I agree with this article as per my only complaint with the Ebo Jager:
http://www.aquarium-pond-answers.com/2007/01/aquarium-heaters-preset-vs-non-preset.html

That is my distributor has me send the Ebo directly in for warranty replacement rather than simply exchanging for a working product as with the Via Aqua or Hagen.

I recommend reading the above article, as I find it quite accurate to my experiences too.