Which Filter Should I Buy?

[TFo]

There is NO expense involved in maintaining an Emperor 280 or 400. I have five Emperors, and I've never had to buy a single replacement part. Maybe you're talking about media? Don't buy drop-in cartridges. Cut some filter floss to fit the media baskets. At most , I've spent $5 on my filters in 2 years.

They're noisey when they are priming, but I don't consider them difficult.

Is 10 minutes spent cleaning a filter once a month too much work? I don't think it's too bad.

Anyway, my vote in this case is Fluval if that's the canister of choice.

 

[NJ Devils Fan]

Yea, I'm with Tfo on this one. My emperor is not difficult to clean at all. Everyweek, I take the media I made(polyester chair cushion) and run it on a rinse cycle in the dishwasher. Once a month, I clean the whole thing. I don't see what is so hard about that. Once every few months, I throw away the pads and make new ones. Very simple. If the fluval is on sale, get it or a Rena Filstar xP3.