Hi Reefneck,
I've been here a long long long time ('98 ?) - I'm no newbie - and I don't
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bash a product in a public forum without having all the facts!
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I give my opinion on what I would and would not buy based on my experiences. I didn't bash RIO - I didn't say "RIO's are junk" or "All RIO's are junk" - I said that I was getting a RIO price without buying a RIO .
True, no ?
I payed a similar (or cheaper) price to a comparable SEIO, but I did not buy a SEIO.
There was no bashing, no slamming of the product - I may have implied that I didn't like RIO, but I didn't specifically say anything bad about it, and any inferences are purely up the reader, not me.
I am aware that RIO and SEIO are made by TAAM. I am also aware of the number of times I have been shocked (literally) by non-oil-leaking TAAM products. I just don't trust TAAM products anymore.
When their Hyperflo line came out (same generation as the SEIO) I was intrigued. I was especially intrigued by the SEIO's.
I just don't trust them after personal experience with their products in the past, and I wouldn't put on in my tanks.
I consider comparing a Toyota Matrix with a Toyota FJ Cruiser a better analogy - made by the same company, probably in different factories, but designed by many of the same engineers.
I stopped buying Fords after all the problems I had with a particular Ford - its not that I just don't buy Ford Contour's, I don't buy Ford/Lincoln/Mercury. Same with TAAM .
Stating that I don't buy them isn't bashing them - its describing my purchase preferences. Saying that I like don't buy Pepsi isn't bashing Pepsi.
As for Hydor - I met the President of Hydor USA at MACNA a few years ago, and spent about an hour talking with him about various products (they were selling a number of filters as Petsmart's private label for years).
I later needed some info on a used Hydor pump I had purchased, and he personally responded to my email and got me what I needed - so I ended up buying more Hydor products soon afterwards, and I've had a 0% failure rate.
Comparing my experiences with Hydor products with that of TAAM products, I made my choice, and that's all I was saying.
Of course, neither SEIO's or Koralia's are Tunze's
I like to think that my past posts here are pretty indicative of my style (I generally don't post unless I can offer something a) constructive and b) that hasn't already been said - which is why I have only ~200 posts since the last forum reset), and I didn't mean to start either a bashwar or flamewar in your thread.
Are we cool ?