Guppy's Titanium vs Schego heater

[rosechaser]

Any one have any idea on the guppy's 1000W titanium heater against the schego 600w...my heaters won't fit into the sump

[peekandboo]

Ones made in China (guppys)
Ones made in Germany (Schego)
Two completely different heaters in quality.
Schego all the way

[discus.g.c]

If you do buy the guppy 1 check the price of buying the heater and controller seperatly, works out cheaper.
I think Rusty1 used the guppy version ask him.

[Andries]

Ones made in China (guppys)
Ones made in Germany (Schego)
Two completely different heaters in quality.
Schego all the way

Have you seen them make the Schego in Germany?? If you don’t know then don’t comment.

[Dan]

Unless I have gotten bad at English recently the wording on my Schego Box says "Made in Germany"

[chromus]

The way the schego site reads the heaters may not be built in the fatherland any more as they proudly talk about the membrane pumps being German made but not the heaters.

[Andries]

Same as a lot of products now day, if the box is printed in Germany they can call it made in Germany. I am not sure where Schego controller is made but know the heater factory

[Rusty1]

I have had 1 of Guppy's 1000w heaters now for 4 years.

The control unit went this year, not sure why but my best guess was the sensor probe died and the readings were inaccurate. Any probe, be it Profilux or who ever, all recommend changing probes between 1 and 2 years so getting close to 4 was pretty good.

The heater itself has just served its 5th year and was controlled by the profilux and is great.

Cant comment on the Schego but it would be my guess the chances of it being made in Germany are small.

It really is amazing the number of consumers that believe what they read on packaging. Not all countries have the same standards when it comes to what they can put on a label.

When I was in clothing it was 16% of the retail sell had to be Australian content to get the "Aussie Made" stamp.

this usually consisted of pressing the garments and labelling them

[peekandboo]

Ones made in China (guppys)
Ones made in Germany (Schego)
Two completely different heaters in quality.
Schego all the way

Have you seen them make the Schego in Germany?? If you don’t know then don’t comment.

O yes Captain what ever you say I do know have you done your research
The company

"SCHEGO Schemel & Goetz Elektrogerätebau in Offenbach am Main was founded by Fritz Schemel and Kurt Goetz in 1949.
Initially, the company focused solely on making products for aquariums and SCHEGO soon ranked among the leading manufacturers of aquarium heaters and air-pumps.
Over the years, the products made in Offenbach came to be used not only in aquariums but also in a variety of other fields, especially in connection with medical, bio-medical and hospital equipment and for instrumentation and control applications. Moreover, the range of products for garden ponds has been expanded continuously over recent years.

Thanks for the many years of experience and specialisation in the field of membrane pumps and heating and control technology, modifications to existing solutions in accordance with project-specific requirements rank among the special strengths of the customer-oriented service offered by SCHEGO.

The use of high-grade materials and adherence to exacting production standards guarantee that SCHEGO products are always of the highest quality – exactly as expected from products 'Made in Germany' – a fact that is particularly important for foreign sales with 50 % of the company's production being exported to countries around the world.

Continuity is also ensured by the SCHEGO management, which is now running the family company in the third generation"

News just out Ferraris and now made in Thailand

[pebbles]

Any one have any idea on the guppy's 1000W titanium heater against the schego 600w...my heaters won't fit into the sump

Sorry can't help with the 1000w unit, but yeah the Schego 600w is quite long. Guess you've tried placing it horizontally?



angie

[dorz]

how long are the shego 300w units?

[peekandboo]

how long are the shego 300w units?

300w is 26cm long, i have the 300w & 600w

[chromus]

When I was in clothing it was 16% of the retail sell had to be Australian content to get the "Aussie Made" stamp.

Please tell me you aren't going ou-naturale now you are "out" of clothing.

[Rusty1]

When I was in clothing it was 16% of the retail sell had to be Australian content to get the "Aussie Made" stamp.

Please tell me you aren't going ou-naturale now you are "out" of clothing.

Trust me Phil, you wont be seeing my fat arse on cam!!!!

[chromus]

That's a relief

[Flipper]

Lets face it ..China makes just about everything..maybe not a full component but probably the smaller parts to make the component. Maybe its products are slowly becoming quality products because their os customers are demanding it for themselves. So Germany wants 1million quality "x" so China make 2 million and use the other million for their own products. So end result is the Chinese made items are improving quality as well. There will still be the cheaper crappy stuff but you will see more and more quality stuff. My theory anyway

[terbit]

When I was in clothing it was 16% of the retail sell had to be Australian content to get the "Aussie Made" stamp.

Please tell me you aren't going ou-naturale now you are "out" of clothing.

Trust me Phil, you wont be seeing my fat arse on cam!!!!

That's a relief

Probably more of a relief for Cam

[rosechaser]

WOW that was more of a response than I expected!!

[Phenom]

Ones made in China (guppys)
Ones made in Germany (Schego)
Two completely different heaters in quality.
Schego all the way

Have you seen them make the Schego in Germany?? If you don’t know then don’t comment.

O yes Captain what ever you say I do know have you done your research
The company

"SCHEGO Schemel & Goetz Elektrogerätebau in Offenbach am Main was founded by Fritz Schemel and Kurt Goetz in 1949.
Initially, the company focused solely on making products for aquariums and SCHEGO soon ranked among the leading manufacturers of aquarium heaters and air-pumps.
Over the years, the products made in Offenbach came to be used not only in aquariums but also in a variety of other fields, especially in connection with medical, bio-medical and hospital equipment and for instrumentation and control applications. Moreover, the range of products for garden ponds has been expanded continuously over recent years.

Thanks for the many years of experience and specialisation in the field of membrane pumps and heating and control technology, modifications to existing solutions in accordance with project-specific requirements rank among the special strengths of the customer-oriented service offered by SCHEGO.

The use of high-grade materials and adherence to exacting production standards guarantee that SCHEGO products are always of the highest quality – exactly as expected from products 'Made in Germany' – a fact that is particularly important for foreign sales with 50 % of the company's production being exported to countries around the world.

Continuity is also ensured by the SCHEGO management, which is now running the family company in the third generation"

Hmmm so the company blurb states one thing. Doesn't state anything about guaranteeing that everything is built and made in Germany.

There are things 'made in Australia' that are NOT made here, they are just packaged here.

[chromus]

Holdens - Assembled here but largely kitted overseas.

[peekandboo]

Holdens - Assembled here but largely kitted overseas.

No comments about Holdens please
Only negative comments about Fords aloud

[Phenom]

I second that one peek

[Ben Paul]

Wouldnt buy anything but Schego

[somethingfishy76]

Are these titanium heaters that uh better than my glass one? Is there something that sets them appart?

[chromus]

They really are, they do need an external thermostat to control them, but they are a lot more robust and some people argue more efficient.

[Aydee]

Andries is likely correct.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Made_in_Germany

"Made in Germany" is not controlled by a central regulatory body.

In 1995, the Oberlandesgericht Stuttgart ruled that the term Made in Germany is misleading according to Germany's Fair Trades Act when the largest part is not German raw materials or German craftsmanship.

So, I am happy to agree that Schego are German Engineered/designed and PROBABLY manufactured to their standards in an approved plant.

However, I don't have any schego equipment. So. I'm just guessing. You could email them I suppose.
info@schego.de

Dave

[firechild]

Schego heaters have passed GE standards testing, Guppy's heaters have more than likely got little more than a CE approval which is the most basic international electrical approval (a self assessed approval by the manufacturer required for electrical items imported into the EU though many EU countries require further approvals). Neither have SAA approval which is the required approval for electrical items in Australia and New Zealand.

[tremble]

"SCHEGO Schemel & Goetz Elektrogerätebau in Offenbach am Main was founded by Fritz Schemel and Kurt Goetz in 1949.
Initially, the company focused solely on making products for aquariums and SCHEGO soon ranked among the leading manufacturers of aquarium heaters and air-pumps.
Over the years, the products made in Offenbach came to be used not only in aquariums but also in a variety of other fields, especially in connection with medical, bio-medical and hospital equipment and for instrumentation and control applications. Moreover, the range of products for garden ponds has been expanded continuously over recent years.

Thanks for the many years of experience and specialisation in the field of membrane pumps and heating and control technology, modifications to existing solutions in accordance with project-specific requirements rank among the special strengths of the customer-oriented service offered by SCHEGO.

The use of high-grade materials and adherence to exacting production standards guarantee that SCHEGO products are always of the highest quality – exactly as expected from products 'Made in Germany' – a fact that is particularly important for foreign sales with 50 % of the company's production being exported to countries around the world.

Continuity is also ensured by the SCHEGO management, which is now running the family company in the third generation"

Hmmm so the company blurb states one thing. Doesn't state anything about guaranteeing that everything is built and made in Germany.

There are things 'made in Australia' that are NOT made here, they are just packaged here.

Perhaps I am just being anal, but that doesn't say the products are made in Germany. All it says is that you can expect the same quality as product that is made in Germany....

[Kransky]

The Hella orange spinning lights you see on top of service vehicles has a big "Made in Australia" printed on the box. The orange light cover is the only thing made in aus, everything else has a sticker sayin made in Bolivia or something

Col

[Reidy]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Made_in_Germany

I think I would trust Wikipedia about as much as a made in germany label