I'll agree with Jason.
Also, you'll find not much love for hayward from some of the service guys on this site, but I really dont know why. The reason's given are varied, but mostly what i can get out of them range from the heater is hard to work on, the laterals are prone to break in the sand filters, the pump motor isnt sealed right, etc etc, etc. :blah:
My own feeling is, being just an owner and not a service guy, that a lot of guys dont like Hayward just like a lot of people dont like the red sox and yankees. It's popular, and they have a big market share. Keep in mind that if there are a thousand pool pumps in a service area, and 800 are haywards, the chances are the service guys are going to work on a Hayward more often than not simply because they are more abundent. From my research, you can find something thats wrong with ANY brand. If someone has a peice of equipment and it breaks, gives them issues, etc, then in their opinion, it'a a POS and nobody should buy one.
IMO, any of the equipment named is good stuff. A lot of builders are warranty centers for a particular brand and/or get good deals if they install a particular brand. Some areas of the country have better service on one brand or another also, so thats a consideration as well. Also keep in mind that there are maybe 10 service guys on TFP. A couple like Hayward, a few dont. There are thousands of service companies that have never heard of TFP (although they should
) that install hayward all the time and without issue.