fofa said:
simicrintz, Any reason you are not a Hayward fan, just wondering.
Man the price of the replacement filters on the system 3 is dang near the cost of a new filter. They must be proud of them filters.
Hayward is kind of a "low end" product here. Leslie's carries it since there is no competition from anyone else, so it gets pushed by them pretty hard. 9 times out of ten the line is chosen based on price alone, and I have no real support for them, so I tend to shy away for that reason as much as any.
My System3 cartridges are almost 9 years old, and they look like new still. I've seen 15 year old cartridges look great still as well. In fact, I do not know anyone who has ever bought replacement cartridges for a Mod Media, and the old pool company I worked for has literally sold 1,000's of them! Maybe that's why they price them like they do!
Melt In The Sun said:
I would get a Clean and Clear or Hayward Swimclear (sorry Bruce!
) with at least 400 square feet of filtering area.
No worries
I love quality, if it is pool equipment, vehicles, stereos, motorcycles; whatever! If I can buy the best, even if it takes a little more saving to get there, I will. The "best" is often discretionary, so my opinion of the best may be different to yours (does not apply to flex pipe
:lol: ). I just happen to be a big fan of the StaRite and Pentair brands, and not so much Hayward. Like you said though, MITS, cartridge filters are pretty trouble free!