great pump By justin on 3/26/13

justin would recommend this product to a friend

Quit your winning if you can't handle the 3 seconds of noise on start up then why are you spending $30 on a pump.this thing moves massive amount of water in the circulation mode.these pumps are meant to be ran wide open not restricted.I have mine running in powerhead mode with a hydro flo water deflector and have never seen so much water movement. I spent $40 on a system that moves as much water as mu buddies $500 system.

Versatile By Clint on 2/19/13

Clint would recommend this product to a friend

The maxi jet 1200 is good and versatile little pump. I use mine as a circulating pump to mix saltwater and to refill my tank during water changes. Hard to beat for the price. I use the 600 model to circualte my ro water as well.

This pump is loud By Steve on 1/28/13

Steve wouldn't recommend this product to a friend

I connected this pump and ran it for about an hour to run my dual BRS GFO/GAC reactor, and there is no way I will continue to use this pump. You could hear it from every corner in the house.

Effective little pump By Joseph on 1/7/13

Joseph would recommend this product to a friend

Purchased for use with my BRS reactor. Solid little pump that survived getting pumped around in my sump w/o complaint.

Perfect flow rate for the BRS GFO/CARBON single reactor.

(never noticed any noise, but it was sitting in a sump contained in a thick wooden base)

Nice pump for a reactor By shaungee on 12/28/12

shaungee would recommend this product to a friend

I picked up this pump to power my BRS biopellet reactor and it definitely has more than enough power to do it. The only issue is when I had to throttle down the pump to get the right tumble in the reactor, it hums noticeably, not too loud, but you can definitely hear it. I got the prefilter kit to keep debris out, and altogether had about 35 bucks in the setup, so taking into account the light hit to the wallet, the humming isn't that bothersome!

Very quiet By Mike on 12/20/12

Mike would recommend this product to a friend

These seem to be the Italian made version which run much quieter. BRS could send the cheaper versions and have met their description, but sending me these reminds me what a quality company BRS is. Thank you for spending a few extra bucks to get the higher quality powerhead. You clearly are looking out for us reefers. I run them on on all 3 of my BRS reactors with zero issues and silence.

power not worth the noise By BB on 12/17/12

BB wouldn't recommend this product to a friend

This product does push plenty of water through my brs carbon reactor, but unfortunately I have to say that it's short life in my sump is about to come to an end because not even my mag drive 18 comes close to the amount of noise and vibration coming from this pump. I definitely would buy something of a better quality, which is unfortunate with a brand as well known as marineland.

little jet big power! By Dallas on 11/3/12

Dallas would recommend this product to a friend

Bought two of these for my 70 gal reef tank these thing push crazy amounts of water works well in my tank only down side is takes a couple seconds to start while making a loud grinding noise but ones running nice and quite. Suction cups could be better wish they had magnets instead be sure to check often cuz they will lose there suction and fall making a blizzard for your tank. Other then that awesome powerhead for the money

Shorted out By michael on 9/26/12

michael wouldn't recommend this product to a friend

This pump shocked me as I was working on my sump. Im glad it was not in my tank because my fish would have died.

Great pump if you're not using a controller By jeremy on 8/27/12

jeremy would recommend this product to a friend

Circulation pump - pros- this thing creates a ton of flow, I was really impressed with the current this pump makes.
Cons- if you are using his pump with a controller it can be quite noisy when starting or if the power goes out when it comes back on its noisy.

Power head - pros- as a power head this pump performs as expected, my pump pulls double duty mixing small batches of saltwater and as a circulation pump with no problems.
Cons-none so far

Utility pump- haven't used this as a utility/ return pump yet. I can imagine it would work ok in an application with minimal head height where not a lot of flow is needed. Maybe in an ATO setup...

Nice reliable pump By kenny on 8/25/12

kenny would recommend this product to a friend

Purchased a Maxi Jet 1200 to run my dual BRS reactor. It works well with the reactors. It seems to be very reliable and is priced just right. It can be a bit noisy, but mine is in my sump area so the noise is not an issue....

OBNOXIOUSLY LOUD By Michael on 8/24/12

Michael wouldn't recommend this product to a friend

Wish I had read more reviews on this power head, because it's complete trash.

I can hear this thing running from two rooms away. Sounds like plastic machine gun

STAY AWAY.