anyone heard of the street wavebox?

[joelb]

this seams to have all the same specs as the wavebox but it costs $225 new. can someone identify something that this doesn't do or have, or am i going to have to take one for the team and just do it??
the street wavebox (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=320252243027)

[princer7]

I thought about one of those as well. I have a 10% coupon for ebay right now --- too tempting.

[ismvel]

LOL....that is the way it works...I get something, then a couple of days later another cheaper model comes out....LOL...oh well I have a true and tested unit...but this definitely looks cool....If any of you get it....please share the results...

[verynewatthis]

Looks neat....but its in Hong Kong....
And here is the worst part....Copy/Paste from that link.

Specification

Voltage 220 - 240 50Hz
Power 24V 50W Output

So if your running 110 at your tank...your noting going to have much luck...unless you rewire your power...Sorry to be the bearer of bad news...But at the same time...i may have just saved your $225 bucks...lol....Good luck to ya...

Rich

Stay Cav

[thedude]

You also have to understand that the hard part isn't building the box or fitting a pump in it, it's finding a pump that can handle off and on every 2 seconds forever. Pumps don't like to turn off and on and that is what makes the Tunze wavebox so special.

Cool idea though if they could incorporate something cheap enough that if it broke you could just replace it. And of course finding something that just breaks and doesn't nuke your tank haha!

John

[joelb]

that sure is information that could have been useful YESTERDAY!! .....j/k thanks, how was the average joel suppose to know that?? i''m glad you guys had my back.

[Entropy]

You can run a 100w step up transformer to power it for less than $15. This is not an endorsement by any means, but don't let simple electricity stop you. :)

[ismvel]

that sure is information that could have been useful YESTERDAY!! .....j/k thanks, how was the average joel suppose to know that?? i''m glad you guys had my back.
Does that mean that you are MAAST's official Street Wavebox guinea pig????

When you expecting the box to arrive?

Let us know...:ph34r:

[sly fox]

You can run a 100w step up transformer to power it for less than $15. This is not an endorsement by any means, but don't let simple electricity stop you. :)

exactly haha

streetbox? guinea pig you are!

im actually intersted in how much of a clone it is...im assuming its a tunze wavebox clone

on rc they were testing those bubble magus skimmer, bk clones, anyone ever know what happened in the end?

[Entropy]

The video they posted looks like it operates in the same manner, but they either had it set way to fast/high, or it doesn't work well in the tank they had it setup in. It was rocking back and forth way to fast IMO.

I want a wave box pretty bad, but I am not a guinea pig on my budget. :D

[seatrueblue]

I wonder if its as quiet tunze wavebox. The video didn't have any back ground noise at all ..so it makes me think they turned the volume off because its loud.

[captexas]

The video they posted looks like it operates in the same manner, but they either had it set way to fast/high, or it doesn't work well in the tank they had it setup in. It was rocking back and forth way to fast IMO.

I want a wave box pretty bad, but I am not a guinea pig on my budget. :D

From reading the ad, it says the wave is adjustable. You can also adjust it within each type of mode as well. I think they just had it set too high for such a small tank so it made the wave action stand out more. I'd be nervous about being a guinea pig on this one too. The Tunze wave box is nice though. I was at Aquatek last weekend where they have one on their 150g display tank. It was fun watching the purple tang try to eat algae off of the outlet of the wave box! lol

[Entropy]

I have seen the Aquatek one as well. I have spent a lot of time watching that tank. It would probably be easier to just hang out there than keep my own tank going. :p

Actually the best example I have seen of the wavebox is on the tank of the month. Andrew has his dialed in perfectly.

[VoodooMach]

"Only we can Offer 1 year warranty scheme "

nice..."all your base are belong to us" What exactly is a warranty scheme? is that like car insurance companies that don't pay claims?