Quote Originally Posted by LoneStar
I would think there is just as many Maxi-Jets out there too. Between all of the Marineland brands for powerheads (Maxi-Jet, Penquin,....) you do not really hear these powerheads failing quite as much. Not trying to contradict on what you were saying but something to think about.

I don't think the statements are contradictory. There may just as many failures of Rio pumps as there are of Marineland pumps. I think what makes the Rio failures "front page news", is the aftermath. It appears that Rio pump failures are many times followed by catastrophic infusion of toxic, or at least noxious, chemicals, leading to lots of livestock death. Whereas, it appears that Maxi-jet pumps just fail, with no release of chemicals.

Just trying to put 2 and 2 together.