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    I saw Sephuk asking questions and Tim ducking them...haha! Looks crap if I am honest, if you can't clean the algae out of it etc then its going to look shite within a week once the temp improves. I genuinely believe I catch more crap using a piece of white filter wool covering my skimmer line basket than what you collect in this.

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    I have loads of respect for Tim and Quality Nishikigoi but I think he has lost the plot over these tempest things Especially when a shower was removed and these installed in place. So a mature Bakki shower out which must of been mature and providing much needed Biological filtration, which is now presumably only provided by the Bead. And these presumably just to remove fines which shouldnt be there anyway. All the fines the Tempest is removing would be removed at source by a decent drum, with zero maintenance or effort, and if not by a drum by the bead? Each time you see them cleaned (in winter) you cringe seeing how much shiite is left in there, and how inefficient and time consuming the cleaning is, thinking what the heck would they be like in summer?! Perhaps if these were marketed for a system with inherent issues (Nexus 220/320, Multibay etc) to remove fines that are there because of an outdated system inefficient system it would make more sense, ah no actually that marketing from EA wouldnt work
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    Yes removing a bakki shower for one of these would be a huge step backwards for your pond, although I am assuming he's only done this simply for the purpose of the test. I guess his marketing it well for his shop as he's the only one with a following who has them to review and you can follow the link pre order. Sephuk asked him why he's not testing what's actually getting through and he ducked the question in many ways, I guess putting a filter sock on the end that catches all the crap the tempest isn't catching isn't good for business. As I mentioned, I put filter wool in my skimmer basket and the time it takes me to remove this and hose it off to remove the majority of the crap is far quicker than cleaning the tempest, and does a better job in my opinion. The only downside to this is it needs to be done daily in warmer weather however I believe the tempests will require a daily flush too looking at the crap in them after 3 days (in winter too)

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    Quote Originally Posted by samp09 View Post
    Yes removing a bakki shower for one of these would be a huge step backwards for your pond, although I am assuming he's only done this simply for the purpose of the test. I guess his marketing it well for his shop as he's the only one with a following who has them to review and you can follow the link pre order. Sephuk asked him why he's not testing what's actually getting through and he ducked the question in many ways, I guess putting a filter sock on the end that catches all the crap the tempest isn't catching isn't good for business. As I mentioned, I put filter wool in my skimmer basket and the time it takes me to remove this and hose it off to remove the majority of the crap is far quicker than cleaning the tempest, and does a better job in my opinion. The only downside to this is it needs to be done daily in warmer weather however I believe the tempests will require a daily flush too looking at the crap in them after 3 days (in winter too)
    Yep lol agree purposes for the test etc, but at one point in the vid Tim says its working brilliantly and no way is the Bakki going back on
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    Quote Originally Posted by Spongebob View Post
    Yep lol agree purposes for the test etc, but at one point in the vid Tim says its working brilliantly and no way is the Bakki going back on
    Can't tell you it's shit and still has the bakki runing on a different pond to keep it mature for the switch back

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    Just watched Dazzle Koi's video, where he has just installed one after his Easy Pod.

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    This cost £250 and you can`t clean it out , i use a filter sock and cost me £5 and it`s in for 8 hrs and it does better job than that shit ever will .

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    Quote Originally Posted by samp09 View Post
    Yes removing a bakki shower for one of these would be a huge step backwards for your pond, although I am assuming he's only done this simply for the purpose of the test. I guess his marketing it well for his shop as he's the only one with a following who has them to review and you can follow the link pre order. Sephuk asked him why he's not testing what's actually getting through and he ducked the question in many ways, I guess putting a filter sock on the end that catches all the crap the tempest isn't catching isn't good for business. As I mentioned, I put filter wool in my skimmer basket and the time it takes me to remove this and hose it off to remove the majority of the crap is far quicker than cleaning the tempest, and does a better job in my opinion. The only downside to this is it needs to be done daily in warmer weather however I believe the tempests will require a daily flush too looking at the crap in them after 3 days (in winter too)
    I mentioned that seeing what comes out the other end is a better test in post #24

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mikeh83 View Post
    I mentioned that seeing what comes out the other end is a better test in post #24

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     I would like to see a 300 micron sock on one of the outlets for 24 hrs and see how much crap went through...

    Blatantly avoiding the question because it will show how pony it is.

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    No way that I will be buying one. I put jap mat in skimmer basket, then 3 filter foams followed by filter floss in top tray of bacci. Clean once weekly and it takes loads out. Think a second hand bead would work much better. As mentioned other people have mentioned the Tempest can’t be any better than an easy pod as it works on a similar principle. I have a nexus from the bottom drain followed by a second hand bead which polishes the water well and shows how much the EA products let through.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ianb View Post
    No way that I will be buying one. I put jap mat in skimmer basket, then 3 filter foams followed by filter floss in top tray of bacci. Clean once weekly and it takes loads out. Think a second hand bead would work much better. As mentioned other people have mentioned the Tempest can’t be any better than an easy pod as it works on a similar principle. I have a nexus from the bottom drain followed by a second hand bead which polishes the water well and shows how much the EA products let through.
    Perhaps this one instead the Timpest

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spongebob View Post
    Perhaps this one instead the Timpest

    https://youtu.be/dDQzueUnS4o
    Pretty funny that .Theyve still got a sense of humour.Looks like a good place to work

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    Another video up today, I commented saying how I feel filter floss in the skimmer basket would do a better job to which I got the response I am sure my clients would want to change filter floss a couple of times a day and that he's glad he replaced his shower with the tempest I genuinely think having 2 or 3 bits of filter floss which you could rotate every day or 2 in summer (less this time of year) and give a quick blast with the hose would be far quicker than the rigmarole of cleaning the tempests out, you just get wet fingers picking the floss out.

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    Watched today's video and I was under impression he was about to prove the doubters wrong by showing no remaining dirt in filter after a clean, but all he actually did was clean it the same as he always does, but into a white bucket instead of a blue one.

    To prove it is filtering to 1 micron all he had to do is place the bucket at the outlet following the clean to demonstrate no dirt comes out into the pond.

    But he didn't do that and I suspect it's because he has already tried and didn't like the results.

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    Exactly, just went in circles avoiding doing a test to see what comes out the outlet by emphasising how much it caught and saying that proves how good it is when in reality it shows that it does the same as literally any filter would do in that position. He tests how good the water is by putting his camera under the water but its winter and he's testing a quarantine tank, I have weak mechanical filtration on my pond compared to most but I filmed under the water in my pond the other day and it looked as clear as the pond he's testing on, maybe clearer. It amazes me how many people are sucking it up in the comments, someone even wants to put one on a bottom drain

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    We need to mass mob the next video all demanding a 50 micron sock on the outlet. See how much he is willing to hide the poor performance for the sake of sales

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ajm View Post
    We need to mass mob the next video all demanding a 50 micron sock on the outlet. See how much he is willing to hide the poor performance for the sake of sales

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    Surely if they are claiming was it 1 micron or 5 microns? then they should be using a filter sock of that rating or at least very close to it to prove their product shouldn't they?

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    Aye yeah a right mate but i believe a 50 would show them right up 1 micron my arse

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    Much better review here, and based on a pond the unit was actually designed for, I’ve added a comment about how a long term test would be more appropriate. Be interesting to see if he’s allowed to keep it for a long term test to see how it performs on a small set up. Not sure if anyone knows the guy or whether he’s on here?

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    That pond in the first videos isn't a proper test by any stretch of the imagination is it?

    It's got the 2 tempest filters on a skimmer line on an indoor pond and with the covers on in at least one of the videos. Apart from the food they put in the pond there's probably not much else getting into that pond from above and the koi would eat most of that food anyway so the waste that would be produced would be pushed down the BD wouldn't it? You might get a small amount of dust or dirt dropping or being blown into the pond but not much else surely?

    Also unless I'm missing something obvious or the K+ media gives a higher possible feeding rate than K1 does the claim that 7 litres of K+ gives a maximum feeding rate of 40 grams a day seems a bit high when an Eazy Pod with 30 litres of K1 can only handle between 100 and 125 grams per day. If you convert that 7 litre feeding rate up to 30 litres I think it gives you about 170 grams a day. Really!!! If that's the case where can I get 30 litres of K+ from ASAP?

    The muck those 2 filters collected in 8 days and then in the later video after 2 to 3 days looked almost identical so how does that work? Different amounts of food being chucked in before the videos where taken?

    The best bit though was his reply to someone's comments about a filter sock - what's a filter sock - was his reply

    As for the 2 cleans or 3 cleans to remove the muck it looked more like 4 or 5 cleans were needed in that first video and anyone that's ever had an Eazy Pod knows it's 2 boils for 2 to 5 minutes and that still doesn't remove all the muck from the K1 not just a 20 second drain to waste with the air valve open.

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