Little Giant vs Quiet One

[titus]

Hi,

Just saw something that makes me wonder .... I was looking at Pentair Aquatics' product brochure here (http://www.pentairaquatics.com/pdfs/aqbrochure.pdf), which list both the Quiet One and Little Giant pumps. What puzzled me is the Quiet One has a shut off pressure at 6.49psi (15 ft head) and the Little Giant 2MDQ-SC has shut off pressure at 6.2psi (14 ft head). This is strange as I don't think the old design Quiet One can drive any high aeration type skimmers from personal experience. I wonder what their new pumps are like as they have a High Head version now.

Titus

[StirCrazy]

Hi,

Just saw something that makes me wonder .... I was looking at Pentair Aquatics' product brochure here (http://www.pentairaquatics.com/pdfs/aqbrochure.pdf), which list both the Quiet One and Little Giant pumps. What puzzled me is the Quiet One has a shut off pressure at 6.49psi (15 ft head) and the Little Giant 2MDQ-SC has shut off pressure at 6.2psi (14 ft head). This is strange as I don't think the old design Quiet One can drive any high aeration type skimmers from personal experience. I wonder what their new pumps are like as they have a High Head version now.

Titus

15ft of head is still pretty low, the magdrive 12 is 15' for there shut off.

and when you compare a mag 12 to a MAK4 on a becket it is night and day.. the Mack blows the magdrive out of the water. the mag 18, 24 and 36 are all over 20' of head for there shutoff.

Steve

[titus]

Hello,

What I was saying was I don't see how a Quiet One pump can perform the same as a Little Giant in driving skimmers.

Titus

[StirCrazy]

Hello,

What I was saying was I don't see how a Quiet One pump can perform the same as a Little Giant in driving skimmers.

Titus

ahh, hmm don't know but maybe it is close.

Steve