Interesting indeed.

Doubt it. The $20-30 price drop on MP10s/40s wouldn't make much of a difference to a person deciding between a $380 MP-40 and a $100 WP-40.

You mean $480 for MP-40 not $380

Oops, thanks.

It's more the timing than the dollar amount...
Just as these are starting to hit mass markets, a price drop of any kind might make someone go for quality over value.

another interesting turn of events has this becoming available (a very small quantity available in first batch).


http://www.reefsupplycanada.com/wb40-wavebox/

Wow!
I'm guessing that the WP40 doesn't come with it :lol:

What quality? An orchestra of whining noise or premature failure of the wet or dry side. I beg to differ.

I'm thinking no.
There is no way I'd spend 5x the amount I need to now. I've had the wp40s in the tank for several weeks, hooked through my profilux running various setting, and I can say that these do everything that my tunze or mp40s did(yes I did in fact own both at one point).
Even if, and it's a "if" right now, because we don't know how long these could/ will last. I can buy a new, hell several new wp's to replace the ones I have now and still be ahead.
The fact that the "big players" are now finding excuses for lowering their pricing, just proves how expensive they were to begin with. A strong reduction in material costs?? Please.....
Just my 2cents

Surprised no one attempted to make really cheap wavemakers that perform like Vortechs. The cost of the Vortechs are only maybe $10 ( less the tooling of course & R&D, Marketing); can't blame them for going to the high end and making lotsa money..they are also doing it with their Radions in terms of high pricing. They do have the patent to locate the mechanism outside the tank so naturally Jebao makes something like the appearance of a Tunze powerhead with the guts inside the tank.

Anyone still using sea swirls and eductors and such nozzles?