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Whisper 40 Aquarium Air Pump

Manufacturer : TETRA HOLDINGS, INC
In Stock : 11

List Price:	$16.08
Price:	$9.49
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Features

Air pump is 3.5" x 6" x 2.75" high.
For tanks up to 40 gallons. This has a single air outlet and comes with a plastic tee. Uses 2.9 watts. UL listed
Pump (with the exception of rubber parts) has a 2 year warranty against defects in materials or workmanship.

Product Description

The new shape of silence. The Whisper Air patented dome shape and sound dampening chambers minimize turbulence and produce a smooth quiet stream of air. Wide footprint, rubber feet and suspended pump motor eliminate sound producing vibrations. Thick walls insulate motor noise. Powerful diaphragms provide ample airflow for deep water applications.

Customer Reviews

Average Rating of 3.00 out of 10 reviews

Rating :
Very quiet...no vibrations - Ronald Yu, Nov 09, 2009

This is a great air pump. I have used many types, and this stands out for the four legged design. Most air pumps have the entire bottom surface flat, which can cause movement and unwanted vibrational noises.

Rating :
Do not buy - Huy Nam Tran, Jul 02, 2009

I had this for a few days, it worked great first few days, but it started to get "too" noisy (even though it still works). I opened it and i found a broken piece inside. It still pump air, but it too noisy. I would not recommend this air pump. It happened first few days after i bought, not worth for the $ to ship it back.

Rating :
Worked for several months, then slowly died. - A. V. Primakov, May 12, 2009

This pump was pretty weak to begin with, and slowly died after several months (completely stopped pumping any air at all).
Also, it moves a little due to vibration, and when it touches something by its side, it starts making a vibrating noise. A bit of a design flaw.

Overall a poorly designed product with little reliability. You should pay a couple of bucks more, but get something reliable.

Rating :
worked well, until it broke - Kevin B, Apr 10, 2009

I've owned this air pump for about 4 months now and tonight it died. It started making a really loud rattle, so I unscrewed its case and found that a cheap piece of plastic was holding the vibration mechanism and this piece had broken and so the vibrator was rattling all over. Basically it's now trash. Pretty pathetic that this thing died so fast, it's clearly built cheaply inside. It's almost as if it's designed to fail. The broken part is very obviously in need of reinforcement.

Rating :
waste of money - Forildo Jenkins, Mar 21, 2009

I bought one of these for my 29 gallon tank to use with a bubble wand. It was easy to set up and worked fine for two days. On the third day, when I came home from work, the first thing I heard when I walked in the front door was a loud buzzing sound. I followed the buzz to find out that it was the air pump. It wasn't the pump itself vibrating against the shelf it was on, but the motor of the pump. My aquarium is towards the back of the house, so for me to hear it as soon as I walked in tells you it was pretty loud. On top of that, there was only a small amount of air coming out of the bubble wand. I figured I'd just gotten a defective one, so I returned it and got a replacement. It worked great for about a month and a half until it woke me up this morning making the same exact loud buzz that the first one did. Low airflow to the bubble wand as well. Unfortunately, it broke after the store's return period expired, so now I can either deal with the manufacturer (which is always fun) or just count my losses and move on.

Would not recommend to others.

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