Buying a New Pool Heater

[couimet]

My 1999 Raypak 2100 Minivolt has bitten the dust. Looking to replace with Rheem Digital or Sta-Rite Max-E-Therm.

The local Pool Co is recommending the Sta-Rite because of better reliability but I haven't yet found reviews to confirm.

Any thoughts?

Thank you?

[PoolDoc]

The consensus here is that the current Hayward heater is to be preferred:

Hayward Universal pool heater (www.hayward-pool.com)


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The prices at Amazon are not the absolute best I've seen but are quite good, and very close to what I've paid wholesale . . . especially when you consider the free shipping and Amazon's excellent return policy. (There may be differences on the return policy for 'installed' items -- I have not investigated this.)

Remember that if you purchase through Amazon, from a 3rd party seller, there is still a warranty but it's definitely more of a problem to follow through, than with Amazon directly. As of June 2013, these links should go only to heaters sold directly by Amazon.

Natural gas models:

• Hayward H400FDN Universal H-Series Low Nox 400,000-BTU Natural Gas Pool Heater
• Hayward H350FDN Universal H-Series Low Nox 350,000-BTU Natural Gas Pool Heater
• Hayward H300FDN Universal H-Series Low Nox 300,000-BTU Natural Gas Pool Heater
• Hayward H250FDN Universal H-Series Low Nox 250,000-BTU Natural Gas Pool Heater
• Hayward H200FDN Universal H-Series Low Nox 200,000-BTU Natural Gas Pool Heater
• Hayward H150FDN Universal H-Series Low Nox 150,000-BTU Natural Gas Pool Heater

Propane models:

• Hayward H400FDP Universal H-Series Low Nox 400,000-BTU Propane Pool Heater
• Hayward H350FDP Universal H-Series Low Nox 350,000-BTU Propane Pool Heater
• Hayward H300FDP Universal H-Series Low Nox 300,000-BTU Propane Pool Heater
• Hayward H250FDP Universal H-Series Low Nox 250,000-BTU Propane Pool Heater
• Hayward H200FDP Universal H-Series Low Nox 200,000-BTU Propane Pool Heater
• Hayward H150FDP Universal H-Series Low Nox 150,000-BTU Propane Pool Heater