Sta Rite equipment good?

[Pool_Mike]

How good is the quality of Sta Rite equipment verus jandy or hayward?


It seems my builder for my IG vinyl pool is Sta Rite equipment. So I figure I ask. Thanks

[mas985]

I think Sta Rite is of similar if not slightly better quality than some of the others. However, when I built my pool, they did not offer an extended warranty for buying multiple items. This is the reason I did not go with Sta Rite. Otherwise, I probably would have.

[waterbear]

Starite is owned by Pentair. Their quality is very good.

[tenax]

my starite sand filter and pump are both at least 10 years old..and i know the prior owners did as little as possible to maintain them.when we bought our house 4 years ago, only thing i had to do was i cleaned out the filter of some gunk..otherwise, i religously clean out the trap basket, backwash and rinse once a week..no problems..i would buy their stuff again if the quality is as good as these were.my furnace on the other hand is the original (1983) hayward. i think it's going south as for the first time since we've been here, sometimes when it fires it up it belches about a 1 to 1.5 foot flame out the front for some reason. i suspect something is rusted out..but the thermostat etc is working fine..i may get a starite heater given my luck with the rest of the stuff next year. on that note, if anyone has any ideas on what the flame is about, let me know i want to get through this season anyways..and there is no smell of natural gas before this happens so it doesn't appear to be a leak persay but...

[Pool_Mike]

The pump I will be getting is the Dura-Glas, which seems to been around since dinosaur time. So I assume this will be a extremely relaible pump, right?

[tenax]

you won't go wrong with a duraglas. that is what i currently have..it's still running fine and it's been 4 summers for me and i'm guessing at least 4 years before that if not longer before i owned the house. it does not leak and only thing i've done on it is changed the lid because the gasket developed a crack (would have likely been fine if i lubed it with silicon spray but my understanding was it was permanently lubed. i suspect the gasket had been replaced prior and quite frankly, it would not have hurt for a 5 dollar can of silicone spray from napa to spray it once a season anyway)