Hagen HG Fluval Rib Hose 14.5mm 106/107 and 206/207

Love Fluval

Exactly what I needed.

Its a hose and it works. Holds up well and performs as it should

When initially installing my Fluval 206, I cut the return hose about 4 inches too short, and Ive had the 206 on wood block ever since. Awkward, but ti works. Finally, with this replacement hose, I can get the hose lengths perfect, and get rid of those darn wood blocks. The hose itself is rock solid; only one complaint — the corrugation is an absolute sludge trap, collecting all sorts of brown algae as it grows in the hoses little ridges. VERRY difficult to clean that gunk away without a filter pipe cleaner.

Fits my Fluval 206 perfect to replace a hose I cut trying to put on an in-line heater that didnt work!

My only concern with these tubes is that they are opaque, so it will be hard to tell if they are gunking up. But, that said, they do not kink without extreme duress, and they can be easily trimmed to length if you buy the separate rubber adapters (the ones attached cannot be reused once you trim the tube - this is an easy place to improve the product, just include a length of plain tube and a pair of the adapters rather than having the attached adapters.)

Great

The hoses work as theyre supposed to, the connection pieces are good, but the hoses are a pain in the @$$ to use because theyre so stiff that they do not straighten out. You are going to be forcing these into position, and even then, the bounce-back is going to yank or put pressure on your carefully positioned tubes. No wonder they make those U-Holders you have to run the hoses through into your tank are so darned tight! Theres no reason why these cant be as durable and flexible as API Filstar hoses, for example. Fluval must have gotten a good deal on these - I cant imagine any other reason why they send these out with their great canister filters.

Fast shipping, Awesome product

Works great