So............ it's me against y'all
I love my Gyre especially with the IceCap Apex module, lots more possibilities for flow and it's not that hard to clean.
In most cases we just get LAZY and SPOILED in this hobby and that's just a fact.
I clean my Gyre every month and yes it has more parts but really difficult to put it back together............ in this hobby............ not really!!
Don't get me wrong Ecotech pumps are awesome too and I still run them on my frag tanks, fact to the matter is that I got my hands on a MP40QD....
You don't hear a thing
That said I needed to know how true it is to upgrade the WES to QD, not so difficult........... just buy a QD Driver and a QD wet side and your done, right??
Wrong........ I tested it on my older MP40's and each one of them was still loader than the brand new MP40QD.
They were a little less in noise without the upgrade but IMO not worth to do so.
Talked today to Ecotech just to find out if they shipped my Vectra and briefly ask them how come it's not living up to the QD upgrade.
Their answer is that it has to do how old the MP40 is that you want to upgrade, if it's less than 6 months it will make a difference but if they are older than a year you still have to deal with the wear and tear from the dry side bearings.
So I guess I will buy two more QD's for the frag tanks.