How long did your heater last?

I had an Ebay heater that lasted about a year and a half. I still have the other one stored rarely used except for mixing new water. It was the Catalina 500W you see on Amazon and Ebay. I thought it was a decent heater but not sure how long they normally last.
Just bought a 300W ViaAqua and so far I like the way it has a separate cord with temp sensor.
So how long did your heater last. Please share brand and other info if you like.

 

i had a marine land that lasted about 6 months then cooked my tank to 92 degrees...lost a few frogspawn and hammers :/ I then got a marineland stealth which im pretty happy with so far.

 

It really depends on what heater brands you are talking about.

I have a jaeger one that works perfectly after 5 years. I also have a WON pro heat that lasted at best a year, and a stealth marineland that had lasted 3 years. Hydors seem to last pretty well too.

I would say the best is jaeger, 2nd hydor, 3rd marineland, an after that, it is a crap shoot.

I hear rena's are good too, but I have never tried them in my 25+ years of aquarium experience.

 

My first two heater i got 6 years ago were good until last month when i put it in my sump and it was non submersable.

 

my aquaclear 50 has lasted 6 years and is still goin strong

 

My old stealth lasted 4 years, but the new stealth pro only lasted 2 months.

 

I had a pair of Stealth last over years but most of that was FW use.

 

I had an old Marine land that lasted about a year or so, then I bought another one, forget which brand, that I'm not sure how long it lasted. My temp was always up around 80-82, not terrible but I wanted to keep it lower. So I set the heater to 78, but that didn't do anything, so I figured it must have been the lights, so I added a fan and that kept it around 80. I found out later that the heater was broken and stuck in the "on" position. Luckily it was only a 200w heater so with my approximately 70 gallons of water, it could only keep up and not over heat the tank. I now have a new Marineland Stealth (maybe?). It has an led light to tell you when it's on or off and seems nice so far.

 

I have an old green ebo jager that I bought in 94 and am still using it. The other one I bought at the same time quit working a few years ago but I don't remember just how many but definitely over 12 yrs.
The newer ebos can't hold a candle to the old ones.

 

I had a heater from CA and it lasted a year, Have a stealth and it's been going for 2 and a couple of petsmart brand that are around 2 and still going also.