The new Unkai Protein Skimmer Neck Cleaner is the first design innovation we’ve seen in this product category in quite a number of years. Way back in 2010 Deltec introduced the manual neck cleaner which was integrated into the lid…
Vectra skimmer cleaner from Vertex featured doing a dry run on video
[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2burA3zACs[/youtube] The Vertex Vectra automatic protein skimmer neck cleaner was first unveiled about four months ago at MACNA but now Vertex is just about ready to let them ship. The Vectra skimmer cleaner is made up of a…
Taking the Swabbie for a spin on an Alpha Kone 300
When Avast Marine asked us to review their new and affordable Swabbie automatic neck cleaner for protein skimmers, we thought we’d give them a little bit a challenge. Instead of sending us a po-dunk little skimmer neck cleaner we tasked…
Hands-on with the Swabbie, an affordable self cleaning head from Avast Marine
[vimeo width=”670″ height=”377″]http://vimeo.com/12921789[/vimeo] The Swabbie is new add-on for protein skimmer which automatically wipes down the scum that builds up on the collection neck. The aftermarket accessory from Avast Marine is unusual for a market where most protein skimmer neck…