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Review on KEDSUM Battery Aquarium Air Pump: Ultra-Quiet Rechargeable Fish Aerator with Dual Outlets - Ideal for Fish Tanks, Outdoor Fishing, Fish Transportation, and Power Outages by Terrell Ciula

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Short Battery Life, Better Off with Traditional D-Cell Pump

This pump is great is you only need a few hours. I bought two of these for my two fish tanks. Here in FL we get hurricanes and I wanted something to provide gas exchange if we lost power for a couple of days. I had the primary pump fail on my small aquarium so I had the opportunity to test out this pump. It ran for five to six hours before dying. I was expecting it to run for over 24 hours like I experienced with the old school D cell pumps. I checked and the battery capacity is only 2,200 mAh which is the capacity of two AA batteries. In comparison, a single D cell battery has a 13,000 mAh capacity and two C cell batteries give you 12,000 mHa. The form factor of this pump could easily support two C cell rechargeables. That would provide multiple days of use. I feel they went ultra cheap on the battery capacity and wasted money on the look which doesn't matter. I'd much rather have higher battery capacity than the fancy capacitive button.

Pros
  • It works as advertised
Cons
  • Not suitable for saltwater aquariums