Vortech MP20 Propeller Pump by EcoTech Marine

I have wanted one of these since their introduction. I must say they put out awesome flow but quality wise I think they are cheaply made when I got mine the wiring was pulled out of the rubber boot that goes into the control box and the overall feel of it is not impressive. I was expecting so much more for the money. I am going to keep it but it will be the only one I ever get.I have no idea where the cost is justified it must be in the programming, it sure is not in the build of the control box which is roughly the same grade of plastic as a happy meal toy. The motor housing and the business end are pretty beefy and seem well built but I just cant get over the box and the way the buttons feel hopefully the folks at ecotech have improved their quality with the new eco-smart driver they just released.One other thing to note there is a mention of needing to be broken in before it works right this is kind of silly for such an expensive product. I have owned a bunch of powerheads/pumps and have never had to break them in for a week to function properly.For the first 3 days it ran it kept erroring out and shutting down and I guess this is normal from what the manual says,kind of crazy. I have it hooked up correctly and followed the instructions to a tee so there is no error on my part I made sure of it before posting this.I am very bummed that I had to review this product in such a fashion but it is what it is.like I said the flow is awesome as is the programming now if they can just use a better grade of materials on the driver box and more solid feeling buttons this review would be a lot better