I like Fluval as well, despite some of the nasty posts about them. Mine hasn't had any problems after a year or so but then supposedly it takes two years for them to break down or whatever.
maybe its a southern thing fluval all the way funny because you go to southern aqautics and they say tetratec is the budget filter which tends to break anyhow not saying there not so they have a huge tetratec 1200 or something like that for £49...
i always had fluval my fisrt tank was a 403 external then second tank was a fluval 4 internal with a fluval 1 internal.....now ihave fluval 403 externals and tetratec internal biggest 1 they have <dont rem size...