Megaflo or another vented cylinder

[MrsCampbellBlack]

Hi - not sure if anyone can help? We're about to start major renovations and one of the first jobs is adding a vented cylinder for hot water. (Am removing aga which currently provides hot water)

Now I had previously been recommended megaflo but the plumber I saw yesterday reckons we could get just as good but cheaper if not megaflo. Any thoughts?

Obviously would be good to pay less if we could but we have waited a while to start work and I want what we do to be really good so don't want to cut any corners.

[PigletJohn]

Yes, there are several brands. Megaflo is well known, like people say "Hoover" when they mean vacuum cleaner.

You will be getting a UK made pressurised cylinder, in stainless steel, with a long warranty.

What are the flow and pressure figures from the plumber's tests?

[PigletJohn]

p.s.

Megalflo is UNvented, is that what you meant?

[Boysandme]

We have a megaflop system, it is great. We had it put in about 6 years ago but just took the plumber's word for it, we did not compare with other brands.

Unless megaflo have a patent on the technology I would assume that other brands would be similar.

[Boysandme]

oops, autocorrect to megaflop , it's a megaflo honest!!

[MrsCampbellBlack]

megaflop

I did mean unvented sorry!

I can't remember what the results of pressure was but it was excellent apparently.

Thank you for the replies!

[DoNotDisturb]

Anyone have any experience of the worchester cylinder? Everyone always seems to recommend the boiler but for cylinders it's always the megaflo.. Is there a reason for that?

Sorry to crash thread but just had a quote for the worchester boiler and cylinder

[DoNotDisturb]

Ps loving megaflop.. My autocorrect has just done the same and it's amused me no end

[RCheshire]

Our heating engineer (who I have a lot of regard for) recommended a Joule over a Megaflow. I'd originally specified a Megaflow and he suggested the Joule as (a) was considerably cheaper, and (b) anecdotally he had experienced less issues with them. Suspect they are much of a muchness.

[MrsCampbellBlack]

Thanks RCheshire - I'll see which one the plumber comes back with.