Automatic 1/2 HP Submersible Utility Pump, Clean Water Sump Pump, w/ 25’ Cord, Float Switch - Moves Up-To 2,000 Gallon Per Hour from Flooded Areas, Pool, Hot Tub, Rain Barrel, Pond

I will update this review later after I've had the pump for a while, but so far it's been great. I've put it through a lot, pumping dirty water, through a long (75' hose) uphill and I haven't had any problems at all. Not using it as a sump pump, I'm a landscaper and been using to pump muddy water & mud and I am very impressed. I didn't want to use my expensive pond pump for this, because I was worried about it clogging up. I am so happy with it I plan on purchasing another one. I did take the precaution of pumping some clear water through it after pumping the really muddy stuff, so that may have helped. Overall, I think this is a great pump. Pond pumps of this capacity (that are not recommended to even pump really dirty water and clog up with larger particles) are much much more expensive, and really don't perform any better as far as this one has. So the price of this unit vs. my utility servicing pond pump (designed for waterfalls, etc but I mainly use it for cleaning ponds) which cost around $750 doesn't do any better. I think the more expensive pump (should) have better head pressure, but for what this pump has done for now, all I can say is WOW!

The media could not be loaded. Purchased for the purpose of draining the hot tub quickly and it works very well. We attach a garden hose to it and send it 50 ' to a drain about 6' uphill from the pump. Large water volume through the garden hose and very quiet. Drains about 200 gallons in about 20 minutes. its barely enough time to do all the other hot tub chores while its draining. Perfect for this application. I had to buy a pipe to hose thread adapter . I used tape to hold the float switch to the pump body and keep the float switch underwater, easily done. Ive used it a dozen times now no issues.

Bought this half HP pump to replace a quarter HP pump to fill my pool from a stream nearby. This pump didn't have enough power to push the water to the pool like the quarter HP did. Still a great little pump for short distances.

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Had this product been assembled correctly, it could have been a good unit. It turned what should have been an inexpensive DIY job into a nightmare. Had a lot of rain and needed to pump out cellar. The first issue was the adapter for different hose sizes. They should have just put in several different adapters instead of trying to save money by making it into one unit because what could have been made useful by dealing with floods and gardening, you cant connect the smaller hoses unless the adapter is cut which means if you want to use it for more than one project, your going to have to buy the extra parts separately. That's not why the one star. The one star is because the company assembled this and had QC stickers which is supposed to mean the unit got tested, but obviously it never was due to what happened next. After plugging the pump in, and standing back to watch it work, water started spraying out of the seal, or where a seal should have been in the first place and my luck, hit the power box which meant I could not walk into the water pump to unplug it or use the breakers to shut the power off. Being the cellar has only one window near the breaker box, there was no where else to put it. Had to have the power company come and pull the meter. After it was deemed safe, unplugged the device and looked at it. You could see there was no gasket, plus looked like the unit was miss drilled and still force closed which is why the water sprayed out of the sides to begin with. Had to have an electrician dry out the box and replace a lot of breakers hence how the DIY job became pretty expensive. Breakers run over $10 to $30 or more depending on type and amperage. Amazon was great in dealing with this issue as well. Ended up buying another pump.

Honestly, you're getting what you pay for. For $30 or $40, you'll get a capable, one or two time use pump.I used this to pump vinegar through a tankless water heater, to back-flush the unit. It was a fairly strong pump when I started, and barely pumping 3 hours later. It might work OK for the next flush, because I don't need a 100 GPM flow to accomplish the purpose, but the pump delivers nothing near the advertised flow rate or pressure. Some of the difference in flow was due to the reduced 1/2" washer hose I was using to connect to the water heater, but again, the flow rate dropped by at least 75% from start to end.This pump was a trial; I'll be picking up a $150 rebuildable stainless steel pump for this purpose, for the long term.

i homebrew, and i use this to recirculate the water to cool the wort. i hate the idea of how much water we home brewers use, so a recirculation system is what i needed. the good news is that this performs the task. i have a total of about 30feet of water hose and this pump has the power to move the water to my brewery, through the counter-flow chiller, and back. the bad news is that this pump generates quite a bit of heat. i freeze 25 water bottles and throw it in my 55 gallon barrel filled with water about 20min before the end of boil. the temp drops dramatically in the first 10min, but since the pump generates so much heat the water temp in the barrel will continue to rise to the point where i no longer get any benefit after the initial 15-20min. all in all, this pump dose what i need it to do. to solve my problem, i shortened the length of the hoses so that more water moves more quickly and it drops much faster in that initial 15min.

This is a great pump for rather large volumes of water. I have successfully used other pumps (see picture) but two virtues of this pump are it claims to pump dirty/muddy water (other pumps tend to clog) and low price. This type of pump with a large diameter hose (see picture) pumps much more water than when used with a garden hose. I use this with a quick "Banjo" connector. The used a flexible connector from Lowes (see picture) to connect the pump to the Banjo connector. The float needs to be propped but it still only pumps down to a few inches. I use this to pump for a low spot in my yard.