Acquaer Portable Electric Utility Water Transfer Pump 1/10 HP with Suction Hose Kit, Low Suction Water Removal for Water Beds, Pools, Rain Barrel, Aquariums, RV

Worked great for what I wanted it for so far. I bought this unit because I have a rather large fish tank that houses a turtle. Consequently I have to change ALL the water often. I've tried pumps I got at the fish store but found them ineffiecient, especially the one that you hook to your hose and run the water to create suction. Wastes a lot of additional water with the water in the tank. I bought this to be able to empty as much water from the tank as possible in a reasonable time. With the suction plate that it comes with, I get nearly all the water out of the tank in a reasonable amount of time. I've used it on my tank and my pond that I temporarily keep the turtle during cleanings and had no issues. It is a bit noisy in that it whines, but most pumps of this style make similar noise, and its only on for the short time needed to empty each. As for durability, only time will tell. My guess is that those that had issues didn't lubricate the impellor before use as directed. When dry, like when it's not primed, the impeller can heat up quickly. This isn't a problem once the fluid is flowing, but while first sucking up the fluid without being primed it will heat up quickly and probably deform since the impellor appears to be plastic or rubber.

The pump works well, and it feels pretty sturdy. The motor is solid and runs for hours without problems. However, it turns out that one has to place the outgoing hose very carefully and ensure it has no kinks and the water flow is unimpeded: despite my checking carefully for kinks, as the hose was a high-quality, sturdy one, but it retained the curvature of when it had been stored (we couldn't lay it flat on the ground) initially, and for several hours, the water flow was just a trickle; only when I figured out a way to make it flow more freely, the pump finally made its job quickly. Anyway, we could easily drain our hot tub, and once one figures out the trick it works well, so I would recommend it to other buyers. UPDATE - following my initial review, the seller actually offered a full refund, which is amazing, as the product works really well (and I stated that much) and it was more a "operator error" than a product shortcoming: this definitely gets them a 5-star rating, as they really care about their customers! (and, no, I declined their offer as I couldn't really accept it in good conscience; much as I appreciated the gesture, the product works just fine!).

Good product..used to drip water my plants from a 250 g rain barrel. Have 1/2inch tubing over 100f long and has a great pressure at each dripper.I’d give it5 stars but hose is a bit short(doesn’t reach bottom of barrel) and is on the noisy side. Overall does a great job

UPDATED 2/7/2023: The credit for this refund showed up today on my actual credit card. End of story. UPDATED 2/6/2023: The return shipment finally moved on Feb. 2 and confirmed delivered on Feb. 3. Still no refund. And the Return Status on Amazon.com doesn't show any progress since dropping off the return, still shows status as "Return Requested". This is highly unusual and somewhat shady. UPDATED 1/31/2023: The return shipment arrived at a UPS facility at 9:15pm on Jan. 25 and apparently hasn't moved since. I'm still waiting for my refund. UPDATE 1/25/2023: I've returned the pump since the motor no longer worked. Oddly, when I dropped off the item and they scanned the Amazon return code, the receipt I got from UPS did not include an actual UPS tracking number, only some "reference code". that's never happened before, makes me nervous. As things stand now, the pump is not functioning at all when I plug it in. On my first use I added water to the inlet, connected the inlet strainer to the inlet hose, filled the inlet hose with water before connecting it to the pump to help the initial flow, connected a hose to the outlet. I then plugged in the pump and saw very strong flow to start. It looked like everything was working really well. The problem is that the pump shut itself off after about only 5 minutes of pumping water. The elevation of the inlet strainer is about 2 feet lower than the end of the outlet hose, so there's very little gravity for the pump to fight against. As it stands right now I tried unplugging the pump, letting it rest for 10 min, then plugging in again. No change. I'll try to let it rest for longer, maybe a couple of hours, then try again. If something changes I'll add to this review. As things stand now, this has been a very bad product that I would not recommend.

With generational rainfall and flooding in Central Kentucky this past week, this transfer pump helped keep water out of our basement. I ended up purchasing a second one and ran them both with garden hoses, away from the house foundation. Ran for 3-4 hours each time and had no problems. Without these pumps, we would've definitely had soaked floors and carpet. Bought these after the last heavy rainfall and a $2,000 Servpro bill. This pump saved us a bunch of money! Just do as it's recommended by priming the pump and have the hose submerged into the water before plugging in. They worked GREAT! Just wish it had a switch, other than that....No complaints and highly recommend!

Little thing holds up to punishment

I use it for a pedicure bowl at my salon, it does the job, however I have to replace it once a year. The motor can’t handle more than one year use

This is a very good and cute little pump. Right size for watering lawn and garden from a rain barrel. It pretty low decibel at the same time gives a different sound when the barrel is almost out of water. You can use it to transfer water from in barrel (with down spouts) to a stand alone barrel. It is very light to attach it to a wooden board. It’s not a submersible pump so be very careful before starting the pump. Also you need to prime it with 2-3 tsp’s of water. Very easy and simple to use it. It took this motor 10-12 min to empty a 50 gal barrel. I highly recommend this product to other shoppers.

Compré esta bomba para sacar agua de un tinaco. Lo usé solo 2 veces y funcionó bien. La tercera ya no succionó el agua. Quedé muy decepcionado.

I have had thw pu.p for a few tears now and it works as describe. Pros: -Works great, have used it for draining the water from a pool to allow for a patch to be installed and from the cover of a pool from melted snow Cons: - wish an additional hose came with it -the black end pice for placing in thw water does not always stay on. it should be a threaded co section instead of push on

Très satisfaite, fonctionne bien.

Was very surprised by the size(quite small) of this transfer pump. It works very well, very easy to start and does an extremely good job Pleased with purchase and would buy from this seller again.

Used for emptying out portable hot tub at end of season pump stopped working after second season of use. Not recommended for buying does not last long