Joshua Davis
Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2022
I bought this pump several years ago when I had to move a 60 gallon hot water heater out of my basement. The pump worked like a charm and emptied the tank in no time. I then put it in its box and threw it on a shelf in my garage. Fast forward 10 years. I'm living in another house and record rains cause my basement to flood. My shop vac fails, and I'm not sure what I'm going to do. Eureka! I went and grabbed my old transfer pump. It moved enough water to keep me ahead of the flood and saved 2/3 of my finished basement from water damage. That bad boy ran for 48hrs straight and did a great job. At one point it was having issues, but actually came with a pretty good troubleshooting guide and extra parts. The same flooding issue happened again 3 months later. This time the pump saved my entire downstairs. I went ahead and ordered another one and some more spare parts. This thing works and works great
M.D.
Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2020
I bought this to drain my pool cover when it has too much rainwater on it.PROS:1. It is easy to use for almost any needs to transfer smaller quantities of water.2. Depending on the need, it could be VERY effective (e.g. draining a fish tank)3. I love the filter it comes with to put on the end of the hose. It is great to use on the pool cover, and keep debris from being sucked onto the pump.4. It makes some noise, but in the outdoors, it doesn't seem to be bothersome (I don't know about inside).5. If you have patience, it is a good price for a pump to remove water from a pool cover.CONS:1. I like to have a power switch on anything that is used around water. It needs a switch of some kind. Since there is no power switch I am afraid to leave it alone when it is doing it's job.2. Since there is no power switch I am afraid to leave it alone when it is doing it's job.3. It needs some kind of fuse, just in case it gets wet and shorts.4. The cord is a bit short for my needs, but I have been able to work with it.SUMMARY:I would like to find a pump that moves more water and meets the needs noted above.
RSM 2
Reviewed in Mexico on October 30, 2020
la calidad salta a la vista, hay varios usos que le puedes darno es una bomba de uso rudo pero si soluciona esas emergencias de agua. ojo muy facil de operar
Customer
Reviewed in Canada on October 12, 2019
Used this to pump out a flooded campsite. Works great. Doesnt need to be primed
Bruce F.
Reviewed in Canada on January 28, 2017
This little pump really SUCKS - but in the best of ways! I like it so much I bought two! Well done, WAYNE!
Harold C
Reviewed in Canada on August 11, 2016
Transfers 55 gal of water in under 10 min without a head. Will be trying it out at 10' of head next week but I'm sure it will work fine due to the pressure at 0 head..
Customer
Reviewed in Canada on November 10, 2016
Small, but has a lot of power. I've used it several times, including draining post holes that we were digging that filled up with water, and then again to drain our pool for winterizing. The hose is of poor quality and kinks, but that's easy to replace. I think that it will come in handy in the future, and was a great purchase for the price.
T. Victor
Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2012
For the price, it is hard to beat this little pump. Like a couple of other purchasers, I used it to flush a Rinnai tankless water heater for 45 minutes per the manufacturer's directions. The pump ran flawlessly and was hardly warm at all. Here are some observations for those who will use it for similar purposes:1. The Wayne pump is suppose to be self-priming but the instructions say to prime it with a tablespoon of vegetable oil. I primed the input hose with the water heater company's specified flushing fluid (vinegar) and it started pumping right away.2. The illustration shows a transparent hose, but I received a 6-foot yellow garden type hose of high quality with brass connectors. It would have been nice to see the liquid flowing through the hose, but this was minor as I could verify the pumping action at the outlet end of the hoses.3. The pump comes with a replacement impeller, hose gasket, motor brushes/springs, etc. Nice touch.4. Mount the lightweight pump on a wood base to give it more stability. Otherwise, it will flop around every time your hoses are moved.5. Note that the pump inlet and outlet are male fittings. This means that to connect to the tankless water heater (or perhaps to another hose), you will need a female-to-female adapter. I made one out of a piece of 10' scrap garden hose with the original female fitting at one end and I installed a replacement female fitting (sold at Home Depot for repairing hoses) at the other. One end was installed at the pump, the other at the water heater. (Short lengths of hose with female connectors at both ends are available as hookup hoses for clothes washers. New ones sometimes appear in thrift stores for as low as $1.00.)6. Wear hearing protection when operating this pump indoors. While not ear piercing, it is noisy if operated inside a room.7. When you finish flushing the waterless tank with vinegar and then with water, don't forget to flush the pump itself with water as well as the hoses and fittings. The vinegar is dilute acetic acid and it will eventually eat away at the brass plumbing fittings if not well flushed with water.8. Finally, I noticed that there is a Hydropoint 1/10 hp utility pump similar to this Wayne pump sold by Amazon. It too is suppose to be self-priming, but I bought the Wayne pump because it had 10 times the number of feedback ratings and most of them were very favorable. While the Hydropoint may be just as good (it looks somewhat similar), I was not disappointed with the Wayne pump as it paid for itself the first time I used it.Update September 14, 2012: I again used this pump to flush the tankless water heater for 45 minutes. I did not prime it with vegetable oil or anything else to see if the pump is truly "primeless" as claimed and it sucked up the vinegar and pushed it through the water heater heat exchanger without a problem. I later flushed the pump with clear water from a 5 gallon bucket. It emptied the bucket in under 1 minute, living up to its claim of being able to pump about 340 gallons per hour. It's a neat little pump, already has paid for itself!Update October 5, 2016: This pump continues to operate flawlessly to flush the Rinnai tankless heater.