Tsurumi Pump HS2.4S Submersible Trash Pump with Agitator 1/2 HP 115V 2 in Discharge Ideal for dewatering applications with sand, solids, and other debris | 39 GPM / 2340 GPH

Moteur puissant, pompe l'eau rapidement, fantastique ! Puissance incroyable !

Right out of the box you can tell by the construction and weight that this isn's some cheap pump. I have a pond that is ~12000 gallons with a heavy duty rubber liner. I use it for irrigation and swimming in the summer. Over the winter it accumulates quite a bit of sludge (a muddy, leafy, dead bug concoction) and needs a spring cleaning. This has always been one of my least favorite jobs. Well, it still is, but it just became a heckuva lot easier and more efficient. I used my irrigation pump to lower the pond level to about 18 inches. Then I hooked up the trash pump. It pumped out all the sludge up to about an inch. Then what I did was I shoveled the water soaked sludge (not even enough to fill a garbage can) in a garbage can, put the pump in and finished the job. This product is well worth the money. Oh, and I purchased the 50" collapsible heavy duty outlet hose to go along with it.

This sump pump is a work horse! Worth every dollar! Only downside I have noticed when using it to sump out ponds is that the elbow joint to feed the hose does clog up with debris if there is a substantial amount of debris.

I previously hated emptying and cleaning my hot tub because it took hours to drain, etc. I bought this sump pump and this thing will drain my 500 gallon hot tub in about 10 minutes! You need to attach a special hose to it. I bought this one -- Abbott Rubber 1147-2000-50 PVC Discharge Hose Assembly, Blue, 2" Male X Female NPSM, 65 psi Max Pressure, 50' Length, 2" ID. It screws right on to the sump pump (no special couplings needed). So, yes, I did spend about $400 (sump pump plus hose) to make it easier to drain and clean my hot tub, which seemed a ridiculous amount of money to me. But I already invested thousands in buying my hot tub, so another $400 didn't seem like much to ensure that I keep my hot tub regularly drained and cleaned, and with as little time and pain as possible. Now I know longer dread having to do this task. I can finish in about 15 minutes, and then I can just start filling it up again (which takes an hour or so). This sump pump is super durable. It also is super quiet. You literally cannot even hear it while it is underwater. I've never owned a sump pump before, so this was all new to me. You just submerge this thing into the water and then plug it in, and then it does its thing. Obviously, it would work to remove any body of water (i.e., not just drain a hot tub). As for the issue of where to drain hot tub water, I was concerned the chlorinated water might kill the backyard grass, so I sent the hose around to the side of the house, an area that is mostly dirt and that I never water. Well, after emptying 500 gallons of water there, a bunch of grass has sprouted up -- ha! To be honest, I think if you just go 3 or 4 days without adding chlorine and get your chlorine level down to a low level (as per the little strip you put in the water to check the chlorine, PH, etc. levels), it would probably be fine to drain right onto the grass.

Great company to deal with. We had a slight shipping problem and they were very quick to respond and rectify the situation. Product works great and happy to deal with a responsive seller.