VEATON 400W 13000L/H Electric Submersible Dirty Water Pump, Compact Utility Pump with Float Switch and Hose Connector, Drain Water from Basement Garden Pond Swimming Pool Hot Tub

Used the pump yesterday to empty a large plastic tank which had had housed a number of Koi in temporary accomodation. The pump performed well but was unfortunately let down by the 25mm X 3m length lay flat hose. There were too many kinks/flat spots in the hose when laid out which prevented the pump working efficiently. Testing the pump without the hose attached showed there was lots of pressure from the pump in order to shift the water. We all know what happens when you get kinks in hoses. I was really pleased with pumps performance when the hose worked properly and would recommend it. It shifted the water in good time, although again, this would have been even better with a decent hose. I thought the pump was well packaged and the instructions were reasonable. The variable height on the pump was useful. I thought the pump was actually very quiet.

This is an amazing pump, we wanted to empty our paddling pool, it use to take us over two hours to empty, but connect a hose and letting gravity to do the work, but apart from taking so long to empty, it never emptied fully.This pump manages to empty the pool within 30 minutes and it gets every bit of water.Just be aware you will need a hose to attach to the pump, I was lucky that my garden hose was big enough, but check before you intend to use it.But the power of this is brilliant and it is a great investment, it also looks really good.Great product, at a great price.

worked well, thanks

VEATON 400W 8000 L/H Submersible Pump. This is a great pump. It`s fast, very quite and efficient. The issue with many of these pumps is that the float mechanism doesn`t move when the water level either rises or lowers. This internal weight which has to make a contact to trip the pump into life or switch off just sticks. This means you either drain all the water out of the area you are pumping from and burn the motor out or flood the area because it doesn`t start up at the correct level. I have a cellar with a 2m x 2m sump area. It collects ground water and needs to be pumped out regularly so that the water doesn`t overflow out of the sump and into the cellar room.I can trust this pump to kick in when the water level rises and shut off when the water level drops. Thanks.

Bought for emptying hot tub. I looked at so many pumps and they all seemed so similar that it was hard to pick one out. The main thing I’d say is that I think the speed of the pump is more based on the size of the hose you connect. A regular garden hose is too small, and even with the right adapter to make it fit, your speed of empty will be about half of what it could be. The flat roll hoses would fit with a ring clip to hold in place, but these need a straight route to your drain or they can block if they fold. Though a little more expensive, I went for the black coiled pond pump hose as it’s wider (1” internal) and also robust enough not to kink. For my disposal route I needed 7 metres, which cost me about £25 from a garden centre. Was worthwhile as it emptied a 5 person hot tub in under 30 mins, leaving just an inch of water in the bottom. Only other thing worth mentioning is the float only has a lead of about half a metre, so I had to sit it in one of the tub seats for the first half, then drop it into the bottom centre for the second half and scooped any leftovers from the seats as it finished up the last 6” or so.

I bought this item approx 2 months ago and was initially very pleased with it however this week(probably the hottest of the year) the battery charger for the pump battery blew the fuse.When i investigated i found the circuit board within the charger,for no discernible reason had short circuited rendering the whole unit useless.When i tried to find a replacement for it on Amazon i could not find one.If this is an example of the quality of goods this company sells and Amazon deals with and the subsequent back up when things go wrong i would caution anyone considering dealing with them

The media could not be loaded. Easy to use ,powerfull enough for diy pond i built takes 4-5 hours to fill up with garden hose but only 20 mins to pump out ,great job,

It does pump very well but adapters to connect it to a hosepipe are not included and I had to use odds and ends in the shed to do the job. I wanted the automatic switching to avoid the risk of the pump trying to work when the sump was empty. It does turn itself off when the water level is low but it doesn't turn on when it is full despite my fiddling with the float. To get it to start I only have to jiggle the outlet pipe a little and it springs into action. But if I'm not around to do that, the sump overflows. Very annoying.