VEATON Portable Submersible Pump 750W 13000L/H, Dirty/Clean

The Pump arrived on time, good service. Needed new pump in a hurry. Chose this one and have used it once so far. It was easy to put together and operate. Has good water pressure and I think it will be OK for moving water to different locations etc.

Auto primes in low level of water, not like my previous pumps. I’ve got a garage driveway at the bottom of a hill, which floods in heavy or consistent rain. So I dug a soak away lined with plastic crates to handle a heavy downpour. The pump is in a connected sump, in a small tank ( cold water header tank) which collects the sediment. This has to be cleaned out twice a year. The discharge goes 60ft down the garden into the rain water gulley. With the float being self contained it works well in a small space/tank. My last pump had seized when the bearing cage had corroded. This was a different brand. Maybe this one will last longer.

I bought this to replace a pump in a rainwater storage tank that had failed. It is very good, well made and easy to use. It has sufficient pressure to use a hand spray attachment on a hose even when pumped from 1 metre underground. The pump also works using water butts. Note that many other pumps on sale are designed for larger diameter commercial hoses and not garden hoses.

Using it once in a while to circulate water in a large 2 metre deep pond (6 metres x 5 metres approx) , without attaching a hosepipe to drain it!
Only leave on for a couple of hours:
1. Because it says not to leave on permanently
2. Because electricity costs sooooo much

Water circulating nicely, even dredging up some stinky sediment which isn’t too pleasant, but seems to be aerating the pondweed so hopefully it will go away!

My one suggestion is to attach a rope to the handle, that is left outside the pond/pool, because I am having to pull the pump out of the water using the electric cord, which can’t be good for it!

I liked this pump very much. Worked perfectly for my needs – essentially pumping from water-butt to rose bed etc.

But on the third use it failed. Just nothing. No hints, just dead. I’m not sure how much water I could have bought for 53, but I suspect it’s a lot. I now have to use the garden tap again, and then find some other way of pumping from the butt. I can’t afford to replace this item. Very very very disappointed. And when I checked the invoice – it was shipped from China, so there is nothing I can do for warranty. Avoid.

Since that review, the supplier sent me a new pump free of charge, and this has worked perfectly. It was such a good service from them, that I now regret my negative comments above. There was no request to return the faulty one, and the replacement arrived VERY quickly. I must have just had one rogue unit, which has now been replaced. I’m very pleased.