FOTING Sump Pump 1HP Clean/Dirty Submersible Water Pump,4600GPH Utility Pump Thermoplastic Electric Portable Transfer Water Pump for Swimming Pool Pond Basement with 10ft Power Cord,Manual

We use this to drain our koi pond every spring so we can pressure wash and scrub it. It works quickly and efficiently even down to the final muddy sludge. Easy to operate, durable and powerful enough to get the job done quickly.

Every year it seems I need to drain my pool due to high TDS levels in my pool water. I got tired of spending a fortune on having a service do this for me or renting a siphon pump from the local hardware store, which only rents in two-hour increments. Enough of that nonsense, so I purchased this pump to save me time and money...hopefully. If I only plan to use it once a year maybe it will last a while. My hope is 5-10 years. I have only used it once, but it drained my entire pool in about 5-6 hours. It's not as fast as the bigger motor pumps, but it did the job with no issues whatsoever. It looks and feels like a quality device. Time will tell, I guess.

I've been using the FOTING Sump Pump 1HP Clean/Dirty Submersible Water Pump (4600GPH Utility Pump) for several planting seasons now, and it's performed flawlessly as my go-to solution for transferring water from a cistern to irrigate my garden. The pump works exactly as expected—no priming issues, strong consistent flow, and it handles the volume I need without straining or overheating. I hook it up to a garden hose, drop it in the cistern, and it moves water efficiently to my drip system and beds. At 4600 GPH, it fills my setup quickly without any drop-off in performance over time. What stands out is how durable this thing is. I've left it in place through multiple seasons (including not bothering to move or winterize it during the colder months), and it still runs like new—no leaks, no motor fatigue, no clogs from typical cistern debris. It's clearly built to last with solid construction that holds up to regular outdoor use. This is an excellent product for anyone needing a reliable, heavy-duty submersible pump for water transfer, drainage, or similar tasks. Highly recommend—I'll definitely buy another if I ever need a backup or replacement. 5 stars!

The only negative is the 10 ft cord, even 15 or 20 would have been much better. Positives? Well I cant believe it but I not only think this thing can do 4800 gallons per hour I actually think it does more! Its amazing. It can drain my pool faster than the huge rentals I usually use. First I tried it with one of those small metal hoses that have a smaller diameter than a normal garden hose. Unit worked and was quiet despite sitting mostly out of the water and pushing water through a straw basically, it took 6 hours to lower the pool an inch. Then I took a 1 1/2 inch blue pool draining hose and just zip tied it to this unit. I could not believe it, I have to actually sit with this thing its so powerful. You can almost watch the pool level dropping in the pool! 5-10 minutes it did what the little hose took 4-6 hours to do. Only issue was the water could not seep into the ground fast enough, if not running to sewer you really have to baby sit this beast. This thing is sleek looking, not that it matters but also feels like its built solid. It comes with a decent range of adapters. Its really meant to have a 1 1/2 hose strapped to it in order to really take advantage of this beast. For reference my backwash drain is out of action so I got this to drain my pool from the top to lower CYA levels. Only star I knock off is for the 10 ft cord. Some pools are 8 feet deep. You just have to be careful and keep that junction with the extension cord out of the water. I cant say anything about reliability yet but if you are wondering if it can really move that much water, what it claims to? Yes it does. Just pick up a 1 1/2 inch hose, make sure its long enough as this thing really moves water. Noise level? What noise level, you can barely hear it out of the water.

Great pump. I have a small pond that I drain every spring so that I can clean out all of the leaves and muck that settled into it from the fall. I wasn’t sure how the pump would do since there is a lot of debris in the pond that could clog the intake. But, this little pump worked perfectly. I only had to stop it and clear it once when the water was getting nearly empty. I cleared the muck that I could at that point and let the pump finish the job. It’s easy to clean after pumping too. I definitely recommend it.

I was sceptical, but it actually worked. Used it to clear out a manmade pond. It made light work of the job and threw out the old pond water (nutrient rich) onto my lawn! A win-win! Beware that any small particals that get sucked into the device will necessitate your shaking it under water to clear it out.

This thing sucks(but in a good way) because I'm cheap, lazy and not a chemist. The thought of throwing hundreds of dollars at a pool guy, chemicals and whatnot at my hazy pool was not appealing. I figured drain it, refill it and start fresh. The FOTING Sump Pump drained it in about 4hours but that time includes screwing around with the line, adapter and cords. About 24 hours later it's refilled and clear.

Works well if you don't use it against a flexible surface. The very short feet around the bottom allowed the pump it suck up the above ground pool bottom that I was draining and stopped the water flow completely. I was able to use it by placing a hard plate between the pool bottom and the pump. It did remove water to a very low level.

I'm using this pump to drain my back yard rink and it is doing a great job. Completely silent operation. Connected it to a regular garden hose and it is pumping the water about 125 feet to the street. I've rented pumps from Home Depot in the past for $20 per day and they were loud. This pump will pay for itself after just a few uses. Very nice piece of equipment.

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Working well. Easy to set up. Put out a good volumn of water. Gave it 4 stars as it is too soon for a final evaluation.

I just had a flood in the basement. So I ordered this Water Pump the next day to drain the basement. And my god, it's so much faster and better. Extremely convenient. It beats any manual labor I had to do the day prior. It doesn't come with a hose and I recommend those who do to get the 100ft hose expandable hose (it's too short unexpanded) in order to extend from basement to outside. There is no on/off on this model. As soon as you plug into the outlet it starts draining. Pretty straight forward.

Worked like a charm and was fast and very quiet. Using to drain my standard 8x8 hot tub and took less than 10 minutes. Cord was long enough that the end wasn’t submerged at any point. Towards the end when it couldn’t pump anything else the adapter flew off due to pressure but it’s possible it wasn’t threaded fully or something.