Customer Reviews

Beckett 7060110 210 GPH Underwater Pump for Small Ponds, Fountains, Waterfalls

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I am using this pump in a small pond with a small waterfall - it is a strong, hard-working pump and works just fine in this application. I wouldn't recommend it for a big pond, but for the smaller one it works great. My "pond" is only 2 ft X 4 ft and I don't have the pump turned all the way up to full force.

I have used this pump in my 4' diameter pond with fountain statue in the center. The inlet on my lotus flower statue is 3/8". The outlet on the pump is 1/2" so I have a reducer. I also have a flow restricter on the line so I can adjuct the flow which is acceptable. It will give a nice dispersed spray a foot+ in the air on my statue. It has worked fine since 1998 and just died after 8 years of near continuous running. I got it at Home Depot & they still sell it for about 50. I'm going to buy another identical one. I have it in the Beckett filter box model MFB235 with foam filter. My pond has fish and is under a tree so the filter box has kept the crud out of the pump. I'm not always good on regular filter cleaning and at times the flow has almost been starved to the pump. But with out the filter I would be cleaning the pump inlet screen all the time in my application.

Since about 1998 I've had a 325 GPH Beckett pump and about every 2-3 years like clockwork the pump fails and trips the GFI receptacle. I use the pump in a small 1/2 wine barrel pond with an old style well pump. The head height is less than 24" and the pump only runs 4 hours in the morning and 4 hours in the evening. I'm pretty careful to keep the screen clean so as not to overheat the pump. My fourth pump failed yesterday. It has only been in operation since June of 2008. The good news is, it was a warranty replacement for the previous pump that failed in the exact same way. Teh bad news is they will not replace a warranty replacement. The pumps are "potted" so they are not servicable and must be replaced when they fail (throw aways). I would advise against purchasing Beckett pumps as the seem to keep failing the same way and at about the same time frame.

The intake tends to clog with this pump. When you have it in your pond, keep it in a milk crate with wire mesh around it to allow water to pass but not weeds, bugs, and other small objects that can severly hinder its operation

Very fast delivery, and huge savings over buying this same pump at a big box store or a water garden center. Highly reccommend this seller! My old pump (5 years) finally melted down and quit, leaving my pond fish quite unhappy in the still, unfiltered water. Quiet complaints quickly turned into threatening demands and talk of unionization. Acting quickly, I went to a store and was sent reeling by the prospect of paying $60.00 to $80.00 to keep about $12.00 worth of goldfish happy.

"Try Amazon", someone said. Sure enough, staring back at me from a somewhat dusty and fingerprinted computer screen was the very pump i sought... and at a fraction of the retail price! "Eureka!", I exclaimed, as I pulled my credit card out of its slot in my wallet and sent it flinging past the screen and to the floor behind the desk... Sorry, i digress.

Two (business) days later, the pump arrived. This was several days sooner than promoised!! I cleaned the filter, installed the new pump and all was once again right in the little fish pond that I often wonder why I ever bothered with in the first place. But I'm not wondering now. The pond is crystal clear, and the goldfish are so happy that they... Well, this is a family web site after all... Let's just say that in the past few days I have seen and heard the pitter-patter of little fins swimming around in the pond! Another generation of little goldfish have arrived! Now if i could just get the big ones to stop eating the newborns, I'd have my own little Utopia in my back yard.

I have a small, 3' X 6', backyard water fountain with a few large goldfish. I had this exact same pump in my fountain coming on with a timer for 8 hours every day for 8 years! never had a problem! I saw the same beckett pump on amazon.com and purchased it right away. it sits in a filter box and pumps water up about 2 feet where it falls down a stone falls. the line is split and it also pumps water through a decorative water feature! you can't go wrong with this pump! stay away from the off the wall, over priced brands at the home stores.

This pump runs reliably for a little under two years. I just bought my third one yesterday and had a note to myself to buy another one next month so that I'd have it when the current one failed. Unfortunately I was one month under in my prediction. I predicted one year 10 months and it failed at one year nine months.

I run mine 24 hours a day every day in a pond that holds around 400-500 gallons.

A filter tip that works for me after years of experimentation and does not require a lot of maintenance: put about an inch of aquarium gravel in the bottom of a medium square pond plant basket. Place the pump inside the basket and then cover it with more gravel so the gravel is to the top of the basket. Every few weeks or as needed vacuum the upper layer of gravel with a large Python aquarium siphon Python No Spill Clean and Fill. Vacuuming the gravel will restore the water flow.

works great ... installed easily ... does what it says ... strong little sucker ! only wish I have was that it was adjustable ... water height (pressure) ... other than that ... price, craftmanship and ease of installation ... would definitely buy again.

We've had one of these models in our waterfall for 4 years. It failed today after running almost continuously during that period. Our fountain is three tiered with a 4" fall spout. The top of the fountain is about 30" above the pump. The total volume of water in our fountain is less than 20 gallons. We're very pleased this pump lasted 4 years and will be purchasing this same unit as a replacement. The waterfall is outside and the sound of the pump is imperceptible. The small grill has kept out debris and we've only had to clear it once in four years - but our waterfall is in a rather clean area of the yard with no trees or other items that would clog the pump.

This pump barely put out any water pressure used in my small pond. I have had other similar pumps where the flow pressure was much better. However, these other pumps (purchased from Lowe's Home Improvement) did not last long and were not well-supported via warranty. The Beckett 210GPH should have been sized fine for my needs, but it operates at much less than the 210 rated GPH. This ended up being a poor purchase decision for me.