Customer Reviews

DuroMax XP904WP 4-Inch Intake 9 HP OHV 4-Cycle 427 GPM Gas Powered Portable Water Pump

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This sounds like a good reasonable price for a pump that can move lots of water. However, the description doesn't bother to mention that the hoses for the pump cost 2+ times what the pump costs. It is extremely heavy as are the hoses, so really is only for serious contractor/professional use. The instructions are very poorly worded and very limited in scope. A PowerMax representative on a help line also finally revealed that the pump is not self priming, so you need to fill up the entire intake hose with water before it will work = no mater how long the hose is and I had purchased very long hoses (so he instructed me to buy an additional swing check valve to keep the water in while you try to start the pump which I had to search all over for since a 4" hose is unusually large). Of course, Amazon lists it in its not-returnable list (which is NOT obvious), since it is run by gas. However, I never even took it out of the box so I dont see why I shouldnt have been able to return it. Had I known all this when I was looking at it online I never would have ordered it.

Have had this DuroMax Model for a over a year and it starts up every time....you have to prime the pump, however that is easy to do. For the money, it has been a great value for me.