Customer Reviews

Unified Marine 50002323 Hand Bilge Pump Hose (24- Inch X 36- Inch)

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Primes instantly and moves a lot of water on each stroke. I use it primarily when I'm cleaning the hot tub. The drain leaves about 50 gallons of water in the tub. With the hose over the edge it takes less than 2 minutes to get the rest of the water out. I have a small electric pump, but this is quick and more convenient. Seems well made. I'm happy.

I selected this pump because of the positive reviews and it does work well. My problem is the size. I waffled at purchasing a 24" bilge pump for my kayak but this is one of the few that got positive reviews. The red tubular section of the pump is indeed 24" but the handle adds another 3.25" for a grand total of 27.25". That's just too much for me to store in my kayak when I was already concerned about storing 24". It's a good pump and perhaps it's my misunderstanding that the length of the depressed handle is not included in the specified length of the pump. Oh well.

I had a decent bilge pump before this (which probably cost more than this) but my wife decided it belonged with her garden stuff rather than in my raft, where it rightly belonged. So I purchased this with the idea of getting my pump back and replacing it with this one, which she could use in the garden. But when I got it, I quickly found that this was superior to my previous pump, so I kept it and she kept my old one. Great action on the pump, and it seriously pumps the gallons away quite effortlessly. If I lost mine, I'd buy it again in a second.

I was in the market for a efficient manual water pump to transfer collected rainwater from a 55gal drum to a adjacent 55gal drum which was then feeding a earth-flow hose to a plumbed potting bench that has a spigot/sink in my garden area 40 feet downhill. After trying and returning a few pathetic hand pumps (Ace hardware etc...) I saw this unit on Amazon. Got it today and it fits perfectly in the extra top port of the 55gal drum and the hose easily reached to the neighboring drum.
Within 2-3 min of moderate pumping I was able to transfer about 40 gallons. I saw other reviews stating the horizontal attachment site from the pump to the outflow hose tends to leak a bit during use, and I solved this by wrapping the connection with some self-fusing tape (F4 Tape Self-fusing Silicone, Amazon) and not a drop escapes during transfer. The unit self-primes easily as stated and delivers an amazing volume of water per each pump cycle. (BTW check out that F4 tape, wonderful for many different fixes around the home & yard, beats electrical tape in that the ending seam becomes fused to the bottom layer, the only way to remove the seal is to cut the tape lengthwise with a razor blade and the tape falls off as one fused unit of silicone, this tape was developed during the Vietnam war to bind and insulate electrical wiring/cabling in Phantom jet fighters)

You will spend $40 plus on other types of bilge pumps, so for $19 this unit is a great bargain.

I bought this pump after reading the positive reviews. I used it to empty a small pool spa after a rain and note the following: the hose is only 2' long and stiff, and it pops out of it's fitting. Water leaks out of the top on the upstrokes. Better than using a paper cup to scoop out water, but cheaply made and you are rue to get all wet.

I bought this to be able to move water out of a deep pipe that was sunk to help move groundwater away from a tree that was dying from too much water. The pump is simple, fast and effective. I can see that it would be very helpful in any situation where you want to move a lot of water fast and easy. I bought one with the short hose on purpose as I pump into a bucket but it could easily be fitted with a longer hose for other purposes.

This is a great & handy pump. I do not have a boat but manage an apartment complex and use this hand pump to empty out flooded water valve boxes so we can find the leak. It saves from using a cup or setting up an electris sump pump and it is quicker.

Somehow I had the impression that the pump body was metal and was concerned about storing it in my dinghy exposed to the weather. However, when it arrived I discovered it was a heavy duty plastic (PVC?) and so was pleasantly surprised - I much prefer the non-metal construction. It seems sturdy and it clears the dinghy of rain water in no time (less than a minute). I don't use the hose so I can't comment on the hose to pump connection, I just pump overboard directly out the top.

I have only limited use for this item, but it worked well in that capacity. It seems to be well made, and it worked well in my limited application.

The pump efficiently moves water - which is good. It would be better if it hadn't started to leak so much of said water out of the top quite so fast (I only got it a few hours ago!). I guess I'll try to patch it up to stop the leaking (which I suspect is due to a very cheap and poorly fitting seal for the outflow pipe) but there must be better pumps out there without that inconvenience.