Attwood WaterBuster Portable Pump

by attwood

Product Features

• Portable, battery-operated pump for removing water
• Pumps up to 200 gallons per hour; lifts water up to 4 feet
• Three alkaline D batteries last 5 hours
• Measures 5.2 x 5.2 x 6.5 inches; weighs less than two pounds
• Lifts water to height of 4 feet

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Attwood Portable Pump is a compact, lightweight device designed to remove unwanted water from kayaks, row boats, dingies, or any vessel that lacks a permanent, electrical pumping system. The pump is powered by three alkaline size 'D' batteries making it convenient and extremely safe. Creative uses for the pump include eliminating water from pool covers, aquariums, and just about anywhere. The powerful pump removes up to 200 gallons per hour and is able to lift water up to four feet. A garden hose adaptor is included for adding length to the 42-inch hose. This portable pump measures 5.2 x 5.2 x 6.5 inches (L x W x H) and is under two pounds.

Product Description

The waterbuster portable pump is excellent for use as a portable pump-out device for paddle boats, inflatables, duck boats, dingies and kayaks or any craft that lacks a hard-wire, permanent electrical system

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 5.2 x 6.5 inches ; 2.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000AP2XS2
• Item model number: 4140-4
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (54 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,913 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)
  • #3 in Sports & Outdoors > Boating & Water Sports > Boating > Boat Plumbing

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent battery operated portable pump, October 23, 2009

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Sparse Grey Hackle (Boulder, Utah) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Attwood WaterBuster Portable Pump (Health and Beauty)

As far as battery operated portable pumps go this one is tops.

Owning a boat livery and having to bail out 75 boats every rainstorm you get to know pumps well.

I am shaking my head at the poor reviews a couple people gave this pump, you can't teach a pig to sing, you waste your time and only annoy the pig so I won't even try to expalin to them why they are using the wrong pump to begin with

If you need a sump pump to empty your basement, this is not it!
If you need a pump to move 1,000 gallons of water in a flash, this is not it!

A 12Volt or 115V house current pump can not be compared to a small portable battery operated pump, it's like comparing an old fashioned washing board to a machine washer/dryer and saying the board does not perform as expected....No, it wouldn't if you are expecting a 220volt $1,000 dollar washing machine result.

A small submersible battery run pump that runs on 4 batteries is not going to be as impressive as a pump that is measured in HORSEPOWER ratings...that should be obvious to the reviewers who were unhappy with this pump.

I've used the same pump for 10 years, I take the batteries out when not in use and save myself a corrosion problem, I also drain it out, takes 30 seconds! and store it inside like I do with all elcetronic tools I don't want to replace every year.

The beauty of this pump is its portability.

Need to drain a rain barrel? drop it in, it's waterproof and you can attach longer lengths of hose to it to reach down into any depth.

Pump out the boat while your having coffee? Drop it in.

Get the water off the pool cover or empty a kiddy pool? Drop it in.

Camping? drop it in the lake, pond or river and fill a 5 gallon bucket in minutes without bending and breaking your back.

Dry camping with the TT, 5er or RV, simply carry a folding collapsible bucket and the pump or a couple 5 gallon pails, and you can easily refill your on board water tanks no funnels needed.

after 10 years of almost weekly use my pump motor is shot, it still runs but the impeller is shot, that's pretty good for a little plastic impeller, and I've sucked up all kinds of leaves, grit and muck into the poor thing and she keeps running or will as sson as I knock the mud off it.

I paid under twenty bucks for this a decade ago, so was a bit surprised to see they doubled in price since then, but seeing how long they last, I won't hesistate to buy another, and in fact ordered one right now.

You can use this to pump out bathtubs and sinks if the drain clogs, use it to fill a fish tank or empty one, it's uses are endless really.

If you can fit the pump into the container it will pump it out, I've even filled a couple 5 gallon buckets with miracle grow plant food solution and used this pump to water flowers and containers over my head, lots easier to hold a hose up over my head than a watering can or bucket!

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works great as a pump or siphon, March 12, 2007

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QuickThoughts06 (St. Germain, WI United States) - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

Needed something to pump water away from the house during a fast snowmelt. This unit works great! Not mentioned in the initial information received was that it would function as a siphon, too. It's not necessary to keep the pump running on its batteries. Place it in a bucket or old ice chest on a higher level than the end of a garden hose, run the pump for a minute or so, then shut it off. It will continue to siphon water until it loses suction. I put a valve between the pump's hose and the 15 ft. garden hose to regulate the flow of water, and it siphons all day. Hopefully, it will do so until all the snow melts and we can get the downspouts reconnected to the house gutters. It was expensive, but it appears to work well.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Little Pump, February 10, 2011

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JLA "Amazon Fool" (San Diego, CA, US) - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Attwood WaterBuster Portable Pump (Health and Beauty)

I got this pump to empty my spa. It is so convenient and light weight, I just love it. It pumps out my 850 gallon spa in about 2 hours. The batteries don't seem to drain at all. After the first time, I took the batteries out and cleaned the pump. The next time I used the same batteries and it worked like new. I love this pump!