9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
The Little Pump That Can, Sep 21 2010
By Kinipopo - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Jabsco Drill Pump Kit w/Hose (Sports)
I wanted an inexpensive way to drain my 60 gallon fish pond and move the "dirty" water 40' up an approximately 35 degree slope hill to irrigate it. I hooked up an electric drill and the pump worked. I initially used a 19.2v battery operated drill but found the battery drained too quickly. The pump is self priming and starts working almost immediately. Instead of taking like an hour to siphon the pond out; it took about 10 to 15 minutes to drain the pond. There were cheaper similar products, but the company that makes this drill operated pump appeared to have a better reputation than competing manufacturers. I'm pleased with its operation and capabilities.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not for warm oil, July 21 2009
By Patrick Barrett - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Jabsco Drill Pump Kit w/Hose (Sports)
I purchased this pump kits to drain the oil out of my boat engine. The directions said to run the engine to warm the oil, which is pretty normal, then insert the 1/4" line down the dipstick hole and begin pumping the oil. Sounded easy enough. What they do not say is that both of the supplied hoses cannot handle warm oil. The 1/4" hose finally just collapsed and the larger hose just went limp. I had to go to Home Depot and purchase nylon hoses to replace the supplied hoses, in order for this thing to work properly. Once the hoses were replaced, it worked quite a bit better. Not great, just better.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Nice little pump, Nov 11 2010
By Retired Navy Guy "Chief Cook & Bottle Washer,... - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Jabsco Drill Pump Kit w/Hose (Sports)
This is a nice little drill operated pump. It is compact and is not fast but what can be expected of such a small unit. It is fine for emptying or filling a fountain water reservoir or 10 gal or less fish tank. If you are smart and SAFE AND use a BATTERY powered drill, I suppose it is also good small amounts of gasoline or diesel fuel, but I would NOT use it with a standard corded electric drill due to "sparking" potential.
It handles dirt and small debris well, but of course chokes up on large leaf debris and such. If you use it for small jobs and use it intelligently it is good little helper around the house, even emptying a sink that is clogged of water so it can be snaked out or putting drain cleaner down after emptying sink with it.
** Edit 8 months later: Unit is still going strong after 10-12 uses. Have solved the leaf/debris problem when emptying the in ground reservoirs, too, I put a water bubbler Gilmour Metal Bubbler Small Area Sprinkler 315MTL on end of intake hose, it filters out all larger debris and then I can finish cleaning job with shop vac. Bubbler also worked great on a vary NASTY plugged up toilet(!!) where I pump down water level (into a bucket!) so could unclog toilet without big mess all over floor.
The flexible intake hose does easily kink & bend, but I solved this by slipping a couple of feet of old 3/4" garden hose over it. This also then makes a fine handle for holding the pump which can be tricky as it wants to turn with drill of course.
I did also run STRONG bleach solution through pump after the toilet job and have on 3 occasions pumped small amount of mineral oil dispersed in water (VERY vigorous shaking) to lubricate inner workings of the pump, used about 1/2 pt. of 5:1 water/oil mix.