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Pumps for water butts

seakaleseakale Posts: 142
in Fruit & veg
Any suggestions of water butt pumps out there.  I am hoping to find one I can move from butt to butt ie not too heavy.

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  • josusa47josusa47 Posts: 3,530
    The only one I have seen advertised is costly and has to be immersed in the butt, so not very portable, and of course it won't empty the butt as the water has to be deep enough to cover it. I long for a pump that attaches to the outlet of a butt.
  • TheveggardenerTheveggardener Posts: 1,057
    I have a sort of pump. When we collect the water from the upstairs bath I put one end in the bath water and the other outside the window which is then connected to the hose pipe and collected in one of the butts ready for use. The pump is just like a hose pipe but in the middle there is a egg shape thing which you squeeze till the water starts to flow through the pipe. I also do this with the water in the water butts. I bought it for £12.99 but can't remember where from, sorry.

           Found one on Amazon. Click on the top phone on the left.                                                       
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  • madpenguinmadpenguin Posts: 2,543
    josusa47 said:
    The only one I have seen advertised is costly and has to be immersed in the butt, so not very portable, and of course it won't empty the butt as the water has to be deep enough to cover it. I long for a pump that attaches to the outlet of a butt.
    Sorry,but that last sentence had me sniggering like a school kid !!!  :o
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  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    I used to have one similar, but a bit more basic, to the following rechargeable Gardena one for water butts. Its in storage somewhere so can’t tell you the exact model. It was easy to move from butt to butt around my old allotment:

    https://www.gardena.com/int/products/watering/pump/rain-water-tank-pump-2000-2-li-18-set/967912001/
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  • josusa47josusa47 Posts: 3,530
    madpenguin said:
    josusa47 said:
    The only one I have seen advertised is costly and has to be immersed in the butt, so not very portable, and of course it won't empty the butt as the water has to be deep enough to cover it. I long for a pump that attaches to the outlet of a butt.
    Sorry,but that last sentence had me sniggering like a school kid !!!  :o

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  • seakaleseakale Posts: 142
    I think next time the garden soil is crying out for rain,I shall post something about water storage, the rain gods have replied and it’s pouring with rain!  And tomorrow rain is forecast also.

    i was amused with the bath water siphon, my late father used to start the process with his mouth and the timings were critical.

     So far the pumps appear expensive, perhaps a local school could put their students’ brains to good use.

    i think my garden plants much prefer rain to tap water, but sometimes there is no choice.

    thank you for yr suggestions
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    You could use a sump pump
    e.g. https://smile.amazon.co.uk/TACKLIFE-Submersible-8-Blade-impellers-GSUP2B/dp/B079PS8775/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=sump+pump&qid=1557305755&s=gateway&sr=8-5

    Plunge that into your butt and it'll be empty in no time :)

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  • treehugger80treehugger80 Posts: 1,923
    edited May 2019
    i have a sump pump from screwfix (i think it was about £45) that i use to transfer water around with and also water with as well, fairly small and light it was a god sent last summer when i used it to bail out bathwater to water my wildflower meadow


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