Liberty Pumps 331 1/2-Horse Power Portable Transfer Pump

A masterpiece! Made in America with great quality like all things here once were. 15' excellent quality power cord. The prime hole is recessed funnel like to make priming a pleasure. Great quality on/off switch, wonderful users manual, strainer included, light enough to move easily by both my wife and I. Solid cast Aluminum body, not hideous plastic. It pumped like a little fiend removing water from a flooded crawl space. Worked to empty our large aquarium in minutes rather that the old siphon procedure we previously used. We will be using it for occasional short duration flood irrigation of our yard from a nearby canal to augment our lawn sprinkler system in very hot spells. Remember this is a transfer pump not a continuous heavy duty pump. Suction worked well with an Apache 3/4" x 25' Rubber Heavy Duty Water/Garden Hose, Apache # 98108802, it did not collapse from suction. Also upgraded strainer to a 1" foot valve Parts20 TC2503LF which we used with a brass 1" pipe thread by male garden hose adapter found on ebay. For draining the aquarium we used a Graco 243082 or 243-082 Inlet suction strainer (with adapters from hardware store) the fine mesh kept aquarium gravel from being suctioned although we were careful to avoid sucking sand when possible. In short this a excellent product that works great, one of those purchases you will feel good about.

I bought this pump to empty water heaters we are replacing in a high rise condo. It takes less than 5 minutes to empty a 50 gallon heater. We now use it on virtually every heater we replace - drained an 80 gallon boiler last week in way less than 10 minutes! Need to watch the end of the hose - strong output, and it jumps around if there are calcium chunks in the water (we now put the drain hose past the trap in the toilet and monitor it - live and learn!) Nice quality, heavy duty aluminum body is light weight and compact and the long cord is really handy.

Bought this because I'm a plumber and was replacing someone's water heater. Liberty makes good pumps. It has a nice long electrical cord. It comes with all the adapters for the hoses you need. It has an accessible plug that allows you to easily prime the pump. It's small and compact and drained a 40 gallon water heater in short time. I haven't had it for very long and have only used it once so I can't comment on it's long term durability.

This little pump is gem! I've connected it to my 500 Gallon rain collection barrel and it's made all the difference in effectively using the collected rainwater. Of course, I should have had a pump to start with, but as an add-on, I couldn't be happier. I know this pump is not for permanent installation, but while not in use, it covered and on a small platform so it stays dry on rainy days. I spent a fair amount of time looking at pump options with many of them being less expensive. But I really wanted a quality pump that was going to last. The build quality of this Liberty 331 pump is evident the minute it comes out of the box and appears to be worth every penny. With die cast construction and replaceable motor brushes, I expect many years of reliable usage from this pump.

Updated review: The pump ended up being a dud. Crapped out quickly, got a new one under warranty. Same thing happened a 2nd time. Stay away from this unless you are pumping pristine potable water. Original Review Given California's drought, we purchased this Liberty Pumps 331 1/2 Horse Power Portable Water Pump for use in pumping free Recycled Water we are using for our outside watering. This pump perfectly fit our needs and is much safer and easier to use than our old pumps. The pump is made of durable construction, is safe to use around water given its on/off switch (our old pumps were turned off and on at the outlet only), is easy to carry with the top handle, and is very quiet, sounds like a muted shop vac and is quieter than a hairdryer. The pump efficiently and safely transfers Recycled Water from my husband's pickup truck water hauling tank one of our 2 outdoor water storage tanks. We then use the pump to pump water from the tanks and water with a hose and spray nozzle or an oscillating sprinkler; see attached photo showing the pump pumping from our 500 gallon water tank. The water pressure is better than what comes out of our tap water hose bibs. The pump is very easy to use, the intake and outtake connections are separately female/male connections so you cannot screw up connecting the transfer and output hoses. I very little mechanical ability and learned to use the pump in just one lesson from my husband. A must have pump for water pumping needs and another great Amazon Prime value.

I don't typically review purchases, but in this case I was planning on calling the company, Liberty Pumps, to personally thank them for saving the day. We had a catastrophic failure of the drain in our 56-year-old cast-iron bathtub, on the second floor of our home. It let go of over thirty-gallons of water, which came down through the floor/ceiling into the kitchen below. It is the only tub/shower we have in the house and the job of removing and replacing it is going to take a lot of work and a long time to find a new tub that will fit into the existing space. As an interim solution, so we can still take baths, I used epoxy to seal the drain and duck tape to seal the overflow, but getting the water out of the tub after each bath was going to be a long and tedious process. So, I went looking for a pump that I could use in the small bathroom, a pump that I could coil up into a small box when not in use, a pump that would empty a full bath tub in a matter of a few minutes, As usual I went to Amazon and found what I needed, the Liberty 331. It is an extremely well built, fantastically simple design. It comes with a twenty-foot-long electrical-cord. with a strain-relief and a well placed switch. It's just what I needed and it is beautiful ! Thank you Liberty Pumps, I expect the 331 will come in handy again again and last for many years.

I used this pump for the first time today. It's a top quality pump. It's very well designed and built, and comes with clear instructions. Hose fittings are brass, not plastic like they are on cheaper pumps. It worked very well. I didn't actually measure the gallons pumped per minute, but I'm confident it was close to the advertised rate. The water pressure was great too. Much more than the pressure from our well. The pressure is close to city water pressures. I like that it has its own primer port, sensibly located on the top of the pump housing. Many other models don't have a separate primer port and require you to prime through the inlet or outlet port. It's a little pricey, but I've bought (and returned) cheaper pumps. This one is worth the extra cost. I expect to have it for years to come.

Solide, livrée rapidement, géniale avec son interrupteur et très silencieuse comparativement à d’autres modèles (d’autres compagnies)!

Sturdy and right for the price

Pump is well designed and sturdy.

Great pump, i love it.