Product Description : High flow for emergency use and small size make it perfect for small boats, canoes and dinghies. If your open hull boat starts to get some water in it from waves, this will work to pump the water out of your boat. If you have a small boat and you put the outboard motor into reverse and you're the only person in the boat, and the boat starts to take on a massive amount of water over the transom.. you will wish you had a huge automatic bilge pump (as well as someone up front to push the front down and raise the rear so the water doesn't get in the back!) Hard lesson learned, luckily I was in the process of ramping the boat when it happened and I jumped overboard and push the boat onto the trailer haha :( I bought this to make repairs to the sprinkler system a bit more pleasant. Tall order, I know.Though not perfect, it definitely succeeds. My selected model is 36" with a 36" hose. That configuration is acceptable, but maybe a shorter pump an longer hose might've worked better on some repairs. I could probably justify a second pump, but I'm gonna just stick with this one and call it good.Size and hose length aside, I have a couple of issues with this pump. The hose connection is under-engineered and becomes detached too easily. And - (yes, I realize that I'm departing from this product's intended purpose) - it does tend to get clogged periodically by mud and muck.Most of you probably won't be subjecting it to as hard use as I am; you may not have any issues at all. OK, except the hose coming off if you use it with any frequency.For homeowners dealing with occasional underground sprinkler repairs, I'm still pretty happy with it. Much better than not having it, that's for sure. I like that it's simple, and really pretty effective. Much easier than messing with an electric pump...safer, too, I'm sure.If you really intend to abuse it - like maybe, if you're in the sprinkler repair business - NO, this is not for you. Just my opinion.Good luck; may your sprinkler problems be small ones :)
