Buy Fish Online: Danner Mag Drive Pump Model 7- 700 gph

UPDATE: I used to love these pumps and I probably still would if they would just stop breaking. the impeller on them is cheap die cast plastic that will break if you look at it wrong.

I have bought 7 of these pumps and only 1 still works. 5 of them broke in less than 3 months. sure I can buy a new impeller for >15 dollars. the last impeller I bought broke in less than 12 hours. I also stated below that I haven't been using the filters. I did not have much of a choice though because every filter, in the last year, has arrived broken. the impeller is made from a plastic that will shatter rather than bend. in all honesty the loss I took on these pumps was enough to make me stop using hydroponics.

MY ORIGINAL REVIEW:

great hydroponics pump!!

I've bought seven of these pumps and I absolutely love them and I've never had any reason to complain. most of the negative stuff I've read on other reviews seem really hard to believe. I do not use the filters and I will not be commenting on them. the pump is very solidly built and there is nothing about that can come loose. the kind they sell with the foam pre filter has a shorter power cord than the rigid filter version.

they sell replacement impellers in case you are sucking something through that could break it. without using a filter I've never had anything get stuck in it. I need a pump that can pump at least 7 feet into the air and only so many of these magnetic drive ones can do it. I bought a 400 GPH Active Aqua pump because it was about half the price and these 700 danners seem like overkill. the 400 could not handle the head feet and seems really cheaply made. but are useful if you don't need to pump more than a few feet off the ground.

I messed up one of the first danner pumps I bought by using it to drain a hole i was digging. the hole kept filling up with muddy water and I used the pump on a timer to keep it drained. it worked well for weeks. even with mud drying inside the pump. and then after a few weeks it stopped but that was a pretty ridiculous thing to put it through.