If, in an emergency, you lose your water supply (it happened to me after an earthquake once) what good is this product?
642946
In many emergencies, including earthquakes , you will have some time before you lose water pressure, depending on your distance and water level to the city water tank. Fill it asap in an emergency , and most times you can fill it prior to losing water pressure, and while the water is still uncontaminated. Not always .
642947
I haven't had to use the product yet, but it is for an emergency that gives you a bit of a heads up before it gets here. We have a municipal water supply with water tower pressure. So unless the water lines break right away we should have time to fill the BOB. If not, we have water already stored.
642948
If you are on the edge of a nuclear attack you have a certain amount of time to seal off your house and get clean water before it becomes contaminated. Having this ready to fill up as soon as something like this happens could save your life until emergency help comes.
642949
You bring up a valid point. In my town we have a water tower to keep a constant pressure in our water lines. If the entire power grid goes down, and you fill it right away, good stuff. If the water mains are busted, out of luck. There are water barrels you can buy and water preservative, to keep bacteria out of the water for 5 years. Fill them whenever. Hope this helps.
642950
The water bob is only good if you still have water pressure enough to fill it after/during a disaster. Where I live, we are on hurricane watches every season. Hurricanes give one plenty of warning in advance. Earthquakes; not much, if any warning.
642951
I did a lot of research before purchasing and decided on this product, it's not reusable and I wanted something with a pump, would recommend
642952
If you truly want to be prepared you can keep it full prior to an emergancy. In other cases like a hurricane you have warning and can fill it before you need it.
791575
Depends how long it was running without water,it could build up some heat if the impeller is plastic it could be mishaped and not pump as good!
2002067
electricity... i don't recommend buying this if you don't know how to use it. If there is water on your face it will electrocute you. Please be careful
282233
I only have mine as a bk-up for my other 2! I live in a flood zone. If you were monitoring it and it wasn't raining I suppose you could...why don't you CALL the manufacturer...then you'll know for sure!
1264898
I would get a back up in case the pressure eventually will crack it or it may break.My son dropped his and it broke so he bought another one.He now has 2 and uses 1 for coffee and the other for tea.
1988184
You may have to replace it. My with just one push, locks it in or releases the reserved water.
1142369
I had a switch that worked most of the time. Once in a while it would "stick" and a small tap on the side of the unit would free it up and it would run again ok for quite some time. However, on one of its stick times, I hadn't checked it for some time and my whole basement flooded. I changed the switch which I believe is a weak point in the system (after reading other people's posts).
1774858
Check the chemical levels with a kit. I only shock after a heavy rain or when the chlorine level is low. The tablets constantly being in the water is usually enough with an occasional shocking.
1369266
That would surprise me...wait a sec....ok tried it...it didn't leak but I only watched it for like 20 seconds... Btw... I've now owned like 30 of these things now.... They are the most versatile things I've ever used....
646818
NO. It is a windup type in case there is no electricity and no internet. Very well equipped package and well organized. It is designed for a catastrophic event and will last 4-7 days. If you have been through an earthquake that leaves your water and electricity out for 4-7 days, as I have, this is the best deal. I would suggest adding any medications or pet food as well as cash to the canvas bag as I know, these items are hard to come by. Keep your gas tank above half as the stations will not have electricity to pump gas. As we all know, it's not whether an earthquake will happen we are due.
1332012
Don't think so. But there is an internal timer that's used for redundancy. It won't pump more than a certain% more than the previous times. If it is still calling for water, the safety shuts it down completely
1121517
I tested it without my phone and it did not leak . Try that first just to be safe .
369946
Ours quit working after about a week or so. We contacted them and they emailed me a UPS return label so I could return it for free. As soon as the received it they credited my money back to my card. So not sure what would have happen if we had had it longer. But for us we were happy and satisfied with the company's handling of this event. I wish I could help you more. Good luck with yours if you get one. We didn't replace it with the same one, we opted for a model with a 1500 ML water reservoir.
195081
I've not been in that situation, but as long as you have water pressure, as I understand it, it should. However, your water bill will take a beating, but it's better than a flooded basement! My pump is strictly for backup in case my electric-powered sump dies or I lose power, so mine rarely comes on.
1414521
Connecting to a pressure source like a sink tap is not the intended use. This has a manual pump for pumping non-potable water in an emergency situation. It is said to even be able to pump water from a creek and make it safe to drink. It has a limitation on how much water it can safely purify but I purchased this pump for emergency water usage only.
1743543
I didn't look when I got it. I have used it for couple months now with no problems. Even had construction people working on my house use it and they have not managed make it leak or fail. The trick is to not leave water in the hose after use. Empty and put away. I have a very small basket under the hose nozzle where it is stored when empty of water and water pressure. Works great, stores in a very small place, and I believe this hose type will take over the market for home use.
1927891
I was wondering the same thing why not shake it. I myself was not very happy because the pressure doesn't last nothing but a few seconds and then you have to wait for it to build back up..