I used one of these pumps for about 5 years and it was fine. When I reordered it the new pump lasted a week and failed. I now have a replacement and it is doing fine so far. However the new Plastic guard system is too flimsy and tends to warp easily.

I have to agree with Myron on this matter.The pump claims to pump 1800gph,truthfully said it only pumps 1500gph now at 5ft it is only pumping1050-1100gph.With that said i would have bought next size up. All in all good pump,just should have went BIGGER.

Well, as others have said, I found this to be a terrific pump. It's easy to get parts for it when the impeller eventually breaks in a year, as is the way of submersible pumps. It's powerful, doesn't clog easy, and so on.The real problem is the prefilter it comes with is total garbage. The original one was actually worse - it's essentially 2 pasta strainers which have a threading on one side for the pump. They implode\crush within a day or so. The newer model I have comes with a plastic "cog" that goes in the middle to give some structural strength. Unfortunately they really need to do a redesign, not some after-the-fact hack like this, because it still looks like the Hulk crushed it after a day or two.The pump is very, very good, but you will need to get a replacement prefilter. If they didn't include a picture of the prefilter; I'd give this 5 stars; but as they prominently display the prefilter in the image I feel it's considered an integral part of the package and must regretfully knock them down to 3 stars.

This pump claims 1800 gph, but on the box at 0' it states 1500gph. Had they rated it 1500gph, I would have purchased the next size up. The other thing is, I had bought it to fit into my filter box, and with the screen basket attached it is a bit big. The pump is a quiet pump and I am happy with the pump itself. A shorter wider screen would be nice as well.