Hozelock 7606 0000 Garden Jet Pump, Yellow & Grey

[UPDATE 08/08/18] Received my replacement the following day had it all hooked up within 10 minutes. As originally thought the metal thread for the suction hose was in the wrong way around on the original item - not on this one, all works fine. Ensure the priming reservoir is full and it will start up pretty instantly. Great pressure, runs a hose or sprinkler with the same pressure as a tap. Issue still stands that the 1" tap connector is not included, just order this at the same time (https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00PNUC72G/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) - Gardena is cheaper than the hozelock version on AmazonGreat product, worth the very little extra on top of internal water butt pumps. I haven't managed to use the product yet. I am currently returning due to the metal thread in the inlet appearing to be inserted the wrong way round - this is preventing the plastic connector being able to be screwed in. Also on inspection, as per the other reviews and questions, if you want to connect a normal garden hose, you will need to buy a 1" tap connector (again not a standard size) as this is not included despite the description of "Ready to use jet pump"! Looking at the product it appears to be of good quality, however I think poor development has been put into the target market (standard home use) area. I would expect it would have been easier to provide an additional moulded 'bend connection' rather than expecting customers to cut plastic to make it fit and buy additional parts - what if i want to use both hose sizes? Once I receive a replacement I will update this review on the thread issue and performance, however the others need to be looked at by Hozelock as a fundamental floor.

The product itself does a good job but I don't think it was designed for the UK and unless you are lucky you can't use it straight from the box. As others have said the hose connector is too big for a normal garden hose and you need to hacksaw off the appropriate section, which is marked accordingly, and screw on a push on type hose connector, again this was larger than the standard but luckily B&Q had a Tap adjuster of the correct size in their gardening section. The other problem I found was the suction hose which is 7 metres long was far too unwieldy for use in a water butt, ideal for a well or someone living by a river. That problem was solved by cutting off a length of the hose about a foot from the filter end and rejoining the hose using a 20mm hose connector from an aquatic centre, again not straight forward as the hose does not appear to be a uniform size and I had to wrap a length of self bonding tape around the hose connector to obtain a tight fit. Finally I had to attach a length of stiff rod to the end in the water butt to stop the hose curling up. Unless you have a large supply of water I don't think it would be any use for an unsupervised lawn type sprinkler as it gets through 3000 litres an hour but is ideal for a hand sprinkler for flower beds, tubs etc as the pressure output is similar if not stronger than household mains pressure.

I never leave reviews but I’ve left this outside, uncovered for five years in frost, snow, sun you name it and it still works perfectly. Absolutely incredible. The best on the market for the price.

All instructions followed. Pump fully primed as defined. Turn on. Nothing happens.Tried re priming several times but simply doesn’t work.Disappointing as my old hoselock pump worked fine for many years…shame they don’t stock replacement parts for that!Disappointing…

Purchased as a gift for my father as he is 82 and was moving water from one water butt to another. This made his job easier, quicker. It is easy to use and store and does what is says it does

Got this to replace an older version of pump which had given up the ghost after many years of hard work(R.I.P.). We use it to pump water from 4 garden water butts onto the garden.This pump is easy to put together, with a good flow rate as long as you wait for the trapped air to go through the hose first. The water pressure is as good as the water from my kitchen tap, and that is pumping through 20 metres of hose. Well worth the money, and it means I don’t have to mess about filling watering cans.

I bought this to replace a previous model of Hozelock pump. Takes a bit of work to put together and prime but very effective once working. I do still find it inferior to the original model for two reason. Firstly it uses a different size of hose connector. One is supplied with the pump but you won’t find spares easily and will need to order directly from hozelock - annoying if you want to swap between using several different hoses. Secondly once you turn it off if you don’t remove the inlet pipe from the water source then the pump continues to siphon water. Expensive for what it is but I haven’t found a more effective alternative.

A brilliant powerful pump using for an outside irrigation barrelHave to keep the pump topped up in the clear glass if it runs out of waterMy only gripe is the connections to a hosepipeNot at all easy so I had to cut off the elbow and then a normal tap connector would fit but luckily I removed the elbow and used a fitting I already had and then attached a washing machine hose that then could be adapted .Be careful as the black pipe comes in a roll and I gently tried to straighten it out to go to the bottom of the barrel and it snapped and doesn’t seem at the minute that the end connectors come off so that the black pipe can be shortened . I’m sure I will adapt it somehow but will take some thinking .I have mine connected to a relay with an irrigation controller that’s WiFi compatible to when I programme the irrigation to come on it the controller switches the pump on and off to suit the times watering is required .Over all it’ arrived today and doing the job nicely , let’s just hope it lasts :-)