WAYNE PLS100 1 HP Portable Stainless Steel Lawn Sprinkling Pump

This is an excellent 1Hp pump that works very well, my third one. The first one I had for three years until I ran it a couple months ago when we had a heat dome of 100 degrees over our area. Normal operating temperature of the pump is hot enough to burn my hand when it has been running for 20 minutes and got up to full temperature. It has a built-in fan that keeps it cool enough to operate when the outdoor ambient temperature is high, but at 100 degrees the thermal trip kept popping and I should have turned it off, but did not. It was my fault. I bought an identical replacement because I liked it so much but within a few days the replacement sprang a leak that got worse as I watched till it got the motor wet and quit. The motor was OK when I tried it later so I returned it for a full refund, I now have two of these pumps working very well for me.

Bought last summer to power a mobile sprinkler. Attached the 25 foot hose into the lake with a small 2 foot grade and a right angle in the pipe with a foot valve (must use foot valve).Worked well all summer using it with a portable sprinkler. Guys at Home Depot didn't believe a regular 15 amp circuit will be enough to power this pump without maxing it out, but it never did, and seems to work fine on a regular 15 amp circuit.I had the pump under my deck with a rain shield above, and took it out in the fall, as I live in Canada, and didn't want the water to freeze inside the pump during the winter.So far, the pump has worked as advertised. I ran it for hours sometimes, and although it got very hot, it continue to work throughout the summer. So I guess I'll just have to see what happens next summer as far as long-term reliability goes.I would give it five stars, but want to wait till I make sure it runs okay next year.

The product is great! There was absolutely no problem to set it up and start working.I had a question about the pump which was easy resolve by contacting Wayne through email.

I bought this pump with the intention to empty all the accumulated rain water in my used to be empty swimming pool. This season, about a thousand gallons of water have been in the bottom of the pool. I have to empty the water before mosquitoes start laying eggs in the water.Reading the many reviews of this pump, I was worried if the pump has enough power to pump water from the bottom to the top of the pool which is about 8-foot deep. Or it would create so much noise that it would disturb all my neighbors. But I decided to give it a try anyway. I can always return the pump if it doesn't perform as advertised.With the pump on the dry part of the pool bottom, I connected a 5/8" garden hose 6ft long to the pump inlet. on the other end of the inlet hose, I connected a water breaker and drop it to the water deepest part. the water breaker served as a filter for the pump.I connected 3 25ft garden hose together to extend it to 75 feet. Connect one end to the pump outlet and the other end, I route it around the house to the front yard. At the outlet connector to the pump, I have to Teflon tape for sealing.Since the pump is far from any electrical socket, I used a 50ft orange color extension cable.I followed the instruction and filled up the primer hole with water then turn the pump switch to on.WOW, the pump was quiet with just the humming noise of an electric motor. It pumped continuously for 2.5 hours and emptied my pool. I don't think the pump can pump any faster with the hose size that I was using. I could see that in the front yard, the water shoot out at least 5 feet away from the 5/8" hose.Overall it performed very well for my need. I hope that it will be the same next year and last many years after.

UPDATE 6/8/20: Still a 5 Star rating after 11 months! I’m now using it mostly to draw well water rather than lake water for irrigation. I dropped 22’ of 3/4” pvc into a 24’ deep well, have the pump positioned next to the well, and I’m getting 70 lbs of pressure at the outflow connection, and 75 lbs at the end of 50’ of hose. Not fire hose strength, but plenty to run a variety of sprinklers AND keep my irrigation water bill at $0! Still very happy after almost a year.Original review:Got the Wayne PLS100 to pump lake water to irrigate our Bermuda and zoysia grasses. Researched way too much, and thankfully decided on the Wayne over several cheaper off-brand models. Not saying the cheaper ones are bad, but the Wayne is freakin awesome! Used a 1” brass foot valve (TC2503LF) on the intake hose (6’ length of 1” reinforced clear hose from Home Depot) and I was off to the races. Primed the pump per the manual, plugged it in, flipped the switch and after about 25 seconds the oscillating sprinkler at the end of the hose was throwing a 50’ wide shower of lake water 75’ away, 10’ above the intake. And the spray spread was almost what the house bib produced. I then turned it off, added another 75’ hose, and ran it to the front yard. Turned it back on and almost immediately it was throwing about the same amount of spray as the back yard, but at 22’ above and 150’ from the intake. And did I mention it’s relatively quiet? Outside it is. Now if it was located close to a living area, you’d be wise to fashion an insulated, ventilated box for it. Am I impressed? Yup.So I decided to push my luck, and I put a splitter at the 75’ point and added a 25’ hose to each with the same oscillating sprinklers at each end. At that point, you could see some degradation of water force, but still adequate for watering. To my eye, there was about 20% less pressure. I moved the splitter, hoses and sprinklers to the front yard (150’ from pump to splitter with a 22’ rise above the lake). Again, you could see less spray from the sprinklers. With both sprinklers in-line, the total coverage was approx 50’x25’. While not as good as when they were on a single 75’ hose, the 1200 sq ft coverage is adequate. Update: I swapped out the 1” intake hose for a 30’, 3/4” hose to get the pump closer to the power source. There’s no discernible loss of water pressure at the 150’ point, and I know this because I borrowed a psi gauge to check. It’s 78 psi straight from the pump’s outlet, 76 psi at the 75’ point, and 63 psi at 150’ (22’ above intake).All in all, the Wayne PLS100 is a VERY impressive irrigation pump that (assuming I get years of use) ought to pay for itself by significantly lowering my water bills during the summer watering months in SC! Well worth the money.