March pump substitute - Ebay

I don't have time to read all the classifieds, but I recently purchased a Chugger pump on ebay for $79 including shipping and was very pleased with the customer sevice and pump I received. Not to mention about half the price of the march pump. He also sells a stainless steel head version (same motor) Chugger pump for $99 with shipping, if you don't want a polysulfone head. The seller is USA Pumps here is the link for a cut and paste. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220667100055&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

FYI: That same seller sells the march 809 for less than $115.

I was doing some poking around about these chuggers a few weeks ago, and I believe that they actually ARE March 809's with a different label and paint job. I think they are "factory seconds" from the march manufacturing line with some cosmetic blemishes or whatever, that are being painted green and rebranded as "Chuggers" and sold for a bit of a discount compared to the 809.

Seems like a great deal.

The guy who does HomebrewerTV.com said on the NB forum his friend has had two of them fail he's had to return... so I wouldn't be surprised if they were seconds as mentioned above. YMMV.

I bought two of them and have used them only once, but been very happy with them. I had to make a slight adjustment on the head of one of them but after that they ran awesome. When you call the number a REAL person actually answers! Imagine that!

Anybody get one of those SS pump heads? That's a great price- just wondering about the threads.

Both mine are the SS. Threads are not laser cut, but with some Teflon tape they seal just fine.

Chipster27 said:

Both mine are the SS. Threads are not laser cut, but with some Teflon tape they seal just fine.

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Good to know. thanks! And now off to go make a non-critical purchase and succumb to my brewery magpie-reflex....

I bought a March 809 from them a year back. Great service.