what is the best pump for your money?
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It seems most folks use the March 809 pump, some using the 815.
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It seems most folks use the March 809 pump, some using the 815.
samc
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March pumps work well for me. However they are pretty noisy. I recently started brewing indoors again and I bought a Chugger with SS head for that and quite frankly it is almost silent - I was amazed and happy that I bought it.
deaton83
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I cant find any chugger pumps 
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I cant find any chugger pumps
Yeah, what happened to Chugger pumps? I was going to get a couple for a HERMS but they've totally vanished and the website is selling March 809s now.
From what I read they were always a March ditributor, they got a few SS heads made ex China (?), and sold them off cheap as prototypes because of some fabrication issues (non eccentric holes, poor threads) and it seems that there has been no more progress past these prototypes. Its a shame really, althogh he never replied to my email for a 230V pump so I doubt I would have bought one anyway.
Huh?
BankerJohn
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I prefer gravity pumps. No electricity needed, no seals to go bad and no maintenance - ever.
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Got any retail sources and model numbers? Their website is incredibly obtuse.
"Huh" what? The question is "what is the best pump for your money?" and I answered "PanWorld". What's not clear about that?
MarineDepot
PanWorld pumps are Iwaki clones (from the Iwaki chief engineer). I've been using one (40PX) for more than 5 years in a marine aquarium of mine (24x7x365). Ultra efficient, ultra quiet and very capable. It's the best pump I've ever bought for anything.
"Gravity" pumps are very appealing, but, you are over-selling it here a bit. No seals? Yea, you need seals - unless you don't care about water leaking all over the place. No maintenance? The pump referenced above hasn't been touched since I bought it almost 6 years ago - that kind of "no maintenance", or the kind of "no maintenance" that includes constantly tightening up a fitting that's leaking because it has no seal?
Sorry, I typed Panworld into google and all that came back was travel websites, had another look for "panworld pumps" and saw the pump website
Sorry, I typed Panworld into google and all that came back was travel websites, had another look for "panworld pumps" and saw the pump website
In response to the chugger pumps I've been speaking with Mike from chugger pumps over the last few months. I emailed him in early April and this was his response
"We sold out of the Chuggers new ones are I production now we have made some modifications to the Impeller, HP and the Heads all look great we will have them for sale in the beginning of May"
After I has not seen any activity on the website in May I emailed him last week (May 24th) and asked when the new models would be available.
"In the next 2-3 weeks"
Price is expected to be around 129.99 for the stainless heads.
I've almost completed my single tier build and trying to hold of on these for the stainless heads and the fact that they run quieter. If they take longer than mid-June I will probably just go ahead and get a March 809.
Everyone on this site seemed to be really happy with the first run, even though they were prototypes. Hopefully this next batch will fix the issues that people were having with the first run (mostly the threading). I'm guessing just keep checking the web site and they will update it when the new ones are available.
oregonparamedic
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Looks like a a few more teasers on their facebook page. Maybe a new motor as the new photo shows a black housing.
www.facebook.com/chuggerpumps
www.facebook.com/chuggerpumps
chuggerpumps
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Redesigned ...bigger better and quieter ..more flow and pressure more HP...everything you guys asked for
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chuggerpumps
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New Chuggers will be on sale in 2 weeks!!!! New design more flow...more pressure ...exceeds the 809 and 815 pumps
Sold-out again it seems.
Someone should probably start a poll thread to gauge how many chuggers are wanted on HBT, that last lot seemed to be a mad scramble. Hopefully the lead time on the next shipment is pretty short as the wait going from prototype-production unit last time was killing the buzz a little
Just ordered mine.
Yay.
Yay.
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