Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

The pump is turned on by a float switch and turned off by a low flow stitch. The idea is to pump the water down lower than could be pumped with a float switch alone.The problem is most of the time the low flow switch turns off the flow too quickly before any flow is established. The low flow switch turns off the pump before all water is pumped off pool cover so the float switch then immediately turns on the pump again causing the motor to cycle on and off every one or two seconds and little water is actually pumped. The manufacture had no good solution for the problem. The set point of the flow switch seems to be too high and there is no adjustment. The electric motor turning on and off every second either pumping no water to less than a gallon at a time will quickly wear out the motor. On occasion it actually works properly with a good flow established from the garden hose, but this must be less than 1 out of 100 cycles. This explains many of the problems other people have posted in the reviews of this pump. Perhaps the manufacture should fix the design problem instead to telling pool owners they are abusing the pumps when they fail in less than one year.