Anti-Gravity Transfer Pump (Self-priming)

Pump connections are difficult.

Plastic threads were hard to make up without stripping the threads. Would not buy this item again

Self-Priming Anti-Gravity Transfer Pump

The pump is faster than an auto-siphon. The only problems is that it is very noisy, so minus one start.

Don't know how (or why) I did without this for so long

This has proven to be one of my best purchases in mead making. So easy to rack my mead. From primary to secondary, secondary to bottles, this greatly simplifies the process. I sanitize by running sanitizer through all the tubing and the pump and wait for a minute, then pump it all out. Start pumping mead and let a little bit flow out before placing in the bottle. Just pump water through the setup to clean, then separate and air dry. I see that a kit including the tubing and racking cane is now available. The only way to make this product better would be to change the switch to where pressure has to be maintained to pump. On one occasion I pressed the switch to turn it off and let go of the switch but apparently I hadn't fully depress the switch and the pump came back on and the bottle overflowed making a mess. Not the equipment's fault, but a momentary contact switch would prevent this. It would also require a hand to keep the switch depressed. Maybe a switch with both choices would be better.