An inline garden hose pump is a great tool to have around the house.  Let’s say you have rights to water from a creek that flows near your house and your looking to cut down on you water bill in the summer time.  Well with an inline garden hose pump you can buy two long garden hoses connect one to each side of the pump and start watering your lawn that way.

  The cost of the electricity on one of these pumps is insanely small just around 1.6 amps for your standard pump. Of course the power usage will op and down depending on what size of inline pump you choose.  A small inline water pump will still be around 1 amp or so. Still very minimal when you think about the amount of water you could save on you water bill. If your that concerned about electricity than go solar! Yes, you can buy a inline solar water pump to save even more, but these pumps do carry a premium price tag and you will have to outweigh the cost vs. electricity.

These pumps are lightweight and prime themselves. They have a stainless steel pump head so they won’t rust and breakdown.  Some other uses could be to pump water from your cellar, pump water into your recreational vehicle, pump excess water from your boat, empty your aquarium, if your replacing a water heater you can pump the excess water out before you disconnect. The options are endless with how you can utilize inline garden hose pump.

If you happen to get a inline garden hose pump with a low GPM or GPH rating than an quick fix is to add a inline water booster pump. This will help draw off the pump causing a larger flow of water. These boosters are relatively cheap and can be life savers if your underpowered.

If you’re not sure how to plumb your inline garden hose pump, then just stick to water  pump for garden hose. These pumps are made to simply just hook a garden hose. You can’t go wrong with just using your everyday garden hose, but be sure the hose size will not reduce the flow of the pump. You can be underpowered with a garden hose because it’s circumference is pretty small, but should be ok because these types are pump are made just to use with a garden hose. One quick tip is to place the hose as close to the water source as you can, this will help the flow tremendously.

As mentioned time and time again, online is where you will find the best deals on inline garden hose pumps.  Sticking to the big manufactures of pumps like Rain Barrel, Little Giant and Rule inline are all quality brands.