Pond Vac

Ordered Thursday for FOC 3-5 days delivery, arrived Saturday so that's the 1st good point. I have a 4.5 x 3 x 1m pond overstocked with various fish (the first year that we had them they were very productive!) surrounded by fruit trees, and relies on a pupmed filter that I clean out 3 times a year, so I knew that after 1 year since my last water change that there would be a lot of c**p at the bottom. Having previously caused a leak by scooping out the debris with a net I didn't want to go through the palaver of a new liner again. Having read some of the adverse comments about frequent blockages I thought that it was worth a try as I just wanted to remove all that lurking fish poo. Well yes, after 3 minutes it blocked with a small pebble, and then every so often with a bit of weed or harder fibrouse stuff. But, did it suck up all of the gunk? YES it did. Did I mind the occasional blockage (mainly weed) that took 2 mins each to clear? NO, not at all. Could I see the bottom of the pond? NO, but the clear part of the tube showed me when I needed to move the pump head. If you would prefer spending 3 days moving your fish to a temporary holding area, and doing a complete water change / clean then you don't need this vac. For me, this is much better than the ones that filter the water back into the pond, just suck all that nasty up and dispose on the flower beds. Summary: gets rid of the gunk, followed by a water replacement (no more than 1/3 of the pond at any one time), some lost time for the odd blockage (and this will reduce with more freequent usage), = I am more than pleased. One minor criticism, the discharge hose is on the short side, so you need to extend it using whatever piping you have available.

good unit for fibreglass ponds, i can only fault it on design, 1. unit has no on/off switch so if you are using on your own it's a problem (simple answer get a remote controlled plug and carry transmitter) 2. dirt etc is sucked through motor i small stone and unit siezes and you have to strip unit to remove (logic says if the makers were to make a small box attachment to the tools or motor and supplied a pre hoover bag to fit, foreign objects would not pass through, otherwise a good unit albeit a little clumbersome.

I've had this for a while. The main reason I brought is that you can keep using it without having to empty a container. Great for pumping out. However, you have to have fairly deep water to keep the whole unit submerged and it's fairly heavy to manipulate (for a woman). Having no on/off is a pain, when you suck up some chunky weed and bung it up or want to move to a different area. So I re-engineered and fitted an in/line waterproof on/off button on the cable. So much easier but probably not recommended by the manufacturer! The best thing is the toothed rubber head which works really well. Good and bad. Great for pumping out, but I've ended up using this to do a water change and pulling rubbish from the bottom and a pond hero sluge mucher with the hozelock toothed head for more defined cleaning.

With the vacuum machine at the front, its a but weighty to use. Its a pity there's no on/off switch on the device, it has to be switched off at the plug. Great suction and did a great job, but if you remove the nozzle from the water, and return it, it doesn't continue to suck water, curiously enough. Nozzle must be submerged and the device switched off and back on. Easily assembled and disassembled to store neatly, taking up so little space. Overall, I'm very pleased with the job it did.

I have a 4,500 ltr semi-raised pond that had developed too much sludge at the bottom, so I decided a pond vac was in order and chose this because I have always found Hozelock stuff to be really durable and practical. It arrived quickly and comes dis-assembled in an extremely compact box but it was very straight forward to put it all together - ready to go in under 5 minutes. Once in use, with the heavy pump at the very end of a 5ft arm it is quite unwieldy. Additionally, the supplied hose is only about 2m long so you need to buy an extra length and it is a push-fit onto the base of the top handle where you align some grooves and lugs. Why they didn't go the extra mile and make that a twist lock I will never know because its uber annoying that once its wet, the push-fit connector comes apart if you move it too vigorously. First annoyance, there is no on/off switch on the item, so you either have to run a protected, switchable extension cord to the side of the pond or you end up legging it back to the power point to turn it off and your hands are wet !! .... very poor design. Suction is immediate and strong but it started to fail within 20 minutes. Being magentically driven, the impeller just stops rotating at the slightest sign of resistance. When I took it apart, I found a small fragment of white plastic had broken off the integral collar that aligns the impeller in its housing. After 2 or 3 more fails, I found more tiny bits of plastic and notced the impeller was now spinning with a noticeable wobble because the missing fragments were allowing too much lateral play in the impeller shaft. Eventually I gave up, took it apart, cleaned it, re-boxed it and sent it back. I now await my refund. Really disappointing from Hozelock - this is just a shabby peice of design from the lack of a cut off switch to the flimsy design of the impeller unit to the really poor hose connections.

This was a early birthday present, and can i say it works a treat. Took some time to get the technique on how to use it effectively. However like all things a little practice and you will eventually get it right. The rubbish this collected from the bottom of my pond was amazing. I was caught unawares by the ferocity of the suction, and the amount of rubbish it brought up. I would advise anyone who uses this to invest in a cheap paddling pool to use to catch the water as it is really very strong. The only downside to this product is it doesnt have a on/off switch. Consequently when you plug it in it starts. As this is a very strong pump I would advise you invest in a foot switch attached to the power input. Dont fix one onto the unit as this could invalidate the warranty.

I've used this product for over 2 months now and I have to say that I'm very satisfied with it. When I read the reviews I almost didn't buy. I use the Vac to clean a rubber lined Koi Pond, so this is not a nature pond that get full of dirt. It does however get pretty dirty on the bottom with Koi poo, leaves and other organic materials which I've found regular use of the Vac has enabled me to get the situation under great control. I should say That I use the Vac in conjunction with the Hozelock 1753 0000 Pond Vacuum Basket - Silver/Black which allows me to recycle the water back into the pond which does a couple of useful things. Firstly, using an improvised micro-filter (otherwise known as an old pair of my wife tights) I can filter the various sludge and organic matter out of the water whilst recycling the water back into the pond. Secondly, I feel much more in control of the water quality as I can plan when I need to make small water changes. Previously I've used another pond Vac product that operates in a suction mode rather than using an in-line pump as this product does. This means that I can keep the organic stuff out of the pond on a very regular basis without having to make forced water changes. It has jammed when it picked up a stone but this was easily resolved, also when it picked up a large mat of algae and leaves but again this was easily resolved by releasing the motor blades by just turning the screw head. I can imagine this wouldn't be useful in a nature pond with large amounts of organic material (just my feeling). I think the product is great and would like to see it with a more powerful pump. Much has been said about there being no on-off switch; I personally think this is a good safety measure and easily put up with the minor inconvenience.

I looked into this vacuum because someone mentioned it in a review. It's fantastic. None of the blocking up reported from the 'Henry" style vacuums. It pumps the dirty water out which is perfect as far as I'm concerned. If I'm cleaning the pond I'm going to be adding some clean water not pumping the old stuff back in! Good solid suction cleaning the bottom of the pond like new. I see my fish often foraging on the bottom. When it gets dirty they don't do that. So they seem to like a clean pond too. It has a clear section on the pipe so you can see the dirt coming out. Very satisfying. I would like the manufacturer to add a switch to the handle not just the one at the mains.

I wouldn't recommend it to anyone! I used it to clean my pond once. When I got it out to vacuum again one month later, it wouldn't turn on. Also, I purchased this from Amazon AU, yet it was sent with a Euro plug - WTF. The vacuum has no switch on the unit, so every time it clogged (which was often) I had to race back to the wall to turn it off.

Buon attrezzo e fa discretamente ciò che viene descritto. Si intasa un po’ troppo spesso con sporco troppo grosso o sassolini,ma è facile bere smontabile. Non scarica bene l’acqua sporca se tra l’aspirazione o lo scarico vi è un dislivello di più di 50 cm circa

Aspiration bonne, manipulation aisée. Le mode d'emploi est succinct, Dommage qu'il n'y a pas d'interrupteur, il faut retirer la prise pour éteindre, et comme cela arrive assez souvent vu sa puissance il aspire des petits cailloux et se cale. C'est un inconvénient vraiment inconvénient.

Perfecto. Lo quería para quitar tierra del fondo de una piscina y lo hace perfectamente. Muy contento. Lo recomiendo

Aufgrund der schlechten Bewertungen habe ich erst gezögert, dieses Produkt zu kaufen, aber es sind ja insgesamt nur zwei Bewertungen . Also habe ich mir noch die Bewertungen bei Amazon UK durchgelesen, auch dort beklagten sich einige, dass das Gerät schnell verstopft und keinen Ausschalter hat, es gab aber auch begeisterte Rezensionen. Nachdem ich mit dem Schlauchaufroller von Hozelock vor Jahren schon sehr gute Erfahrungen gemacht habe, wollte ich es wissen. Also selber ausprobieren. Ja, es gibt keinen Ausschalter. Aber ich finde das nicht gravierend. Einfach ein Outdoorverlängerungskabel über die Schulter gehängt und das Gerät angeschlossen. Fertig. Kann ich jederzeit ausstecken, da es "an der Frau" ist. Da muss ich nicht zwischen der Steckdose und dem Gerät hin- und hersausen. Die Anleitung ist gut verständlich und in mehreren Sprachen, darunter auch Deutsch. Der Stecker ist ein Stecker, einfach ein in Deutschland gebräuchlicher Stecker, da ich bei Amazon.de und nicht Aamazon UK gekauft habe. Dann die angeblich ständigen "Verstopfungen". Vorab: Ich habe einen Teichfolienboden, auf dem sich keine Steine befinden, aber viel verrottetes Grünzeug und Fischkot - klassischer Mulm. Das verursacht bei dem Gerät keine Verstopfung, wobei ich die offene Düse benutzte. Ich hatte es ungefähr zwei Stunden in Betrieb und war begeistert, als ich in dem klaren Verbindungsstück sehen konnte, wie das Wasser schwarz wurde, als der Mulm nur so durchrauschte, auch Blätter etc. Es funktionierte so einfach wie Staubsaugen. Manchmal musste ich mit dem Gerät etwas ruckeln, damit sich festgesetztes löst. Auch das war in den meisten Fällen ausreichend, einmal war der Abflussschlauch am Schlauchausgang verstopft. Blätter rausgezogen, fertig. Dafür habe ich das Gerät noch nicht mal abgeschaltet. Zweimal passierte es allerdings, dass ich tatsächlich den Sauger rausnehmen, öffnen und reinigen musste (was ganz einfach geht, aber wenn man es öfter machen müsste, wäre es tatsächlich zu aufwendig und würde nerven). Einmal war der Grund eine feststeckende Haselnuss - die kann er natürlich nicht zerkleinern bzw. ausspucken, beim anderen Mal hatte ich zu tief zwischen den Pflanzen herumgefuhrwerkt. Die Schneidemesser im Sauger kamen mit der Menge nicht mehr klar, Algen und Moos wickelten sich herum und stoppten die Arbeit. Schnell beseitigt, das war es aber auch schon. Ich hatte vorher einen Oase Pondovac Völlig nutzlos das Gerät, da es ständig stoppt und man wieder warten muss, bis man weiterarbeiten kann. Mit dem Hozelock kann ich ohne Unterbrechung arbeiten. In den zwei Stunden habe ich enorme Mengen an Schlamm und Mulm ins Beet abgesaugt, die Blumen freuen sich über den Dünger und von den Fischen im Teich wird bestimmt bald eine Dankesnote kommen ;-) Noch ein Tipp: Wenn sich einer der Aufsätze so stark festgesetzt hat, dass er sich nicht mehr ohne Gewalt lösen ließe, einfach eine kurze Zeit in heißes Wasser stellen, dann geht es ganz einfach.