Barrel pump for watering the garden from the barrel (now watering cans and buckets can be thrown away)

Not all summer residents, gardeners know that there is such a convenient irrigation device. Almost everyone has a watering can, buckets and a watering barrel. Having worked their hands and back, many people think about how to simplify their work.

We fill the barrels with water in advance. They even made a kind of drainage from the roof directly into the barrel. Thus, we save the blind area, the foundation from destruction and save water.

With a barrel pump, you can make your life easier. It has a compact size, easy to use. Now you can completely abandon buckets, watering cans.

Such a pump will allow you to easily and simply deliver water to the desired place using a hose. Transferring is also easy and simple. They are lightweight and compact.

By the way, you can pump water not only from a barrel, but also from a pond, pool, reservoir, etc. Inexpensive pumps pump about 2000 liters of water per hour.

There are different pumps: mechanical or electrically powered. Pumps can differ in the following characteristics: power, water delivery height, cord length, body material and size, immersion depth, etc.

All models have filters that prevent large particles of debris from being sucked in. But the system can still clog up over time due to rust on the bottom of the barrel or small debris, algae. Therefore, experienced summer residents additionally put a homemade filter made of old tulle or gauze. The fabric is placed in a barrel of water, the edges are fixed on top of the barrel. Then the pump itself is immersed.

The pump is mounted on a barrel and connected to the mains. The head can be changed using the regulator. Long hoses - up to 25 m.

What kind of pumps are there?

There are surface, submersible units.

Surface pumps are good for their compactness, low cost, durability, and ease of use. But there is also a minus: noise during operation. Such devices do not require fastening and are simply placed next to the barrel on a flat surface.

Submersible instruments have many advantages. One of them is practically no noise. It can get water from a depth of 5 m. But the cost of such a pump is slightly higher.

Which pump to choose for a summer residence?

For a small garden, a low-power device is quite suitable. The most popular models of the brands Karcher, Gardena, Sterwins (from 3000 rubles). It is worth paying attention to the Belarusian-made Bison pump. The devices are 1.5 times cheaper than their German counterparts, although they are no worse.