does anyone have an idea if this works well to suck up water? Thanks in advance
226931
It actually sucks up liquids really well for a hand-held vac. I was surprised.
226932
I bought this vac to place in my sunroom to use in case of water spills when watering my plants. I have only used it a couple of times to clean up a water spill and have had no problem.
226933
I have not used it for water extraction, as I was not under the impression it did this sort of work. I/we use it for mini clean up of multi spills around our home. It seems to work better then a previous model that we had and was easy to empty and clean out. Not the same manufacturer.
1097340
The inlet is large so you might not feel any suction. But it should definitely be sucking air. Try putting some steam by it, and serif it pulls the steamy air out.
446563
I have had mine for two years and the water does stay low but I attributed that to the reduced water usage. I have not found the fill to be that slow...it's not super fast, but about what I would expect. I have been completely satisfied with the AS one piece since it was installed. Hope this helps.
846320
It would work good I think. It gives you good control and would certainly be faster than scooping. It is good at sucking the yuk out of the water.
1658617
I've used ours to suck up water on bare floor and it has good suction. Comparable to my Hoover carpet cleaner. However, I don't think it would be suitable for "commercial" water removal, such as in a flooded house.
431420
Yes!! Ours worked well for a year and then stopped collecting water. Unfortunately we had just ordered another one as it had been working well. Needless to say we won't purchase this brand again...very disappapointing! !
617125
It is an underwater pump. It must be wet and under water to run. If you ran it dry then it is perhaps damaged. Assuming you did read the directions, I am thinking it is just old or for some reason can not suck the water. Check the intake hole. The whole tank and pump is just ~$24.00. You may want a new one. Mine has run for over a year and the only thing I hear is a small hum.
1846015
I use it to pump out hole when I make irrigation repairs at my church. It will not suck up rocks and mud but it will handle very dirty water. It is important to pump some clean water through it after use in muddy water to flush it out. Good product I recommend.
579900
have you had better luck with your filter? Just received mine, have hooked it up but can't get suction. Have primed it, filled the tank first, as mentioned in another post. Have not shortened the length of the tubing as yet. Any advice?
300786
I had to take a water hose and kind of prime mine where the intake is, squirt water in there and it will evently pick the water up! Good luck !
1698145
I do not think it picks up the water out of the carpet that well. It seems like sometimes I can see the water flowing back into the tank and the next time I do not see it picking the water up. I would not recomend this cleaner to anyone even for that price.
2274553
Unless i have been using it wrong, the hose is where the water is expelled not entered. I tried to pump thru the hose and it wouldn't suck any water up thru the hose. I could be wrong make sure to verify 1st answer.
100854
If it is not on there just right it will not suck the water up. Take it off and try putting it on again. It makes a different noise if the tank is hooked up correctly. Just make sure it is on there good and snapped in tightly. Also if the top of the tank isn't snapped on there correctly it wont work right. Put it on from the front first and you should hear it snap into place Hope this helps, I love mine!
178826
Did you try squeezing the water out. If it still doesn't maybe baby will be able to suck the water out which is what we did. Provided the water is fit for drinking
1150942
As long as the container you're putting the water into is lower than where you're drawing it from it should work. The only other thing I can think of is there is a hole of some sort in the hose so no suction.
1211358
This creates steam and shoots the water out. This does not suck up water at all
2002324
We use a turkey baster to suck the water out of the under-the-pot reservoir. It's just a crappy design. Engineering should never have let it out the door. We had 2 older models that didn't have this problem.