Automatic Water Utility Pump Comparison FLOTEC vs. UTILITECH

Check out the review of 2 different automatic submersible utility pumps. The Flotech from Home Depot takes on the Utilitech from Lowes. These pumps work great for pumping out unwanted water in basements, window wells, boats, and more.

The $129 Utilitech is listed as a 0.33-HP Thermoplastic Submersible Utility Pump and rated at 25gpm. The pump is rated 4.5 out of 5 stars from 8 people.

The $153 Flotech Intellipump is rated at 29.8 gpm and 1/4-HP. The ratings on the HD site gave it an average of 2.1 out of 5 stars, based on 53 reviews.

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[tombrodnan]

I have tried a few of these utility pumps from both manufacturers to pump out a hot tub (300 gal) for water changes.  They all seem to pump just fine.  I settled on the 1/3 hp Utilitech. I'm surprised at the failure rate noted by others.  The problem is quality in important areas like the power cord!  The Utilitech 1/3hp cord sheath ripped after a year of limited seasonal use.  Not a great thing in a submersible pump.  Not a good way to die.  Yes it's on GFI, but I never want to test GFI with my body!

[jeffparkhurst]

Mark...I want to take discharge from my KCL water softener, pipe it into a 100 gallon storage bin and then use a pump like this to pump it to irrigate my plants. My concern would be that there would be back pressure(the drip system couldn't deliver 25 gallons/minute. Is this an issue? I guess the pump would continue to run until it drained the storage bin which could take several hours!! Thoughts??

[amarmot]

I have the exact same problem with the Flotec Intellipump. The water sensing technology is not reliable.

[bobp]

I don't get it...what happens if the chord goes under Water? Seems the pump should be on a dryer surface using input and output hoses ?

[MarkThomasBuilder]

@eddyvideostar-The pump is activated at 1/4" of water.

[reidsmith]

why cant they make a pump with a connection point that doesnt spew water out if the hose connection. I have the utility and i use it for water changes on a fish tank and mine does the same thing

[HomesByVanderbuilt]

Mark did you only try one flow tech? It sounds like you used two from Utility Tech.

[wags]

I don't understand people that do informative videos but yet are not informed themselves. the reason people watch these videos is to learn something they don't know. people don't need somebody else that doesn't know what's going on to blubber through something they don't understand themselves.

[jackmehoffer]

Water squirts everywhere and gets on electrical cord and man films his own death by electrocution. 1, 000, 000 views on YouTube. Now that’s a video!

[cincisimons]

You didn't read the directions on the Flotech!!! It is supposed to stop and start and keep sensing even after the water is gone!!!

[mikewoodford]

This pump didn't function properly from day one. The pump would operate strongly as long as the water was over 5 inches deep. It would shut off and NEVER come back on. I wasted a fortune in time trying to make it work. If this is an intelligent pump I'd sure never want to use a dumb one. Garbage product! Garbage customer service!