- Hand operated
- Suitable and approved for transferring petroleum-based fluids
- Easy to use
- Syphon bulb with one-way valve
- Two 900mm long flexible plastic transparent pipes
Technical Details
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Product Information
Technical Details
| Brand | Draper |
| Item Weight | 281 g |
| Product Dimensions | 24.4 x 22.6 x 5 cm |
| Item model number | 43904 |
| Manufacturer Part Number | 43904 |
| Item Weight | 280 grams |
Additional Information
| ASIN | B00123121K |
| Best Sellers Rank |
191 in Car & Motorbike (See top 100)
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| Shipping Weight | 281 g |
| Date First Available | 30 Dec 2007 |
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Warranty, Parts: Parts
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Product Description
Product Description
Hand-operated syphon pump suitable for transferring diesel, petrol, water and other inert liquids. Syphon bulb with one-way valve and barbed connectors on each end suitable for 3/8-inch I/D plastic flexible pipe. Two 900 mm long flexible plastic transparent pipes suitable and approved for use with petroleum-based fluids nominally 3/8-inch I/D x 2 mm wall thickness with one metal spring clip each end. Polythene bag with header.
All Draper tools are manufactured to high quality standards that are strictly controlled by our quality control engineers. They offer good value for money and a number of useful features to improve the performance of the product. All Draper products come backed by the Draper Tools guarantee.
Draper Tools is a family-run company that has been selling high-quality tools in the United Kingdom and beyond for more than 90 years. To bring you the tool you need, the Draper buying team sources innovative products, which adhere to strict ethical and quality standards, from all around the world.
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
61 of 61 people found the following review helpful
By Thermoman
Amazon Verified Purchase
This is clearly a capricious device. I returned the first one because it did not appear to work and applied to return the replacement when that also proved inoperable. There seemed to be something amiss with the design of the non-return valves. Then I carefully read all the reviews. Thankfully another purchaser had discovered that, because the upper valve in the bulb unit is not spring-loaded, relying instead on gravity, it is often necessary to hold the bulb UPSIDE-DOWN!! in order to prime the pump. The device manufacturer clearly does not feel obliged to pass on this decidedly arcane, but vital, operating instruction.
Amazon's swift response, in accepting returns and issuing a refund or replacement, has, in my experience, been exemplary but I have suggested that, if it wishes to avoid having a high proportion of these pumps returned, it should apply some pressure in the appropriate quarter. Time will tell whether any effective action is taken but, in the mean time, if you wish to avoid a mouthful of something unpleasant, this device, despite its defects and quirky operation, may be one of the few reasonably-priced alternatives to sucking on the end of a plastic tube.
Amazon's swift response, in accepting returns and issuing a refund or replacement, has, in my experience, been exemplary but I have suggested that, if it wishes to avoid having a high proportion of these pumps returned, it should apply some pressure in the appropriate quarter. Time will tell whether any effective action is taken but, in the mean time, if you wish to avoid a mouthful of something unpleasant, this device, despite its defects and quirky operation, may be one of the few reasonably-priced alternatives to sucking on the end of a plastic tube.
33 of 33 people found the following review helpful
By Paul
I need a siphon for removing excess, nasty tasting coolant from the radiators of cars (for some reason my garage always over-fills them). After priming my simple tube-siphon orally & finding the flavour of the coolant was not to my liking I opted for a priming pump - ergo this purchase which I find to be eminently satisfactory.
This Draper siphon is a well designed and manufactured tool that does exactly what it is intended to do = siphon! It could hardly be otherwise - it is a simple, continuous tube with a squeezable bladder in the middle to prime it, and gravity does the rest. There is no way of getting this wrong! The one-way valve is non-essential bonus.
I notice some other reviewers have experienced some difficulties with this device. At the risk of being patronising let me point out a couple of basic facts and one little trick which will guarantee positive results. . .
1. A siphon is NOT a pump and cannot lift liquids. If the end of the outlet tube rises above the liquid surface in the donor reservoir even briefly the flow will stop - gravity usually works downwards ;-)
2. Siphons don't like air - the end of the inlet tube must be fully immersed in the donor resevoir ;-)
If two squeezes of the priming bladder fail to get the flow started, try blocking the end of the outlet tube with your finger while you "un-squeeze" the priming bladder. Absolutely guaranteed to work every time.
Yes, it works!
This Draper siphon is a well designed and manufactured tool that does exactly what it is intended to do = siphon! It could hardly be otherwise - it is a simple, continuous tube with a squeezable bladder in the middle to prime it, and gravity does the rest. There is no way of getting this wrong! The one-way valve is non-essential bonus.
I notice some other reviewers have experienced some difficulties with this device. At the risk of being patronising let me point out a couple of basic facts and one little trick which will guarantee positive results. . .
1. A siphon is NOT a pump and cannot lift liquids. If the end of the outlet tube rises above the liquid surface in the donor reservoir even briefly the flow will stop - gravity usually works downwards ;-)
2. Siphons don't like air - the end of the inlet tube must be fully immersed in the donor resevoir ;-)
If two squeezes of the priming bladder fail to get the flow started, try blocking the end of the outlet tube with your finger while you "un-squeeze" the priming bladder. Absolutely guaranteed to work every time.
Yes, it works!
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By wg
Earlier reviews saying it didn't work seem to clash with those praising it.
My first experience was not good - it would not prime. Eventually once I'd got water into it, then it worked fine but it would not prime with air.
Then I discovered the trick. The one way valve is not operated by a spring, but by gravity. Hold it with the flow direction arrow pointing UP and it WILL pump air and prime. Hold it pointing down [or sideways] and nothing happens.
Shame this is not pointed out in the instructions really, otherwise 5 stars.
My first experience was not good - it would not prime. Eventually once I'd got water into it, then it worked fine but it would not prime with air.
Then I discovered the trick. The one way valve is not operated by a spring, but by gravity. Hold it with the flow direction arrow pointing UP and it WILL pump air and prime. Hold it pointing down [or sideways] and nothing happens.
Shame this is not pointed out in the instructions really, otherwise 5 stars.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
1.0 out of 5 stars
Rubish
This product is rubish and waste of time, it could not bleed my car's air lock as it keeps coming of at the ends very useless product
Published 5 days ago by DG
5.0 out of 5 stars
Needed a cheap and simple appliance and this fitted the bill. Just...
Needed a cheap and simple appliance and this fitted the bill. Just what I needed and it arrived promptly and as advised.
Published 17 days ago by Elaine
5.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing.
I use this to empty a fish tank with fish and turtles once a week. All you need to do is make sure you have some liquid in a bucket in the end you are pumping into, THEN squeeze... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Greig
1.0 out of 5 stars
Thank Goodness for SuperGlue!
This syphon is more like an airfix kit, the parts are there but they need fixing together. Reading some of the other reviews I guess I was lucky to make this work at all. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Rexmos
2.0 out of 5 stars
Fuel transfer pump
Not very impressed, it ceased to work after about 5 minutes of transferring petrol the internal valves appeared to stick.
Published 3 months ago by E J Cant
1.0 out of 5 stars
Check very carefully
This useless product has no indicator as to which direction the flow is and the size specifications given by the firm who sold it were of the external diameter rather than the... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Richard Hughes
1.0 out of 5 stars
This product is a total waste of time
Product did not work, i.e. does not syphon liquid from one container to another.
Even so, Amazon were great when I wanted to return the product. Read more
Even so, Amazon were great when I wanted to return the product. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Happyman
5.0 out of 5 stars
fluid pump
it does exactly what it says on the bag. it is compact and avery efficient hand pump, perfect for emptying the pond to the last drop
Published 3 months ago by Johnm
5.0 out of 5 stars
It works
It transfers fuel from one vessel to another very well. This thing wants ten more words out of me to finish so I will just prattle on until it lets me submit my review.
Published 4 months ago by M. C. Maddison
1.0 out of 5 stars
Save your money !!!!
I bought this because I was tired of transfering fuel the old fashioned way via a tube in the fuel tank, after buying this item I will continue with the old fashioned ways !!! Read more
Published 4 months ago by D. Thomas
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