Sea Dog Line Galley Foot Pump

[rbk]

Sea-Dog : Quality Marine, Industrial and Rigging Hardware

This is a knock off of a Whale Gusher galley foot pump but its 1/3 the cost. Anyone have any experience with them? Sometimes the knock offs are better than the original, sometimes not so much.

[roverhi]

I've got two Whale look alike foot pumps from the Far East, one for salt and other fresh water. The fresh water pump has a house charcoal taste filter which cuts down the flow a bit compared to the salt water with no restrictions. Still works just a little slower on the pedal rebound. They've worked fine. Only negative is a crack where a fastener passes through on one pump but it doesn't effect performance of the pump and may been that way forever. Have had that pump for more than 10 years thought not extensive use. Just discovered it when I removed the pumps to do some work on the galley face frame. Like the position of the hose barbs on each side of the top instead of on top of each other on the side as the Whale.