| Famous in Asian countries especially in remote | | | | kayak or inflatable rubber boat, a marine bilge |
| places and provinces where there's no electricity | | | | pump comes very handy. You can use it to |
| or places that are prone to brownouts are the | | | | remove accumulated water at the bottom of the |
| hand operated pumps. Sometimes called pitcher | | | | boat to avoid it from sinking. It is usually made of |
| pump or industrial pump, it is capable of extracting | | | | hard PVC tube with the intake port at the |
| large volume of water in few strokes. It is usually | | | | bottom of it and the outlet at the top where a |
| made of durable cast iron casings with long lever | | | | long flexible tube is attached. You can operate it |
| arm for easy operation. These pumps are used | | | | by pushing the handle in and out to pump water. |
| to extract water from deep well for home use | | | | Because of its sleek and lightweight design it can |
| like water for washing the dishes, water for | | | | easily fit into any small boat without taking too |
| taking a bath and more. It is also used for | | | | much space. Another useful pump that can be |
| irrigating small farms, cleaning pig pens and | | | | use in common and mobile homes is the 4-3 or |
| providing drinking water for farm animals like | | | | 5-2 way hand water pump. This pump utilizes |
| cows, pigs, chickens and etc. | | | | both water from the faucet and water from a |
| Other types of manual pumps are bottled drinking | | | | reservoir tank. It has a switching mechanism that |
| water pump, bilge pump, siphon pump and hand | | | | allows you to choose from the two different |
| crank pump. Bottled drinking pumps are usually | | | | water sources. If faucet water is not available |
| used as a back-up pump during emergency | | | | you can just switch it and pump manually from |
| situations like power failures and weather | | | | the water tank or containers using the built-in |
| calamities where there's a temporary out of | | | | water pump. This pump also has a built-in faucet |
| electricity to operate the electric water pumps. It | | | | and actually replaces the existing one. It can be |
| is also used as substitute for water dispensers. It | | | | installed by securing 3 piece of screw and doesn't |
| is ideal for camping, picnics and other outdoor and | | | | need a professional to do it. The last type of hand |
| sports activities. For transferring water from a big | | | | pump is the hand crank pump, it is actually a |
| container into small containers or bottles without | | | | rotary pump just like the one used in motorized |
| spilling, a siphon pump is used. It is one of the | | | | pumps. Instead of using an electric motor to drive |
| simplest forms of pump and usually made of | | | | the pump you have to turn it manually using the |
| plastic. Use it to transfer liquids from containers | | | | built-in hand crank lever arm. A long flexible garden |
| with small openings like small plastic bottles and | | | | hose is attached to the inlet and outlet port so |
| soda bottles. Other usage includes removing of | | | | you can install it to the water source and the |
| stagnant rain water from open containers and | | | | destination container. Some models have the |
| clogged kitchen sink and removing and replacing of | | | | option of a coupler so you can use an electric drill |
| aquarium water. | | | | to drive it. |
| If you love sports and you own a small boat, | | | | |