Valterra Rocket Hand Water Pumps

One good type of drinking water hand pump is the Chrome Rocket Hand Pump by Valterra. This hand pump is a lot more powerful than the bottled water pump and actually installed and replaces the home faucet. It uses a special valve system that enables you to toggle between 2 water sources. If there’s a regular supply of water from the water pipes, you can use it as a normal kitchen faucet. If there’s no water supply or if your main water pump breaks, you can use it to draw out water from a water reservoir container or any small container by manually pumping it using the built-in lever arm. They are usually used in camper van with a portable kitchen sink mounted. Just simply attach it to the 3/8″ barbed water connection at the base of the pump to the water container using a braided flexible or garden hose normally offered for sale in many appliance stores.

Depend upon your needs you can choose from many different types of manual water pump. If you want to transfer water from a 5 gallon container, the one that commonly utilized for mineral water, then the hand water pumps are the one you need. It is specially designed to fit in a typical 5 gallon mineral bottle by swapping the plastic cap that used to seal it. By getting rid of the existing cap you can actually insert the unit directly on top and rotate it clockwise to tighten. To acquire water from it, you have to squeeze the huge button with your palm; carefully pump it in a series of small strokes until your cup is filled with water. It is actually very similar to an insulated hot or cold water jug or thermos with pump.

You can carry the hand water pump when you’re having a picnic around the park, fishing or doing an outdoor camping trip along with your buddies or immediate family, away from home where there’s no nearby supply of drinking water accessible. Not like water dispensers which are heavy and bulky, the hand water pump is very compact and lightweight. When secured on top of the bottled water, it does not occupy too much space, leaving you plenty of space for many important stuff like food, fishing and camping gears.

A hand water pump is very easy to set up and mount to the countertop using the 2 screws that are included in the package. Reading through product testimonials from many people who actually purchased and used them, they claim that they really work as advertized and actually worth for the price. Many people also suggest that they are great to use as pump for portable hot water shower when doing camping trip and produces descent pressurized water when needed. They cost around $28.17 and are available with an appealing chrome finish complete with mounting screws and instruction manual. You can easily find these pumps in online shops like Amazon and other merchant and authorized supplier of Dolphin and Valterra products.