Another comment. We have a pond that we use for irrigation. I installed a 4" Grundfos 15gpm submersible pump to pump the water. Pump worked well (no pun intended) for a year or two, then the motor shaft splines sheared and the motor spun in the housing. Pump cost about $750 as I recall. Bought a new motor for about $250. That one worked for a year or so and did the same thing, plus a bunch of the impellers broke. Grundfos is Swedish and had a Franklin Electric motor (US made?). After the 2nd break, I got a Chinese 4" submersible pump and used that. It also worked for a few years and then impellers and motor eventually failed. That pump cost $300. Got a bunch of spares and just swapped the bad parts. 1/2 hr job to swap parts since it is on the surface. Recently our well pump went out. It was a 25gpm Flint & Walling. It lasted about 17 years. That one was US made, I think. Because of the expense involved and expertise needed in pulling the old pump, and installing a new one, I had a well company do the work. They installed a Flint & Walling pump, made in Mexico. The galvanized pipe came from Thailand. My old pipe was most likely US made, but not sure. It lasted 17 years and was still ok, but we put new pipe in just to be safe. We got a 5 yr warranty on the pump and paid about $4,000 for the job ($2,200 for the pump, the rest for labor, pipe and parts) and had water again a few hrs later. Was it worth it? Will the Thai pipe last 17 years? I did not know at the time, but the pipe is not covered under the warranty. If that fails, I have to pay for the labor involved. Now I have a new Chinese pump sitting around, ready, just in case for the well too. It cost about $400. Why didn't I put that in to begin with? I did not want to worry or headache or problems involved in pulling a pump, not knowing what would happen (dropping the pump down the well, pipe breaking, etc.) or not having water for an extended period of time. Now that I know how it's done, I know what is involved and can deal with it in the future. Of course, if the pump fails in the next 5 years, they will replace it, but I still have to pay for labor. So - USA, Sweden, Thailand, Mexico, China, $2,200, $4,000, $400, $300. I can put a lot of Chinese pumps in the well for $2,200 (5.5 to be precise) ....What was better?