I bought the EZ Well Hand Pump; I got the deepest model, it was $240
and another $60 for piping.
You have to buy your own pipe; it takes 1" thin wall pvc and 1/2" regular pvc.
My regular pump is down 100'; water level is down 63', so I put the hand
pump down 80'. It takes 10 strokes to bring the water to the top.
Then it takes 10 strokes for a gallon of water.
You have to glue the 10' sections of pipe together as you are putting them in the well.
But the one I got appears to have a defect.
After you finish pumping, it drains the inner pipe rather rapidly (within 10 minutes).
Then it takes another 10 strokes to get the water back to the top.
Apparently, the check valve on the end of the inner pipe is not holding completely.
I contacted the company about it and they admitted that it wasn't working as
it should, but they refused to replace it, say that as long as it was pumping water,
that it was doing it's job.
I would not have bought this pump if I had realized that to pull the regular
pump, I would have to pull the hand pump first, thus cutting each 10'
section into to remove it.
I had forgot that the regular pump has a boot just above it to prevent the pump
from banging against the well bore when it starts and stops.
This boot would not clear the hand pump piping, so the hand pump would
have to be pulled first, which defeats the ability to manually pump water
if the regular pump must be pulled for repair or replacement.
But for loss of electric power, it would supply water from the well.
