Blagdon Inpond 5-in-1 6000, 26.5w Pond Pump and Filter with UV Clarifier, LED Light, 3 Fountain Heads, for Ponds Up to 6,000L

We've had pond filters/pumps for years, and this one is the best yet.The traditional set-up is a pump, some hose to the UV, then into a tank with foam filters, bio media, and back into the water. This works the other way round sucking the water in through the top, through course foam, finer foam, very fine thin foam, bio media, UV and then the pump. All under the water, so it will never leak or pump the pond dry. Genius.Cleaning our old one was a real chore, and very messy. The pump always needed cleaning as it got wrapped in weed, sometimes the hose needed cleaning, the UV was of dubious use after as it was always mucky, and the foam was very messy to lift out and clean. Leave it too long, and it would overflow and the pond level would promptly drop.With this you can either have a fountain, and it comes with a variety of pipes and spouts, or you can add a hose to use a pond side ornamental object. I've stayed with the supplied fountain, which gives a really good 'running water' noise. The fountain outlet adjusts in every direction, so if like me your pond bottom isn't that flat, and the water level varies depending on how much it's rained, you can still get the fountain to spray straight up from the water level. The LED lights illuminate the fountain and are surprisingly effective. You can cover the sensor, so they don't have to be on if you don't want them.It's been running for a couple of months, and I waited to review it until I knew how it was working. The water is now crystal clear, which the other products very rarely achieved. It's really simple to clean. I leave the handle upright as it's in around 18 inches of water, and this makes it very easy to lift out to clean it. My pond volume is close to the maximum suggested, and has some large goldfish in it. The instructions suggest washing the filters in a bucket of pond water, but it's much easier to just hose them clean. (I leave the bio media alone unless it's really nasty.) As you lift it out of the pond, the main weight is the water in it, so I tip it so it goes back into the pond, and then lift it out nearly empty and much lighter.It's been really well thought out. Once the pump dropped off, and this was due to the fitting holding it to the main body unscrewing. I did have to take it completely to bits to re-fit that bit, but that was only 4 small screws and some time. I have been cleaning it weekly, but I'm probably contributing to that by using treatments for blanket weed and muck digestion, making it work quite hard. You know when it needs a clean, as the fountain gets smaller. There's also algae which needs cleaning off the lights and fountain head to keep them working well.Handy tip, use an upturned garden soil sieve to put the dirty foam on, and hose through it to clean them. Do it on the lawn, and it's free lawn food as well. It's possible to clean it all with only your hands getting wet - with care.

Recently changed my above ground pond to a bigger one... during the process I broke my out of pond box filter so bought one of these..I've given it a month before writing a review, and I will 100% recommend this in pond pump and filter, yes it does need cleaning more regular than a box filter and in pond pump....but it's so easy to clean and only takes a few minutes... also the night light is a lovely touch, and the inbuilt fountain is excellent.....I use the fountain without the spray pattern attachments as I find that much better...All in all the pond is clear and I can see to the bottom and ive added a few air stones and I couldn't be more pleased......fish are happy too...

The first one we ordered of these just blatantly did not power on.Luckily we were able to return it and receive a new one. This one has worked well for a couple of months until today when I went to clean it dutifully as I do every three days, to put it back together and lo and behold no power when I switched it back on. Upon changing the fuse in the plug, when this did not work I removed the impeller to check for any blockages. It transpires that the rod that goes through the middle of the impeller is weak plastic and has just snapped. I have contacted Blagdon customer care (which by the way is shocking and they have no telephone support at all ) I am told that because the impeller is a moving part it would not be covered within the warranty period. So I have spent £134 on something which lasted two months.There was no advice given in the email regarding where I may be able to purchase a replacement part for this pump, so I’m assuming that this is now destined for landfill. Which in today’s day and age I think it’s absolutely shocking.That said it is an easy to install pump and also to clean, so if you are not particularly worried about something being of substandard quality then go for this.

Third one we have had of these. But this one only lasted 13 months... typical. (our first one lasted about 10 years. Second one about 4 years)...

This all in one pond pump has worked a treat in my pond which was very murky like green pea soup! It was easy to assemble and wire into my waterproof electric box. Two wires ( one for the pump and led light, and the other for the UV light). At first the led light did not work even though I positioned the rubber cover over the light sensor so that the light should come alight whether in daylight or night-time. However I positioned the pump into the pond and the pump and waterfall worked ok. Out of the blue the led light came on! So I removed the rubber cover from the sensor and the light went out. After dark the led light came on, so all was working as it should. After a day the pump pressure seemed a bit low so I turned off the power and cleaned out the filters which were clogged up. I did this each day for 4 days and the pond became really clear so that I could easily see all the fish and actually see the bottom of the pond! I will only need to clean the filters about once a month or so from now on.This is a great pump as it does everything without having to buy separate filters or UV lights.

The pump failed after less than two week's use but the bottom line is, Blagdon replaced my impeller "as a gesture of goodwill". They suffer from having robots giving robotic answers in their customer support area. They are deaf to reason. I sent them a photo of my impeller shaft, showing that it was thin and malformed at one end and had broken after less than three week's use. The shaft doesn't move, the impeller rotates upon it. I have no fish so my water was clean and fresh. I pointed all this out to them beforehand. Here is a selection from their replies:"We cannot be held responsible for a foreign body entering the impeller chamber". (Are your filters no good then?)"Debris entering the chamber is unfortunately, beyond our control and is not a manufacturing fault with the product". (They don't offer an explanation of how a fixed rod could grind itself to nothing at one end where nothing touches it)"We have strict quality control procedures". (Please admit that a bad part slipped through the net)."The impeller is a moving part and is therefore a 'consumable' item". (the impeller itself was fine). Anyway, they gave me a new impeller/shaft assembly, for which I thank them, but I would like them a lot more if they would admit the truth. Customers understand that sometimes a bad part gets through. Is it ethical, or even lawful, for them to state that the impeller is not covered by guarantee? There is another legal point with the electrics, which I'll come to. I move on to the general review. You get a lot of plastic and foam for your £106. You get some badly-matched electrical bits. A pump transformer with a short mains lead to be fitted near the house. A UV lamp starter with long mains lead to be fitted near the pond. Quite how the transformer can have an IP68, to 1 metre depth, rating on the label including the CE mark, and then have a label stuck on the side stating that it is "not the submersible type", is beyond me. When I worked in electrical manufacturing the person who signed the CE form was responsible for the item matching the original specification. Sounds like a prosecution waiting to happen. Not believing that the items were weather-proof and not wishing to spend £179 on Blagdon's outdoor kit, I bought an IP 67 box (ebay), some armoured cable (Screwfix) and some glands, total about £25. I cut the wires because the low-voltage plug would not go through a gland and the high-voltage cable was moulded at both ends. I put everything in the box and reconnected using terminal blocks. I believe it is fully weather-proof and it works with the new impeller, keeps the water clear, supplying just enough water for my 2-outlet split-level pond. I don't use the LED lamp. Most people would buy the kit or call an electrician, but the advertising doesn't mention this. Incidentally, I've used an unfiltered Hozelock pump for several years in my pond, with no filtration or maintenance. I didn't even lift it out in the winter. It wasn't powerful enough and it didn't clean the water but it still works.*********Update, June 24th 2014. It's gone wrong again. Making a rattling noise and not pumping any water. I've had a look inside, the plastic shaft is slightly worn, possibly enough to cause the rotor to stick to the sides of the stator. Perhaps I'll try a new Hozelock to see if they are as reliable as my old one.*********Conclusion, 28th June 2014. A filter/pump unit costing over £100 should last longer than from September to the following June. I have modified the wiring for fitting, as revealed in my review, so I wouldn't even ask the Blagdon robots to reimburse me. The important bit, the pump, is made mainly from plastic and is clearly not fit to survive in the conditions, if the built-in filters do not save it from what Blagdon call "debris". I will not buy Blagdon items again. The doorbell sounds - my Hozelock has arrived! Will review it in due course.

The handle on the pump designed to lift the pump out of the water became detached and I have been unable to reattach it. The handle holds the lid and filters in place and and is essential for the pump to work. I need the handle to be replaced or the main body of the pump with handle attached.

Well constructed quality product, the bell fountain looks great especially illuminated at night with the built in automatic light. It's almost cleared my 1500 litre pond in 24 hours (and it was pretty murky). My old Oase 2500 was OK in my old noddy pre-formed plastic pond but not good enough for the bigger pond. The All Pond Solutions CUP-359 I initially bought was faulty, generally poor quality and useless in this size pond. People that complain about having to maintain in-pond pumps should do their research and buy the right product before complaining, all in-pond pumps need regular cleaning but are neater (don't need hose all over the place) and don't need something to hide them outside the pond. This hits the brief on quality and function. Can't comment on how it functions if you want to supply a stream or waterfall in addition to the fountain as that's not what I bought it for but imagine there would have to be a compromise. The only criticism I have is the fact that it has 2 leads and needs 2 plugs, I'm sure the design could be altered to use 1 lead but it doesn't detract from my overall experience.

Ho acquistato questo prodotto in quanto il mio laghetto da circa 750 litri era sempre torbido e verde. Questo filtro pompa è dotato di nr. 3 spugne filtranti di varie dimensioni e 4 sacchetti di cannolicchi in ceramica e la lampada uv-c da 9 watt. In pochi mesi il mio laghetto grazie a questo prodotto è tornato ad essere limpidissima. Il prodotto è dotato di lampa a led a immersione che rene il laghetto molto elegante. Si accende e si spegne in automatico in quanto è dotato di un sensore crepuscolare. L'asta dei giochi d'acqua è regolabile in tutte le direzioni il ciò lo rende molto utile, specialmente se il fondo del laghetto non è in piano. Faccio presente che nei mesi caldi il filtro lo lavo una volta a settimana in quanto si intasa di melma e alghe. Da qui vi rendete conto del suo ottimo funzionamento.

Increíble!! En solo 3 días mi mini estanque se 250L paso de ser verde ( ni se veían los peces) a agua cristalina. Un 10... la iluminación nocturna queda de maravilla . Lastima no hacerlo comprado antes, 2 cambiando agua, añadiendo productos químicos.. y este filtro en 3 días lo deja perfecto..

I was disappointed because it had no electrical plugs. I had to purchase 2, 3 pin plugs. Should be fitted by a qualified electrician.This unit replaced one that I've had for several years. The original had the 3 pin plugs.

Excellent product but poor quality, handle broken already so lid doesn't stay on in pond.

I bought this pump and it only worked for two weeks before the pump slowed down to a trickle