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Originally Posted by wiredantz
This brings a questions to mind: Anyone know how long hand pumps are good for? Last you thing you want is for your hand pump to break on you when you really need it. I remember reading a post a while back where he got filled with water, and he started pumping water so fast, it broke.
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I'd carried a hand pump for a couple of years. When I finally needed it, I got three draws out of it before the handle and pump shaft pulled out of tube, rendering it useless. The manufacturer had affixed it with some type of light metal crimp, probably aluminum. Not cool.