March Pump for sparging - recommendations please

[Sam Anderson]

Can any one recommend a particular type of March pump for sparging, a place to purchase ( and price) would be great. We have a separate HLT and also a Mash tun of the same size (approx 80L stainless).   Any tips for novices would be greatly accepted. cheers Sam

[Andre Jaworski]

If by sparging you mean it is only for hot water and not for transferring hot wort from your mash tun to your kettle just get a hot water booster pump from trade me. I think I got mine for about $40. I dont see the need for an expensive march pump if your only pumping hot water.

[Druid]

Search on AliExpress.com - cheap Chinese versions.

I got a Resun model rated to 80 deg C for USD100, freight free. Shipping took 4 days from China, door to door. 

Perfect for pre-boil liquid transfers and continuous sparging and definitely cheaper than NZD280 or whatever the genuine or NZ sourced copycat models are now.

Here's a link to a 30 l/min model for the same price with free shipping - they use AliExpress' escrow payment service which protects you as the vendor doesn't receive the money until you receive the item.