I bought a nearly identical pump at Wal-Mart (1/4 hp) over fifteen years ago and it sufficed at pumping water out of my basement, via garden hose, out the window, which required a t least an eight foot rise. The old one still works but it leaks out of the body joint. This slows down the pump volume considerably. Ordered a new pump online that most closely resembled the old one. It is 1/2 HP instead of 1/4 hp and about the same price that I paid fifteen years ago. It works and I think it pumps a bit faster. I hope it lasts as long as the last Wayne pump I bought. I've had it for about a month and it does its' job.