Flojet 4300 alternatives?

Freewilley

I have the above pump in my seasonal home. I have noticed that it is leaking from the body....I believe this is a maintenance issue and am going to remove it and take to a shop as I botch this kind of repair too often and the other half gets real cranky without running water.
My first thought was just to buy a duplicate for $170 US (I got it from Nemo and it has run for about 5 years for our 6 month season) and just swap out, always having a spare. May still do this, but I started surfing and see there are more options out there...how about some advice from users?
My set up is: about 10 foot head, water source is a foot valve about 100 feet out in the lake. I use a Hanflo foot valve sock to reduce sediment. I pump into a 30 gallon diaphram pressure tank.
The pump has 3/4 fittings and just swapping out is the easiest way to go. I am hooked up direct to the 12v battery bank.

This pump works well (altho is hard to prime when I startup in spring) but is noisy and the pressure in the house could easily stand a 10 pound increase.

Seaflo looks interesting. I used a Shurflo 5.7 but it lasted one season so I got a bad taste of that....any advice is welcome.

Dave Angelini

You should shop more for the Aquatec. There is nothing more inexpensive out there. Shureflo stopped making the smart sensor and just makes their RV and Boat pumps. I think the Aquatec my clients use were under $80. Someday if you get tired of these diaphragm pumps failing a Grundfos VFD or a Goulds VFD and others will be on your shopping list.

If you replace the diaphragm every 18 months these pumps do last. When they leak they flood the motor! Not a good thing....

zoneblue

Thats about the extent of it here as well. Got two years out of a flojet R3626, then it lost pressure. The Shurflo 2088 is still going, and the replacement model of those, the 4008, appear to have lots of issues. Centrifugal/peripheral pumps starting to look more attractive.