How often does your pump go down ? It seems the money spent on the spare could repair/replace the main pump.
Buy that one !!! pull the garden hose adapter and use 1 inch sprinkler pipe (or a 1.25 inch hose) if you can find one with npt threads. It will FLOW.
I started thinking about this due to the long deliveries. I am thinking about a singe speed, regular pump, probably around $200-250. I just need to not overthink it and just go ahead
I don't think you need that kind of HP. I guess it would depend on how long you think you'd be out a pump. Just to keep the pool sanitized with some liquid chlorine doesn't need much circulation at all. You could do it with a boat paddle, just walking around the pool, stirring it up. Even with a pool brush. So a little sump pump will solve for sanitation. What we'd be missing is the filtering. I don't actually know how long a pool could go without filtering, but that would mostly be an aesthetic issue. I would think I could maybe go for weeks, as long as I kept the FC up.
I had to seriously consider that possibility last year when I needed build equipment and that ship went sideways. The pump came first and I was OK with temp-ing up a chlorinated but dirty water pool for as long as I needed.
Good points, that is why I threw out the question. I am thinking that I will just go with the pump that I bought to pump out the pool during the winter
