Thanks for all the replies. I went to the LHS yesterday. They had the Sonic Tronic pump but it doesn't have a switch on it so it would have to be ran through a power panel and I didn't really care for that idea. They also had a Sullivan electric pump that looked to be well made and the package said it's direct drive which leads me to believe it has a different way of connecting to motor to the pump than the sloppy drive system that's on the H9 pump so I decided to go with that one. Hopefully this one last for a while.