Name: Speck BADU Magic 8
Brand: Speck
SKU: APP0349

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Nameplate power: 750 W; Single speed
Energy rating: 2.5
Annual electricity use: 881 kWh; Label: 881 kWh · 2.4 kWh per day
Estimated running cost: $282 / year; $2,818 over 10 years

Efficiency (WEF): 20.7 L/Wh · 187 L/min at the label test point

22% less electricity than the median of 76 comparable 750–999 w single speed pool pump registrations (1,132 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 99% of them. At your rates that is about $80 a year less than the median, $803 over 10 years.

How efficient is it for its size?

median 1,1321,0021,237

kWh per year. Bar: the middle 80% of 76 comparable 750–999 w single speed pool pump registrations. Dot: this model (below the median). Hover or tab to a mark for its value.

Cohort: every currently registered 750–999 w single speed pool pump sold in Australia, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.

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kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.

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Speck BADU Magic 8 specifications

Pump type: Single speed
Nameplate input power: 750 W
Measured input power: 750 W
Current: 3.1 A
Weighted energy factor (WEF): 20.722 L/Wh
Daily run time to pump 50,000 L: 4.47 h
Effective flow at test point (derived): 187 L/min
“High” (as registered): 540.0
“Low” (as registered): 540.0
Annual energy (label): 880.7 kWh
Star rating index: 2.51
Country of manufacture: –

“High” and “Low” are published in the registration without a documented unit; we do not interpret them. Effective flow is derived from the label test (50,000 L in the daily run time).

Australian GEMS registration details

Registration number: APP0349
GEMS registration id: 165645
Status: approved
Available until: 28 November 2029
Registered for sale in: Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
Family: –
Regulatory standard: Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Swimming Pool Pump-units) Determination 2021
Test standard: AS 5102.1-2019

Source: Australian Government Energy Rating (GEMS) registration data, DCCEEW via data.gov.au (CC BY 3.0 AU). Dataset published 9 February 2026; last checked 20 September 2026. Manufacturer: continentalwater.com.au. How the derived figures are calculated.