Rosepath I would love to know more about the syphon you have. I have been trying to find one in the hardware stores for years, where did you get yours?
It's kinda hard on me to bail out a swimming pool and the area around the pool gets too soaked that way, so I have been using a two hose method to get water suction going into a hose, but that's a bit of a hassle. A syphon seems like the perfect lazy person's answer. Can you connect yours to a hose so the water can be drained into a garden or where ever?
You can find a goodsiphon with a rigid end that does the 'sucking' at a pet store in the aquarium section. They come in all sizes, and are very useful for 'spot cleaning'. For example, I used to keep all my aquariums with breeding fish bare bottomed, so I could just just siphon away any detritus like fallen food, dead plant matter (the plants I had required no soil/anchor), and whatnot.