Smith Performance Sprayers190285 1-Gallon Bleach and Chemical Sprayer for Lawns and Gardens or Cleaning Decks, Siding, and Concrete

Just received and tested this sprayer with water-Assembled EZ.Most Important: strong pressure/good seal with about 18 pumps: NO leaks.Nozzle only needs a couple turns to go from stream to mist.Design: Handle is not as robust as my Chapin 20000 -felt it twist when applying reasonable torque to seal pump to tank. Maintaining awareness of this weaker handle to avoid breaking it.Note: My 7yr old Chapin 20000 has been great. Recently bought a 2nd one, but it would not pressurize due to uneven casting of the tank at the pump sealing surface that caused leakage.Got a refund, and didn't order a replacement b/c found that the recent reviews are not good for that sprayer.Chose this Smith sprayer instead, and so far so good. Will edit my review if anything changes.Recommended.

This is a very light weight, low cost, none rust accumulating, sprayer for around the house and farm.Most chemical bottle give you chemical amounts for one gallon of water. No need for math to figure out how much concentrated chemical to add. I have owner 1 1/2 and 2 1/2 gallon sprayers and some of the fellows don't know how to do the math when you get into half gallon increments.Many chemicals are corrosive and will NOT cause a problem in this sprayer (with one exception). The instructions with all these sprayers is to rinse and purge after each use (use fresh water and pressure spray plain water through the system). In my experience, at least 50% of the folks FAIL to follow this rule and leave a little bit of spray in the unit "for tomorrow" or they spray entire content and figure unit does not need to be rinsed out. The problem with this approach is that some of the chemicals will precipitate out and form chunks or flakes - the things that plug up your spray wand.In addition, the chemicals in the water and the ph, may affect the chemical concentrate and render it less viable (won't work). In the West where we have alkaline water, the ph of the water may negate or reduce the effectiveness of the diluted chemicals within hours. Bottom line, the stored chemical in the sprayer may not kill any bugs and will/may plug up your sprayer.So if you are not a professional exterminator, and don't want to spend $150 on a sprayer, this is your unit. I will not last forever, the droplet size will not be as fine in microns, and it won't "shoot" as far, but for most jobs, it will perform adequately. If it does stop working, you are not out a ton of money, you won't tearing down and replacing parts, and you can just go and buy another one. Simple maintenance will extend its life appreciably.I hope years of experience will assist buyers in purchasing decisions. Please click "Yes" below this line if this review was helpful to you.

Got this and took it out for a spin to clean large backyard decks using bleach. I did have a little trouble attaching hose during assembly (it wouldn't thread) not sure what I was doing wrong or what I did right, but got it in there, the rest was easy.Of course I can not review durability just yet but worked great the first time out, It was a 3 hour job and I refilled this a couple of times, that was more my fault as I was not sure how much was needed so I went light the first couple of times plus I had to play with it :-) I did not notice any leaking, one time I heard a hiss but I just tightened the top a little more and that sealed it. You can also clearly see fluid levels so easy to eyeball mixture. It is easy to fill, the spray is adjustable and it is easy to clean afterward.As far as the cleaning job on painted wood decks and a little of the cedar siding, I had first tried some no scrub Mold Armor that didn't do a thing, it was messy and wasted water. So I bought this sprayer and experimented, 1 to 1 water to bleach, 2 to 1 and 3 to 1. I used regular household concentrated bleach, sprayed on, waited a few minutes, lightly scrubbed and rinsed off...worked very well. The deck is shining. I ended up getting a system going, I would spray one area so solution could sit a few minutes while I scrubbed or rinsed another area.So aside from not knowing durability yet, I definitely recommend this..Right now the price is right (lower than sprayer in big box store that got bad reviews) It is light, has adjustable spray, easy to use and easy to clean afterward.UPDATE: It has been over a year now and still going strong..good little sprayer