[Steve Gerrish]

Can anyone advise why you cant use garden pump up sprayers to hold your presprays? Im looking at getting a new one an just wanted peoples thoughts/advice before l make a purchase...

Thanks

[stuart_clark]

You can use garden sprayers, but you can't use solvents or water based chems wiyh solvents in them as the seals on the garden
sprayers would perish

[Radek Jablonski]

forget them, even with light chems they will damage quick, had some on my very early start. buy cheap buy twice.
if you get orion for example, you will only be looking after seals exchange which are cheap, even cheaper for me as i get them from main seller from Poland.

[Lewis Newby]

I agree with Radek, i had loads of cheaper sprayers before my orion- because they didnt last long!

I paid around £55+vat for mine and got a set of 8002/8003 jets from hydramaster iirc. Makes pre spraying much more consistent and quicker. Pressure is great

[Richard Cole]

I have always had Orion and whilst they are O.K, i recently had the plunger explode out of sprayer, i forgot to depressurize and left it over the weekend,  had to replace some parts to get it to work again.  I got a Gloria (plastic one) for around £80 and it is far better.

[COLIN BRIGHT]

solo sprayer are the dogs doodars and you can get replacements for all parts, I know  ALLTEC  sell them

[JandS]

Get one of the bigger battery operated ones....lot quicker than faffing around pumping up....charge lasts for days too and they're only about £90.

[JandS]

Sorry £89.99 and they come with loads of spares.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/191470661425

[Simon Campbell]

I use the Orion and they have served me well but what I don't like is how the o-ring in the plunger fails at temperatures higher than 40 degrees. I learnt the hard way using some m-power. I think for longevity I'll buy a stainless steel one next time

[Carpet Dawg]

Buy a stainless steel Gloria and never worry about buying another sprayer for the next 15 years.

[mr muzzy]

I don't think I would touch one of this lot,,, eBay item number:

111328856023   

[Darran Pryce]

I agree with JandS.  You save so much time with electric sprayers, and cover large amount of areas in no time.

[COLIN BRIGHT]

or you could use an in line sprayer for large areas, I use mine when doing big open areas, but usually use the pump up, don't find it slows me down, by the time the spray has dwelled, I spray another room ,or part of, so that has a dwell time, then rinse off first room, and carry on in the same way.

[Steve Gerrish]

Thanks for all the advice, much appreciated. I brought the 6 litre Orion Pump Sprayer. Can anyone tell me anymore about the O ring... its the little black washer type rubber ring isnt it? Is it best to keep them greased well did l read somewhere? An im assuming the little pot of liquid you get with it is used for this?

[Simon Campbell]

Hi Steve

yes keep it greased as the O-ring in the plunger can become dry but you will know when pumping  up.  yeah and as you say that's what the little bottle is for.  The  O-ring that will fail at 40 degrees plus is a big-ish green one  in the plunger and the same one that's needs to be greased. You can buy a spare seal/O-ring set on eBay for a few quid.

[Steve Gerrish]

Cheers Simon

[JandS]

Get the electric one...no messing about with plungers  or pumping up....pour it in, switch it on and away you go and the battery lasts ages. They're only £90, that's the price of a decent pump up.