Kingfisher PS4003 Pump Action Pressure Garden Sprayer,5 Litre

To make a reasonable assessment of this product it's only fair to acknowledge that it's one of the cheapest on the market. So, for the price, you cannot expect it to be anywhere near industrial standard. However, regardless of the cost, it still has to be 'fit for purpose' - so my review should be taken from that point of view.This is the kind of product that I tend to keep for sometime before posting a review and was surprised to find out that I actually purchased mine way back in May 2015. I primarily bought it to spray 10 litres of liquid feed on a substantial Buxus hedge that runs around the perimeter of my front garden. I feed this hedge twice each year and this sprayer has worked just fine - especially as the unit has a useful trigger lock to make this kind of operation easier to do. I have also used this sprayer for other applications, such as applying a combined mould/lichen/algae remover (Wet & Forget) to the dwarf walls on my patio and along the edges of my Tarmac drive. Considering the price, it is sturdily constructed and the translucent bottle has helpful litre levels marked on the outside. If I had one small gripe it would be in regard to the strap, which is on the skinny side and doesn't sit very comfortably on your shoulder when carrying a full bottle, however, I've noticed that many of the other brands use a similar strap. As per the instructions, I wash the unit out with clean water before storing it away. Also, after use, I detach the plastic spray lance and place all the components in the supplied cardboard box.It must be noted that many thousands of these units have obviously been sold over the years - so it's inevitable that some 'faulty' ones will slip through the net. I therefore think it's a shame that it's the negative reviews that have received so many 'Helpful' votes and have maybe contributed towards a rather unfair and misleading assessment of this budget sprayer. All I can add is that mine has had over four years of use and hasn't let me down once, and a friend of mine bought one of these in recent months and hasn't had any issues with his either. To sum up, in my experience, if you are looking for a budget garden sprayer for occasional use then this one is certainly worth considering.

I needed a pressure sprayer to apply some algae and mould killer to the flags on the patio. This seemed popular on this site - and cheap too - so this is what I got. And it works well enough once it's set up, but you might want to learn from my mistake and fill it with some water for a trial run before using it in anger.This isn't an expensive item and that shows in some parts. The bottle and pump bits are fine but the sprayer parts seem fragile, particularly the tube that connects the handle to the spray head; I suspect that this won't survive me accidentally treading on it, so I'll just have to be careful. Having set it up - that's not complicated and doesn't take long - I filled it with algae killer and water and thought I'd be good to go. This was a mistake - not a huge one, and soon rectified, but a mistake nonetheless.See, the thing is that even when I thought I'd set it up, I found I still needed to make adjustments. Some of the connections needed screwing up a bit tighter, and the spray head which wasn't attached correctly needed to be taken off a reconnected, and then adjusted to give the spray pattern I wanted. Making all these adjustments meant that I and bits of the garden got covered in algae killer solution, which was irritating. It would have been better if I'd put a litre of water in it first and used that to get everything set up and if you buy one of these, I'd recommend that's what you should do.But when I did get it set up and working, it was fine. Because of the fragility of that spray arm I have my doubts about how long it's going to last, but that just means I'll have to try and be less clumsy than usual when I use it. So four stars for this then; it works, I like it and for what you get for the price you pay it's fine but that concern over how long it weill last stops it from getting the full five stars.

Really good spray.

Just the job for my small balcony, cleaning the tiles full of moss and green. Easy to use and sprays well. A bargain I think