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The Gilmour Spray Doc wheel pump 4-gallon sprayer pressurizes as you walk or roll it back and forth. This "point-and-shoot" sprayer requires no hand pumping or heavy lifting. The unique wheel pump apparatus pressurizes the contents as you push the sprayer back and forth. Use the built-in pressure relief valve to depressurize the sprayer upon completion of your job. The unit has an extra-wide 4-1/4-inch mouth opening for quick filling, an easy-to-clean filter, and a drain at the bottom of the unit. It also features a flexible, 16-inch rotating polymer wand with an adjustable polymer nozzle and a 72-inch premium PVC hose.
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68 of 68 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
My Second One Has Lasted 5 Years - Revamped with New Parts,
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This review is from: Gilmour W4 Spray Doc Wheel Pump 4-Gallon Sprayer (Lawn & Patio)
Updated 7/4/2011 - Current one has lost it's fortitude and I get about a second of spraying without walking around. I hate to order a new one but not too many alternatives. I have one that pulls behind the yard tractor but that's too big and doesn't have a wand. I could get one of the back pack pump ones but I'm not keen on carrying three gallons of Round-Up on my back. Amazon sells an electric wheel sprayer with good reviews but it costs $270. Guess I'll buy another repair kit.
Updated 9/21/10 - I revamped one of the old sprayers with the Glimour R12C Telescoping Sprayer Wand and the Replacement Valve R58C ($20 for both). It sprays fine but I was only getting about 4 seconds of spray from a fully charged sprayer. Then I discovered that it pressurized better if I pushed it in front of me (the wheels rolled better). So I had my brothers redo the wheels so that they roll better in general, thus keeping the sprayer pressurized. Still not as good as a brand new pump but it works for me. Updated 8/10 - After 5 years the only problem I'm having is that the sprayer leaks and doesn't totally quit spraying until the pressure is gone. Because I keep it full of Roundup, this can be a problem but it looks like I can replace all the parts for less than $25. In fact, I think I'll replace the parts on the first one I bought in 2003 and have two working sprayers. To make your parts last longer, unscrew the top slightly and hang the sprayer end up (just a tie wire) so that the wand doesn't curve.) Updated 2007 - Unlike other cheaper sprayers I have bought, this one is still as good as new after two years of hard use. I keep it filled with Roundup with the squirter end hanging squirt side up when not in use. I have only emptied and cleaned the container once each winter. It rolls and pressurizes easily on grass or rock but slides over concrete, particularly with light loads. The wheels worked better after I cleaned the wheel base. First Review in 2005 - Before I got this sprayer, I had to tote around 1 gallon sprayers, refilling several times, to maintain my 8 acre property. Now I just fill this baby up once and pull it easily behind me. I estimate that I get about 30 seconds of spraying (the most I can get at a time) for 30 seconds of walking. As long as I keep walking briskly, I never run out of pressure. But If I am having to stop and spray a lot, I may have to make two rounds. It also seems to work better with full loads, possibly because the wheels get more traction so you get more pressure. The new one holds pressure better than the old one: stronger and longer spray. I couldn't find a spot where I had to spray long enough for it to run out of pressure. But the old one still works well enough for me to use for spot spraying.
60 of 61 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Buyer Beware! Doesn't keep it's promise (or it's pressure)!,
By rosegramma "lam_34669" (Central Florida) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Gilmour W4 Spray Doc Wheel Pump 4-Gallon Sprayer (Lawn & Patio)
I was so happy to find this sprayer, originally. I have MG (myasthenia gravis), an illness that causes profound weakness with any repetitive motion. So pumping a sprayer to spray my 100+ rose bushes made me too weak to carry the sprayer. I thought this was just the perfect solution, even at $.. that I gladly paid. It worked fairly well at first, although the hose could have been longer and it tended to tip over frequently if you didn't keep one hand on the handle. When it tipped over the spray solution would run out the overfill hole, so I was constantly having to stop spraying to pick it up. At first it pressurized well with 50-60 ft and would spray 5-7 rose bushes before needing another 50 ft walk to repressurize it. It had an easily adjusted and quite fine mist nozzle, an almost wide enough opening for mixing the chemicals, and was very easy to disassemble and thoroughly clean. Since the wheels carried the weight, it was quite effortless to use (except for the tipping problem). Being only about 10-12" wide, it will follow you into almost any place wide enough to walk into, and is easy to give a little extra "sloshing" to keep the mixture well mixed as you go along. It uses all the mixture with very little waste and you can easily open the handle/lid without losing pressure because it uses a small cylinder in the bottom of the tank that contains the pressurized area. All in all, I was quite happy the first 3 or 4 times I used it, and would have rated it 4 stars.But then I noticed it seemed to take more and more distance to get it fully pressurized and I was having to pressurize it more frequently. In spite of being extra careful to clean it thoroughly after each use, it got worse. After about 12 uses in 6 months, it required 150-200ft of pushing/pulling to get enough pressure to only spray one medium size rosebush, far more effort than even my healthy husband was willing to exert. His advise: "Toss it" I'm so disappointed. Guess I have to spend more money. This time I'll try the Black & Decker model.
21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
What a relief!!,
By Mona "Circa63" (Northeastern Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gilmour W4 Spray Doc Wheel Pump 4-Gallon Sprayer (Lawn & Patio)
This sprayer is awesome! I have a 200+ foot long rock swale on my property that leads to a retaining basin for water run-off from the mountain. We need to keep it free from weeds etc so that it will channel the water properly and the only way to do that is to spray it with Roundup a couple of times a year. Needless to say, it is a daunting task. Now that we have this sprayer, it is still time consuming, but it is EASY!! No more carrying anything! No more cramped hands from squeezing the trigger sprayer! WOW! You just roll this thing along and it builds its own pressure inside the tank, you hold the trigger and it sprays till you let go. It was worth every penny! If you need to spray large areas get this item! Even if you are just spot spraying weeds or spraying fertilizer or whatever, it makes life easier since it holds so much and you are rolling it instead of carrying it. I would recommend this item to anyone who needs to spray anything!
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