Thanks for taking the time to make this video. The big problem with the Milwaukee is its well-earned reputation for lacking durability. I'm a team Team Red guy. Milwaukee makes fantastic kit. That said, the Milwaukee Switchtank is the worst tool I've ever owned. Multiple leaks and outright failures. And when it is running, the white plastic elbow has a screen that clogs constantly. Milwaukee was great with regard to customer service. They replaced the unit twice and tank three times. Just called and gave the serial number. Eventually, I had enough. Bought a Typhoon 3. Night and day difference. Anyone who is considering the Milwaukee needs to read the reviews on Home Depot, etc. Total POS.
@@calebproductions5970 I have actually been impressed with the battery life. I have the 20" mower with the 56V battery and I'm getting just over an hour of use per charge. Its enough to cut my 14,000 square feet on one charge so I'm very happy with it.
I agree. I love my Ego 20" mower with the 56V battery. I cut my entire 14,000 square foot front lawn on one battery so it's great and a very quality cut.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The thorough analysis of these four backpack sprayers gets a raving review from this critic. Two enthusiastic thumbs up! The execution was phenomenal and I look forward to future content by this creator.
Helps a lot. One of my yards is huge. I recall refilling 6 times with a 4-gallon pump. Attaching a pump sprayer to mower seat really sped up the process, but I wished I had battery a powered.
It would have been interesting to measure flow throughput on the sprayers during the test. In the distance test it looked like the flowzone had a higher output and I wonder how much it sprayed in its 2 hours vs the solo in its 4 hours.
I just bought a Flow Zone sprayer and one of the reasons I picked it was that the parts are available, something to consider. I saw a review on the Chapin and the reviewer said you had to send the Chapin in for repair, I don't know if this is common or not. I really like it and now I have to let my original hand pump backpack I bought in the 1970's go and it still works fine.
Great review. The only feature I think you missed about the Milwaukee is the switch tank feature. Being able to have additional tanks with different chemicals and not cross contaminate can be a HUGE asset. It would be interesting to have measured the actual amount sprayed during the spray marathon. Of course you could get an extrapolated result by just timing 4 gal in each doing some math. The actual full duration will be a bit less as voltage does drop over time, no matter what they say about Li Ion batteries, their is a distinct difference between a 1/4 charge battery and a full one. Other than that, well done, Sir.
First of all, thanks very much for all the effort you and your wife put into this video👍. I’m thinking of adapting a backpack sprayer to a walk behind. I have a lot of rural stone driveways to spray, existing push sprayers are 12 gallons or more. Thanks for introducing the Milwaukee, I have multiple Milwaukee tools but had no idea this existed.
I've had mine for over a year now and I love it. Replace anything on it including the pump for $30. Even though I haven't had to replace anything yet knowing that when something goes out I can replace it fast and for cheap is great! I've used it for hours and hours at a time.
You get a thumps up for all the work to demostrate, use to use quite a few Birchmier hand pump versions to prevent contamination, back in the day. Any experience with the 18V Ryobi, probably on the lines of the Black & Decker/Chapin... Nice to now have the battery versions.
In my self I loved Milwaukee because I have pieces and service close to my house, the back pack it's comfortable and easy to use; Really thanks for that comparation test and for teach everything. Thanks a lot bro👍🏼
Hey Brett. thanks for taking the time to make this video. I believe the B&D is a constant pressure sprayer with a 20V, 1.5A battery, the Flowzone is a variable pressure sprayer with a high output pump powered by a 11v, 7.8A battery, the Milwaukee has a five pressure setting control with an 18V, 3A battery, and the Solo has a low (32psi.) and a high (62psi) pressure settings powered by an 11V, 7.8A battery. I believe that this pump would have lasted the longest only because it is designed to push 5gal. of water versus four. I'm curious as to what the pressure settings were for the Solo, Flowzone, and Milwaukee when the spray timing was conducted. Thanks again for taking the time to make this video. BTW the yard looks amazing!
Dude, awesome review. I'm going with Milwaukee cuz I already have Milwaukee tools and for the switch tank. Sucks it costs so much, but with those things really makes it worth it
Amazing video helped out a ton! I’ve got some Miluawkee tools already (use their impacts on my mower blades) so was planning on going with it but now you’ve got me debating hard between it and the flowzone
Dude. You should've had them spray inside their own tank. lol. I have a milwaukee and it has gotten clogged. There's not much of a filtering system. Do the others have decent filters? You didn't say anything about that.
I think the Strom 4 gallon is the best I have used. Simple, high pressure or low pressure. Brass simple fittings. Plenty of pressure. I believe it's under $300 as well.
I'm going with the Flowzone typhoon 2.5 with the newly included mega comfy strap and true 5 power settings. It would be nice to know the actual water flow vs the amount of time they ran in your test.
Awesome comparison! I need to get one of these next year. Manual pumping is sort of a pain. But mine for $20 lol. All I care about is spray pattern and consistency. That’s most important to me behind reliability.
Good video but the run time is fairly Irrelevant for the Milwaukee because you can get a larger battery that will blow all of the others out of the water.
I bought 20v black and decker for $100 at Walmart at the beginning of the season. It works but I don't have any other one to compare it to. It's now $50. I was going to get 2 but my wife said how many do I need. L share this video with her
U totaly forgot to mention the game changer that Is the tank on the Milwaukee, as a contractor, bring able to switch out chemicals with a couple tanks and only have one sprayer, that is amazing, makes the residual in the tank issue nothing, as you just use the same product over and over in each tank, having backup batteries in the truck on your impact driver for changing blades etc on the go makes things easier as well if u do happen to kill the sprayer battery 👍
Great comparison video and cuddos for such a supportive wife. Now you just have to do a comparison video between the before and afetr test water Bill's. I would get kill.
You didn't highlight the biggest feature of milwaukee that you can switch tanks so if you don't want to mix chemicals it's easy don't need a whole other sprayer
Nice comparison. I just purchased the Flowzone Typhoon 2v. The quick connect and variable pressure are the game changers for me. Do you know the size of the quick disconnect (i.e. 1/4" etc.)?
Any problems with clogging while spraying certain products, i.e, humic, rgs, etc? Any issues combining products? I read somewhere that this could be with the Milwaukee. Would like to see if this is really a problem. Thx for the video.
The Milwaukee clogs like crazy. Known issue. Problem is not thick materials, but tiny bits of grass clippings, or other materials getting inside. Great machine when it's working. But the clogging is maddening.
Hey man, watched your vid. I bought the Chapin first and it leaked right out of the box. Sent it back. Just ordered the solo 417 li which isn't the one you have here I found out when the wand was different and it ONLY has a single fan tip which is completely worthless for what I need it for. Do all these solo tips work with each other or no.?! If not gonna need to send this back too.. Just absolutely disgusted right now.I can live without the extending wand but not just a fan tip. Happy to order others but have no idea if they will work from home wand to the next and time is a factor.. thanks man
hey Brett. best comparison vid for the sprayers. which sprayer would you say has the highest flow you know you could have just sprayed back into the tank so u don't have too keep an eye out and fill with the hose every time lol
I thought of doing that about halfway through the process but that ship had sailed! As far as output I think the flowzone and Milwaukee were the highest.
Great video and thanks for making this!! Do you think one of these units could reach say 2nd story gutters? I'm starting a pressure washing company and was thinking about maybe trying something like this to spray gutter clean on gutters. Thanks for if you reply!
Not sure why anyone using a backpack sprayer would need or want 120PSI. Seems you're paying for an unnecessary amount of pressure unless you're spraying up 50 feet vertically.
