Chapin Horticultural Vinegar Handheld Sprayer - G2005P

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I've owned two of these units for two years now. I use them with horticultural vinegar to control garden weeds. Prior to buying them, all other garden pumps I bought and used with vinegar failed within a few months. The G2005P lasted for 2 years! When one of them started leaking from around the pump's shaft, I called Chapin to get a replacement rubber end-piece (a circular piece of rubber that is located at the bottom of the pump). I spoke with tech support and was told that they don't sell the rubber piece by itself. They sell it as part of a kit that replaces several parts: 6-8244. Here is where things got bizarre: the kit costs $60.90 + $10 mailing fee when an entirely new unit costs $73.49. Essentially, repairing the pump would cost me the same as buying a new pump. Isn't that great?

I haven’t even used it yet but came upon a design flaw when assembling it. The clamp on the hose to tank connection is so big it interferes either with extending the handle or unscrewing the tank cap depending on how its placed. I ended up having to bend the clamp strap end (which wasn't easy). Also a little red nozzle tip is included , but it doesn’t fit anywhere and the instructions say nothing about it. After assembly I used it once and so far it has worked OK.

heard something in the tank rattling while assembling. Plenty of small plastic bits from when the tank was formed and many were small enough to be sucked into the spray nechanism. Hose came clamped to the tank and interferes with the handle being straight up. I guess quality assurance was out to lunch. Made in USA, of all places.

I was really excited to find that there is such a thing as a vinegar sprayer because I learned the hard way that a regular sprayer can't handle the vinegar acid. The Chapin sprayer arrived not long after I ordered it and was well packaged. I assembled it with ease following the instructions (there was no explanation about how to attache one of the sprayer heads). I filled the sprayer with the vinegar and water combination and went off to use it on some of my yard's weeds. It worked well but there is a constant leak at the point where the wand attaches to the hose. I couldn't find any explanation online regarding on eliminating the leak. I'll continue to use the Chapin sprayer but I wish I could contact someone to tell me how to get rid of the leak.