CHAPING364D Professional 32-Ounce Hose-end Sprayer with Metering Dial

In the past I have used the non-"pro" Chapin hose end sprayers (i've had a couple of them over the years - they break, clog, or otherwise stop working after a while.) They were always flakey. Sometimes I would spend 1/2 an hour spraying only to realize that the product in the container had hardly gone down at all! So I'd basically been spraying water the whole time. An earlier Chapin had a bottle that came unscrewed so easily that once or twice it fell off during use. The cheaper Chapin's had good features, but poor execution. Previously I had also used another brand (dont recall which) but it wasnt sufficiently adjustable.I was reluctant to buy another Chapin, but decided to try this one before giving up. Wow. What a difference. I cant believe this is a product of the same company. It works! It works really well. It has never clogged, the mix rate appears to be correct and consistent. It sprays evenly, and distributes a lot of spray/water mix quickly. The bottle swivels, so if you turn the unit left or right to get spray into different areas of a plant, the bottle remains vertical so the feed tube remains in the mix. It is also so much sturdier than the other units, and I like the spray-trigger much more than the on/off switch on the plastic unit. Its useability and features are completely different (which takes some getting use to, but I have decided this units features are superior.) Truly this product must have been designed and produced by a different company. There is no comparison.The only thing is that now I am sad that I wasted so many hours over so many years using the cheap-ass plastic sprayers that basically barely work. If you do any amount of spraying at all, this is the only hose end sprayer to buy. Period. The rest are a joke.There is one weirdness that I cannot fathom. You can set the spray rate to anywhere from 1 to 7 or 10 tablespoons (or teaspoons). Why not 8. Previously I had products that I sprayed at a rate of 8 Tbs/gal. Why not 1-10? If they couldnt do 1 through 10, why provide 7? What uses 7? Seven doesnt divide anything useful. Why not 1-6 and then 8 and 10. That would be useful. Not the end of the world, I just had to redo some math on a mixture to use 10Tbs instead of 8Tbs. Its just weird.

This is a very nice sprayer. Very well made and easy to use. mixes and sprays very well. I highly recommend this sprayer.

Sprayer sure beats the heck out of the hose-end bottles that come on the commercial weed killer product. Several times I've spent an hour or more with those spraying the lawn and ending up with the bottle still full of weed killer product. All I did was water my lawn; no weeds killed. With its standard style water nozzle and multiple screw on caps, this sprayer is a little bit tricky to get attached to the hose, but it gives you several options so once you get the hang of it, it works well. And, with the clear bottle, you can see that the weed killer liquid has been sprayed out on the lawn. The water nozzle is comfortable to hold for an extended period, which is important for a person like me with arthritis in his hands. It sprays a nice arc that reaches far out away from you. Also, the bottle itself swings on the connector keeping it upright even if you turn the sprayer nozzle sideways to reach a certain spot. Seems like a well-designed, reliable product.

I struggled with fertal8zing the boundary flowering hedge. I had 20-20-20 granules that I was dissolving in watering can and making lots of trips. I saw a video on how to combine this tool, the granules with a hose and it works great. I use setting #2 and fill about 8 scoops in the canister. It runs out right when I get to the end. It takes minutes what used to be a hot sweaty 1/2 hour or so. Love it.

Needed a hose end sprayer to spray a fruit tree with fungicide and our lawn with weed killer. After reading all the Amazon reviews it seemed to be a difficult choice. I selected the most expensive hose sprayer because I've owned Chapin products in the past and have been happy with their performance. Many reviewers downrated the sprayer probably from lack of finesse and rough treatment. I sprayed a total of three gallons of concentrated products thru this sprayer and nothing broke or malfunctioned. My hope is to continue to use the sprayer indefinitely with care and cleaning after every use; hopefully it'll last.