SILIGUN Caulk Gun

I got this today and used it several times already. I read the reviews and some were pretty critical about it. I have absolutely no complaints. I work on RV’s and today had to seal 3 small bathroom sinks. I was able to get all the way around the sink without hitting the feed rod on the cabinet, faucet and walls.It does a nice bead. I don’t cut my tips at an angle and I either push or run 90 degrees from what I am sealing. It wasn’t even a problem that the tube moves back as you use it.It doesn’t cause the caulk to dry out because the body of the tube stays sealed.I would definitely not use it to seal a roof or anything big like that but I don’t think it was designed for that.Also, I cut the tail end off the tube and it was even more easy to maneuver around small areas. it will not replace my big gun but it definitely has a place.Absolutely recommended.

I think this gizmo may be more suited for sealant than contractor adhesive. The trigger pull is difficult with contractor adhesive and occasionally doesn't advance the tube, requiring manual pushing to help it along. The adhesive doesn't flow out evenly. I used contractor adhesive that had been in a 74 degree room for 72 hours so it was fully acclimated before starting the project, but I only got a little bit of the project done because it turned out the gizmo was a 'one tube wonder'. Here's the bigger problemSo I just spent 2 hours trying to get the used tube back out. The directions say to push in the clutch and then pull out the tube. This didn't work. I'm glad I'm not alone. I see several other reviews that complain about the caulking tube getting stuck. I was using contractor grade adhesive and when it came time to change the tube the tube will not come out. If you are using a sealant rather than adhesive or a plastic tube rather than cardboard this may not be an issue. But for contractor grade adhesive in a cardboard tube it didn't work.I tried cutting the back of the tube off with a saw and then pushing the clutch but the tube was still stuck. I finally had to cut the front of the tube off and scoop out the unused adhesive to expose the back of the tube and with a thin chisel and hammer pound the back of the tube. Then using a vise grip to hold it steady a couple needle nose plyers' pulling on the carcass of the stuck tube finally freed it. The chisel and pounding takes a while because I had to be careful to hit the tube and not the caulking gun as I worked my way around to free the thing, not to mention the mess of having to remove the front of the tube with a saw. Not really how I planned on spending my weekend. I didn't want to repeat the problem by inserting another tube of adhesive in so I'll use a normal caulking gun to finish this project.Also of note, this gun cuts the tube down one side. This makes it impossible to turn and reposition the tubes angle.

He like the idea that it can be trimmed to fit into small spaces and that metal isn’t sticking out.

The caulking gun works pretty well You should figure out how to make it more sturdy possibly not plastic or maybe industrial plastic or something because it's fairly weak and people that like me that need a caulking gun like that tend to break things I imagine it's going to break the first time a mishap happens

The best caulk gun i have ever used.. I'm a State Certified GC in Florida for 24 years and have never seen anything like this.. works great and is very easy to store.

The Siligun is what you get when someone comes up with a truly innovative but flawed and fundamentally unnecessary solution to a problem someone else already solved. It's neat but, as my headline says, don't throw away your other caulk guns.Disclaimer: I just tried it with half a tube I'd already run through my standard caulk gun. I'll update this review in the future if its performance changes.-= The Good =-It actually does what it says. The tube is drawn into the gun as you go. This means the overall assembly does indeed get more compact as you advance the tube.It's easy to load and doesn't take much pressure on the handle to advance the tube.-= The Bad =-There's quite a list.1. One of the neat things about a regular caulk gun is that you can cut the tip on the caulk tube at an angle. Then, if you need to reposition the angle on the tip, you can spin the caulk tube in the gun. With the Siligun, since it cuts into the tube, you can't rotate the caulk tube in the gun. The orientation the tube is in when you start is the way it'll be when you end.2. Versus a standard rod-press caulk gun, the Siligun doesn't advance the tube as much per squeeze of the trigger. So if you're trying to run a bead, you'll need to pump the trigger more frequently; meaning you'll need to be super smooth or else able to tool the caulk after application.3. Because the tube is pulled INTO the gun as you go, each pull of the trigger actually pulls the tip of the caulk tube AWAY from the work material! As such, you'll need to move the gun closer to the material as you pull the trigger to run a constant bead.4. While the whole thing does end up pretty compact once the caulk tube is fed into the Siligun a bit, its blockiness can actually cause problems getting it into certain spots. For example, I was using it to caulk a seam between a soffit panel and fascia board. Once the caulk tube was far enough into the Siligun, I needed to take care of the angle I held it at or it would hit the fascia board. After I finished the first tube, I switched back to my regular caulk gun with the next tube.5. As others have noted, there's no let-off on the pressure on the caulk tube. Yes, the Siligun stops *dispensing* caulk when you let off the trigger. But it doesn't let the pressure off the caulk tube, so you'll still get caulk coming out of the tip for a bit. With a regular caulk gun, pop the lever on the rod and the pressure is off the tube. My workaround was to release the clutch on the Siligun and partially press the tube out of the gun. This meant I then had to pump the handle a good couple times to get back to a working state.-= Summary =-I'm torn on whether to return this or not. There may be times when the compactness comes in handy. But for 99% of the situations I face, I don't see this replacing my standard manual caulk gun (or definitely, for larger jobs, my battery-powered gun).TLDR; More of a novelty than a useful tool.

Very good I recommend it I would like the aluminum now they are very good and they are portable they do not use much space