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Well built and works great,
August 19, 2008
By GadgetGuy
from San Antonio, TX
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"We use it for all types of applications. Washing to spraying of chemicals. Mixes the chemicals so you don't have to premix your chemicals. Easy to drain and wash out too. We use ours with a battery minder and a deep cycle 12v battery. Comes with everything you need. Works great and you can tell it's well built. Not meant to be abused, you can break the pump off of the attachment if you are too rough."
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NorthStar tree spayer,
July 21, 2008
By Anonymous Reviewer
from Wyoming
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"In my view, most reviewers are being too kind about this product - the unit will NOT produce 200 psi as claimed, and NorthStar can't help but knows this The problem is not in the PumpTec pump - the pump IS capable of 200 psi, but the pressure regulator that is apparently added by NorthStar will only allow pressure to build to 160 psi when there is no flow through the spray gun, and the pressure will fall off to about 60 psi when spraying. This is sufficient to spray about 25-30 feet up into a tree, so if the trees are small, this may be sufficient. Another minor deficiency of this design is the way the pump, pressure regulator, pressure gauge, and fittings are so exposed and vulnerable to damage. I broke mine the first time I used it and had to buy a new face piece for the pump. It is just not a rugged design and the user needs to be very careful. The pressure regulator can be modified (presumably at the expense of the warranty) by removing the knurled nut and spring, and then filing off the housing so that when the nut is replaced, the spring can be compressed further. I did this to mine and was able to get 200 psi, but it did not help much because the pump volume is low and it still falls off to an output pressure of about 60 psi once spraying commences by pulling on the spray gun trigger."
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Indoor and outdoor nursery,
April 24, 2008
By paashaas
from Shelton, WA Farmer
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"I have this sprayer for about two years. I am a commercial grower. 4 greenhouses 30'x100'. I don't think you really get a 30' spray out of it but I would say a good 20' easy. It does the work I want it to do. Like the pressure, it spikes at 195psi but drops down to 165/175psi when you open it but still strong enouph for me. Like the diffrend settings atomiser, mist and strait. So far I think it's the best bang for your buck. If you are getting into greenhouses and you are starting with a 30x100 greenhouse or so, don't mess with the back sprayers or the 60psi battery powered, go with this one you will not regret it."
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Home Handyman
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works OK,
January 21, 2008
By sravet
from Austin TX
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"At the time I purchased this item (2 years ago) it was rated to spray 30ft. In reality when you first pull the trigger you get a burst up to 30 feet, but the pump can't maintain 200 psi while spraying so it really only sprays 20 feet. So it works fine with that limitation, unfortunately I need to spray higher than that. A bigger pump/motor might be able to keep the pressure pegged at 200, now that would be useful! A longer hose would also be nice. I put it and a car battery in a small garden trailer and pull it by hand or behind a lawnmower."
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Tree sprayer,
January 21, 2008
By ab123
from Georgia
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"I have owned this sprayer for 3 years, with no problems. I use sprayer to spray yards and bushes, flowers. The spray head multiple settings allows this sprayer to work for a lot of diferent application."
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Extremely Versatile Sprayer, Reasonable Price,
October 29, 2007
By 808isBOBtime
from Fort Wayne, IN
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"The high pressure makes this a great multi-purpose sprayer.
I use it on trees and the yard and even potted plants.
Watch the filter for clogging, it catches unmixed powder chemicals like Miracle Grow and may be the culprit if you lose pressure."
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Bark Beetles,
October 29, 2007
By DennisfromPrescott
from Prescott, Ariz.
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"I have had a lot of problems with the bark beetles at my cabin near Prescott, Ariz. This sprayer did a great job of putting the product on the pine trees up to about 25 feet. It was easy to install on the back of my ATV and hook it up to the 12 volt battery with the plug that was provided with the sprayer. It was easy to clean up after spraying the trees. If the tank was bigger and the hose was a little longer and it could spray up another 10 feet, it would be the perfect sprayer."
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Great Sprayer for my Fruit Trees,
October 15, 2007
By Anonymous Reviewer
from West Gardiner, Maine
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"I am just putting my "ATV" Sprayer away for the season and wanted to share my experience with other hobby farmers. I have 6 assorted apple trees and in the past 10 years have had limited success with my hand pump sprayer. I finally decided it wasn't worth the bother and stopped spraying all together. Then this past winter, my 27 year old son who now has apple trees at his new house asked me to help prune his trees -- we did that and then he help me with mine -- many trailer loads later the brush was disposed of and we had wide open trees - so a bird can fly through at any point -- as the old guy told me. So to cut to the chase, this spring the buds were prolific and I didn't want my pruning to go to waste. About every two weeks, I put the sprayer in the small trailer I have, hooked it to my tractor battery and measured the multi-purpose spray concentrate into the tank and filled it with water -- I was able to drive between the trees (up wind) and spray all of each tree -- outside and under the leaves -- it worked as advertised and reached the 25 foot tops of the trees with little trouble and easing back on the nozzle trigger a wide mist pattern covered the lower areas very well. I never needed toi shake or stir the mx as the pump circulates a small amount of mix back into the tank as it is running -- can't imagine why I waited so long to but this sprayer - but am sure happy I did -- Bottom line, we have picked tons of great apples this year - healthy, large and very tasty -- Hobby Farmer from Maine 10/15/07"
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Tree sprayer,
July 9, 2007
By Floyd
from BV Colorado
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"Order processing was excellent. Product was easy to mount to my atv. Product functioned perfectly."
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July 9, 2007
By mathew
from Balt, Md
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"I sprayed about 50 trees. It worked fine, however it works better if you run it off of a stronger battery, I used it on the back of my pickup, it has alot more power this way,and it sprays higher."
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