Wagner Spray Tech Electric Power Painter

Pros: Fast, easy to setup
Cons: Loud, Spatter, cleanup

Bought for 100, sold for 30 online the next week.

Numerous problems would be forgivable if it did what I bought it for,
painted better than a roller. 

Fast? yes, but only without needing to go over everything with a roller afterwords if you don't want paint spats every 5 seconds.


(other would-be forgivable problems include; too short cord, requires extension cord, making cleanup even more of a hassle, cleanup takes forever compared to paint time, (Unless you have a hose, and therefore not winter) noisy, messy, and spatter requires full room masking.

Pros: Works, saves time
Cons: spill more paint than with rollers; hard to read instructions but doable

I felt real trepidation about using the 2200 psi sprayer given the reviews and returns. But I have a garage with rough walls that resisted a roller treatment (which also soaks up more paint than the sprayer) and spent the 80 bucks. I appreciated the reviewer who said, Read the instructions. If you do you can succeed with this device. Some tips: remember to tilt the sprayer up to discharge the paint in the bottom; it reduces slightly the number of refillings. And it makes it easier to maneuver for refilling if you unplug the sprayer from the extension cord. I found I spilled more paint than with a roller because of misjudging the size of the plastic jar. and I needed to wipe the edge of the jar so that it would twist on easily. Clean up took about 20 minutes tops. I found I didn't need to dilute the paint. For rough surfaces -- I used about 2 1/2 gallons --it really saved me time and aggravation.

Pros: The paint cup is great for watering house plants.
Cons: Cheaply made, falsely advertised, cloggs easy.

This is the absolute worst product that I have ever used. I had one room to paint, according to the advertisement - it cuts the time in half. I read the instructions loaded the paint and nothing but a loud noise. Re-read the insturctions, took it apart, cleaned it, and finally it sputters paint. I could have spit more paint on the wall. I cleaned it up and returned it to the store for a refund. I ended up loosing 2 days of work trying to get this to work. I ended up rolling the room. What ever you do, do not buy this product!! Matter-of-fact run when you see a wagner disply.

Pros: Claims some good features
Cons: Noisy, overpriced, and unreliable.

What a complete piece of junk! I bought one at Home Depot to paint the exterior of my house. I followed the instructions to the letter, but nonetheless the unit spit globs of paint, kept losing its prime, and after a total of around six hours of use, the piston seized completely. I exchanged it for another, assuming the first to be defective. The replacement was even worse, it began spitting after less than a minute of use, and after around five minutes it could no longer suck *thinned* paint from the backpack unit! I wasted more than a full day dealing with this problem; in retrospect a roller would have been faster and given a more even coating! My recommendation: DO NOT BUY A WAGNER SPRAYER!

Pros: When it worked, it was handy.
Cons: Piston breaks when you use the gun.

Used it one time and half way through the small job (20min) it would not work. Took apart to clean and the magnet (piston) was broken into several chunks. I called Wagner and was told that I need to release the trigger at the end of each pass or the piston will break!

I new piston is $22.50 (whole usit was $70 at Home Depot). I complained and was told they would send me a free piston as a one time offer but I needed to understand that I broke the piston.

I returned the sprayer to the store for full credit and the store is doing a RTV (return to vender)!

Pros: You can take it back! Give Wagner back the 'thing' dried.
Cons: CONS: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA! Everything is a CON with this thing!

If you are thinking of trying any Wagner Power Sprayer, three words of advice: Get psychiatric help!!

I am completely nutty after using it!

Everything sucks, and blows with this thing! Messy, real Messy. Globs of mess (on the wall, on the floor, on me, on wife, and on the thing itself...). Drips like crazy too! Crap, I am really BURNED UP!

It takes twice as long as a roller and a brush, no kidding! But then again I quit the job before finishing.

The mess is Completely Ridiculous! If I can only get me hands on a Wagner Rep... They better hide for a while, perhaps for a year or two, till I cool down! I may take a job at a paint store, just so I can get me hands on one! I have never ever seen anything like it.

Wagner's tag line should be: Never give a sucker an even break!

Pros: Yet to be discovered
Cons: cheap, noisy, poor performance with latex paints, parts wear out incredibly fast.

As already mentioned, I also thought this sprayer would take the hassle out of painting jobs, but I couldn't have been more wrong. This unit is not made for the long haul, very cheap in build quality, in fact, on about my fifth use, the motor locked up, thats after cleaning it every prior use and oiling. Its noisy, oversprayes all the time, and the paint has to be perfect-viscosity ect. I have used a airless sprayers before and this is junk!

Pros: Covers large areas quickly
Cons: Hard to determine the thinning ratio.

Its not as bad as people let on. Once you figure out how to thin your paint brand (all of them differ apparently), its a breeze. I sprayed Behr exterior flat latex through mine, and I followed Behr's directions on the can. Basically I had to double the amount of water Behr recommended to get it to flow through the Wagner without spattering.

Breakdown and clean up are very easy. That seems to be a common complaint with all Wagner spray gun users. Listen - anyone who gets frustrated breaking down and cleaning a tool as complex as an airgun (with only 8-10 parts that need cleaning) probably should avoid home improvement in the first place.

Pros: It'll make a job go quicker if everything works exactly right.
Cons: Warranty: limited. Customer service: unsympathetic. Replacement parts: expensive. Hassle factor: huge.

I bought a Power Painter at Ace Hardware for $64.99 because I have bad shoulders and couldn't paint my fence with a brush or roller. I was prepared for lots of assembly, disassembly, cleaning and thinning. I followed the directions exactly, lubricated the mechanism first, tested the spray pattern, thinned the paint, stopped if it clogged. After twenty minutes and 10 feet of fence, the piston broke into 3 pieces and guess what? It is not covered under warranty, because of "normal wear and tear". After 20 minutes? Customer service was less than helpful, saying I must have "dropped the piston or done something else wrong."

A new piston costs around 16 bucks, and if I have to replace it every time I use the sprayer, it'll be cheaper and easier to hire a kid from the neighborhood to paint the fence.

Pros: I still have the reciept, so I'm not stuck with it.
Cons: Blotches of paint, impossible cleanup, LOUD, Doesn't work.

I bought a Wide Shot Power Sprayer 2400 at HD to paint my house. I will not work. It sends globs of paint, is noisy, is impossible to cleanup (especially if you try the suction tubing), and, did I mention, it doesn't work?

I even went back to HD after reading other reviews and bought some latex paint conditioner hoping that would help it work...no luck.

IF you get it to work, you'll spend more time cleaning it up than using it.

Pros: Few of them.
Cons: Siezed piston.  Spits paint.

I bought the high-end, 2500 psi version for $100-plus.  The piston siezed relentlessly, even with thinned paint.  The thing spits and sputters when not siezing.  Unfortunately, I threw the box away and can't return it.  DO NOT BUY THIS SPRAYER.