Family Dollar Pump Sprayers leaking

[CharlesW]

Evidently I'm not making myself clear.

None of my pump up sprayer problems were in any way related to the spray nozzle or the pump.
The bottles leaked!
I have had no problems with the spray nozzles regardless of the product used in them.

FWIW, I have used cheap ($1) trigger spray bottles and expensive ($7) trigger spray bottles and have not had any problems with any of them.

[Mr. Clean]

Originally Posted by CharlesW

...The pump up sprayers I had leak were a heavy plastic. Probably close to 1/8" thick.
The leaks were in the molding seam where the two halves of the bottle are put together during the manufacturing process.
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Originally Posted by CharlesW

Evidently I'm not making myself clear.

None of my pump up sprayer problems were in any way related to the spray nozzle or the pump.
The bottles leaked!
I have had no problems with the spray nozzles regardless of the product used in them.

FWIW, I have used cheap ($1) trigger spray bottles and expensive ($7) trigger spray bottles and have not had any problems with any of them.

Yes, CharlesW, please be more clear! What is it about the trigger mechanism you have a problem with?

[njcarting1]

Originally Posted by CharlesW

Yes.

Interesting.
I haven't had a problem with the pump or spray mechanism at all.
They are actually developing a pinhole leak in the very bottom of the bottle itself.
And yes, they were $2.50 last year and are $3 this year.
Big Leeger: I now have a couple of extra pump/spray mechanisms that you are welcome to.
If you want them, PM me.

Sounds like the bottles are just made cheep, try another brand. I am sure dollar store has them made, or gets them premade from the cheepest place on the planet.

Charles, take your chemical "ACP, S@W, S@G" WITH YOU. See if the tanks leak before you walk out of the store next time.:not me:

You guys kill me posting this crap, you try and use a tool for a buck then wonder why it has a hole in it later.

Sounds like some mope on another board that posted about a buffer. He has a flex paid full price for the thing. Then wants to buy a new g110v2, but wants the store that sells the thing to him to take it back if he don't like the thing. "Sounds like penny wise, and dollar foolish"..... I bet he eats out then goes back the next day to the restaurant and wants his money back for the meal.

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[Old Tiger]

I bought two sprayers from Lowes made for bleaching vinyl siding. They are chemical resistant and very well made. The down side is they cost $17 each. But I think they are a bargain since they are made to last.

[Big Leegr]

Originally Posted by njcarting1

You guys kill me posting this crap, you try and use a tool for a buck then wonder why it has a hole in it later.

Well, it could be considered a "beware of this product" post, regardless of the cost. Just because something doesn't require time payments doesn't mean that it isn't something that may catch the attention of others on the forum, and in the case of something having a poor record, it would be doing the forum members a favor by letting them know of the flaws before they bought it . If a person posted about a $450,000 car having some flaws, it might be read, but most of the members here (I'm guessing) can't afford that expensive of a car, so the warning is moot. A warning about something that might be bought by many is useful.
The same thing can be said about praising cheap stuff. If it's an exceptional value, ie-works as well as something 5X the price, it is beneficial to let others know about it-even if it is only a couple bucks.

Originally Posted by njcarting1

Sounds like some mope on another board that posted about a buffer. He has a flex paid full price for the thing. Then wants to buy a new g110v2, but wants the store that sells the thing to him to take it back if he don't like the thing. "Sounds like penny wise, and dollar foolish".

Sounds to me like this person wants to have a "Money Back Guarantee." Quite a few companies have this policy. Some don't. I don't see a problem in asking about it. If the company says 'no,' that's their perogative, but then the customer has the right to look elsewhere to do business.

Just my thoughts. Maybe I'm not seeing the whole picture.

[CharlesW]

Originally Posted by Big Leegr

Well, it could be considered a "beware of this product" post, regardless of the cost. Just because something doesn't require time payments doesn't mean that it isn't something that may catch the attention of others on the forum, and in the case of something having a poor record, it would be doing the forum members a favor by letting them know of the flaws before they bought it . If a person posted about a $450,000 car having some flaws, it might be read, but most of the members here (I'm guessing) can't afford that expensive of a car, so the warning is moot. A warning about something that might be bought by many is useful.
The same thing can be said about praising cheap stuff. If it's an exceptional value, ie-works as well as something 5X the price, it is beneficial to let others know about it-even if it is only a couple bucks.



Sounds to me like this person wants to have a "Money Back Guarantee." Quite a few companies have this policy. Some don't. I don't see a problem in asking about it. If the company says 'no,' that's their perogative, but then the customer has the right to look elsewhere to do business.

Just my thoughts. Maybe I'm not seeing the whole picture.

Spoken like a true jenius.

My personal feeling is that if a company sells a product to do a job, that product should do the job it was sold for regardless of the price.
In the case of the FD pressurized sprayers, the first ones didn't the last one did.

[jenn1270]

Originally Posted by CharlesW

I have purchased some dispensing bottles from a beauty supply store locally, but not any spray type bottles.
I have also purchased several dispensing and measuring type bottles from U.S. Plastics. They have bottles very similar to the Micro-Restore bottles and I use those for a lot of my concentrated products such as Meg's APC, Meg's glass cleaner, DP RW&G, ONR. Never tried any of their sprayers.

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I've bought the heavy duty spray bottles fro US Plastics and they were great quality and quite cheap. I think they were about 3 bucks a set.

What spray pattern do you get out of the AG pump sprayers. I can only get a stream and would prefer a spray pattern.

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[Old Tiger]

Originally Posted by jenn1270

I've bought the heavy duty spray bottles fro US Plastics and they were great quality and quite cheap. I think they were about 3 bucks a set.

What spray pattern do you get out of the AG pump sprayers. I can only get a stream and would prefer a spray pattern.

I tried the AG pump sprayer with the wand sprayer. I had the same results you had without the wand and had only a dribble out of the wand. I paid $20 and hated it. I then bought the Lowes sprayers I wrote about above and have been totally satisfied. MUCH better and $17.